Next stage of my career

So since my last exam in June I have moved back home and I went through different phases were I wanted to relax and enjoy doing nothing whilst I waited for my results and then when my results finally came I had a 2:2 and all of that and then I started applying for jobs. I went through another phase were I applied for and thought about all the other career options that during my degree I had at the back of my mind.

Because for the first time in a while I am free and I can literally do anything I want but as I deeply researched and attempted these fantasy careers I realised that 1) I don't really want to do that job and 2) I don't have that motivation to do it.

So, I am at the point now were I know that accounting is what I want to do. (and I know I have said this on a lot of my previous posts.) But I feel as though I had to be unsure and uncertain in order to go through this crisis or trial period so that I can realise that the grass is not greener on the other side.

With that said yesterday I registered with AAT and today I booked two exams for level 3. For the first time in a while I slept for a long time and when I woke up I felt weird as if I had just shifted my destiny and changed my future for the better. I will not be settling for a job. I want a career that I can be proud of. I don't regret going to university. I had an amazing time and met so many amazing people that the experience in itself was so worth it.

Now, I have to start revising again for exams and more exams because that is the only way I can be happy to live my life.

They are also 10 other graduate schemes that accept a 2;2 so I will be preparing for those and give it a chance. Plus, I want to start volunteering so that I can build my confidence in a working environment and to get myself out of the house and out of my head. Plus, a positive reference will be good as well.

I feel as though, this is the final chance. I am going to try my best to do the exams at the best of my capability and to get a volunteering place and to be able to make a positive difference and learn a lot of skills. Plus, to have the confidence and skills to apply and go through the process of graduate schemes.

I will need to have and improve on some things but I am more focused now more than ever and I know that in a year this time I will be either waiting to start my graduate scheme or I will have already started my job in accounting whilst also training for ACCA or ACA or maybe CIMA.

I am not going to give up.