Mid-Semester Reflection

It is around the middle of the semester, and we are about to leave for Spring Break. What a great time to reflect on my experience! Since I came to SBCC, my life has literally changed for the better. When I graduated from San Diego State Univeristy in 2009, I felt like I had a plan, which at the time was to work in politics, but when that wasn't working out, I felt lost. Everything seemed stagnant. When I started looking into SBCC, finding my internship and useful classes, things started to click for me. Everything pointed that it was a sign I should come here, but even despite that I was afraid to leave my friends and family and move to a new place. I know a lot of new students feel this way, but it still felt unique to me. My first semester here, I gained new focus and knowledge of myself through my classes, the career center, and my internship.
This semester, I have sharpened my focus and begun to feel truly empowered to achieve my dreams. That feeling is priceless, and more than the knowledge I have acquired, it is the encouragement from the people around me that has really motivated me and pushed me on. At a time when I felt lost, SBCC has been a beacon of hope for me. Every time I go to the career center and I tell my career goals and I hear encouragement and signs that my plan makes sense and seems well thought out, it makes it that much easier to go about it. Every time I go to class and complete a project with a new-found maturity and organization, it makes me feel that much better about myself. I am so grateful to be in this school and to be open to improving my self-awareness, and the people around me here who help boost my confidence in myself.