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# Entering A New Arena
- URL: https://lisaromerodugal.com/blog/entering-a-new-arena/
- Published: 2022-04-14T21:11:17.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-14T21:11:17.000Z
- Author: Lisa Romero Dugal
- Tags: education, wellness, believe in yourself, five second rule, growth mindset, imagine believe achieve, inspiration, kinesiology, life with lisa, mel robbins, personal growth, ul lafayette, #wordpress

So I did something…

that I’m both excited and nervous about. One thing I’ve learned is that having a growth mindset is an adventure. Trust the process and step out of yourself comfort zone.

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I’m going back to school!!!! What? At the age of 56? Why?

In 2019 while doing my infamous “54 Before 54” one of the things I did was get my transcript from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette to see where exactly my academic status stood - am I close to a degree or is it far off. I was a student at UL-L from August 1983-May 1986\. Let’s just say one quick look at my transcript and it appeared to reflect my lifestyle during my time there…. so I quickly put it away 🙈

However, it was still looming over me. Last year my desire started to resurface. I started hearing more about online degrees which made a college return seem doable. In December I saw a dear friend around my age earn his college degree which was very inspiring. So before the end of 2021 I googled online degrees. To my surprise UL-L was one of the first to pop up. And one of their online programs is Kinesiology!!!

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Taking to heart what I learned from Mel Robbins book, The Five Second Rule, I applied the 5-4-3-2-1 rule and submitted my application.

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I have the best advisor who has patiently guided me along the way and this week I officially registered for Fall 2022\. I’m dipping my toe back into education by taking 2 classes.

I’m not sure where this will lead, but I’m going to give it my all and trust the process.

So with a growth mindset and an adventurous spirit, Let’s Geaux 🤓📚

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Thank you for your support!!!

Imagine \~ Believe \~ Achieve

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