HOW TAKING A GAP YEAR MADE MY CAREER
So I had an amazing year learning the Bible, growing spiritually, learning more about myself, gaining practical experience and making lifelong friends. But what happened when that year was over? Where did it leave me? During my year at the Bible Institute, though I tried many different things, I never forgot my love for English. However, along the way – particularly when I started writing for the Bible Institute yearbook – I learned that I didn’t just want to teach English; I wanted to write it. So in that sense, I can say the experience I had during my “gap year” confirmed and further defined my direction. When it came to the end of my first year at the Bible Institute, I had planned to go to Cedarville, but my time there was so influential that I thought I should go deeper by going to second year. During my second year, I was offered an opportunity to write part time for Word of Life’s media and marketing department. Again, the original plan was to go to Cedarville to finish out my education, but then I was offered the chance to continue writing with Word of Life in an hourly position while finishing out my Bachelor’s with Liberty, with a handsome “half- off” of my tuition bill (Word of Life has a deal set up with Liberty University Online where Word of Life employees can receive half off their tuition). More recently, after finishing my BA, I came on with Word of Life full time, and now I’m pursuing my Master’s in English and Creative Writing. Not only did my gap year not hold me back from pursuing my education, but it also led me directly to my current job and doing what I love. It’s still a wonder to me that taking a gap year actually made my career. I suppose that’s simply God’s mercy and grace, but perhaps it’s even His way of blessing a desire to pursue knowledge of His Word and to be a follower of His Son.
NOT ONLY DID MY GAP YEAR NOT HOLD ME BACK FROM PURSUING MY EDUCATION, BUT
IT ALSO LED ME DIRECTLY TO MY CURRENT JOB AND DOING WHAT I LOVE.
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