Every day I make decisions. Some of which may be important at the time, or some may not. I can attempt to predict the path that my life will take, but that’s all I can do, predict.

A few years ago, I saw a job posting at my workplace for a weekend first-aid attendant. At the time I was already working on the weekends, so I figured I might as well apply since I really enjoy learning and my shift couldn’t get any worse. I eventually got the posting and took the intensive 40-hour week long course, which I passed. During my time as a first-aid attendant at work, I learned a lot about people. For example, there are some people elaborate the cut on the finger and there are people who want to continue working after they become concussed. But most importantly, I learned that I wanted to help people. First-aid only lets you help people that are in dire situations, such as extreme trauma.

So with the desire in place to help people and keep myself forever employed in the health field, I looked up all the health related jobs that I could find. I found that I wanted to become a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), which pretty much consists of the grunt work for the actual nurses. The program was only one year long, but the wait list was two years long. Around that time, I was having dinner with my dad, brother, and his fiancée, who is a Medical Office Assistant (MOA). She told me about her experience working for an endocrinologist.

Since I had a few years to wait to get into the LPN program, I decided to give this MOA gig a shot, since the program was only one year and there was no wait list. A few months later, I was in a class with 29 other girls. I know how girls feel like being in a computer class with 29 guys now. I will remember this particular experience for the rest of my life, “okay girls…. and Jerry”. At the end of the course, I decided that the MOA path was not for me. But I am glad that I took the course, because I am much more educated on diseases and medical terminologies -I really annoy the girl when we watch Grey’s Anatomy.

During my time in the course, I happened to take out a Nutrition textbook which I loved so much that I bought, $130. I took a semester off so that I could not only enjoy my first summer not working like a dog, but to actually read this textbook and improve myself through diet and exercise.

One of the goals that I have is to get a 6-pack. Shallow? Maybe, but I’ve never had one, so I am now going to try. I searched for a workout on YouTube and found this one:

After doing this seemingly easy routine, I will never laugh at the people on these reality weight loss shows again. I turned this 8 minute ab workout into a 20 minute grinder. 30 seconds of rest after two exercises? Laugh. I think not. I thought I was pumped and ready to go after 20 minutes on the elliptical, but I was mistaken. This workout demoralized me about the reality of my strength of my abs, but enthused me at the same time.

Anyway, back to the main point of decisions. I make plenty of decisions every day, as do we all. But I am glad that the steps that I took ages ago have transformed me more into the person I want to be, literally and figuratively. And If I were to predict my future ages ago, my FFXI character would be the leetest of them all. Thank god that prediction didn’t become reality.

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