I have for the longest time always felt that it’s important to not get complacent with yourself. By this, I meant that even things I consider to be core to my personality can have negative results and I shouldn’t be afraid or opposed to try and change that. An example of this would be how I talk to people. In the past I was a much more argumentative person, I still am like this but I’ve gotten a lot better at being compassionate and understanding of other people. I came to this realization sometime in high school and have been trying to better myself ever since then.

A year from today I’ll hopefully be living in an apartment with four of my friends and in my fourth semester at Temple University. Although I’ve been happy with my personal life ever since I’ve come to college I think that my “professional” life (if you can even call it that yet) has taken a real hit. Right now I have problems putting in enough effort into my studies, I’ve definitely been happier but I know this will bite me in the back if I don’t take some control over it. I hope that a year from now I’ve found a balance in my school and personal life. I LOVE the subjects that I’m majoring and minoring in (Political Science and Philosophy respectively) and I want to fully immerse myself into them by the time it’s a year from now. I see myself reading books on philosophy for leisure and actually absorbing the information thoughtfully. I don’t want to do this to help my grades only but because it’s a subject that I really do have a lot of interest in and if my passion is there I think the grades will come.

A key to me having a better future will be finding the balance between personal time, school, friends, and work. I know this will be a challenge but I think that once I get my job I will be forced to find this balance. I see myself waking up at a reasonable time every day, even if I don’t need to and cooking an actually fulfilling meal. Although these predictions seem simple it’s deceptively hard for me to put myself on a schedule that I maintain. I hope that in a year I’ll be on a schedule so I can truly start going down a path to a better life in the future.