Refletive Essay

Most individuals that enter into military service reflect positively of the time and work they invested in for the number of years they enlist for. I personally look at the past very differently, I am not one to bash former employment because if I were to employ anyone I would hope for the same but I give credit where credit it due since I was expected to learn my job, teach when I can of my occupation and grow as an individual. After my first year of service I felt that a lifelong Army career was not going to be where I wanted to end up in the long run because I felt like I had no sense of accomplishment proud enough and call my own. I took it upon myself to learn everything I could about 3D design and applications to gaming because it was always something I had an interest in growing up and I will talk about the subject of design for longs periods of time when given the chance. For three years of active duty service I would always carry the idea in the back of my head that I would have to just deal with the next couple of years as best I could but be sure that I did my job in the military as my units communication manager as well as on the ground operator to the best of my ability.
The majority of people I had met during my time did not understand why I wanted to leave my occupation in military service for one in the entertainment industry, since military pay was enough to deal with the bills that I had, having job security and I also knew to accept the fact that between the three years of my enlistment I was more than likely to deploy with this unit. The majority of the time while in the unit stateside I made it a usual schedule that right after work I was doing something on my computer either with modeling in 3D or animation a...

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...years I have two emotions that always affect me, the first being a feeling of anger for not doing my research and making a pour decision to work a job I did not enjoy for four years. However my other feeling is of some accomplishment being that I grew up a lot and to take the time to sit down and teach myself the programs needed in 3D design, it does take self-managing but also some discipline to sit down in my own time into it. Leaving the military I was one of the very few people that still saved my money from deployment so I could have a buffer to avoid money issues while starting this new life. This time around to fill the void of self-accomplishment that I have had for too long, I plan to tackle future issues head on while looking back on events that I had lived thru during my deployment of 2012 and knowing it won’t be like having a pack of wild dogs following.