Real Estate: Course One Completed!

Well, course one is in the books!!

To say I am excited is an understatement! I passed with a 99%. All Glory goes to God!

I felt like the real me was BACK!!! (Let me add a bit of context to this strange statement.)

Growing up I was a really good student. Straight A’s most of my life, until college, when I was more concerned about guys then actually studying. True story! This good student got an F in a class and dropped out of others and ended up leaving college all together in my junior year. At the time I thought my reasons for leaving were valid. Now almost 20 years later, they weren’t!

I have toyed around with going back to school. But what do I actually want to do when I grow up? This question is where I get stuck. I want to try everything. Okay… maybe not everything…I won’t EVER have a career in math or science. It’s just not my thing.

So in 2021 I thought, why not start small and see if I can actually pass a few classes. See if that driven student that got buried deep inside of me can still come out to play?

I purposely left the start date and exam date on this edited version of my certificate for you to see. I started the courses in April of 2021, fully intending to have all three courses completed and have my license by the end of the year. I would start 2022 with a brand new vision and purpose.

Well, we all know that things don’t always work out as you plan them. I allowed myself to get distracted, caught up with other things I am working on and learning. By chapter 3 of the book I was a mess of tears thinking that I couldn’t do this and I felt like I was reading a foreign language. I was STUCK!

The one thing I know to be true about me no matter what is that I DO NOT GIVE UP! EVER! I don’t care what I have to do, what I have to go through, how hard it might be, how many times I cry, how many times I try to convince myself to give up. I can’t give up, it’s not in my spirit, it’s just not possible for me.

So I tried and tried again. Sometimes battling through a whole chapter, sometimes having to go back and read it again. I am a vigorous note taker, so a chapter of 30 pages that someone else could read in one night could take me 3 days. But that is how my brain works and I learn. In the end I KNOW the topic because I took my time with it.

About a month ago I had 5 chapters in the book of over 600 pages to go! I could see the home stretch. The holiday’s and working on furniture flipping, learning about YouTube and Instagram, how to blog, and crocheting orders for Christmas took my time away. So in the last two weeks I have buckled down and said I am going to finish it no matter what. If I have to stay up late, I have to stay up late!

I was doing great and got through 4 chapters with ease. Then came the last chapter. You would think it would be easy and I would be pumped to finish. Well that last damn chapter took me 3 days to get through. I was distracted, my mind was all over the place, and I had to keep reading simple sentences over and over again. But I did it!

So last night I thought, “Okay Deborah, you can either make excuses and say you will take your final this weekend when you know you want to be working on finishing Furniture Flip #2 and #3. Or, you can sit down and just do it tonight!”. I forced myself to do it last night. It took me almost the full three hours of the time slotted, but I did it! I passed with flying colors with a 99%. That’s an A+ people!

I felt giddy. I literally jumped up and cheered with excitement! Then I remembered that rush, that feeling that I am smart and I have always been smart. This is how I felt growing up getting great grades. Seeing that old part of me reemerge felt amazing! It showed me that I am capable of doing this and many other dreams I have. To all those people who said I couldn’t do it back in the day…. You will see me on the top!!!

Onto Course #2….