My Story

Hello everyone!  This isn't my first time blogging, but it is my first personal blog!  I love to write, but have always found myself putting a personal blog off.  I think it's because I have always wanted my blog to be something special, something that represents myself.  For the longest time I've tried to come up with some type of theme that will symbolize that.  I know once I get started doing this I will be addicted.  I am full of personality, so I want this blog to reflect that, but in a serious light.


I did a lot of soul searching freshman year of my undergrad.  I came from a high school that didn't value the concept of college preparation.  Although I did fairly well in high school, I was not as ready as I thought I was to come to a four year university and excel.  I spent most of my freshman year learning and teaching myself how to study, write, and manage my time in a more efficient manner than I ever did in high school.  Not everyone has the opportunity to go to college, so my mentality was "I'm here and I'm going to do it".  Needless to say, I think all of that hard work paid off for me.


It was Fall semester of my sophomore year, after many general education courses, that I realized what my passion was.  Essentially, it was the first time that I felt confident in the sense that, "wow I'm actually good at this".  I took a junior level class (3000 level here at EIU), Advocacy and Message Design, and exceeded my own expectations.  Basically, this class was all about writing press releases, developing campaigns, ways of social media, constructing media kits and learning the history of public relations.  I found my calling.



My goal for this blog and all of my posts is to not only interest readers/followers, but to interest myself and further my own knowledge in the field of PR,  because when it comes down to it, I'm still trying to find a place in this world.  The future is in my hands and I plan on doing something great with it!

"When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people:  those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened"... Making it happen!