My College Regret

Write about a time when you didn’t take action but wish you had. What would you do differently?

For most of my working lifetime, I have had second thoughts of where I transferred to prematurely during my college career.

My high school in northern Michigan had lost its educational rating with the two major universities in the State my junior year. It interprets that students in my school district would almost have to receive a 3.5 accumulative than average to attend although schools with proper documentation can get accepted with a 3.2 average. Funding is the biggest problem then where to spend it.

So, I attended a junior college that is affiliated with a university in the Big Ten conference and had planned to earn my associates with them. During government class, I met someone who I connected with as a friend who talked me out of my original plan. After about ten years in banking and seeing my brothers and my sister’s careers take off, my bad decision caught up in a big way. My friend who talked me into it went into sales and was successful. We rarely communicate now.

Well, I decided a very long time ago to accept my decision and to guard myself with her and others like her. My life has been full and complete without the job.

In addition, I have chosen to trust my intuition and act upon it instead of words from others and live a full life of adventure.

Leslie Elizabeth David.