For the last 10 or so years, I've had a dream of becoming a personal trainer, or a health coach. I love sports, being physical, working out, and just trying to motivate and help others to share the same passion of living healthy!! I love it.
I was a college athlete and wanted nothing more than to continue my passion for fitness, but I made a huge mistake and quit school after having 3 years under my belt. I was going through a lot of personal things & changes in my life, and at the time I needed to work full time in order to stand on my own two feet & take care of my almost 3 year old son. I wasn't studying or focusing on my school as much as I should have and my A's & B's were slowly slipping to C's towards my 2nd semester junior year, so I did what I thought was best. I told myself I would go back & finish, because I didn't want my son growing up thinking that when life gets hard, you throw in the towel. I wanted him to know that education was important and to never give up on his goals.
Well, at 28 years old with an 8 year old son, working full-time for a financial institution, I finally made the decision to go back to school and finish what I had started, just in a different direction. I only needed 26 more credits to get an AGS. It might not have been the pre-veterinary or English Education BS that I had worked on for 3 years fresh out of high school, but I wanted to at least have some sort of degree under my belt. It's great that I finished, but I really want to get into the fitness business.
I was accepted to the exercise science program at ISU, but they don't offer any evening classes, and I wouldn't be able to quit my job to go back. Online classes for the program are also not offered. So, that doesn't seem to be the way I am going to be able to get where I want to go. Ivy Tech offers an associate in kinesiology and applied science; however, they don't offer it at the campus in my city. Another dead end. I'm thinking of getting certified to see if it would get my foot in the door somewhere where I could learn, and maybe take classes while I'm working and getting experience. I know it's kind of backwards, but I've never done things the order in which I was supposed to. I just need a place to start. A light at the end of my tunnel so I know that this is not all I have to look forward to for the rest of my life sitting at a desk job. This is not me and I'm crawling in my skin to get out.
I'm a "glass half full" kind of girl so I know if I am determined enough and really work towards this goal of mine, I can make it work and happen. One step at a time. A girl can dream right?