Right Stuff

Hello Everyone:

The assessment test is done and dusted. Mission accomplished. I did enough to show that I was as capable of high school fresher reading and math. The test took up the first hour of the morning followed by a group meeting with the assigned career counselor. He is a very energetic person with a lot to offer.  Although he was long winded, he did make a couple of points that pinged with me. Part of the session was devoted to mock interviews. The career counselor had each person—there were eight of us—go up to the front of the room, introduce ourselves, say where we want to be in three years, and share our dream car (the icebreaker question). When it was my turn, I went all the way to the whiteboard, introduced myself, stated where I want to be in three years, and shared my dream car, a Ferrari. I later thought I should’ve said Aston Martin DB but Ferrari works. My response to the second question surprised me. I answered that I saw myself as a senior intelligence analyst and the matter-of-fact way it rolled of my tongue also surprised me. It was like, this is what I want. Just as surprising was my complete lack of nerves. I stood in the stearn teacher pose and clearly stated my answers, making eye contact with someone. Back to my previous point, now that i’ve said it out loud, does it mean it’ll come true?  It will come true if I work for it. In order to do that, I have to surrender myself to the process. I had this strange sense of serenity during that whole, I don’t know, three minute pitch. I could tell others were more anxious about it but not me. I used words like passion and workability. I very briefly explained what inspired me. I messaged my law enforcement official contact today to share the episode and he was happy for me. He told me that I have the right stuff for the job. Gosh that made feel like the Queen of the World. I think things are starting to break my way.