A new beginning

Finally having a break off from school, I have been able to get away and just think about all of the great things I have achieved while at the school while at the same time reflect on my sophomore year. I was given a scholarship to attend the SC14 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, was a publicist for my school's SAC club, a member of the APO community service fraternity and so on. While I was at school, I made a ton of new friends and close relationships with a variety of students. But at the same time, I faced many who were genuinely nice people, but the priorities were quite questionable. At the end of the day, I had to pull myself back and think if I wanted to be around these kind of people and I decided to step back for the betterment of myself. I need to put myself around people who will encourage me, challenge me and give me the support I wanted and I wasn't receiving such things from them.

Now being away from school and working with an amazing group of people who share similar goals, it is refreshing to talk to them and express our opinions of the latest topics and receive feedback from others on what I can do to better myself. Working with the kids this summer has given me clarity of certain ideas and things that I would want to pursue in the future. Although I was aiming for an internship this summer, I felt as if the internship fell out for a reason. Something was telling me that I needed more time and I had to work another year with the same company for a better understanding of what I want to do in life. I still don't know exactly what it is just yet, but I have some big plans coming up soon.