I was really smart growing up. I always had straight A's, I loved math, was on the robotics team, graduated top of my class.. you get the picture. That being said, my family had high expectations of me for the future. I was to go to college, get a degree, then go work and make a sustainable income.
In addition to being smart, I was also athletic. I ran track and cross-country, played softball, and was a cheerleader. When my high-school athletic career was over, I took up the gym. I started lifting weights and researching nutrition. I became a junkie for all things health and fitness. But, as you can imagine my family steered me away from my passion for health and fitness and into a more 'realistic,' 'sustainable,' career... Engineering.
So, in 2014 I began my undergrad at UF as a mechanical engineering major. In case you don't know, the engineering program at UF is dreadful, miserable, arduous... *cringe*. My struggle began immediately, failing classes, repeating them, and hating every second of it. I fought to stick it out for two years because I'm the kind of person who won't be told I can't do something... If I'm going to quit it's going to be on my terms.
In the fall of 2016 I became an entrepreneur when I said "F*** it!" I withdrew from the semester and decided to stop pursuing a degree that made me miserable just because it was "sustainable," or thats what my family wanted me to do. I decided I would change my major to the only thing I'm truly passionate about, and I'd figure out the rest as I go.
Now I'm an APK (Applied Physiology and Kinesiology) major, and I love every second of it. I'm learning about what truly makes me happy, everyday. I'm also working as a personal trainer, and my future plans are to have my own online fitness coaching business. I said "F***" the norm, "F***" comfortable, sustainable, predictable... I'm going to make my own path, regardless of what it takes, regardless of what uncertainties I have to face.
Lastly, I enrolled in ENT 3003 because it is an elective for my degree, and after realizing my entrepreneurial goals, I though this class could teach me something.
Megan, we actually have a really similar path to fitness. I grew up playing baseball 12 months a year never having a break. My parents always had incredibly high expectations for my baseball career. Needless to say, they weren’t the happiest campers when I told them I wasn’t going to play in college and instead wanted to pursue other hobbies. That move changed my life. I started to get into the gym for the first time and follow some of the popular fitness icons and my love of fitness and nutrition hasn’t stopped since.
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