Even though discussing our dreams and aspirations is less daunting than the question of “What are you going to do after college?,” it’s still really difficult for me to go over everything I want to do with my life. So…
Future goals, dreams, and aspirations.
I think of self-improvement when considering future goals, dreams, and aspirations. I want to be the best version of myself and encourage others to strive for that. I believe self-improvement is the fundamental prerequisite for achieving our other ambitions. We…
A People’s Person
As a child, I just wanted to be an adult, but now, at 19 years old, I find myself torn between yearning for the simpler days of my childhood when my only concerns revolved around acquiring the bag of chips…
Dare to Dream
My first rejection from a nursing school was a life event that had the most influence over me. I was sobbing because I’d lost something I’d never had – a chance. While in high school, I was very confident in…
Trying to live like water.
“The highest goodness is like water. Water benefits all things and does not complete. It stays in the lowly places which others despise. Therefore it is near The Eternal.” –Lao Zi A few years ago, I might’ve brushed that off.…
My Goals and Dreams
My future goals can only be described as simple yet complicated. My career and social goals are constantly intersecting. I want to survive another year of college as I want to be ready to pursue a career in law. So,…
post-grad clarity
“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” That’s the book they gave you after graduating from elementary school, congratulating you on the completion of arduous assignments that involved a lot of glue sniffing. Mmm *sniff.* Now I’m waiting to finish my third…
Future Aspirations/Goals
My future goal is to be a part of an education field where I can make people educated and can make society a better place to live in. As we live in a technological world, everything around us has changed…
What are you going to DO with that degree?***(none than Robert Thompson)
Mmm…that’s a good question, ain’t going to lie (honestly). Lucky for you (et moi), this college year [hopefully – fingers crossed], I will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree under a major in Social Work – four bloody years…
My Career Aspirations
Growing up, it was drilled into my head that I had to be a doctor or an orthodontist. From grades K-12, I was always getting forced into thinking that I was going to go to a medical school (maybe Stony…
What after post-graduation?* (Journal Blog#1)
So, what would happen to me? You know, after I get my diploma and stuff like that from Lehman College, hanging out and chilling while watching some Netflix. That’s an open-ended question though. It depends on the path I’m taking…
Life Poem
Life involves many ups and downs like a rollercoaster. But when you need to cry there’s a shoulder to lean on. Then the phenomenon of pain folds on like waves. Life requires us to forgive and behave brave. We just…
What do you want to do with the rest of your life?
When you think about that question it really makes you think and in a sense it takes a big toll in your life. I do ask myself sometimes this question due to the fact that we always on the run…
February Blog Prompt
My current major is Human Services & Community Justice and my minor is Accounting. I decided to combine 2 of my favorite things that I enjoy doing due to the fact that I don’t like injustices and love helping my…
CUNY Peer Leaders 2023 Showcase!
On Friday, May 19th, 2023 CUNY Peer Leaders gathered at the CUNY Graduate Center to present their final projects for the culminating showcase. At the CPL kick-off leaders choose the topic of mental health to focus on during the academic…
Spring ’23 Soundtrack
This Spring ’23 semester has been emotionally satisfying for me. It is my last semester as an undergraduate student and now that it is coming to an end, I’m finally feeling all my hard work paying off and seeing results.…
April Blog Post- Mix of emotions
Spring Semester has been an emotional rollercoaster for me. This Semester was full of different experiences from meeting different people to get to be a part of different programs. It has been an incredible journey. This semester is one of…
“Oppression” by Langston Hughes
Now dreamsAre not availableTo the dreamers,Nor songsTo the singers. In some landsDark nightAnd cold steelPrevail But the dreamWill come back,And the songBreakIts jail. I chose this poem because the title itself caught my attention and the last stanza said “its…
Dreams
Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly. Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow. I chose this poem because of its simplicity yet deep life lesson.…
Countee Cullen
“Hey Black Child” Do you know who you are Who you really are Do you know you can be What you want to be If you try to be What you can be Hey Black Child Do you know where…