Midlife Crisis vs. Career

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When I was eighteen years old I left my mother’s house to attend college. I was so happy that I was going to school but wasn't prepared for change. Being the only girl I had my own room so sharing a small room no bigger than a bathroom it was hard for me to cope with in college. I truly believe that I have experience midlife crisis at a young age. The summer of two thousand and ten was the beginning of the turning points and failure in my life. I was only twenty two years old and was about to graduate with my bachelors the next year. I had my goals planed but sometimes life sees different. I received a notice from Claflin University that I had a balance of two thousand dollars for my tuition. Everything that was good went bad. It was so depressing knowing that I was so close to my dream and it could be taken away from me. I was on the verge of giving up because I had tried everything that I knew to get funds. I had applied for every scholarship there was. I made many visits and phone calls to the scholarship recruiter at Claflin University. I was hoping that someone would hear my story and reach out to me. I had no luck. Every time I thought of the situation I broke down in tears because this was something I dreamed of since I was a child. I began questioning myself and looking back over my pass trying to figure out where I went wrong. I was giving a certain amount of days to come up with the two thousand dollars. The next morning I didn’t hear from the scholarship coordinators. I had decided to move back home. As I began to pack my bags, I received a phone call from the scholarship recruiter at Claflin University to come to her office. I had already prepared myself to just except that I was not going to graduate. When I got to the recruiters office she told me that I was granted five thousand dollars from UNCF and was also giving a position in their office to
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