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I haven't told anyone in my personal IRL life yet (You know, don't count your chickens before they hatch), but I've applied to go back to school! I currently hold an associates in Culinary Arts. I loved the program, and I learned a ton, but I haven't enjoyed baking in my professional life like I had thought I would. I've been putting off going back to school because quite honestly, I've been comfortable working a nice job that just challenging enough to keep me busy at work and never busy enough to stop having lazy time.

But it's not what I want to do long term.

What I really want to do is teach! I've applied to an Art Studies degree with the hopes of being certified as a teacher to teach Middle school or High school art classes. I feel like right now the dream is so far away from achieving since I haven't even gotten accepted yet but I'm still excited and that's how I know it's the right choice. The degree path I've chosen also requires higher than normal transfer requirements, so I'm slightly worried something will go wrong (as I often do with Anxiety) but trusting my past self did what I needed to without even knowing!
I'm nervous about going into a field where I don't know anyone and going into a work field where I'm slightly older than the average starting out. I've been graduated with an associates for 3 years, so I feel three years behind. But everyone always says, it's never too late. So, I'm putting hope in that and taking one step at a time.

Wish me luck everyone! I will post updates as I get them if anyone is interested.