Overcoming Obstacles: My Journey to Higher Education

It took me a while to land where I am at now, and I could not have done it without the help of James. He encouraged me, and he believes in me. Therefore, college is a big step for me, so I know I have to see it through. Fighting the feeling of hopelessness, stress, and not having enough money is what drifted me away from college. There was no other motivation left in me, but suddenly that all changed.
I have always wanted a finer life for myself. I have faced a lot of obstacles throughout this journey. The first step in this process was to graduate from high school, then gain a job then proceed to college. I had accomplished the first two, but it seemed like the last one keeps getting to me. Prior to college starting, I had so much energy and so much confidence, but as time went on I slowly began to lose interest. I was so stressed out with working and not knowing if was going to have enough money to pay for my rent, car note, and take time out to study for school so then I became hopeless. College was starting not to become as important to me as it once was. I stopped attending college and spent additional time working. However, I was still unease.
It was not until the summer of 2015 when my boyfriend and I were sitting in my room, at my mom’s house and I was telling him that I felt like such

It gave me problems every time I got into it, but it was going to have to make due for the moment. Until one day it broke down on me. I knew I was in over my head before I even did it. I traded in my 2001 vintage Chevrolet Aveo. I knew it was going to be hard paying for rent, a car and going to school, but at the time, it was everything I wanted. I didn’t have any family members that could loan me a car or spare a few bucks so that I could have gas in my car. Once again, I felt alone but I kept pushing myself in order to make sure I did not start feeling hopeless