Life Lessons
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life lessons. My mother always told me to pursue my education because anything outside of that could wait, she'd say go straight ahead and don't detour, but over the years I chose to do the opposite, I detoured and I focused on other things that didn't lead to earning a college degree, mixing up that combination just didn't work. Now I can finally say to my mother that she was right, I can tell her how much easier my life would have been had. I just listened to her the first time and focused on my education. I graduated from Hughes High School on May 19, I was so excited that I was finally finished with school, so I thought I wanted to do something with my life that didn't involve going to school. I didn't have a lot of options, so I decided to pursue modeling. My sister had a passion for modeling when she was in the sixth grade and of course being a little sister wanting to follow behind, an older sibling seemed like the right thing to do besides I love being in front of the camera and that was an even bigger motivator for my wanting to pursue modeling. I researched modeling agencies in the Memphis area since they were closer to where I live, I went in for an audition with one of the modeling agencies. I had research and I was chosen to model with the agency, I was so excited. My mother was happy for me too, but she still would tell me to pursue my education even while I waited on my big break at that time, I thought she didn't believe in me and was indirectly saying that I was going to fail, I continued to pursue modeling. I worked on some local modeling jobs, but nothing landed me the recognition that I was looking for nationally and internationally in between modeling jobs. I chose to continue modeling locally while waiting on my big break and my mother continued to tell me to pursue my education while I waited, but I just didn't want to go to school. The only thing on my mind was modeling, my mother finally told me what if you never get your big break then what I didn't want to hear that, but I thought to myself from the way things are going, could it be some truth in it? So, I decided to attend a community college while I still pursued my modeling career. Still nothing big happened for me as far as modeling was going, I focused a little more on my education and I eventually graduated with my associate's degree from that community college. I was so excited that I had finally listened to my mother and had completed my education. It didn't stop there. I made the decision to further my education beyond my associates degree. Currently I am attending a university and my expected graduation is in December 2014 and who knows I may give modeling a second try when I'm finished with this degree, as I reflect back over the past 17 years, over my life of wanting to model what had I learned. You know, I say to myself, if it's God's plans, then I will become a model on the big stage. More importantly, I think that while it's okay to have goals, one must set realistic goals. Had I focused on pursuing my education in the beginning, like my mother told me to do, I would have already earned my bachelor's degree.