Sorry that I have been MIA!!  Blogging hasn't been first and foremost my priority these days.  I have been in study-mode, working on upgrading my education!  Some might wonder why at this stage of the game, but it has been a long time in the works through correspondence and online courses.  I'm not done yet in my pursuit of education, and I may never be!  I enjoy the learning process too much, it would appear!  LOL!!  It's like being on an adventure!  You pick a subject, and as you work through the material, the new knowledge starts to become understanding!  What a phenomenon, eh!

So, I have three more courses to go toward my Business Diploma!  I have already targeted three more courses I want to take after that!  Just to gain the knowledge, because inquiring minds want to know!!  I am also inquiring on what it would take to turn my diploma into a degree.  It seems anything less than a degree has become inadequate now in the business world.  I feel the passion brewing, but undoubtedly, it is more hard work ahead of me.  I am not afraid though.  Just one step at a time, and in time I will reach my new goal!

You might wonder why I didn't walk this path earlier, like right out of high school.  Well, time and technology, and work experience changes the needs in a person's educational needs.  Having a post-secondary training as a secretary just wasn't expected to last a lifetime, although it has provided me with a good base!  I have chosen to supplement my knowledge through work experience, while progressing to the next level, supported through courses in a business program.  No one was forcing me to continue my education to keep my job, but when the hard times hit, I wanted to stand out as someone who wasn't sleeping at the wheel.  It is called evolution!!

I have seen examples of how people progress with education and life experience.  One person has a grade 8 education, but with full heart and determination falls into a life-long adventure of volunteerism, and different odd jobs, but continues to figure things out well into retirement.  The thoughts and life interests push to learn, and want to know.  Asking questions and finding the answers sometimes with more effort!  While another person with high school education (a high achievement in those days) goes into retirement, not having the ability or interest to understand and gives up to nothingness.  It's just how two people have went down life's path, and what tools did they bring with them.  Obviously, ambition, desire, and the ability to act on those will lead a many in unsuspecting directions while chasing the dream through life!

For myself, I am in pursuit of higher education!  I started on this path so that I would be recognized as having value in the employment world, but I keep finding more things I want to understand and learn.  I try to encourage my younger family members to set up their futures through education whenever I can, and even though they each must find their own path - I know nothing will be lost because life is the pursuit of evolution!

S