Goals

 This year has been difficult. My goals at this point are to do better every semester until I graduate. I'm hoping to focus on finding a position in my field in a year or two. My family could really use the income, and I could really use the experience. I'm hoping the experience will help me sort what I like to focus on next. I'm going to continue to work on my resume and see what opportunities I can find.

I suppose that the societal challenge that matters to me most right now is the toxicity in public discourse. I believe that the issue will be continue to be important forever. I think it can best be addressed by continually trying to do the best that we can to have better arguments where we seek to explore instead of tear each other down. I hope in the future that it becomes part of us to always speak as kindly as possible to one another. I'm very passionate about a number of societal issues though. Mass incarceration has been bothering me for some years now. There are so many things.

I'm so excited to be the first person in my family to graduate college. I hope that it might give the rest of my family to the confidence to know that it's an attainable and worthwhile goal. I feel fortunate all the time to have found my way to where I am. This year has been difficult, but I made it through, and I think it will get easier going forward. Everything is temporary.