Personal Narrative: Pursuing My Career Goals

One of the goals that I have set for myself this semester is maintaining my GPA that I established over the summer through STEP program. To do so, I chose relatively easy classes this semester to make sure it would not go down drastically because freshman year is the most important year to stabilize your GPA and because classes get tougher as you move on to the next level. An action I will take to reach this goal is definitely by stop procrastinating. In terms of this issue, I have been doing fairly fine because I am actually finishing my works ahead of my time whenever I have time to do so. However, there is still a concern about my fall semester schedule.

For example, my geology class makes me worried every day, despite the fact that I picked that class for fun and it was on the

Other than that, other classes seem fine to me and I hope I somehow manage to have all

A's this semester.

Another goal is getting involved in GMU communities through clubs or organizations. In a past few weeks, I have approached this goal by actively participating in all the events that were held around the campus whenever I was available. For example, I recently auditioned for Mason

Some Noise and Patriot Pitches, which are both co-ed acapella groups in GMU. Another example would be SAAM (Student Against Animal Treatment), which is an organization that a few people from STEP 2017 group, including myself, have planned to establish in the spring semester. However, since I am a commuter, this will give me disadvantages because I will not be able to have the same amount of experiences and opportunities as those who live on campus.

Even so, I will try my best to approach this goal by spending my free time wisely.

Finally, my third goal is staying healthy both physically and mentally. Although I have not yet faced any hard times, I am aware that I will probably face various hardships soon due to my classes or even my friends. To stay positive and to manage my physical health, I will go