Junior Year Goals

Summer is flying by and school is quickly creeping up again. I am going into my junior year of college and I honestly cannot wait! I love college, it is so much better than high school because you get to be so independent.

Even though I love school, I want to graduate. I am so excited to start my life with a great job, living in my own place, and so on. But, I'm not quite there yet. So I decided to set some goals for this upcoming school year.

First, I want to remain on the Dean's List for both the Fall and Spring semester this year. So far, I've bene on the Dean's List every semester since starting college, and I'd like for that streak to continue. I've always held myself to a high standard when it comes to grades, even back in elementary school, and I still do.

Second is to go out more. I find myself isolated a lot, for a variety of reasons. Since it's summer and all I do is work, I find it hard to make time to do other things, but I've gotten better at it. This upcoming year, I just want to get out of my dorm more often, and do fun things. I've come to realize that keeping busy is the best way to pass time... so I'm going to try to do that.

Third (which kind of goes with the first goal) is to be more serious about studying. Although I get great grades, I know I could do better. I procrastinate a lot and put things off until last minute. I want to get better at this and be more proactive with everything. I don't want to wait until the last couple of days before an exam to start studying. I know I can do it.

Finally, I want to save up as much money as possible. I think it is always important to save, but sometimes I struggle. I've been doing good recently; buying less makeup and clothes, going out to eat less often, packing my lunch for work... etc. I want to get better at saving and budgeting so that in the future, I don't have to worry about money.

Well that's it for now. I'm constantly changing things and adding things to goal lists, so I'll update you if anything changes! Until next time...