Education
Education is one of those things that has become very polarizing in the last 20 years or so and skyrocketed in price. People often feel judged over not having the right education, not have a degree or even what school they went to or people ARE actually judged over these things. Education can be incredibly valuable and we all should be constantly learning.
Video # 10 - Education
First I would like to share with you a little something that happened last week. I was asked by my Director to respond to an email with something we were proud of. This literally stopped me dead in my tracks. I am fantastic right now at having a gratitude practice. I will tell you 10 things I am grateful for but proud of?! Honestly, this does go into my own feelings about today’s topic, education. Being proud of something was always something tied to knowledge for me for some reason. Did I excel at work, did I do something better than someone else, did you get a high grade on a test.
I did end up coming up with something to share with her, nearly a week later, but the best lesson I learned from this is I need to start a new practice. What am I proud of this week.
I offer this to you also.
Now onto today’s video…..
Video # 10 - Education
I personally let education and my feelings of being less than define me for too many years and trust me those feelings like to still bubble up every once in awhile when I see an entry job paying just above minimum wage, in Florida right now is $8.56 hr, asking for a BA or BS degree (yes this was a real job post. Requiring Bachelor degree/ MASTERS degree and a certification in the field for $9.25 hr ).
Education is one of those things that has become very polarizing in the last 20 years or so and skyrocketed in price. People often feel judged over not having the right education, not have a degree or even what school they went to or people ARE actually judged over these things. Education can be incredibly valuable and we all should be constantly learning.
I celebrate you if you are on the path to going back to school or if that is one of your goals you set in place for yourself to truly fill your soul.
My offering to you this week is to just check in on you and your emotional state when it comes to education. Do you judge others that do not have a degree, why? Do you judge yourself? Do you have regret over the degree you do have or the degree you wish you had?