Jaxton was at Purdue for 1 semester in the Tarkington Dorms. He did well, but decided that he did not like the dorm life. He needed more space, more privacy and wanted to be more in control of his living situation. He was so dedicated to making a change that he took multiple city busses and walked a long ways to visit some potential apartments up for rent. He also worked hard on an appeal to get out of his year long housing contract. The appeal was denied, but that did not stop Jaxton from figuring out the next possible solution. He got his resume together and went out hand delivering resumes to property management companies hoping to score a full time position which would help his financial situation. That first impression did him well. He was pulled into a mini interview right there on the spot. A couple weeks later he was hired, full time. He withdrew from Purdue in order to cancel his housing contract, scored an amazing lease at a great apartment with fabulous Chinese roommates, identified Purdue equivalent Ivy Tech night classes, and continued taking pre reqs and general eds to keep his credits on course. Its been a whirlwind of change in about 1 months time. Its been heavy, hard, extremely stressful, scary, uncomfortable, exciting, and driven. Jaxton learned that if he wants change, no body will make change for him. He has to go out there and chase what he wants. He has to make change if he wants it. And he did. And I am so proud of him for doing all of this adulting; for figuring out solutions to his challenges; for moving forward against major forces and for pushing to get what makes him happy. Congrats on the new job Jax! And the new house! And to have your car back! And for proving that everything is figuroutable!
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