What makes you happy? What can you do to bring more happiness to your life?

Something or thing's that would make me happy. A lot of thing's would make me happy. For example being able to do whatever I like, whenever I like, how I like, and where I like. Now for any body they would want the same thing, but for me those are thing's or decisions that I rarely ever get to do or make for myself just because I come from a family with strict restrictions. So it's really important to me and I'd really like to be able to do them too. So basically freedom would be something that would make me happy. Another thing that would make me happy is to have the feeling of completeness. Now what I mean by completeness is that I know my life is complete. Having everything that I need right in front of me and around me so I wouldn't have to worry about looking for whatever when it is needed.

To bring more happiness into my life I would need to do just what I said. Make those thing's happen. Take control of them and not let it control me. Having doubts that I can't do this because of this. Think more about myself and be sure I know what I'm doing and that whatever I invest in is worth the time, energy and so on. Or I could just go the other way around and give up on what I would like and want for myself and go with what other people would want of me and try a change for a difference and then, maybe I'll be happy.

Describe your dream job. What would you do in this position? What would you enjoy about it?

My dream job is really still a blur in my head. I have so many option's that I don't even know where or what I would want as far as a job. To myself I say that I'm dedicated on majoring or becoming a Social Worker and which under that category work as a Eligibility Specialist or maybe something even better because most of all of my family memebers have that as their occupation and I look at their lives and it seems as if their happy with what their doing. In this position I would have the chance to work on my communication skills and be able to help people who are in need of help. Such as in Medical Assistance, Cash Aid and many other thing's that the county has to offer, another thing is they provide assistance on helping people find jobs and the best thing about it is that you just go in and apply for whatever you need. They have all the assistance that there can be to offer for people who are willing to go and ask for it. I think what I would enjoy most about it would be, being able to associate with people and learn from one another. Also getting to work with my family and getting a chance to learn from them and when working with them it seems as if I'm in a competition to see who is able to do a better job at what they do best and being able to work under their supervision, it gives me a secure enviroment to work in.

How can you get the most out of your time at Butte College?

The way I think I can get the most out of my time at Butte Community College is for me to set and know my priorities and take action and making it as part of my responsibility to get those priorities completed before continuing or going on into anything else. Know where to go for resource and start learning how to communicate with other students, work with other students and stop trying to always do things on my own. Knowing that this is a privilige that will lead me to great opportunities and I need to take thing's seriously. Basically what I am trying to say is that I need to set my priorities straight and get them down into my head or brain or whatever because one thing that I can really notice about myself is that I can't keep at it on just doing one thing at a time and making sure it is finish before I move onto another. That is what's throwing me off everytime. I always think back and think on what I am doing then I'll notice what I'm doing wrong and it makes me feel like I'm confusing and frustrating myself or as if somethings missing. But in a way I guess that's the way I am but in another way I guess that's not who I am. But I need to open up more and let others know about where I'm at or where I'm coming from and hopefully I'll be able to get the help that I need to be able to get the most out of the time that I'm at Butte College.

What are your goals and/or expectations for this semester?

I have so many goals that I don't know where to start and when it will end. But right now I'll start with the one I have in mind which is to succeed in passing this semester and to make sure that I put all of my effort into doing so.

My only expectation is to receive all the things that I would need to be able to achieve my goal. To tell you the truth I think that expectations shouldn't be or is a bad thing to have in mind. Because to expect something is to need and when you need something and at the end you find out that that is not what your going to be getting, that will be the one thing that is going to hold you back from doing all the other things that you would of done if you did get what you've expected. And plus it'll probably lead you into doing something that you wouldn't want to do, perhaps like a mistake that will cause a downfall in your life. Some other goals that I have for the semester are to be able to get all the unit that I have registered for and raise my GPA and pass these classes. READ-127, MATH-108, LEAD-217 AND PE-19B (Weight Training). I'm really pushing myself to make sure that I learn in these classes and prepare myself for my next level classes. Failing is what I hate the most and is not what I would want to have happen because every time I fail at doing something, a big part or portion of, you can say my self-esteem or confidence disappears and it makes me effortless at trying again. I am expected by myself to make it through and out of college and I hope I get all the help I can get to be able to accomplish this task.