Back in 2000 I decided that I wanted to go to Cosmetology school (always loved doing hair) and started school. One of the best times of my life. Not only did I get to learn how to do something I enjoyed, but I met my best friend there. I finished school and got licensed in 2001 then worked in salons for about a year before starting school for massage therapy. My goal at the time was to be able to work both these together in a salon/day spa. After I finished school for massage therapy I just continued on with hair, as this was my true passion.
Shortly after this, I got a job working in behavioral health. This sparked a whole new interest. I wanted to help people in more ways than just making them look good. Yes, I helped them through massage as well, but massage couldn’t help with mental illness, which I learned effects more than half the population. I knew at this moment that I wanted to go to school for Psychology, but felt I didn’t have time between working full-time and doing hair/massage for my remaining clients. Shortly after realizing this, I found out I was pregnant. That put a halt on that quickly.
Anyways, fast forward 4 years or so, I now had 3 children, ranging from a few months to 4 years of age. At this time I felt lost, bored, and as though I wasn’t myself. I was a stay at home mother, had tried many work from home opportunities that just weren’t working out, tried to continue doing hair, but with my 2 youngest kids being only a year a part, it made it difficult for me to work with clients, so, I decided to finally go to school for psychology. I checked into multiple schools and finally found one that I was excited to be a part of. My first class was very difficult, as I had never attended only online courses before. In this class I met a girl that has now become my twin. Anyways, here I am in my 3rd year, only one year left to get my Bachelors in Science, and I joined Beachbody as a coach. At this point, I am realizing that this degree I have been working so hard for and towards, is not what is going to get me to the success and happiness that I have always wanted, it is Beachbody. Now, don’t get me wrong, I do still plan on using my knowledge from school in order to help others although my ultimate goal is to be able to be a life coach. I not only want to help people with fitness, but as Beachbody is very big on, I want to help others learn about themselves. This is the only way you are able to change the things in your life that hold you back, these things are what keeps your happiness and success away. If not for Beachbody, I would not have chosen this career path, I would have continued on to my Masters in Psychology, which, by the way stresses me out….and makes my family hate me when I’m in school. I guess I’m trying to say that the lesson here is, no matter how much schooling you have, how many degrees you have, this is never a guarantee to success or happiness. Sometimes it’s the things you don’t expect that bring you success and happiness, so don’t be so quick to assume that you need a degree to make something of yourself.