Ahh, the start of a new school year. A new start, new friends, new opportunities. Going into my Junior year, I was more than ready. Making the decision last year to leave my love of PE and to move onto Social Work, was a very difficult one to make. A few weeks before the school year started I questioned if I made the right decision. Now, here I am a few weeks into school and I know that I made the right decision.

This new school year has been an exciting one for me. I am finally 21 (YAY), I'm living in a new dorm room, I have my same friends from the previous years, and I found a new respect for myself. Going into my first day of classes I was nervous. I was nervous I wasn't going to make friends, I wasn't going to like Social Work, and I was nervous that if I made the wrong decision, that it was too late to turn back. My first class of the day proved to me that I made a great decision. Everyone in class was transfer Social Work students, so they were just like me. Not knowing anyone is an introverts biggest nightmare, but luckily I wasn't alone.

Some of the things I've been learning in class is emotionally draining. I often question, "how am I going to be able to keep it together when I'm helping someone who has been beaten?" The emotional aspect of Social Work is what's going to be my biggest issue. Can I cry at a client's story?, can I keep it together when I have someone who has done terrible things come into my office, can I handle keeping work at work and home at home?

I know that I am going to be doing a job that not many people can do. I'm going to be healing the broken and giving them a place of safety. I once thought teaching kids about fitness was my calling, but maybe it's to help others in ways that they truly need to be helped.

So now is the time to figure out where I want to go to grad school. Ohio State? Sounds like a great one to me! Here to my last two years as an undergrad and hopefully onto a great grad school!