A Flying Leap

My goals and fears for the year....

So my personal, SLT and school goals somewhat overlap. Essentially, my number one goal for the year is to maintain balance and my sanity. I will be involved with a lot of things, but I operate better that way. I know my limits and know when I need to take me time. My hope is to realize when I need me time and have the ability to take it. I sometimes have a problem saying no, but I am slowly learning that in order to keep my sanity, saying no is the only solution.

In terms of school, I plan to do my best and maintain my GPA that I currently hold and remain on the Dean's List for the fall. Keeping my grades up and doing well in all of my classes are important to me. My RA job also plays a role in my goals. This year will be new territory for me because I will not be involved in an LLC, so therefore building community will take a little extra effort. I want to build relationships with my residents and have successful programs. My goal for this year is to have a fun and informative diversity program.

For SLT and EDGE, I have several different goals. As a member of SLT, I am looking forward to developing my leadership skills further and learning more about myself through my role on SLT. I am also excited to work with everyone on the team. For EDGE, I want to build a strong feeling of a family among the facilitators. I also would like to increase the amount of facilitations on and off campus, as well as the quality of facilitations. During the summer, I'm working on improving the quality of facilitations by organizing EDGE folder on Edshare, coming up with an element book and coming up with a process for facilitations.

As far as fears go, I am one of those people who greatly fear failure. I can deal with failure, but I try my best to avoid it at all costs. Another fear in the back of mind that pops up every once in a while is not being able to handle everything on my plate. However, I know myself and how much I can handle. I also know handling everything will require lots of organization which is something I'm good at. So in order to combat my fear, I will just need to make sure I'm getting lots of rest and that my planner is always with me and updated. This is also where learning to say no comes into play. I must realize that there will be times i have to say no and I need to be okay with that.

Hope everyone is having a rockin summer. I finally have a two week break from orientation and it's a MUCH needed break. Now I can finally get some sleep! :-)