goals

i find this interesting.

so, on 7/31/07, i made these goals for the 2007-2008 school year

01. netherlands

- raise enough money: sacrifice

- courage to pursue interests

- something awesome lined up for part 1 (summer school)

- something awesome lined up for part 3 (tour europe...but by self?)

- SEE!

02. parents

- time managment to communicate with them

- obedience

- patience

03. research

- deliberate interest between genetics and neuroscience

- proactiveness

- build relationships with labmates

04. 3.7

- work hard

- get serious

- know capabilities

05. leadership in secular extracurricular

- away from christian comfort zones

- know what duke has to offer

- give back to duke in innovative ways

06. meaningful friendships

- be available

- don't waste time on meaningless/superficial

- how much time to give back home to friends

07. Intervarsity

- reach out to freshmen (disciple?)

- strong D-group

- large group presence

08. find what nasher/art history world has to offer

- docent

- DUU - Vis Arts

09. Daniel

- healthy relationship

- independent but supportive

- God-centered

10. get fit

- proactive in the mornings

- maintain hygiene

and i hadn't really actively thought about these goals...i had almost forgotten i had made them, but for the most part, they kind of all happened.

1. went to the netherlands, with the support of my parents.

2. relationship with parents has drastically improved, but a lot of that happened on the drive down to nc this year.

3. got into an amazing lab, might even get published in nature immunology this year; also pursuing possible research opportunities in 2 more (non-science) areas

4. at 3.685 right now, so if you round up...

5. strangely, i dropped both iv leadership and sapphire in general and joined dsg, duu, and some other things. now questioning the purity of my motivations.

6. i was kind of cynical about my state of this during summer session i, but i think coming back now, i see how friendships take time to grow and i'm on the right track here

7. in some ways, i feel that i failed my d-group. i do feel that i became more involved in IV in general, with the planning of the soph retreat and so forth.

8. didnt become a docent, but got super involved with duuvisarts and have a different understanding of art history in general due to study abroad.

9. broke up. i guess in large part because we weren't able to do those things.

10. err kind of failed this one

so i made a new 10 for this coming year. i think the goals themselves say a lot about how i've grown in the past year. :)

1. Keep the Sabbath
- time management
- enjoy God & people

2. Become Generous
- Trust God financially
- Give to people, celebrate with people
- Don't let money limit me

3. Waste less time
- cut down on gtalk
- Be an effective leader in delegation
- Be proactive

4. Organize
- have a clean room
- develop a sustainable system of organizing files and calendars

5. Take Time to Learn extracurricularly
- time for seminars
- office hours
- reading the news/books/poetry
- talking to (random) people

6. Inspire others
- DGP
- DUU Vis Arts
- Carter elementary school/Smart Home

7. Minimize
- # of possessions
- be a better listener
- concert efforts towards some things, maintain excellence

8. Let other people grow me
- stop judging people
- take discipling seriously
- find a mentor

9. Grow closer to Family
- Learn about Taiwan
- Alzheimers
- Bstud w/ Rachel
- Less awkward convos with Jenny

10. Prepare for Medical School
- MCAT
- GPA to 3.8