This being my second semester in college, I think that it is really going along smoothly. With golf starting up again for our spring season, I will be facing some tough times with time management. Everyday, I will be spending two or three hours on the golf course, and in the rest of my time during the day, I will have to fit in my homework, eating, and time for rest. This may seem like an easy task to some, but being mentally ready for everything waiting ahead will be tough to do. The main concerns I will have during the rest of the semester will be getting a good enough GPA to continue to receive a scholarship, playing my best golf to get to the NCAA Tournament, and managing my time well enough to succeed.
I will have to get a GPA of at least a 2.8 in order to continue to receive a scholarship big enough to allow my family and I to pay the tuition. I need to have a cumulative of 3.0 to get the entire scholarship, and in the first semester, I got a 3.2. I am proud of the way I have adapted to the new way of doing my school work and the new way of studying I have had to get used to. But in order to get the GPA I want and need, there will need to be quite a lot of studying and focus from my part over the next month or so. I will need to do well on my tests and my finals in order to achieve this feat, which is more than capable of being conquered.
My next concern that will be looming in my mind will be playing the best golf I can in order to get a chance to play in the NCAA National Tournament. Playing in the national tournament is a dream of mine, as I have never been a part of a championship team. I never was able to go to the state golf tournament in high school, and that is one of the very few regrets I have from my high school days. I feel I owe it to my teammates and myself to get to the national tournament. Having an experience like this would help me in life. It could also potentially help me in job interviews and job searches. Having these special experiences will help me later in my life, and hel pme to teach the game of golf and get jobs to live a healthy, less stressful life.
My final concern about the rest of this semester that I will face is managing my time well enough to get the previously mentioned concerns under my belt. Managing my time well will give me enough rest to get through each and every day. Along with rest, I will be able to get all of my homework and other school work done throughout the day. With golf starting up again, as I said earlier, I will be tired each and every day. I have to get my work done along with all of the other responsibilities I will face throughout the day. I cannot afford to put off too much work, as I might not have the time to make it up, then I will fall farther behind, not only in my class, but my rest because I will be staying up later into the early morning.
These are the three biggest concerns that I will face when I get out of bed each and every day for the rest of the Spring semester of my Freshman year. I have to get the GPA I need to go here at the Mount next year. I want to go as far into the golf season as I can, and if that means I try my very hardest to get into the national tournament, either as an individual, or as I would prefer it, a team, I will do what I have to do to get us there. The final thing, time management, the biggest concern of all, is the key to my success for the rest of the semester. If I can balance my golf and homework, I will get everything I want out remains of this semester.
