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Hi. 👋 I’m Lisa. I took 33 years to complete my college degree. {Just writing that is embarrassing! 😳}
My story is probably a lot like yours. I started college right out of high school. I thought I was going to be pre-med, but then, literally at the last minute, I switched to Architecture 🏡. Part way through my first year, I realized I couldn’t draw or build models (duh!) and switched to Art History 🖼️. Several years and many classes later, I simply stopped going.
Now I could blame it on lack of interest in that career path or the business my then-boyfriend/now-husband and I built, or just life in general – but, in all honesty, I should have just finished. I had 108 out of 120 credits needed for my degree. 🤦♀️
Fast forward a decade, a cross-country move, and two babies later 👶👶 I figured it was a good time to finish what I started. I took pre-nursing classes and got 100% on my nursing school entrance exam. I had daycare lined up at the nursing school and found out I was pregnant with #3 👶 So, I stopped. Again.
Another year or two went by, and I took a few classes at the local community college to explore my options. And then we moved. Across the country. Again. 🚗
The next time life let me up for a breather was in 2021. I had over 150 random credits and still no degree. Not even an associate degree. I was wandering around the internet late one night and noticed that one of my original schools had a General Studies degree designed for students like me who had a smattering of credits and no piece of paper to show for it. Long story short, they finally issued my degree in 2021 — 33 years after I started. 🎓
I could have sat back on my laurels, but I adjusted my Queen of Procrastination Crown 👑 and got to work making sure no one else made the same mistake I did. I have helped multiple friends start and (more importantly) finish their degree program. I even inspired one friend to go back and earn her master’s degree. She didn’t know how easy it could be until I started jabbering on and on.
Even my husband decided third time’s a charm when he enrolled in community college again at 35 years old. He realized he was a totally different student than he was at 18 and 20 (his first 2 attempts at a degree). In fact, he earned a 4.0 this time around and now has a job in healthcare that he loves.
It wasn’t until my kids started middle school and high school that I realized just how much higher education had changed and how much could be accomplished. We explored all sorts of dual enrollment college classes and worked the system to our advantage.
My oldest graduated college with both an A.A. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Psychology at just 20 years old. My middle daughter graduated high school with an AA from our local community college and is currently earning a double major in History and Chemistry as well as a double minor in Physics and French, with the ultimate goal of Law School and further work as a patent attorney. My youngest is just finishing up 10th grade and has earned over 21 college credits.
There is no reason to NOT earn a college degree. Whether you need to start or finish, whether you are young or old, associate’s, bachelor’s, or master’s, you can do this. I can help. There are ways to finish fast. There are ways to finish for cheap. Fill out the Blueprint Quick Scan and let’s see where you are in the process.
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