1.       How am I growing in my own awareness of my strengths and weaknesses?

There have been many things that I have grown in this year.  One of the things that I feel I have really developed in is tennis.  This year was my third year in tennis.  The previous two years I was on the JV team, where the competitive attitude was lackluster.  This year I made it up to varsity.  It really was a change in pace for me.  I got rid of the attitude that tennis was just to stay in shape and instead, I really tried my hardest for each match.  This lazy attitude that I had incorporated during the previous years was really one of my weaknesses.   One of my strengths during tennis was my ability to pay attention to advice.  I was open to any criticism people offered me and I really didn’t take it offensively.

2.       What challenges have I been through?

I have been through a lot of challenges through the year.  One of them was my time management.  This was evident in my participation in AYSO VIP soccer.  I remember Madame Charles telling me that during the few times I did not go to a game my buddy was really upset and even wanted to replace me for someone else.  This really tugged at my heartstrings because I wasn’t missing the soccer because I wanted to.  I had to miss some of the games because I had responsibilities as an FBLA officer to attend certain events which happened to fall on the same days as the games.  This made me reevaluate my priorities and ultimately, I decided Paul and VIP soccer came first.

3.       In what ways have I started new challenges?

The Youth Citizenship Seminar in Pepperdine really changed my perspective on life.  It really has made me motivated to try my best to succeed in life and make an impact on this world.  Listening to the speakers that had to endure so much just to survive really made me feel bad for complaining about simple things in my life.  At the end of junior year, the stress really got to me.  I was unmotivated and I just could not do anymore work.  After attending this event, I feel refreshed and ready to face the challenges of life again.  I’m really motivated now to make up for my lackluster SAT scores and get the score that I think I need to get into my dream school.

(Not Done!  Will finish soon!)