Last week I called my cousin Laura and we chit chatted about our lives. She was telling me about all the great things going on and then she said something that really caught me off guard. She said, "Jay, life really isn't that hard."
I busted up laughing. I really did. I couldn't believe she was saying that. But she went on.
"No, really. All you have to do is decide what you want, and go after it."
Laura was pretty much preaching the power of goal setting and visualization, which is something I tell everyone to do, and I was laughing at it…
This was kind of huge to me because of what had happened previously that week.
Jacob and I had just found out that there was a waiting list for the Welding Program at IT. Which meant he would have to do three years of school instead of two. Which meant an extra year of tuition, rent, and another year before being in a career.
So Jacob started to apply for Eastern Wyoming College, which was originally my first pick. I'll be honest, I wanted to be close to my family. I knew that the older we'd get, the busier we'd get. So I wanted to be close to them while I could. Especially since I'm gone 7 months out of year for College. But then I started researching.
Torrington's population is 6,800.
There is one skate park. (Thank goodness, because Jake would go insane if there wasn't)
One Elementary, Middle, and High School.
One Movie theater that shows one movie a night.
And if you do want to do anything, or want reasonably priced groceries, you have to drive to Scottsbluff, which is 45 minutes away, or Cheyenne, which is an hour and a half away.
I started stressing a bit. I was planning on running my photography business full time in the Fall, but how in the world would I do that with a population under 7,000? Many of those being college kids?
But Laura said exactly what I needed at that time. I had already decided I wanted to do my business full time. All I need to is make it happen. Obviously easier said than done, but I was thankful that Laura was there saying the words I needed to hear even if she didn't know it.
I still plan to do my photography business but I will most likely get a part time job so I don't go insane being home alone all day. Jacob is finishing up his application for Wyoming Eastern College where they currently have opening for their Welding Program. I am excited (and extremely nervous) for this adventure and to be close to my family for a couple years. Cheers to the next couple years!
