{"id":155,"date":"2022-08-11T12:13:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T12:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/?p=155"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:11:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:11:23","slug":"realizing-my-lifelong-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/realizing-my-lifelong-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Realizing my lifelong dream\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>53 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n<p>I am a college freshman.  AT 61! I know it sounds crazy, but my life took so many turns that college was just not an option. Until now. I am an administrative assistant, who is also responsible for creating menus for customers. I do not have the title of menu specialist, even though it is a legitimate job title. 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AT 61! I know it sounds crazy, but my life took so many turns that college was just not an option. Until now. I am an administrative assistant, who is also responsible for creating menus for customers. I do not have the title of menu specialist, even though it is a legitimate job title. I have been up against predetermined predjudice regarding my design work\u2026all because I do not have the degree to back up the work. At least that is my belief\u2026it is said when suggesting that a menu be created or re-worked the general consensus is to \u201cgo to a REAL graphic artist\u201d. Well knowing that they feel this way could have tore me down into a neurotic mess\u2026but instead I made the decision to back my work with the degree! I will keep you informed on the progression of this undertaking\u2026and all the comedy I am sure will ensue from it as well\u2026.cause let\u2019s face it, what is life without comedic relief!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journey-to-success"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159,"href":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cindeelou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}