Long Journey

In February 2009, I began on a journey towards getting a college education and I quickly realized that although I didn't know exactly what I wanted out of my education, I did know that it would change who I was and how I would interact with the world.  I started at Capella University in the business administration program but after taking a management and leadership course, where I was exposed to the StrengthsFinder assessment, I really started to see where I wanted to take my education.  I set out with a new goal of getting a business degree where I specialized in project management in order to give myself the foundation I needed to start my own professional organizing business.  After all, working with a client to organize an area of their home, life, or business is in its' true essence a project.

Capella was a great fit for my lifestyle because I could take all my courses online, while I continued to raise the kids and support my sailor as he performed his duties in the U.S. Navy.  Now, I will be the first to admit that after my husband transferred out-of-state on orders that it became much more complicated when it came to handling all the responsibilities of maintaining a house/yard, raising children, and getting a college education.  I did find that I was driven by the pressure and thrived when presented with challenges throughout my degree program because I did not want to fail and wanted to prove to myself that I could really do this and do it well.

Now, at just around 4 1/2 years later....I have finally completed the journey I started!  I can say with great pride that I am a college graduate and have a bachelor's degree!  The coursework was very rigorous and I worked extremely hard throughout my entire program to get to where I am today.  I have written so many papers within APA formatting that I know how to do in-text citations and reference lists in my sleep!  It amazes me looking back at the quality of my work throughout the years and I still am in shock at the fact that the majority of my papers were 20+ pages long, with one even reaching 87 pages on a project management plan for a project that I was the manager on during that 10-week course!  Holy moly!

So, as of September 30, 2013...I have graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA from Capella University and I have been awarded my Bachelor's of Science degree in Business with a specialization in Project Management!  I will be receiving my official transcript and diploma within the next few weeks! I did it!!!  I am so glad that I'm finally done but it was completely worth all the late nights, stress, and hard work!  Wooo hooo!  It's time for the Snoopy Happy Dance!!