I think everyone knew that Kayleigh wanted to be a personal trainer. She expressed this to us from quite a young age - about 9 - and never changed her mind. I think she probably wanted to be a personal trainer as she was good at sports, flexibility - and her dad said that he would like it if she was a personal trainer.
One thing that people may not have realised is how driven she was to acheive her goals. She had it all worked out. Kayleigh had determined that she would get a casual job at 14 and 9 months - most liely Woolworths or somewhere at Calwell so it was close to home. Kayleigh though Woolworths would be best because you also get a staff discount that would help with the families shopping. She would save at least 75% of this income to go towards the personal trainers course. Then at 16, she could do the personal trainers course (You have to be 16 to do it) paying for it by herself, while still going to school. Kayleigh then said she would work on the weekends as a personal trainer, preferably at Erindale gym - because it had a pool and go to college during the week. I think she wanted to go to Lake Tuggeranong College so she could have coffee with her Dad at lunch time.
After finishing college, Kayleigh said she would be a full time personal trainer for a couple of years and then see what else she could do - we were discussing options about where a personal trainer could take you - maybe sports massage, sports physiotherapy or something down those lines. Kayleigh really really really wanted to get that first job to start the journey she had laid out. And I, for one, thought that she would do it as she planned.
that's great to see her dedication and her long and short term goals worked out.
ReplyDeleteShe sounds like she was one determined and thoughtfull girl.