Graduation is just around the corner and with it comes summer! Graduation is 23 days away, but in reality I will be done with my Graduate Assistantship and (hopefully) all of my final papers and projects by April 28th. That day will be my last day of classes, and the date of submission for my last projects and papers. Following that wonderful Saturday, I have no plans, no job as of yet, and will still be waiting to take my licensure exam in order to become a CSW (required in order for me to have a job at any agency/organization).
I predict that I will have one month off, possibly more depending on how long it will take to find a job.
That leaves some time for good summer goals, and whether or not I start my career immediately (oh my goodness... I just said the words "my career") summer goals will continue on!
A good friend of mine, Sarah Shaffer, writes a fantastic blog: Becoming a Proverbs 31 Woman. You should definitely check it out! It's filled with new recipes, a fantastic series on keeping your life organized, home decor ideas, and even some awesome give-aways!
Anyways, the point is that she recently wrote a post about her summer goals... and we all know how much I love a good list. So I thought I would create my own! Another reason that I'm doing this is that being in graduate school has made me feel as if I have had to put a hold on my goal setting. I don't have time for goals. Isn't that sad? For the past year, the only thing I can do is think about the assignment that is due in the next two days and how I have to continue working 50 hours a week while taking 15 hours of graduate classes.
So it's time to set some goals, now that I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!
Savannah's Summer Goals (In No Particular Order)
- Take and pass my licensure exam with a score above a 75% (so that I can switch states if needed)
- Find a job, start my career (there are those words again!)
- Practice my guitar, be able to play one of my favorite songs
- Get involved at NewLife Church again, and become an active Chi Alphian!
- Fulfill my promise of sending handmade goodies to the 5 people who commented on a give-away type status I posted on FB
- Visit my dear friend, Leah Blackketter in Cinci
- Do some painting and crafting (make use of all those Pinterest craft ideas I saved)
- Hang pictures and painting up on my bare and empty living room wall
- Pick one topic related to my field and study up (I think I will start with Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy... I'm pretty interested in reactions to grief and trauma, especially in adolescents)
- Try new recipes and start organizing my "Sooter Family Cookbook" which has become slightly overwhelming
- Spend more time with Kate and all the wonderful friends I have here in Bowling Green
- Read 15 books, starting with the book "Flashbang" which I have started several times and never finished
- Start journaling again
- Take more pictures, documenting my life and the wonderful friendships I have
- Spend more time in prayer
- Begin reading the Bible in chronological order (which I have never done)
- Study (Kay Arthur style!) 2 books of the Bible
- Go through the entire summer with all laundry being placed on hangers and hung in the closet relatively soon after being washed and dried
- Go on brisk walks very frequently
- Finally, as the purpose of this blog is to keep family living out of state updated on how my life is going and what I have been doing lately (sorry I haven't been doing too well, Grandma), I am going to attempt to post more pictures of things that I love and things that I have been doing.
And there you have it.
I've set my summer goals.
