Goals My goal for Senior year is to stay on top of everything. For the past couple of years, my procrastination has been really bad. This year I want to meet my deadlines on time or even beforehand. My high school journey has truly been one for the books, having two years taken from me due to a worldwide pandemic hasn’t been the easiest and because of this another of my goals would be to be a lot more involved. Being involved in school would mean a lot to me because I would want to create fun and unforgettable memories. Something we haven’t really been able to do much of.
Journal Entry #2
What I am looking forward to the most during my senior year is making countless memories and making the best of them. A lot of people say that your senior year goes by super fast and if you don’t take advantage of the time given you’ll regret it. So far we’re a couple of weeks in and the time here has been great. I have kept myself on track for most of my classes. I feel like this first semester is going to go by extremely fast I really want to be able to complete all my classes and be able to boost my GPA by the end of the year and make sure I am on pace for graduation. Being able to cross that stage and receive my diploma Is the most important thing in my life because it is then that I will know that I have made my family proud.
Journal Entry #3
Two or three traits that I have that make me a good person or member of a group are always wanting to help people, being creative, and putting them first at times along with being an overall genuine person. I feel like these three traits are important and make me a good employee or member of a group because many things require you to be patient and persistent. Many employers expect you to be patient when it comes to working with new members and being there to help them out. For me as an old Bob’s Drive-In employee, being patient was a big thing because many customers felt the need to be very rude and just not cooperative with you. Being a persistent person makes you stand out because many do not expect people to be persistent, especially when they try to take advantage of you and don’t expect you to go through with it. I remembered getting to the point where when I was working crying in the back room at least twice because of how rude the customers and the owner were treating me. But I wiped the tears and kept doing the best I could which is not always good. Being a creative person helps you in many ways and not just because of the many ideas you have or can come up with. Journal Entry #4
At this point in life, what is your career goal? My career goal has always been to be an Ultrasound technician. My mind is still set on this career and I plan to take my studies at COS while I figure out a way out to financially pay for attendance at a University. I hope to grow in this field and take advantage of the opportunities given. Once I have been certified in sonography I will start off slow and work my way up. I want to be able to own my own technician studio one day and give all of those that are barely starting an opportunity. Before I had set my heart to do this career I had said I wanted to become a social worker but I wouldn’t have been mentally prepared to be dealing with horrible children's cases about child abuse and other crucial things, and not only that but having to take kids from their homes when it comes to that point in the case. I also felt like this would have been very triggering for me because I was once almost taken from my family and it was an overall very scary experience. My last option was working as a teacher or teacher assistant and I wouldn’t mind becoming a teacher I do not see myself making it my forever job. Journal Entry #5
What has been your most significant achievement up to this point in life? Has been to overcome the many different challenges that come across. I have struggled with depression for a very long and that has been the number one thing that has truly messed me up. The hardest part of this was that it felt like I was alone because my mother always had her focus on my sister. I was a beetle I fought very hard but I fought it or so I thought because just when I believed things were starting to get better my father was arrested for domestic violence and my world came crumbling down. This was when my anxiety began to kick in and it was stronger than ever I was so scared as to what the outcome of this was going to be. Then the social workers began questioning me and filing reports to remove me from the home, they wanted to take me away from my mother and sisters. I remember sitting on the bathroom floor crying and begging god just take me. I didn't want to be alive I wanted to disappear there was nothing I wanted more than to just take my life. This was when my older sister noticed my pain and got me the help I needed before it was too late. So my greatest achievement at this point in my life has been to be able to live every single day to the fullest even on my darkest days
Journal Entry #6
My definition of success is achieving your lifelong goals. To me being successful is always getting up when you fall. It is proving all of those who doubted you wrong. Being successful is being able to say ‘I made it and I did it for myself”. Being successful is never about the people that surround you, it is because of you and your ability to stay determined to reach your goals. I will know I am successful when I am wearing scrubs walking into the building of my dream job and after my shift at work, I am at my dream house with my kids and husband making countless memories. Success can be based on so many things like academics or life, but my main successful goal is to be financially stable by the age of 23 in my own small home or apartment. Success is something I look forward to every day, because every day is a day closer to your success, and my success is based on my happiness. I also will know I have succeeded when my parents look at me and tell me how proud they are of the woman I have become and hope to be the best just like them.