{"id":31248,"date":"2014-12-28T19:24:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T19:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/brandenbufford\/?p=33"},"modified":"2014-12-28T19:24:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T19:24:55","slug":"reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/brandenbufford\/files\/2015\/01\/swimming-pool-water-Jan-Blog-post.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/brandenbufford\/files\/2015\/01\/swimming-pool-water-Jan-Blog-post-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"swimming-pool-water Jan Blog post\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The end of the calendar year is a great time for reflection. You can assess where you are in life professionally, personally, and spiritually. 21014 has definitely been a great year for me!<\/p>\n<p>Professionally: 2014 marks the first year I have had full time employment for an entire year. Some would say I should not mention this but I am not ashamed. My time after undergrad was not a struggle but more of a journey. I&#8217;ve second guessed my career choice and path, i&#8217;ve applied for jobs that are total opposite of my degree, i&#8217;ve taken unpaid internships, and side jobs to keep money in my pocket. Through it all, I learned with this fellowship, this professional sector that i&#8217;m where i&#8217;m supposed to be. I&#8217;m supposed to be in Detroit, i&#8217;m supposed to be in education, i&#8217;m supposed to be a hand up to people who need it, i&#8217;m supposed to fight this good fight.<\/p>\n<p>Personally: I have nurtured friendships that have lasted decades and some that are approaching a decade. The goomsmen in my wedding are three people that I hold near and dear to my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Spiritually: Before I started my position at Wayne County Community College District and with Challenge Detroit, I prayed for good leadership and a mentor and I received just that. This is the first job i&#8217;ve had where i&#8217;m not coming home stressed and undervalued. I leave feeling engaged, supported, and needed. I leave work looking forward to going back. This feeling is one that I could not plan for, it was one I could only pray for.<\/p>\n<p>Going forward in 2015 I pray that I keep fighting this good fight in education, I continue to nurture those friendships and grow some new ones with my co fellows, and continue to become stronger spiritually.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22\" style=\"width: 164px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/brandenbufford\/files\/2014\/10\/Bagwell.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22\" class=\"wp-image-22\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/brandenbufford\/files\/2014\/10\/Bagwell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Follow me on Twitter\/IG: @BuffBagleyDet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end of the calendar year is a great time for reflection. You can assess where you are in life professionally, personally, and spiritually. 21014 has definitely been a great year for me! Professionally: 2014 marks the first year I have had full time employment for an entire year. Some would say I should not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}