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A New Set of Goals

In September and the air is crisp and the days are long, school starts back up and shorts turn into jeans.  Every school year I set a list of goals for me to work toward throughout the school year.  This year I set a few goals that I have kept, and few I have changed.

Professional Goals:

1- Professional goal 1- To involve different groups on campus so there will be more diversity at events.  One way I was going to accomplish this was to work with the Rwandan Students on campus; Work with the ambassadors to include different exchange students; and to work with clubs on campus to engage more students.  I did not stick to how I was going to attain this goal, but I did meet it.  I helped with the International Celebration during September, I asked for input from the Indian students on Campus to put on Lights on India, I invited the ISA leaders to involve their students in each event on campus. All in all, I consider this goal met!

2- TO have an event for Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Now I did not meet this goal 

because the sports teams on campus this year adopted a Breast Cancer charity.  No big

deal... goals can be changed and modified.  Now I am currently working with other students

in CAB and ASCBU and other offices to "Style your Sole," an event through TOMS shoes

where we will decorate shoes and for each pair purchased, a pair of shoes will be given

to a child who does not have any.  I will consider this goal met as well!

3- Explore different cultures and bring them to campus.  I will do this through picking 

different regions to explore; find a way to offer respect to other cultures; and look at 

holidays and special events celebrated by the country.  I did this! Karina and I have worked

together all semester to explore  new cultures.  In September, we did Hispanic Heritage 

Month in which we looked at the countries of Latin America and had students dedicate to

pray for these Countries.  In November, we celebrated Lights On India.  There was Henna,  ethnic food, ways to be involved overseas, and prayer needs.  In January, we celebrated

Lunar New Year by dedicating a night in the ADC to having food that was celebratory to

the celebration.  We decorated the patio and students seemed to enjoy it.  In February we

will have an African Drumming group, accompanied by ethnic food in the ADC, to celebrate

Black History Month.  And we are trying to plan a prayer walking event.  I consider this 

goal met as well!

Personal goals:

1- Personal goal 1: to speak up when I am having an issue with someone or something.  I 

suck at this one! I do not fully consider this a failure, just something I still need to work

on.  I try, but I do not like when people are immature and then I lack compassion 

towards them... We will check this as a work in progress.

2- I really want to learn to play tennis.  I bought a racket and signed up for a class. I am 

still learning, but I play twice a week! Goal: CHECK!

3- Enter a Creative writing contest.  I love to write and I write all the time. The piece I

want to enter, I am still working on, but it is coming along! Goal: half way complete!

Overall I am almost done with my goals so I have chosen to add a few.

1- Read 50 books by December

2- Serve a Charity of sorts

3- Make a huge life change!

We will just have to wait to see what happens. My life story is still being written.  But I am off to a good start.  I am on book 8 of the year, I have started moving on from the people who do not need to be in my life, and I am always looking for ways to serve. This is going to be a productive year...