Week #1:
As I begin another first week of school, I have had the opportunity to reflect back on my past and present school year experiences. After 18 years of "first days of school" it is amazing to see how much has changed in life. Today, I feel like above obtaining an education and financial freedom, this year I have decided to focus on obtaining a respected character and integrity to continue to build upon in years to come. As an elementary-high school student, the only important goals I ever made revolved around athletic endeavors each year. Athletics are long gone, and although I now only play recreationally, I see many life lessons I learned in my past athletic experiences. Above all other characteristics respected in coaching and teammates, integrity and honesty always seemed to be the most important. Today, as I choose friend groups, and as I continue to date to establish what characteristics I'm looking for in my future wife, honesty and integrity seems to be at the core of what I value most in individuals.

As I was sitting in Professor Dixon's first class hour, I reflected on how I could use my blog to talk about my goals and pursuits for the next academic year. In coming blog posts I will introduce other goals for the academic year, but first and foremost I want to talk about my goal to become someone known for my honest and sober character. In order to obtain this, I feel that humility will be what I need most.

I chose this as my main goal for this academic year, not because I feel that I have an issue of lacking this quality. Rather, because I don't feel that I have ever taken the time to accentuate this quality. So, here's to new beginnings.  Although I've never been much of a blogger, it is my hope that I can turn this blog assignment into a positive resource for out-of-class decisions as well.