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Week 3 Reflections

This week, I really enjoyed learning about Magdalena Yesil. She is an inspiring woman, albeit intimidating. As I read about her life and drive, it made me wonder if this is the career path for me. To be honest, I am not sure that it is. I know that many women in the church can successfully balance their family life and a busy and thriving career. I just don't know that I am one of them. This is an interesting thing to me because ever since I was little, I always wanted to have a career. I actually had planned to attend medical school. That was my lifelong dream. But, my plans rarely go according to plan! I ended up getting married and chose to put off my education to help my husband finish his. Although, in the early days of our marriage, I tried numerous times to go back to school, it never worked out for one reason or another. It wasn't until just a few years ago, I took a CNA course to kind of "test" the waters of going to school. It was then that I had a very distinct impression that it was for the best for me and for my family that I did not have a career before having children because I had learned the value of being home with my children. If I had had a career, my main focus would have been there. When I had that impression, I knew that it was true! That is just how my personality is. When I have a job (or calling sometimes), I get sucked in to it. I can't help myself. So this is a very long-winded way of saying, I just don't know what to do in life. But, I feel like this class is opening up opportunities for me to explore myself and my goals more. 

I am looking forward to continuing to learn in this class. I feel that I am learning quite a bit about business. Maybe as the course continues I will have more faith in myself and my ability to balance things in my life. 

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