Raquel Jimenez, 1/11/21, Pd. 8, Day C

 Raquel Jimenez

Modern Mythology

Period 8

01/11/21

At this current point in time, what specific goal(s) do you have for yourself? Why?

     It is a new year, so this typically comes with resolutions and creating goals for the year. At this current point in time, I didn’t create specific goals for the year but I do still have goals that carried on from 2020. 

    I want to be more social. I am a senior in high school and about to go off to college. It feels like I’m running out of time with the people I have formed strong bonds with. I have always been the type of person to form few but close friendships. While I do enjoy having such tight relationships, I want to put myself out there more. 

     Additionally, I also want to think about what I need more. Not only do I want to stop buying stuff just because I want it or a sale may be going on, but I also want to assess what I already have and see if I can make more room for myself. To me, college is a new chapter so I don’t want to hold on to stuff that isn’t of importance and is just taking up space. 

How do you demonstrate resilience towards achieving these goals?

     My friends and I have done our best to make the most of our time left together, especially considering we are in a global pandemic. We facetime to watch movies together or just to talk. Occasionally we meet up and try to do so in ways that are safe. Right now with one of the colleges to which I was accepted, I decided to utilize the opportunity to communicate with other accepted students through an app. I’ve joined different group chats that are specific to interests I have so I can get to know people near and far from me. 

     As mentioned earlier, I tend to impulsively buy. Instead of buying it right away, I plan to think about why I want it, need it, and how much I see myself using it. Additionally, I will wait a couple of days to see if I still feel the same about how much importance it has and whether it is worth spending the money. For the longest time, I did not want to get rid of anything because “you never know when you’re going to need it.” I’ve come to the realization that if I keep thinking this way, I’m going to just continue growing my collection of useless stuff. Now and then, I decide to go through one of my drawers and see what I should keep or get rid of. When making these decisions, I try to think of how much I’ve used it within the past year, will it make a difference if I don’t have this anymore when is the next time I can really use it. This way, I got rid of more stuff than I expected and started making progress. 

How does the world around you affect your perception of this goal? 

     The world around me is at a standstill currently. It feels impossible to achieve being more social because we have to be home more. I can’t go to school and participate in clubs or go out with my friends to do stuff I had planned. Half of my senior year is at home wherein a lot of my classes I can’t see my classmate’s faces because their cameras are off. Achieving this goal feels really limited and impossible if I’m being honest, but I’m trying to find that balance to make it possible. 

    When it comes to my second goal, I feel it is more important to think about this right now because of the pandemic. Having more time at home and spending a lot of it on the internet has allowed me to go to online stores and spend more time browsing at unnecessary items. Considering how bad people’s financial situations have become makes me feel that I do need to get my priorities straight. My mom has always told me to get rid of stuff because I’m going to have a lot less space in college and she’s right. If it weren’t for her, I probably wouldn’t have the motivation to even think about this goal. A lot of people tend to have difficulties letting go and because of my situation, I just want to look at it as a cleansing so I can have my new start without holding on to so much.