Life has been so crazy lately. I have been busy with the end
of the year things for school as well as preparing my cattle to go into there
show barn. It has rained a lot lately
which has meant the pens are a disaster and the milo has just been put in. I am
very thankful for the rain, last summer we were in a drought. I just got out of
school, I flew to Arizona to my cousins graduation then the day after I arrived
back in Nebraska I went to COLT (Chapter Officer Lenadership Training) then I
showed my cattle at a show on Saturday and then I went to Girls State on that Sunday.
I was sure ready for the week of
recuperating after Girls State. Yes, I have a busy life but I wouldn’t want it
any other way.
One thing
my parents have instilled in me is a strong work ethic. They have made sure if I set a goal of some
sort I am going to work my hardest to try to achieve that goal. This happened
recently to myself. I have been a hardworking student my whole life. All until
my junior year I was receiving 95% and above GPA. I was on the highest honor
roll at my school every quarter. I made Quarter 1 Honor Roll with Distinction
of my junior year with a 96.3 % GPA but, unfortunately Quarter 2 I was
disappointed with a 94.9 GPA. I was devastated. As I was in tears telling my
parents I wasn’t going to reach my goal of making every quarter in both Junior
High and High School. They said “ Haley, sometimes goals are hard to reach, so
you have to amend that goal to make it more feasible. You are taking hard
classes this year, you are working hard in everything you are doing I am not
disappointed.” With my parents support I amended my goal by reaching Honor Roll
with Distinction every semester. I knew I’d have to work my butt off but I
could do it. I accomplished first semester with Honor Roll with Distinction.
But, as fate would have it with my heavy class load of College Chemistry, College
Bound English, Algebra II, and American History, I only achieved a GPA of a 93.8% I was upset. My parents then
told me “ Haley it is still achievable
work 2x as hard this fourth quarter and you will make Honor Roll with Distinction
for 2nd Semester. I knew I could do it. So 4th quarter I
am happy to report I achieved a GPA of 96.2% and a 2nd Semester GPA
of a 95.2 %. I am so blessed to have the
support of my parents. Without them telling me it was going to be okay and
pushing me to do my very best I would have given up right there and said well I
missed 2nd and 3rd quarter so why not miss 4th
quarter?
Sometimes
we have to reevaluate goals. Sometimes we set goals that are not good for our
selves. Goals are just guidelines, while I am a type A person who makes lists and
sets high goals and has high aspirations that simple hug and pieces of advice
from my parents made me feel that it was going to be okay and it was.
