Be a life-long learnHer.
As veterans, we have gained so much from our military experiences. Every one of us knows courage, commitment, service, and sacrifice. We can refer back to the tests of life, whenever we are fearlessly facing another challenge because there is a lesson on the other side of that next test. Life is full of opportunities and we learn from each and everyone whether we take it or not. Whether there is doubt or fear, joy or stillness, attached to an opportunity, we know we can learn valuable lessons about ourselves and our power. In the Air Force, I was an Aerospace Ground Equipment mechanic. As a technical sergeant stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, I had the opportunity to apply for an instructor position at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. My husband and I were burned out from deploying back to back between 2005-2008, while trying to raise our two kiddos, both under two years old. I contemplated this Instructor duty opportunity and how it would impact my family, living overseas away from both of our extended families, the possibility of fewer deployments, and I worried a lot about not knowing enough about my job to be able to teach it. The Imposter Syndrome (or Phenomenon), bothered me more than anything. This opportunity was available and I was fully qualified, had enough experience in my job and all I had to do was apply, so why did I doubt myself now? I had to have a conversation with myself. I did not get to 10-years of service by being afraid to try. I figured that if I failed at teaching, and if I really didn’t know anything about my job, I would at least learn that.
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