11. Today I am grateful to not be going back to school.

Many children and post-secondary students will or have started back at school sometime last week or this week. I work at a pre-school and the first group of children started today. I loved seeing the children come to the school for the first time. Most were excited and some were nervous. It was also great to meet with the parents I will be working with. I am excited for my first school year on the job.

Part of me misses the first day of school as a student and the excitement that comes with the new school year and starting new courses and going through the syllabus to see what we will be learning that semester. However, most of me is glad to be done school. I do prefer working over going to school. It is nice to have a job where I come home and I don’t have all the extra’s to do, assignments, reports, papers, studying, etc. I also love how with my job we have workshops and training sessions often so I am always learning in an academic setting but getting paid instead of paying to attend a course It is also nice to have a steady income. I am also so grateful to have found a job that I really enjoy in my field soon after graduating.