Continuing in Career Development

As we continue to read about the different theories within career development, as well as coming up to our first exam, I wanted to use this blog post as a reflection on the knowledge that I have gained while I have begun to look at my future in a different way. While we talk constantly about our future clients, I use the theories that we have been learning and try to apply to into my own career development. With doing that, I have learned a lot about myself. But most importantly, I have learned about myself within the career development world.

Right before school started, I began to wonder if I was making the right decision going right into graduate school. After 4 years of college, I was worn out. During my last semester in May, as I was waiting to hear back from graduate schools on getting into school counseling programs, I began to feel sluggish and very much drained. I remember staying up at night and wondering what I wanted to do. After I was accepted into Millersville and was hired as a graduate assistant, I purposely made my start date 2 days after my graduation because I knew if I did not, the chances of me actually going through with graduate school was very slim.

As I discussed in my discussion post 7, I had an unfortunate incident with a family member, my mother. I wanted to be there for my family, but also wanted to make sure I was able to get my dream job that I wanted as a career. I graduated, got engaged, and then went onto my graduate assistant job. The summer went on and I really started considering taking a year off. I just did not think the timing was right. I began looking at other careers that did not require graduate school, but just could not find anything that made me feel as attached to as I was with school counseling.  Finally, school started, and I began to think that I was going to be okay. This class in particular as helped me tremendously.

While I prepare for our first exam and study all the information that was given to us, I began to understand why I was doing this. I constantly find myself saying in my posts I want to help clients find a meaningful career. But by taking this class and coming to Millersville University, I have realized that I too am helping myself find a meaningful career.