Day 3

According to the personality test, my personality type is INFJ which is introverted, intuitive, feeling, judging. From the description of this personality type, I can see that this profile is a fairly good indicator of my actual personality.
As the profile suggests, I have a tendency to be introverted--especially when I'm thinking about something. At times I come out of my shell enough that I almost seem extroverted, but once I've entertained people for a while, I close myself off again, even from the people closest to me. This isn't intentional, but seems to be the only way to regain the energy it takes to entertain or do any major socializing.

According to the profile, careers that would be good for me would be writing, humanities studies, web design, psychology and counselling. I think this is a fairly good range of career choices for me because it seems that these are my favorite type of activities. I do a LOT of listening to people's problems (sometimes I wonder if this is just so that I don't have to do all the talking), but I also love to write, study religions and cultures and literature. The career I've chosen is web design, so I guess this personality profile is very accurate in my case.

Day 2

My dream job is being a web designer/developer. Right now, my dream is aimed more toward freelancing so that I can work from home. I really enjoy being at home with my children, but that isn't quite enough for me, so I like the freedom that being a freelancer can provide me to stay at home with them while still keeping busy on the side.

Eventually, when my children are a bit older, I would like to start my own web design firm and employ parents who are looking for a more family-friendly career option than is available with a lot of jobs. Although my business would be a for-profit (of course) I would like to have a service dedicated to military members and their family where they could get a very low-cost customized website or blog layout to enable them to keep family and friends updated from wherever they are stationed in the world. It is really important to me to have a job that works to support families and community ties while also allowing me to participate in a field that I truly enjoy.

Day 1

Hello, everyone! As I mentioned earlier this evening during my introduction, my name is Jennifer Wingard, but most people call me Jen or Red. I’m a 27 year-old stay at home mom with four kids who range in age from 6 years to almost 2 years. Although my family is my primary focus (mostly due to the fact that they take up almost every second of my time) , I have a lot of other responsibilities and interests as well. I enjoy a bit of gardening, cooking, and I love to read. I can generally be found studying something or other in any free moment that I'm not involved with a family activity.
I’ve always had a keen interest in writing, and still dream of writing the “Great American Novel”, however, a couple of years ago during a blogging frenzy, I stumbled upon web design quite by accident and the writing dream has since been moved to second place. I do still try to write on occasion, but most of my spare time has been eaten up with my obsession for poring over books on web design and trying to make sense of them.
I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to come to college and learn about web design and get a degree. This new experience will quite probably be more like a vacation for me than anything else. I’m really looking forward to all that I’ll learn here at school, but also, I'm glad for the chance to do some networking while fulfilling a high-priority personal goal of getting a bachelor's degree.