Sunday, April 22, 2012

What I'm up to....

Has it really been a month? I guess we've been a little busy. Anyway, I wrote this "mini bio" for a scholarship application, but I liked it and thought I would share. Some of it you may know the grand plan already...it hasn't changed for the past couple of years--say, 10. :)
Read if you wish :)


A friend recently asked me, “What are you doing with your life?” “You know,” I replied, “I ask myself that every day.” And it is true. I have grand plans. I have big goals. I set high standards. But, I have to focus on today in order to achieve them. Eventually, I want to work as a Children’s Librarian in the public library system, get married and have a family. But, before I can do any of that, I have to go to school. I cannot be a librarian without a Master’s in Library Science, which I plan to receive from the University of Texas once I finish my undergraduate degree.  For my Bachelor’s degree I am currently attending Belmont Abbey College, a small, private, liberal arts school in North Carolina. I love to read and write, so I am right at home majoring in English as a student in the Honors Institute. I attend church nearby and participate in Bible Study on-campus. I also edit for a Christian girls’ magazine, Imagine. Primarily, though, I love sports. I play on the Belmont Abbey Women’s Soccer team and am an integral part of the Sport Properly Directed, an on-campus student organization promoting the Abbey’s ideal of sport and virtue. Participating in all of these activities enables me to spend an enormous amount of time with my friends, all of whom I love dearly. Doing so many extra-curriculars has not only been fun, but also taught me to juggle assignments and athletics, to manage my time, and to prioritize. Also, I have realized that a job is not something one attains; one always has a job. Right now, my job is to be a student. Perhaps honing these skills or coming to this realization could be considered my most significant accomplishment. Maybe I could choose improving my writing or getting 10 times better at soccer than when I first set foot on campus. But I do not think so. Instead, I consider my most significant accomplishment growth. It does not sound hard. It sounds like surviving, plus learning a lesson or two. But, as a Freshman in college it is so much more than that. I have learned about rhetoric, philosophy, science, theology, sociology and literature. I have lived with people I have never met. I have built friendships. I have broken down walls. I have forgiven. I have had to ask for forgiveness. I have led. I have followed. I have talked. I have listened. I have had to make hard decisions. I have been uncertain. I have been stretched. Most of all, I have prayed. I have learned to rely on God above all else when I face the challenges life presents.


I am focusing on the journey rather than the destination. I love my grand plan. I most certainly love books and kids and the way I expect my life to go. But, unexpected things happen. So, I am taking life one day at time. I wake up and ask myself, “What am I doing with my life?” Then—I live it.

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