How difficult was it for you or is it for you to ask for help in your transition?

I would be the first to say that it was difficult for me to ask for help. Shucks when I returned back from deployment to Iraq and ETS I got my first rude awakening. I am a E-8/MSG.....tell me what has to be done and I will get 'er done for you. So I apply for jobs and things just wasn't happening for me. I was asked what do I want to do? I said anything I just needed a job that did not work. I was first introduced to this thing called a resume I said a
res-a-what.

This is when I realized I did not know what I did not know humbled myself and found me a mentor(s) that helped me and gave me some direction. I was no longer leading troops so I had to take the chevrons off. and be a student again. I did and 4 months I landed a role in the oil and gas industry with no industry experience. I say all that to say it is okay to ask for help from people. There are a lot of people out there willing to help.

Dylan

It wasn't difficult to ask for help at all...it was impossible (in my mind)

All good now, though.

It is tough for anyone who has trained to be a resilient warrior to admit to themselves that they need help for any reason, transition is no different. It's a mindset that we all learned through service, and one we need to learn to control. There is a time to 'do it on your own' and a time to know when to ask for help. Learning the 'when' is a sign, not of weakness, but of wisdom.
Some of us, myself included, learned this lesson the hard way and we can only hope that others will learn from our mistakes.