Goal Setting

Past Accomplishment: Making it to college. This accomplishment was important to me because I have pretty much been a slacker my whole life. In school, I was never slow or dumb, just lazy. I never ever ever did my homework. Honestly from like third grade on...

New Goal: I like to graduate leaving a legacy. I want to graduate with good grades as well, but leaving something behind would mean a lot more to me. I would like to know that the time and work I put into school was noticed.

Steps to get there: This goal poses a challenge for setting steps. I can start small. I am already the pres. for my club. I can contribute as much time as possible making systems for the club to run smoothly. I already have one idea in mind. I would like to leave a binder for future presidents. It would have the competition handbook, letter to send out for sponsors, constitution, ect ect. This semester I would mostly focus on what needs to be in the folder, all the time keeping copies of documents and such that I would like to see in the binder. In the spring I could start a basic run-through of the book; organizing and setting things in the proper order. Over the summer can be the finalizing of the binder. Put everything together; Start with a forward to president and constitution, leave off with a suggestions and What if categories.

Who, Why, and How: For this idea I can use a lot of people. I can use my mother to read over anything I will be including. She is a technical writer for Morgan-Stanley Online. She is great with my papers. My faculty advisor plays a key role. When the book is completed I will be leaving it with him to give to future presidents. I think my biggest asset is going to be myself. The majority of the work is going to have to be done by me. My constituents (the junior presidents) will also be a great help. If I can manage it right, they can do a lot of the leg work. For example, one of the juniors has already composed a letter to sponsors asking to support a team in the Reno competition. The others are working ahead on their tasks. I can just keep copies to put in the book--with credit going to the proper authors.