A mom making positive changes in her life for a better future!
I am a 28 year old single mom with a beautiful 7 year old daughter Addy Mae. I have gone through my life thinking that I was nothing but a statistic - a young mom who had to drop out of college. At best I would be trying to be a good mom, working a job I hated to make ends meet. This is what I thought my life would have to be like because it was what was working at the time.
As a mom you go through phases in your life of selflessness. You do everything you can because when your child's happy, you're happy right? Wrong. It took time and work to try and get to the mindset I am now - that I am capable of anything I set my mind to. Why would I let others tell me that I am only a statistic? That this is all I can do? If I am happy then the possibilities are endless, and my daughter gets to be raised by someone showing her that you can do anything you set your mind to.
I was done with this mindset. I needed a change - to be happy. There is no proving yourself, you can only do what you can. You should not have the limitations or pressure of having to prove yourself to anyone. I sat down and wrote what I wanted and more importantly needed to do for myself. Nothing I wrote was unreachable. Writing something and thinking "wait - no that's not possible" was not in my mind anymore. I can do this! In the end it all came to going back to school.
Now, going back to school was not just the mindset of "I failed the first time, I need to prove to myself I can do it this time". It was simply picking up where I left off - a more positive out look of what I was truly capable of. My life had changed, my goals had changed and returning back to Georgian College was going to be the jumpstart of being happy with my life moving forward. There was no if's and's or but's - I can do this. Growing up you would always see success stories of people doing the exact same thing I wanted to set my mind to but it wasn't possible. Things like this don't happen to ordinary people like me, but why couldn't it be me? There wasn't something written in stone saying it wasn't possible. I just needed to get the confidence to believe in myself.
So here I am! fast tracking my way through my Georgian College diploma for my business degree. It hasn't been easy! There have been situations and obstacles thrown my way but one thing I haven't done was stop believing in myself.
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Leah Swanton
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