This week hit me hard. I am four weeks into the semester. Fall is here. Every one is starting to get sick. Grades are dropping faster than you even have time to study and to top it all off, the reality of graduation is hitting harder than the hit my bank account has taken since being back at school, I have been looking into more and more internships that will help me advance in the working field and give me more opportunities for the future. So, in the light of being successful, I have given myself five goals to accomplish by the time the fall semester has ended.

1. Join a new club.

For two years, I have been apart of the Wayne State Women’s Golf Team. I always thought that I never had enough time or energy to go join any clubs around campus because being a college athlete can be extremely time consuming. However, this year, I plan to join a club that will benefit my future in someway.

2. Get to know a professor or instructor well enough to use them as a reference on my resume.

Something I have done extremely well throughout my two years a Wayne State is avoiding my professors at all costs. I have never wanted to become that student who annoys a professor or instructor with endless questions about assignments or tests. However, I really want to use my professors as a tool for the next few years in order to help me in the future.

3. Use at least two coupons every time I got to the grocery store.

College is hard. That is not a difficult thing to understand with the countless memes and GIFs floating around the circle of social media. But what I have been noticing, is saving money and finding the cheapest deal on items at the grocery store has become much harder than getting A’s on homework assignments. Over the next semester, I want to use at LEAST two coupons every time I go to the grocery store and then add up the money I have saved. Every penny counts.

4. End this semester dog tired from the hard work put into life, family friends, golf and school.

Each semester so far I have ended final exam week literally thinking that I could give nothing else. I hope to end this semester, and my other semesters to come the exact same way.

5. Find fun and cheap activities around Detroit and take lots of pictures and write about it!

Detroit’s beauty and uniqueness is something that I cannot get over. This city is literally filled with thousands of hidden gems that I am on a hunt to find before I graduate. Hopefully, this semester I get to knock off a few of those hidden gems off my list. And then once I find the gems, I will take as many pictures as I can before my Iphone tells me that I do not have enough storage.

As I accomplish each goal, I plan to write about the experiences I had with them so stay tuned