Going Pro
So, Wednesday night (well, okay, technically thursday morning) I was giving Emily (a good friend of mine) a massage. That's just the kind of thing I do every now and then for people who ask for one. She tells me that she's been massaged by plenty of people and that I'm the best she's had, and then she recommends, that I take this up as a profession. Normally, this would go in one ear and out the other, but I got to thinking that she's not the only person to claim I'm good (I don't think so personally, after all, I've never been trained or anything, there's no way I could stand up to a professional).
So I said to myself "Shawn, you do enjoy giving massages, and the last time you took something you enjoyed doing (swimming) and made it into a job (lifeguard) it was so fun that you did it for 2 years". Okay self, you talked me into it. So I went and asked about becoming a professional. In order to do so, I have to be licensed by the state, and in order to do that, I need to take a course with Austin School of Massage Therapy (the only place I could find that teaches classes locally) which will cost me about $4k.
Ouch.
But the good news is that they told be they can work out some kind of financial aid to help me pay for it, but in order to do so I have to register for class so that they know they're not wasting their time. Registration fee id $200 (which is included in the $4k btw) So I'm gonna do this. I think that if I can afford it all it will open up a whole new world of potential employment. And I am all about the potential employment.
So I said to myself "Shawn, you do enjoy giving massages, and the last time you took something you enjoyed doing (swimming) and made it into a job (lifeguard) it was so fun that you did it for 2 years". Okay self, you talked me into it. So I went and asked about becoming a professional. In order to do so, I have to be licensed by the state, and in order to do that, I need to take a course with Austin School of Massage Therapy (the only place I could find that teaches classes locally) which will cost me about $4k.
Ouch.
But the good news is that they told be they can work out some kind of financial aid to help me pay for it, but in order to do so I have to register for class so that they know they're not wasting their time. Registration fee id $200 (which is included in the $4k btw) So I'm gonna do this. I think that if I can afford it all it will open up a whole new world of potential employment. And I am all about the potential employment.