I resolve to...
1) be more responsible.
2) watch less (read: almost no) television.
3) genuinely LEARN more.
4) study harder, for its own sake. Learn for the sake of learning, and don't take for granted this one time in life where the universe compels one to study.
5) apply to many summer internships as well as try to establish myself in the Neuroscience realm.
6) do things before someone else tells me to.
7) not obsess. I am a fanaaaatic at heart, and learning to curb that will help me be more productive in general.
8) dance & choreograph.
9) don't underestimate other people, but simultaneously don't under or overestimate oneself.
I have the tendency to overestimate, and then in the aftermath, wallow in my 'failure'.
I have to see that not every time in life will be a success, and life is about getting up when it knocks you down.
10) make school a #1 priority. joining and being a part of organizations is not the only way to make an impact in communities-- excelling in school and learning about issues has loads more merit than it seems at first.
11) be grateful to my parents -- make them proud, but also make myself proud. pride is a motivator.
12) take mom's advice: don't give of oneself to others until you have something to give: I have little to offer right now in terms of knowledge or anything. I'm still young. learning from professors is the best and only option I have right now.
13) don't discount repetition and dedication. repetition and dedication. repetition and dedication. the greatest scientists didn't become great because one day, they plopped out of the sky and started spouting out great aphorisms about the world--luck is a factor, but any passion is 80% skill. :) and to learn anything, a neuroscientist should know, it takes lots of repetition--and repetition takes a lot of dedication!
14) do something AWESOME this summer!
15) see the good in EVERY situation, person, and thing.
16) be less judgemental.
17) talk less, work more.
18) be more resilient!
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