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Matthew Miguel Hernandez
First Year Seminar
COLL 100
Monday, Wednesday 8:00-8:50 A.M
Temeca, White
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Self-Makeover Project Reflection
Everybody has goals in their life. Each New Year's, people get
new ones. Not every goal is the
same. I decided to divide them into categories; such as Personal
Life, Campus/Community Engagement,
and Performance as a student. For my personal life goal, I
wanted start being more athletic, might that
involve a run or P90X. I needed to start some where. I
established Monday 12-1:30P.M as my work out
time for each week. My second personal goal was to learn sign
language. I was going to start teaching
my self sign language on Thursdays from 12-1:00P.M. For my
Campus/Community Engagement goal,
I started attending my youth group church more often. The times
we would meet were on Wednesdays
6-7:30P.M. My other goal was to spend time in the FAB-LAB at the
Business Tech College. I set time
for this on Tuesdays 12:00-2:00P.M. For the Performance as a
student goal. My studies always came
before anything else. I wanted to always do my homework when I
got home. My study time was each
day from 2:00-3:00P.M. Another goal for being a student was to
each breakfast each day. That way I
am fully awake before I start my classes.
Everything you do on a daily basis is bound to change. For me I
barely stuck to my times I set
originally set. I found out that I prefer exercising in the
morning easier for me then doing it after class
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on Mondays. I adjusted my goal to run on the treadmill every
other day in the mornings. This worked
out for me because I always hungry afterward. This forced me to
have breakfast before my classes, so it
benefited another goal of mine. The next goal, was to learn sign
language. It never really took off at all.
In the beginning of the semester I talked to a friend of mine
about doing it with me. We did some
research and found out Maple Woods offers a course on sign
language. We are currently planning on
taking that course in the fall. I am a huge procrastinator when
it comes to my studies. I already knew
that coming into college. I never did follow my study schedule.
Though what I did do was I always got
my homework/assignments done that day. That was a step up from
me, when I used to do all my
assignments the morning before class. The last goal changed,
instead of going to the BTC I just started
making things at home on my computer and designing them. I wound
up buying a $100 Caliper. I
would make something almost everyday. I discovered that if you
have passion for something you are
going to always put more energy and time into it then if you
didn't have passion. That is exactly what
happened with my CAD goal. My passion for this goal was much
higher then all the other. I believe
that is because its what I want to do for a living.
This was a really fun project. Looking back on it, your
surprised how much time changed and
how fast your goals can change. This is much more effective then
setting up a New Years goal. If I gave
some one else this project I would tell them to do goals that
you have passion for, as well as don't be
afraid to have a friend help you. If its a goal that isn't very
fun, find a friend, I'm sure they will stick
with you and make it more enjoyable. If a goal becomes to handle
don't be afraid to take a step back,
take some time away from it. Its your goal you know how badly
you want something. If you don't have
passion for any of your goals, set up milestones after such and
such I get to do this or go here. That way
you reward yourself for your accomplishemnts.
