Some Goals for the Semester

With the new semester approaching I thought it would be good to quickly put down some "goals" I might want to try and achieve - maybe this will really put me on the spot for being a better person/ student this semester for once.


- try to balance my time between studio and other classes better
- not get as frustrated with projects
- let myself have fun on the weekends
- go to the gym more so I feel better
- & eat healthier
- participate in a club to do something different with my time
- don't let people and their competitiveness get to me as much
- be happy and confident in the ideas I come up with
- don't get hurt by comments I find to be condescending b/c its not worth it
- try as hard as I can and don't get down on myself so much when things don't turn out as well as I would have hoped


p.s. also - try to look a little better [as per a conversation I'm having about hair! haha]


Well - this is just a rough list of some things I would like to improve upon... hopefully the semester can be a little bit more laid-back then the last couple have been. It's probably just the feeling of going back to the old grind and the same-old again and again in Troy. It seems like theres never any new/fresh hope coming from my professors - I would really just like to be encouraged and see a project go well, then maybe I could gain a little bit of confidence in myself rather than losing it more and more each semester. Also, taking some electives this semester might be just the escape I need. Especially being in Philosophy with Eric will be a lot of fun haha - looking forward to some good debates. I am also in a Writing class - as my second elective - and I'm happy to be in this class because I miss English from high school. I always thought I wasn't good enough at it because a good friend of mine - Anna - had basically claimed it as her "thing". Which it really was because she was good at all aspects of it. I liked the class a lot, too, but felt like I could never be good at it because she was always getting ahead in class and impressing the teachers - but maybe having this chance at RPI will bring me back to feeling proud of myself again. Who knows? I just hope this semster is fun and refreshing!

- c