Life and Me... Memoirs of a church girl

I used a big word today: Kaleidoscope.  If I were to play 4 pictures and one word, that would be my word for today. That would be the word that Grammarly would most likely flag in my vocabulary today. I feel many things today, things that I didn't expect to feel, things that I have to allow myself to feel even though I know everyone has passed round a list of expected feelings and thoughts that they expect me to choose from.  Picture1: My last office mate and I. Picture 2: My first office mates and I. Today is my last day at a job I have had for 3 years and 3 months. Actually, 3 years, 3 months, and 8 days when I began work there. 3 years of highs and lows, questioning myself, wondering, and second-guessing. 3 years of stumbling, learning,  success and becoming good at what I do. 3 years of earning my stripes and asserting myself to myself. For 3 years I have loved, I have worked, I have learned, I have grown, I have invested my life, and today, it all comes to an end. Th...

When we apply for jobs, self-leadership is a critical factor that employers look for. They forget to add that the self-leadership includes mind-reading of both your boss and client and always being a cutting edge solution provider. Now adult online education is the next near thing to that. being that I love social interaction, schooling with colleagues I may never meet on discussion boards people don't get to use, I kinda feel left out. The readings are a constant reminder that you are very much in school and adding that to deadlines and life generally puts the extra in DSTV extra. At some point ( more like 2 courses later) I had an eureka moment and I have decided that in order to build my writing for the 3000 word long assignments I will start writing my thoughts from the weekly reading because when I read without those I feel like I didn't read (no thanks to study groups and discussion classes). So I welcome you all to share this journey with me but not the cer...