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Last August as I packed up my room for the new school year I thought about what it would be like. I planned to have good grades in all my classes, I wanted to spend more time with my friends and make new ones, I wanted to keep my room clean and decorated, and I wanted to exercise and keep in shape. I knew it would be hard to balance it all but I thought that if I worked hard I could accomplish my goal. In reality my year would be a lot harder than I thought.
As I moved in, I realized how embarrassingly unprepared I actually was. I had nothing to go up on my walls, no curtains for my window or closet, no picture printed out for my bulletin board, and no idea what color scheme I wanted to go with (because I had decided last minute I wanted to change it from freshmen year which meant everything had to go). Ive slowly begun to organize it and decorate it throughout the year but it still has a long way to go before its finished, but I guess there is always next year.
One of my other goals for sophomore year was to exercise and stay in shape. But as IÂ got more into the school year and felt more and more overwhelmed by all the school work, I kept this goal less and less. It was so hard to find the motivation to go running or swimming or biking when I had spent all night and all day studying for a test or doing homework. I am trying to stick to this goal this semester though, I even joined a masters swim team where I work.
Two of the goals I did accomplish last semester were keeping my grades up, making new friends and, keeping up with my old friends. I spent a lot of time last semester studying and working for all A’s, which somehow, I managed to do.
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All in all, though, I’ve had great time as a sophomore at Jax State. It may not have gone exactly according to plan, but they say tell God your plans and he laughs. I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better time so far.