Potatoloco Degree Journey Blog

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Figured this would be good as place as any to document my journey to a degree and be able to look back on it. Decided to put this in the off topic section because I won't always post about school, though that is the central subject. I wish there was another section on the boards dedicated to just threads such as the one I'm making.

Anyhow, feel free to comment, ask questions, make fun of me, criticize/critique, etc.

So reader's digest version for the first "blog" post.

Had a business for close to 2 years and decided to sell it mainly because of lack of family time. I loved what I did, but when it comes to family, I can't sacrifice time with them. So I've become a stay at home dad of 2 sons (16 months and 3 months) for the time being. This is mainly due to help me to finish my degree at a quick pace and the cheapest daycare we can find is $1200 a month. Add that and the cost of actually testing out and finishing the degree, it becomes more cost effective to stay home with the kiddos. Other than that, I'm 26, been married for over 4 years. My wife graduated with an engineering degree a few years ago, so she has a leg up on me in that department, .

I've decided I'm going for a human resource degree from TESC. I have approx. 70 credit hours before undertaking this journey last month, but I'm pretty sure I've got 60 hours to go before finishing up.

As of right now, I'm enrolled in both Business Communication and Micoeconomics at a B&M and I've also clepped Marketing and finished Accounting 1 on straighterline this past month. I'll be finishing up Accounting 2 and Precalculus this coming week. Hopefully I'll be able to clep Management this Monday and give myself 15 credits done within the past month.

I've got a few goals on this journey. The first goal of having 36 credits done by end of May. The ultimate goal is finish degree by the end of the year.