It's Here! Senior Year!

Senior year has finally started. Though I never thought that I would ever reach this time in my life, I’ve always had a plan. The day I started kindergarten, I wanted to be a “Flower Picker”. I was 5 at the time and all I knew was that I loved flowers. As I got older I changed from aspiring to be a Flower Picker to wanting to be a teacher. I have changed my mind numerous amounts of times since that first day in Kindergarten. I have so many goals in life now, and it is making my head spin. 

Your senior year in high school is supposed to be “the best time of your life”. However, I have found it to be quite stressful. Thinking about college and knowing how much it’s going to cost is taking its toll on me. My main goal for senior year is to get as many grants/ scholarships as possible. High school, in general, has been stressful for me. I get caught up in the gossip, and the drama, and tend to be unfocused. This year, to reach my goal of receiving grants/ scholarships, I will not allow the triumphs of high school to stand in my way. 

My parents sat me down and asked me where I saw myself in the next 10 years. I answered with “I will be a teacher”. The next question they asked was “What is your dream?”. Immediately, I responded with “I want to work with homicides. I want to investigate them and find who committed them”. After I said that, I realized that’s what I wanted to do. I was settling for teaching because it seemed easier. My goal after high school is to become a homicide investigator. I want to find a school that has an outstanding forensics program, and succeed in everything I do. To reach my goal, I will find all of the information that I need and save the money that I need. I’ll keep my eyes on the prize.

I know what career I want to have and I know what I have to do to reach that goal. One dream/goal I have is to start a family. I want a little family to come home to at night, and to love. I want kids. I want to be a wife and a mother. A goal for my future family is to never get so caught up in work that I forget to make enough time for my family. I want to be Santa and the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny. I want all of the good and the bad times. To reach my goal of not being so busy making a living that  forget to make a life, I need to learn how to divide my time equally among work and family.

I have a long year ahead of me, and plenty of time to figure out more ways to reach all of my goals in life. It seems so unreal that this time has arrived where I am thinking about graduation and the rest of my life. Im so excited to see what is in store for me. I am determined to reach all of my goals.