LAST ASSIGNMENT: REFLECTION

I can achieve all my goals no matter the size by taken one step towards it at a time.

Throughout this class I have learned that if you can stop prolonging actions that will ge you to where you want to be, you can already be there. Aonther key thing that I learned in this class was that I need to be able to overcome my fears of failing. I learned that sometimes it is okay to make mistakes because everyone might not get it the first time around, but it counts if you have learned from the mistake that was made.

I have seenmyself grow so much from this whole semester alone. Before starting this class, I was just a student in a university just thinking alone that I need to finish school. I had ideas of what I wanted to do after I was to graduate, but I still felt lost as to how I could map out every step of the way to where I wanted to be. Honestly, I would come to class sometimes feeling discouraged becasue of the fact that I never had a success story to give. I would just come to class and try to think of something that made me at least feel like I was productive with my life, but I couldn't really think of anything. I just knew what I enjoyed doing, but yet I was still lost as to what would be a great career field for me to actually pursue. When I was making my planning wall and flow chart, this really opened my eyes to how my life should be abled to be mapped out. It is like a map of my whole life. Without one, it would be like me going through life blind.

In a way, I feel that this course has made me more mature. It actually forced me to think about my future, whereas before I was just going through life as it came to me. I believe that it taught me to manage my everyday tasks better and it made me set goals and deadlines to meet these goals. After even watching some of the documentaries, I have also realized that whatever I have set in my mind that I would like to achieve, I can achieve it!. It is just the matter of me getting into action, staying positive, and knowing that I can get what I want. I feel as if I can always look back on this class and take all the fundamentals that I have learned, I can use this to create and set up a successful future for myself.

3 things I liked best about Leadership for Change:
-the discussions on the readings
-the documentaries watched
-the support groups & buddy system (Success Stories)
1 thing I liked least about Leadership fpr Change
-the speed dating activity w/ flow chart
One thing that I would improve for this course is that more time should be given to dicuss the videos watched after the free-write.
I am glad that I took this course because throughtout this semester it helped me find my way.
I really enjoyed the course and the people it was spent with that made it a wonderful experience!

The Buddy System

My buddy for the buddy system was Claire. In our meeting discussing our next steps of flow chart went well. We bascially just checked up on each other to see if we completed what needed to be done for the week .She worked on and revised her goal statement which was the main thing that she really wanted to accomplish this week.
The action that I was suppose to take for the week was to research more important information that would be good know about Occupation Therapy. I looked up........
-the top ten schools for OPT
-the reqirements of getting into them
-all of the possible locations I could work at
-I also looked into the courses of recieving a master's degree and a OPD (Doctrate in Occupational Therapy)

I feel very comfortable with the steps I am taking and cannot wait to get through my undergraduate courses to futher my career goals!

Moving and Shaking

First Steps
The next couple of steps that I took for this week was I picking my classes for next semester and I registered for them. I regisitered for a sociology class and I am very much excited to take it. Another step that I did was to study hard for my Biology exam that I am going to be taken on Monday.

Reflecting on Fear
One resistance that I experienced throught the steps of trying to achieve my goal was when I was making the decision of continuing to take chem 112. When I was a bio major it was required of me to take and pass it. When I switched to over to psychology I knew that it was no longer needed in order for me to pursue that degree. I wasn't doing as well as I wanted to in the chem 112 course so it was a major decision for me when I decided that I would drop. I knew that dropping was going ot hurt my gps but I was willing to take that risk only due to the fact that I know that in the future of me taking other courses in the future pertaining to psychology and going towards OP (Occupational Therapy) that I would do way better and I would be able to better my gpa later along down the line. I was going to be changing alot dealing like with the courses I would be be taking and the schooling I would do after undergraduate school. It was also that fear of me telling my pareents and all the others who knew that I was going to school planning on becoming a doctor. I would have to say that I was going through the stage fright fear instead of survival fear because I actually have strolled down the path of majoring in bio and taking some of the required courses instead of just straying away from it without trying. I gave it a shot but realized that it just wouldn't work out for me. With the encouragement of switching my major from people like my advisor and another advisor in the athletic apartment, I was able to make the big change about my career path. the underlying message was being able to do something wrong and right but still being able to go through it. I moved through my fear by having encouragement of others. If I was alone in it, I don't think that it would have been easy on me to go through the steps.

Getting Into Action

This week for me has been only somewhat progressive for me. I say only somewhat progressive only because of the fact that I feel like I only got half done of what I wanted to get accomplished. I am happy that I was actually able to do the first steps that was on my flow chart though. During the week I had to go in to meet with my advisor to know which classes I was going to need to take next semester so I can register for my classes on Tuesday. I was a little nervous though only because I knew that we were going to be talking about a lot because I was in the middle of a breakdown about the road on to my future. The semester for me had been slowly slippin out of my hands and I saw myself being an undergraduate longer than I would have liked. Talking to my advisor cleared up a lot of things for me. I realized what I wanted to do in school that would help me to still at least enjoy being in school than being more stressed out than anything. At first I had my mind set on becoming a doctor and majoring in Biology. If I was to continue with that plan, I would really be set far away from my goals because of the rate that I was going at. I have now decided to major in Psychology and to go into Pre-Occupational Therapy. This was an option that I looked at last year as well, but I still wanted to give the Bio major another try which didn't work out so well. I told my father about my decision change I had made and it seemed at first that he didn't want me to give up on it, but he also knew that the decision I had made was going to be what was best for me. The toughest part was me telling my mother though because she wants nothing more than for me to be a doctor. She was very upset when I told her, but I know that deep down inside she is finally realizing that I can only handle what I am capable of handling. Even talking to one of the doctor's that I interviewed helped me to realize what I really wanted. I was glad that I was able to go in to actually talk to her though because she gave me a lot of useful tips about getting through school in general.
After talking to my advisor, I see the road to my futre a little more clearer now. Going into pre-occupational therapy seems to be a choice that I like because it is still going to invlove me working with people and health. The steps from here are to continue with the courses that I need that are going to fulfill my degree in majoring in psychology and for me to prepare to go to pre-occupatinaol therapy school to earn a master's degree. Even though this is just one career path that I am on, I will still find a way to fo other things that I would like to do in life like still wanting to work with the youth like at youth foundations or even to still set up a foundation that would help support young children in other countries who needs it. I also feel accomplished this week because I have actually mapped out a vision board (got the idea from the documentary The Secret) for my life in which I wrote that I would do this on my pink card last week in class. It's not completely finished but it is mapped out. One major thing that I wanted to do was to apply for a job at Macy's for a seasonal shift over Christmas break but that didn't happen. Hopefully it will be able to get done this week though!
After this week I felt a lot better about my life. I mean at first lost, but now I feel as if I know where I am going.