My only current long term goal academically is to get a degree in something I enjoy. I plan to take math and business courses, as these are what I enjoy academically.
I have set out plans and organized a schedule that works for me. I set out times each week in my "goal set sheet" donating about 45 minutes each night for each subject, with an extra hour to finish up any loose ends. at the end of each week I evaluate whether or not I have met my academic goal sets.
The School of Business stresses competency (skill) development through team building, communication, technology, problem solving, leadership, global management and change management. I have goal sets for football as i am also part of the PLU football team. These goal sets are physical goals but also entail managing my time and attitude. We are coached to set goals on how we interact with our teammates and how we as a group overcome obstacles. This type of goal setting can easily be transpired between football and the business world.
I am currently in BUS200 and ECON101 to meet these requirements, during the next semester I will take MATH128, CSCE120, STAT231, and BUSA201. I plan to graduatewith business as either my major or minor and am very much on track so far.
Challenges
I have very broad goals right now so the challenges that I face are few and far between. My only real challenge is staying on top of all my grades as well as maintianing my football career. Future challenges may consist of networking or location of where I want to work - I would prerfer to live somewhere in northwestern Washington or Western Canada, but who knows where a company would want to employ me.