Veronica Royzen Period 7 05/26/2022

Goal Setting & Growth

At this current point in time, what specific goal(s) do you have for yourself? Why? How do you demonstrate resilience towards achieving this goal? (or these goals?) How does the world around you affect your perception of this goal? (or these goals?)

March 29:

Now that the whole college process is finished and everyone knows what they will do in the next chapter of their life, I started to think about what I wanted to achieve in life. It certainly doesn’t help that I feel like I’m at a weird place in my life where my old life is ending, a new one is starting, yet, at the same time, nothing seems to feel right. My whole life has flipped upside down, and I wonder how everything will affect me the next day, week, month, year, and so on. 

The first goal that seems closest to me is to graduate high school and move into my dorm at the college I’ve committed to. High school ends in three months, and college starts in five months. I can’t say that I’m ready for any of it because I’m so used to the life I’ve had for the past 18 years. I tell myself to continue waking up every day because my fear of the future won’t stop it from appearing at my doorstep. My fear will just lock me in a cage, and it will hurt me and keep me from experiencing new things. It may seem like I have it all figured out or that I’m not scared. In truth, I'm terrified. 

May 30:

    Over the past couple of months, my life progressed so quickly that I felt like I didn't have enough time to process everything. A PSA I submitted to a national competition with a friend was runner-up for animated effects, and I was shocked. With this PSA, my friend was in charge of planning it out and filming it while I was responsible for editing it. To see that my skills were recognized on a national level made me believe in myself more by pursuing media production as a minor. I still don’t know if I will keep mechanical engineering as a major, but I do know that I have a plan to fall back on. 

    My first goal is still to graduate high school and move into the dorms at Northeastern, but I’m not as terrified as before. The fear is still there, but I have many things to look forward to in the summer before I start college. I was able to get a job at a movie theater opening up near the school. The commute becomes easier after school because I have to just walk to the plaza where the theater is. I was also able to pay for a ticket with my best friend to visit Hawaii for a bit over a week in July as a senior trip.

    Currently, I don’t have many goals that stand out to me. The only one I can think of is being able to try out and be accepted into the equestrian team at Northeastern. I have been in the sport for seven years, and I have competed for two and a half years, so I hope my experience will help me join the team. The equestrian team is good at Northeastern, and they compete with other schools in the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association, otherwise known as the IHSA. If the pandemic didn’t occur, I probably wouldn’t have taken a break from horseback riding, but college allows me to return to the sport I love and enjoy. The future is arriving sooner than anyone thought, but I've learned not to rush things, enjoy what I have now, and continue working towards my goals