Thanks everyone for the encouraging words. My time as a vet assistant, while somewhat rewarding, was not necessarily a positive experience. My co-workers were sweet, but our supervisor was a lonely woman who did not have the best teaching methods. I will be honest right now and say that it’s hard for me to leave it at that. She did not enjoy my company or my efforts to better myself in the position, and her history with the business prevented others from taking action against her rude, unprofessional ways. That was what really pushed me away from my first job. I lost all incentive to better my work around her, and resolved to move on.

The career I am aiming for is one that requires a lot of personal drive, but really, what career doesn’t? But there are so many ways to go about training and behavior modification. Maybe what I am most afraid of is choosing the wrong path, or somehow screwing up the right path with my failures. B&B has become very promising, and because of that my “challenges” seem that much more serious. My lack of experience doesn’t help, either.

I will try the positive self-talk, overlegen. You’re right, I tend to get stuck on a negative internal reel when something happens, and that needs to stop. It will be hard, but coming back to these friendly and positive replies has already helped me immensely. Thank you everyone!