Welcome To My New And Improved Blog!

Hello world! I am so excited about this new blog I am starting! It's FINALLY happening!!!! It is SO nice to have a fresh new start by writing a blog that actually matters and means the world to me. My last blog site was sort of a train wreck (it is now deleted, don't try and find it!) because I had no clue what I was doing in the slightest. Now that I have some experience and know what I really want to do with my blog, I am hoping that what I write is enjoyable as well as informative.

A little bit about me. I graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho in July of 2016 with a bachelor's degree in University Studies. My degree was supposed to be in Elementary Education, but I had a rather challenging student teaching experience that showed me I was not ready to be a teacher. It also showed me that maybe I did not want to be an elementary school teacher over 20+ students at once either. Now, I am an ESL teacher with an online company based in China called VIPKID. I have done this for two years and yes, I wake up every morning at the strangest hours to teach Chinese children English. It's like high school early morning seminary all over again, except I get up way earlier than that now! I also have worked as an overflow paraprofessional in a first grade classroom for the last two years. First grade isn't so bad after all, guys. They're quite the handful and need LOTS of reminders about the rules, but they are also cute and funny and are still in that "I love my teacher" phase of life.

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Some of my religious views and thoughts may be incorporated in my posts as they pertain to the subjects I write about.

I enjoy dancing and singing in the privacy of my own home on mostly a daily basis. I love going on walks and experiencing the beauty of the Earth. I also love talking with and reaching out to friends, even if I struggle so hard to make them at times. I hope to maybe one day get back into working out and exercising. We'll see if that happens....one day, maybe. I do love scrapbooking as well. And now that I am writing a blog, maybe I have a newfound love and passion for writing for the possible purpose of self-help and inspiration. I always love taking on new hobbies if I have the patience for them, so if any of y'all have ideas, please send them my way. (Yes, I say "y'all" and I'm NOT from the south. Don't judge.)

Now, I'm just pondering and figuring out what is next for me as far as careers go. I've thought about studying to become a medical coder and work with medical records in a doctor's office or hospital. I'm great at organizing things and have excellent attention to detail. Working in a medical setting that allows me to do this would be awesome. The title "Medical Coder" sounds way cool too. This way, I can have a more full time job that pays well and I can start to move away from the teaching atmosphere, though I'm mostly healed from the trauma that came during student teaching through working at a school that greatly appreciated me as a worker. Just a little part of me still believes that I'm not good enough to be a teacher. I don't know if that's really true, but I don't think I can risk trying to become a teacher of any kind again at this time.

I can't wait to see what comes of this blog and where it might go!