This about Sums Up My Life Goals

This is a little outside of what I normally do, it's kinda personal, but it's for Plinky.com. So it's for a good cause. I really liked this question, and I feel like people should examine it more often. What a great idea to give your life a little more meaning than it already did. I think that marking anything off of this list will make me feel very accomplished.

Study a New Subject Every Year
Knowledge is power, and power is money? Currently I'm in college, so clearly that's different, but I like what I'm learning, and I will gladly go out of my way to learn more in the future, when I'm done with college.

Find My Soulmate and Marry Him
I think that everyone wants a happily ever after. I think I may have found my soulmate, and I think we both know it. Someday we'll marry each other. Right now . . . college.

Plant A Tree
Mostly because I want to watch it grow. I thought about getting a tree just so that like I can use that to mourn the loss of a good friend that died recently, but I always feel like it was too long ago. Days feel like years I guess, and it's only been a little over a month (I guess almost two now) Hmm. Well someday I will plant a tree in memorial of my very good friend who died on Flight 3407.

Get a Tattoo
I actually have been wanting one for awhile, but I never really had the guts to actually go through with it. I think now is a really good time for it because of everything that's happened.

Maybe a dragonfly carrying a rose? Very symbolic for me.

Teach my Future Children to be Yankee Fans.
I'm sorry for all of you out there that aren't Yankee fans. I guess you'll just have to not read this part?

The reason for this is because my whole family consists of Yankee fans. Growing up I always wondered if I would get kicked off my family tree if I cheered for anyone else. Once I was an Orioles fan just because I liked the word Orioles. That didn't work out well.

What do you wanna do with your life?

Transferring?

I thought it only fair to finally write something that's actually about college. So here ya go: transferring. Every student thinks about it, as well as most students look up other colleges. That doesn't mean that you have to transfer, or that you're definitely transferring.

It's just common, at least where I go to school at the great KC, for people to want to transfer. I do live in New York, so maybe it's just the cold? Who knows.

Here are some legit reasons to transfer:

• You're not happy. It happens, what you CAN do when you're not happy though, is get involved in your campus community. I hear that helps. Correction: I know that helps.
  
• You want to be closer / further away from home. This I can also understand. Sometimes you realize that going to school across the country is a bad idea. Such is life, it's not a big deal.
• You can't afford it anymore. I'm actually going through this myself. My college is ridiculously expensive, but as I see it, I'm going to have to take out loans anyway. My parents basically hate me for that decision but whatever.
  
• You need a bigger school. Or smaller. It's all in what you like, and it's good that you realize it.
  
• You wanted a four year school. If you went to a tech school you had to have known that after two years you would need to either transfer or get a job. I personally would rather transfer, and stay in college as long as possible.

One thing that I've learned from friends and roommates transferring is that it's a lot a lot of work. Make sure that if you plan to transfer that you'll be happy, that you can afford it, and that it's perfect. Sometimes you make mistakes though, maybe you need to leave because of the people. Either way, make sure you go on a tour at the college of potential choice, as well as talk to the students, even sit in on a class.


What are your reasons for transferring?