“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.” 
― Sarah Dessen

Looking back at this semester I cannot believe how fast time fly’s. Looking back on my first day here at Southern and comparing it to now, I can see how much I have grown academically, and socially. At the beginning of the semester I set a goal to continue getting good grades and keeping a good gpa. Although some of my classes have been challenging I have been trying my hardest. I have been studying, doing my readings and completing my assignments on time. So far, I have achieved my accomplishment of continuing through the semester with good grades. Another personal goal I met is managing my time. I said in one of my first blog posts that the transition from high school to college will be completely new to us, and every person must manage their time to fit them. I wanted to maintain a balance throughout the semester of homework and time with friends. So far I have balanced them fairly well, and want to continue that way throughout the semester.

                For the second semester a personal goal I want to have, is to basically figure my life out. As of now I have no clue what to do with my life or what direction to lead it in (career wise). I like biological oceanography but I also enjoy business but then I find that I like the health field as well.  I want to take the time for this semester and all of next semester and just figure everything out. Some things I could do are make a pro and con list of all the careers I am thinking of. That way I can see the good and bad and hopefully limit some career choices out of the mix. Another thing I could try is doing some research. I want to look up all the classes each major involves and I want to see what jobs you can obtain from that major later on after college.  I could also try talking to some professors to help me see my options. Recently I went to the major’s expo and I met with Professor Tait. We ended up talking for almost an hour and I told him I was always interested in biological oceanography and he told me one of the professors here is an oceanographer. I think if I try talking to him I can figure out some things. But in the future I plan on figuring out everything to be on the right track.