Reminding Myself

As a teenager I tended to stop when things got a bit too tough. (thus the algebra fiasco).

I entered adulthood with the idea that I was a "quitter" (an idea re inforced to me by my parents)

This thought process keeps going through my mind as I prepare to go back to school. "I can't do this, I'm a quitter"
I'm having to fight these thoughts about every other minute.

It occured to me today that maybe I should make a list of things I've accomplished that I can refer back to. I've not written this out yet, so I'm going do it right here:

1) I have been married for over 20 years.
2) I have raised/almost raised two terrific boys.
3) I worked very hard to complete 418 of 450 sweat equity hours to build a house through Habitat For Humanity for my family. When political DRAMA got in the way, I carefully, and quietly, calmly stayed the battle to ensure what my family needed was kept in place. When the building finally took place (11 months after finishing my sweat equity) I put in an additional 80 hours alongside my family to help build my house!
4) I wrote and had a book published.
5) I entered Nanowrimo and wrote non fiction for the first time in 30 years and completed a 50,000 word novela in November of 2008.

Eeeps!!!!

I've made a decision ... I'm going to go to college. I went when I was in my mid 20's before I got sick. I only had about 24 credits, maybe 30, not sure. I guess I'll find out when I get my transcripts.

I'm not sure any of the classes will still be any good, I may be starting from scratch, that was 17/18 years ago. It will take me 10 to 12 years to get through school ... I'm going to go into child psychology. My goal is to either work with family of children with Tourette's Syndrome/OCD, autism spectrum, ADHD, and the like ...or maybe families of chronically ill children.