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Week 10

This week in class we talked about our current degree paths and our values. We took a list of a ton of "value" words and were assigned to narrow it down to only 5 that mean the most to you. I chose Efficiency, Skill, Knowledge, Wealth, and Pleasure. I'm aware that those are some very apathetic values, but at the moment, I've got my mind on a set path to do whatever it takes to earn my degree (electrical engineering). To explain, in my education and career I believe it will take Efficiency, Skill, and Knowledge to become successful in my career. Hopefully that will lead to a substantial excess of money that I can use for pleasure/early retirement. It's a very bare-bones approach because I really haven't thought about it a lot.

In relation to my current major, I still am not 100% sure that's what I want to do. In all honesty, I had to slap something down to interview for scholarships and that sounded neat and I have grown on it but it is in no way set in stone. I am pursuing experiences that will help me know if this is what I want to do or not. I have talked with a professor about doing research with him but because I am just a first-year with no experience in the field, it is difficult to be of practical use. So for now, I am assigned with learning physics in electricity and magnetism on my own. It's interesting but also very difficult to learn through online sources rip.

In order to apply for more internships, I need to really study hard and make sure that I understand everything that is going on in my classes. I am also thinking about joining an electrical engineering club at Southern, I just haven't had the time this semester to jump on it. I should probably make a physical list of goals in order to keep a clear track of what I am doing and how my activities and classes will get me to where I want to be.

I hope that by the end of this year, when classes start to branch into their respective major pathways, that I will discover my passion and have a strong determination to find success from it.

But for now, I just spent $25 at Walmart on a whoopee cushion costume and antlers.

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