Accomplishments

I would like to say that I have a very solid work ethic for someone my age. I've been employed pretty much all the time since I've been 14 years old. At every job, I've always become the best person who works that job and/or gotten a promotion. I know plenty of people in high school who were never employed and completely relied on their parents for money. I'm glad my parents refused to give me money so I could go out and make my own. It helped me break up my time so I could still do well in school, make money, and still have time for other things.

I'm really proud of myself right now for being super productive over winter break. I held down 2 part-time jobs (that had very conflicting schedules which messed up my sleeping pattern) and took 3 credits worth of online classes. I was able to spend time with my boyfriend who is only non-long distance during this time of the year, hang out with my core friends regularly, catch up with old friends, even make some new friends. My family always had time with me, and I even had time to make a trip up to Delaware to visit extended family for the holidays. I exercised, got my Christmas shopping done early, and kept my room (fairly) clean. After taking 5 precious weeks out of a summer where I could have been making money, I paid for a trip to France. And I still have enough money in savings to give to charitable donations and every homeless person I see on the street. I know I'm tooting my own horn here, but as my mom says, if I'm not going to toot it, who will?

It's funny how you don't realize how successful you are until you list all of your accomplishments. Like how I was the number one employee at my college job AND made Dean's List for the first time. I guess it just took this long for me to figure out how to make life work. In a semester's time, I'll be walking across a stage on Wheeler Lawn and shaking hands with Dr. Cormier to accept my diploma. I hope this balance between time, money, education, and other accomplishments is just a preview for how the rest of my life will pan out. I can only hope.