Hi guys. I began my college career straight out of high school all the way back in 2013. I spent a year at my first college as a Mass Communications major. I fell in love with my girlfriend and we transfered to our second school. At this time I became a substitute teacher and switched my major to education for a semester before being informed I should just major in Biology if teaching Biology my goal.

Now my second college was a community college spread across a couple different campuses. The campus I was attending didn’t have chemistry. But they assured me the science building would be done and I could finish my classes. Well, I was there for another year or two. As you know, a community class is only going to have so many classes.

So I gave up on Biology and switched to Business Administration and took all the business classes they had to offer. At this point, I had knocked out Intro to Accounting 1 and 2 making all A’s. So after transferring to my 3rd college and switching my major again, this time to Accounting, it finally felt real.

I was back at a 4 year college, making good grades, and looking like I finally had life figured out. Surely nothing will go wrong.

March 20th, 2020. My college announced it was moving to online in response to Covid-19. I would do the following Fall Semester. But over the Summer, I started a job at a hobby shop selling our trading cards online. Covid brought about a Pokémon resurgence we called the Covid Boom. As a result, I got promoted to full time.

Come January of 2021, I dropped out of college and began working full time.  Fast forward 5 years. I get married, have two kids. Move states. And leave my old job. Unsatisfied with the job hunt, I applied to a local college here with a certificate program in accounting. I got accepted and took Summer classes. With any luck, I’ll finish classes in the Fall.

I started talking to my brother about how I spent 7 years in college and had nothing to show for it. I told him at least getting my certificate will feel like I accomplished something. In our talking I jokingly said I probably had enough credits for a Doctorates.

But that got me thinking, what if I emailed my old college about an Associates? Well, after sending a few emails, my previous college informed me I am eligible for graduation. So I am now officially graduating. And no it is not lost on me that I could have graduated 6 years ago.

So if you’re ever on the fence about sending an email, just send the email. Thank you for reading! Have a great day!