{"id":9141,"date":"2020-04-29T16:19:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=9141"},"modified":"2020-04-29T16:19:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:19:56","slug":"what-do-i-do-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2020\/04\/29\/what-do-i-do-now\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I do now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The school has been officially canceled for the 2019-2020 school year and I honestly do not know how to feel. I mean a part of me is happy that I have more summertime, but half of me is upset because I did not get the chance to finish my junior year. I mean there are so many events and ideas I had planned yet now it feels impossible. However, nothing is truly impossible. This is another situation where I have to put the mind of matter. I have to stop stressing about things I cannot control. What is meant to be will happen! But I can&#8217;t help to wonder, what am I going to do now?<\/p>\n<p>Throughout quarantine, I have been focusing on college and scholarships. I mean I have made a whole binder named, &#8220;Road to College&#8221; lol. I guess you can say that I am excited because I am. College is something I fantasize about my whole life! Ever since I was a little girl I knew I was going to New York University. Fast forward almost ten years later plans have changed and I have now set my heart on Howard University. Picking the right college is important to me, and I don&#8217;t want to make a decision that I will regret. However, it seems like since Corona has come everything has changed. I probably won&#8217;t get the chance to step onto Howard&#8217;s campus. But virtual college tours have been helpful like the Chicago HBCU Alumni Alliance. The organization plan a virtual tour with over ten historically black colleges and universities and that was extremely helpful to me.\u00a0<strong>They are hosting a part 2 here is the information:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/d1b72d_5fa2ab88db6f49468666c2b495c944d3~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_440,h_531,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/HBCU%20College%20Tour%20PT%202%20(1).webp\" alt=\"HBCU College Tour PT 2 (1).jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chihbcualliance.com\/part2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.chihbcualliance.com\/part2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next thing that has been on my mind is getting a job. Yes, the time has come for me to start working for my own money. I mean I did babysit last year but I don&#8217;t think that is for me. So, I have my first job interview on Thursday! Surprisingly, I am excited I believe one of the reasons why I was opposed to getting a job was fear. But I have to get over that fear only holds me back. Now that school is out, and I&#8217;m almost done with my school work; I can focus on me and my development as a person.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I learned about myself during this pandemic, I am not the best person I can be. I&#8217;m disappointed in that because I thought that I was solid, but now I realize that I need to do some self-evaluation. I want to officially start my spiritual journey and grow a stronger connection with God. One thing my grandma always told me is, &#8220;The devil is working.&#8221; I know he is working hard during this time to try to break me, but I WILL NOT LET HIM! As long as I have my connection with God and my family I can achieve anything.<\/p>\n<p>When I began this blog post I felt truly confused about what should I do. However, now I know. See that is why I love writing, I learn something new every time! Also, thank you so much for the nice comments on<em> How Do Mississippians Feel about Confederate Heritage Month?\u00a0<\/em>It means a lot to me to have positive support!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The school has been officially canceled for the 2019-2020 school year and I honestly do not know how to feel. I mean a part of me is happy that I have more summertime, but half of me is upset because I did not get the chance to finish my junior year. I mean there are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2020\/04\/29\/what-do-i-do-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What do I do now?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9141"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9145,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9141\/revisions\/9145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}