This post may not be applicable to a lot of you, but I have received quite a few e-mails asking about how I graduated from College in 3 years, what I majored in, and other various questions about my career.
So here’s to you guys!
Sorry to everyone else who could care less lol. I will make it up to you with an amazing dessert recipe or something we can all fist pump to!
For starters, growing up, I always knew that once I was married I would not receive any compensation from my parents anymore. My dad and mom were extremely generous to pay for my college education but once Will and I were married both of our parents made it clear that we were completely on our own from that day forward!
Phone, insurance, flights for family trips, rent, clothes, etc. All on us!
I knew once I was married I would be 100% responsible to make my own living.
I also knew that Will would have 10+ years of school left after we were married so I felt a lot of pressure to work super hard and earn a good job!
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| Here’s a random picture of me, Will & Duke for those of you that just scroll and look at pics lol #respect |
I started taking Concurrent Enrollment classes at my High School and it was one of the best decisions. If your HS offers them, TAKE them. I didn’t take ONE AP class. Only CE’s. Because no matter what they counted towards college credits! I ended up taking Humanities, Psychology, & English 1010 and they got me out of half of a semester of college!! HALF!
(aka a spring/summer semester at BYU)
My second piece of advice.
DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO EARLY ON.
This may sound surprising, but my entire life I wanted to be a nurse. However, the second I arrived to BYU that dream dwindled away real quick. I was still extremely interested in health etc. so I went straight to the Career Center at BYU (literally on my first day of school), asked to speak with a counselor, and talked to him about my options.
I told him what I was/wasn’t interested in and after a couple hours we nailed down exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to major in Health Promotion because I was able to combine health and marketing. My two biggest interests.
I loved my major because A.) it was what I was actually interested in and B.) I knew that everything I learned I would be able to use the rest of my life! Learning about infectious diseases, social media marketing, epidemiology (<– fave class at byu. serious), cancers, nutrition etc. was all SO fascinating to me. I knew I was going to be able to use all this knowledge as a mom too which was a big bonus.
Since I declared my major the first day of school (literally) I didn’t waste one class slot each semester. I mapped it out OVER AND OVER again. I mean this took HOURS of mapping it out! I would go home after practice, take out a piece of paper, and map out the following semester. I figured out which class I needed to get into the next semester, saw when it was available, made sure it didn’t overlap with other classes I needed etc.
And then when the semester came if I didn’t get into it since they were upper level and I didn’t have enough credits to get in before it was full, I would go beg the teachers to give me a code to add the class. (am I psycho? Shiz this sounds like I’m nuts)
ANNNYYYYWAYS. Some semesters I was in 18-21 credit hours with 3 hours of practice each day and working at a restaurant.. but I am here to tell you it is totally doable!!! Put your mind to it, work hard and go for it!! I was able to graduate college a couple months before we were married and truly cherished every memory I had at BYU.
(except for that dang testing center screen that shows your test score immediately after you take a test.. talk about a heart attack)
I also think being BUSIER actually helps. The busier you are, the more you prioritize and keep checking that you have everything aligned. For some reasons on the nights I didn’t have Cougarette practice from 3-6 are the nights I would forget to do an assignment etc. Being busy is key to being successful in my mind!
For my internship before I graduated I worked at a start-up company in Sandy called Orca Health. They developed health education apps for hospitals and it transitioned into a great first “real” job for me. I was able to combine both my “health” and “marketing” interests!
However, after a year I heard Google Fiber was hiring and decided it could be a good switch for me. And that’s how I am where I am today! I am doing marketing, field events and sales for them and love the entire atmosphere of where I am right now. I am pushed to work hard each day and if I have disappeared from the blogging world for a little bit it is because Will just quit his job so he could study for the MCAT more 🙂 Which means I am focusing more on my career to help better provide for us. I am making sure I am working hard every day to ensure more opportunities in the future!
BIIIIG SIGH
So there’s that.
Any more questions I didn’t cover just e-mail me!
