Personal Narrative: Path To Finding My Degree

Year One: Path to Finding My Degree

As an incoming freshman, I’d like to start off the year on a good note, by setting personal goals and time management boundaries. Considering the fact that I’m going to the first semester of college, I want to set three goals in order to set myself up for success. For instance, I would like to study more, declare a major, and go see as many productions as I can. If I achieve these goals in a reasonable time, I believe I can further myself as a student while living in the dorm.

My first goal is to study at least four to six hours a week for my five classes. In the past have had problems with studying in terms of subjects regardless of whether they were interesting or boring, which made my grades suffer. This is an enabling goal, because being able to study, will apply to my entire college experience and I will likely be studying …show more content…
I want to feel more connected to the arts, because I love the arts. This is a long-term goal because this persists throughout the entire year. To meet my goal, I will look up all the shows for each semester and plan which ones I can see. Additionally, I will make sure to see at least two of the three main plays. This will not only help me to receive credit for my theater class, but this will also give me a new sense of the arts in a different setting such as college settings in terms of where and how they are presented. Finally, I will find performances not only for theater, but for the campus comedy group SoapBox as well. I will accomplish this by keeping up to date on Soapboxes productions and going to see their shows when applicable. I hope to achieve this goal in order to discover new kinds of plays as well as going to see some comedy shows that could spark an interest towards my major. I deserve this goal because I need and “out” in terms of a way to destress throughout the