One thing I've figured out about myself is that I'm pretty inconsistent. In my almost 48 years on the planet, this is one of my traits that I'm aware of, but really haven't developed a plan to overcome. I'm inconsistent about many aspects of my life, personally and professionally, and I'm really rather ashamed to have to admit that. Yes, I know, the first step to achieving change in your life is to recognize and face up to the parts of your character that you aren't happy with or that appear to be a limiting factor in your success. Professionally I've had quite a bit of success, even without having earned a degree to this point in my life, but even when I decided to go ahead and finally get that degree -- 30 years later -- I still really approached the challenge in an inconsistent fashion.
I'm inconsistent in a lot of ways, and it is really starting to bug me a bit. What bugs me the most is that I've really allowed myself to put up with this shortcoming for so very long and have not yet resolved to actively attack and overcome this problem.
I'd like to declare that I'm going to change this part of my character, and I'd like to believe that I'm going to stick with that. Truly, I would really love to be resolved to fix it, but I know myself and I realize that I'm probably never going to be able to completely eliminate this flaw in my makeup. Instead, I probably need to focus on consistency in just one area, and perhaps I can apply that theme of consistency to the pursuit of my Bachelors Degree at Penn Foster College. I'd like to think that I can do that, because I believe now that consistency is truly the key to be able to earn my degree without stretching it out for another 30 years.
Maybe if I can do that, perhaps I can make myself a good example for my two daughters as well. I want them to not fall into the same traps that I myself have done.