Check Mark 1: Graduation - both High School and College

Okay, so this one is pretty common.  It might even be too common to put on a bucket list, but it was definitely on my list.

I'm lumping two into one here for the sake of catching up - high school graduation and college graduation.  Let's start with high school.  I graduated from a prominent Northern Kentucky high school in the top 10% of my class, an honor student, and active in many clubs.  I had some scholarship money lined up which lead me to NKU.  From NKU, I received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management with a minor in Business Administration, and again, graduated in the top 10% of my class, Summa Cum Laude, and on the Dean's List.

I was very proud of this big achievement as I worked so hard to graduate with these honors.  What did I do with my degree and those honors?  Well, I now work for my dad's IT Firm as the A/R Manager among other things.  It provides me with the right amount of challenge with the perfect amount of flexibility in a relaxed environment with some really awesome people - and I couldn't ask for a better boss!