How Did My 4-H's Influenced My Goals

4-H has influenced my goals for the future by making serving others and working hard my top two priorities. The value of community service was so engrained in me as I grew through 4-H that it has become a part of my every day life. I am the happiest when I am working with and for those in need. The value of hard work was also engrained in me through 4-H. I worked hard completing numerous projects, from the hours I spent at the library studying geology to the hours I spent outdoors taming my garden. These projects taught me that while the work may be hard and long, the reward of a job well done is always worth it. The 4-H program has additionally assisted me in the long process of narrowing down the millions of career options to just one.
They said they would love to have me around and we scheduled two weeks for me to job shadow. It was difficult the first couple of days. I was not used to standing all day and was surprised at how easily my feet tired out. I helped deliver flowers to wedding, arrange flowers for the local hospital coolers and for the floral shop's cooler. I organized three walls of ribbon and hundreds of vases. I learned a huge variety of skills such as: learning how to use florist foam, water beads and glass marbles in arrangements, how to identify different arrangement shapes and in-vision the finished piece, how to clean flowers, what many of the common flowers names were along with the three F’s (filler, foliage and focal), how to clean and sort vases, how to match a variety of flowers together, how to use florist glue, and how to wire flowers. I also learned how to make different styles of arrangements from modern or classy to shabby chic. The professionals I learned from were encouraging and helpful. Opportunities like this one helped me find what parts I enjoyed in jobs and what parts I would prefer to avoid. This valuable intell helped me decide what career would be my best