What Matters: Reflection on Your Values, Goals, and Options (Veteran Voices)
What Matters: Reflection on Your Values, Goals, and Options (Veteran Voices)
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I really needed to sit down and evaluate what my options were and really self reflect on where was I going to be a best fit. What was I going to be doing that was going to really satisfy my needs and my goals, and really, just ultimately make me happy, and so I was able to sit down, and again, have conversations with myself and reassess and adjust, depending on where I was at.
My core values have developed over time because of a few areas in my life. And definitely stemming back to how I was raised to pursue what I want to pursue. I was given that freedom from early on. And then also joining the Marines.
Having a mission, buckling down, and knowing that you're pursuing that mission. Knowing that you have others that are helping you pursue that mission and complete that mission. The commitment to that, and again, if you're in a space you believe in, and you're in it and you're on a journey that you know is a good journey, then that's your passion. You're going to stay on that journey and not deviate from it.
So there's a commitment there, and I think from my family and from the community I had from growing up, plus my time in service, helped me to rely on that core value of commitment. But then also pursuing what you want. I remember actually being in Iraq and looking out across the Euphrates River at night and seeing a fire pit burning in the distance and thinking, this is a terrible spot I'm in right now, and as soon as I get home, I'm going back to school, and I'm going to finish my journey into whatever career I was going to get into.
My core values have developed over time because of a few areas in my life. And definitely stemming back to how I was raised to pursue what I want to pursue. I was given that freedom from early on. And then also joining the Marines.
Having a mission, buckling down, and knowing that you're pursuing that mission. Knowing that you have others that are helping you pursue that mission and complete that mission. The commitment to that, and again, if you're in a space you believe in, and you're in it and you're on a journey that you know is a good journey, then that's your passion. You're going to stay on that journey and not deviate from it.
So there's a commitment there, and I think from my family and from the community I had from growing up, plus my time in service, helped me to rely on that core value of commitment. But then also pursuing what you want. I remember actually being in Iraq and looking out across the Euphrates River at night and seeing a fire pit burning in the distance and thinking, this is a terrible spot I'm in right now, and as soon as I get home, I'm going back to school, and I'm going to finish my journey into whatever career I was going to get into.