Each of the revisions presented throughout the remainder of this ePortfolio have

been completed based upon the feedback that they were given after they had been
completed and submitted through BlackBoard. Some of them are less intensive than others
due to some of the original assignments being simpler and based more off of class
discussion than other assignments. In very limited cases, there were revisions that were
completed, but appear relatively minimal in comparison to others based on the quality of
the work that I had originally turned in.

Noting that, every assignment and revision led me to discover more and more about
myself in relation to my potential place within the field of Anthropology and specifically
Applied Anthropology as the course would suggest and whether or not I believe that I can
carve myself out a niche within it. The assignments that we have completed have really
given me a series of mixed feelings in regards to whether or not that that is something that I
could actually find myself managing to do.

Many of them have shown me that I do have a certain level of promise in be able to
actually form a career in Anthropology. But more often than not, I found myself walking
away from them post completion with the sense that I have too many empty spaces in my
professional life that need filling in before thats even relatively achievable. This is not
entirely negative though, as they simultaneously helped me realized that all of the skills that
I have been adapted to while studying Anthropology have a practical purpose in fields
outside of Anthropology should it turn out that I truly do not have a place in the field.

Still, I cannot that even the aspects of this that appeared negative to me at first
glance have not helped me learn something about myself and the kinds of things that would
hold my interests in the future. Between the Ideal Jobs, and Retirement Speech,
assignments, I was able to view all of my past accomplishments and works under the lens
of trying to adapt them towards anything that I possibly could within the professional
world. Medical Anthropology will always hold a dear interest to me, but I am not going to
act out the rest of my life with the naivet that getting into that field would come with any
level of true ease.

Realizing that my interests in the field also coincide with interests in writing, and
even having no problems in crafting professional level documentation in itself potentially
opens up doors to career paths that I had never taken into consideration in the past.
Everyone needs a grant writer at some point after all. But, until that point when things come
to me with the level of clarity necessary to put my best foot forward in kicking open every
door that stands between me and a stable fulfilling career, I can still look back and be
thankful for this courses existence and the ways in which it looks out to a group of budding
Anthropologists to tell them what their options just might be.