My Journey to Deciding I Want to Be a Veterinarian
When I was little, I could never choose what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wanted to be everything under the sun. I was a very excitable little girl, so anything that I thought was cool is what I wanted to be. I could never make up my mind though, I was always changing to something new.
When I was little, one of the things I was obsessed with was the ocean and being in the water, even though I didn't know how to swim. So, one day I was watching the Discovery Channel, and they mentioned a Marine Biologist and what they do for a job. I was so excited I decided right then and there that I wanted to be a Marine Biologist. I thought I would get to swim all day and be around dolphins. I was told that, that isn't all they do for work, but I never listened. That was all that I wanted to do. …show more content…
I would clean the stalls, feed the horses, and refill the water buckets. I would also refill the stalls with hay for the horses. It would get all over me, and looked like I was just rolling around in the field, but I enjoyed every second. I couldn't do much more than that because I was so little. Even though it was very hard work, especially for a little girl, I enjoyed every minute of it. I never got tired and never complained about the hard work.
After a few years, I moved to Wisconsin with my father. Life went on and I slowly forgot about my love for working with animals. Everything kept getting in the way. I was in a new place, new school, and no friends. Any plans I had of me ever doing anything in the animal field just disappeared. I just focused on my schoolwork, and didn't really think about what I wanted to do for a career for a long time. Occasionally, I would remember my aunt’s horses, and it always put a smile on my face. It just made me miss being out in the country around all the
When I was little, I could never choose what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wanted to be everything under the sun. I was a very excitable little girl, so anything that I thought was cool is what I wanted to be. I could never make up my mind though, I was always changing to something new.
When I was little, one of the things I was obsessed with was the ocean and being in the water, even though I didn't know how to swim. So, one day I was watching the Discovery Channel, and they mentioned a Marine Biologist and what they do for a job. I was so excited I decided right then and there that I wanted to be a Marine Biologist. I thought I would get to swim all day and be around dolphins. I was told that, that isn't all they do for work, but I never listened. That was all that I wanted to do. …show more content…
I would clean the stalls, feed the horses, and refill the water buckets. I would also refill the stalls with hay for the horses. It would get all over me, and looked like I was just rolling around in the field, but I enjoyed every second. I couldn't do much more than that because I was so little. Even though it was very hard work, especially for a little girl, I enjoyed every minute of it. I never got tired and never complained about the hard work.
After a few years, I moved to Wisconsin with my father. Life went on and I slowly forgot about my love for working with animals. Everything kept getting in the way. I was in a new place, new school, and no friends. Any plans I had of me ever doing anything in the animal field just disappeared. I just focused on my schoolwork, and didn't really think about what I wanted to do for a career for a long time. Occasionally, I would remember my aunt’s horses, and it always put a smile on my face. It just made me miss being out in the country around all the