My plan for success as at George
Mason is to focus on my studies and to maintain a high GPA. I want to learn as much as my professors are
willing to teach me. College is too
expensive to not try hard and learn as much as possible. Kleon mentions getting a calendar. This definitely resembles what I currently do
because I have a dry erase calendar on my dorm wall and a planner that I carry
with my everywhere. I have to write down
everything on both. I also have a note
in my phone of everything I need to do on each day of the week. I live for being organized and having
multiple calendars. They keep me sane. Kleon also mentions taking care of
yourself. I like to think I do this;
although I know that isn’t the truth. It’s
hard to take care of yourself in college and I often find myself putting my
studies above my own well-being. I’ve
lost a lot of sleep and gone a long time without eating in order to study or
get work done.
I see
my plans at GMU translating into my professional career because they will better
my future. If I learn a lot and maintain
a high GPA it will help me to secure a good internship and also secure a good
job to support myself and my family.
Most of Kleon’s other suggestions I have no adopted yet, but I hope
to. I would like to stay out of debt
when I’m older; or should I say, not go into more debt than my student loans I
already have. I also hope to marry well as
he suggests.
It is important to me to do my best
in my work. I put my all into everything
I do and I don’t like to half-ass things.
I feel very disappointed in myself if I feel like my final product is
not what I know I’m capable of. I choose
to leave my opinions out of work. I try
to be objective in my endeavors and thoughts.
My limitations are that I’m not very creative. I’ve always struggled in art classes where I
had to think creatively. I think that’s
why I’m into journalism and writing papers for subjects such as English. Those require facts and not much creativity.
I chose to go to the library. I chose this because I love the library and I
always have. In elementary school the
library days were my favorite. After
school was over in high school I would go to my county library to check out
books or work on homework. I also hung out
at Barnes and Noble a lot. In college I
often rent study rooms or study with friends in the library. I just love being around books and somewhere
so quiet. The library motivates me to
get things done. But truthfully, I also
have a religion paper due soon and I needed to work on that.
Lauren,
ReplyDeleteI also focus my energy on maintaining a high GPA. The library is a vial tool in my academic success. There are so many distractions in my room, so the library is a cool place to go. It motivates me to get everything done!
Lauren, I'm surprised that you think communications/journalism is not a creative field and highly factual. I feel in some form or another, it is a lot of collaborating with multiple people that make the elements of display or the way words form together to be creative. That's my interpretation of the field! However, I am a concentration in PR with one of my minors in journalism and your concentration is journalism, so there is some, but not much, variation. That is really interesting! I agree, the library is definitely a place that encourages, inspires, and motivates me to do my most compelling work. Usually that is when a venti Starbucks drink is in my hand as well and I can feel the coffee flowing through my veins. (Love, love, love coffee).
ReplyDeleteLauren,
ReplyDeleteI'd also have to agree with Ashley. I think Communication is one of the most creative fields. We as Comm majors have so much creativity within us. Depending on what side of Comm you want to go into, like news I could see how that directly wouldn't be creative, however you still have some creativity that goes into that. I know that my team at Mason Cable Network are all Communication majors and we have to be very creative when it comes to segments, how to get publicity, interviews, what the public wants to see and all that it entails.
Lauren,
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ashley and Arielle,
Communications is very creative,you have to put in you all an imagination sometimes when doing certain things, however I do understand where you are coming from. I can also relate to you when it comes to calendars. I also have to write down my life in order to be sane. Overall very nice post, I enjoy reading your point of view on things!
Henry
I completely understand your need to keep things organized. I am the same way as you, I need multiple calendars and lists all organizing my schedule in order to keep me sane. Part of me thinks that adding creativity and originality to the things we keep organized in our lives can benefit us. We should use what we already do on a daily basis to our advantage when creating new work.
ReplyDeleteLauren,
ReplyDeleteI agree, I am the same way I love the library because it's the only quiet place on campus.