Sooooo Much

It's junior year.

I'm not really an overachiever, well I wasn't until this year.

The actual school work isn't that bad, I'm actually doing better then last year! [but I might get 2 B's this quarter:((((((]

I think my expirience at Brown is what really triggered this change in me. Just being in that amazing environment... surrounded by those profesers who are so passionate, creating a community, a support network for ideas, with other campers... the energy there was infectious! Everyone was convinced we could do anything, achieve anything!

But the hard part was keeping that momentum back home. I really owe my mom, she helped me keep my focus, and just overall, had already taught me the basic skills and mindset necessary to get things done (never let an opportunity pass; just ask, you won't lose anything; just do it right the first tine; follow through with your commitments; communicate ect)

The Geography Out Reach Program I established at Twinbrook was an amazing expirience. I'm not going to go into detail about the obsticals I over came and such, but really, it has made me realize how achievable things are. I have been applying the process I learned from this Program to several other projects I'm working on now.

It's so simple, and there is no time to wast, no reason to wait, to make change.

I can't believe how complacent so many of my peers are, really. We are at a turning point in our lives! Ican feel it! What we do now, what we lay the foundations for, will affect us for the rest of our lives. It's sad to see the people, nice people, wating opportunities, it's a let down, because it really is hard to turn yourself around.

It's sad to see how many people are pouring there life into school, and because they have no real will of thier own, will have wasted their time soaking up information they will never actually put into use. The things we learn in school are extremly useful, I know that in application they are indispensible. But so many people will just learn... then never do anything. Doing things is a skill to be learned, and they are so incapable of time management, so consumed by school work that really shouldn't take up your life, that they will never learn it. It makes me sad.

I really don't like doing things alone, but it is a hinderence to work with, to rely on, people that will fall through with promises, or are just plain old put downers.

My next mission is to find more people who have real ambitions, real dedication, real work ethic, real inspiration, I'm tired of pinning my hopes on the kinds of people that just complain but never actually do anything, they are hypocrites.

I'm going to create a circle like the one I had at Brown. it will be an incubator, a support network for ideas!

This actually is really relevant to my college choice. I didn't really care about what college I would go to, I would just get into a decent college make some friends and just go on my way. But now college is the perfect opportunity to surround myself with intelligent, motivated people that would support me and teach me, because I am still far behind so many great leaders and there is still so many problems to solve. I need to go to an amazing college.

But right now I'm doing what I can in my own community. I'm applying to a bunch of scholarship and summer opportunities, the junior thing. What I'm really excited about is the club I'm starting. It will be a group of passionate thinkers and together we will grow, thinking more deeply, understanding new perspectives... Actually doing something with our revalations.

I'm so excited!

and in truth, all I have said is extremely simple