Compare your present self with your future self. How are you now? Where are you now? How will you be in the future? Where will you be? Some of the areas you can write on is your education, love life, family, mental condition, physical condition, and others.
By the end of November in 2017 I will turn 24. Currently I still don’t know what to do with my life, my future or anything after I write this blog. In America it is considered weird for knowing nothing about your future at the age 24. I’m still trying to apply for schools, all of whom have art major, or art photography to be exact. I imagined my future self as a successful photographer who has defeated all the obstacles on the road to become more success in photography industry. May be I will become a movie director, a cameraman or a creative photographer. I will travel around the globe to capture the best moments, or my movie will be advertising everywhere around the world. I have a dream of bringing my imagination to life, turning it into frames, and sharing it with everyone. That’s what I hope I would become, at least.
ReplyDeleteThere are certain things that I have realized and learned from my past experiences. I have experienced many changes in my life from past 5 years. I used to be very shy and scared whenever I give presentations or speech in public. When I completed my high school I was very confused about my major and career. This situation made me feel depressed and stressed whenever I think about it. Now that I am here in united states I feel confident and I have my goals to reach. But when I first entered united states I was scared and felt home sick. This is the first time I am staying away from my family. It was way too difficult for me to adjust in this lifestyle and with the people and culture. I never left home before and my parents. Now that I have to do everything on my own I have started learning and adjusting in this lifestyle. Sometimes I feel sad and depressed, but I than talk to myself and remind my mind about my goals. My goal is to get a master degree and go back to my country and help my father in his thriving business in India. I see myself as an entrepreneur. To reach my goal I should experience new culture, lifestyles and business strategies. Being here in united states will help to achieve my goal.
ReplyDeleteIn the present, I already have some experience about auditing because of two-year working experience; furthermore, my English is improved by studying in ALP program. I have no experience to manage a team, which is very important for my job; therefore, I decide to go back to my company after I finish ALP program. I will keep working in my company for two years in order to learn how to become a good manager. I will learn some skill, such as managing a team, reviewing financial report, and doing internal control. After two years, I want to come back to the US to study a master degree. I think that it might be easier to find a job in the US if I have four-year working experience about accounting and a master degree.
ReplyDeleteThis year I studied abroad in the US that was the most amazing thing I have ever done in my life. Even though I study English now to prepare for entering university next semester, I hope that I could finish my study and come back to my country in the next three years. Despite living in the US for a while, I feel like everything just begins. I love studying new things, meeting new people, exploring new culture. Therefore, even I come back to my country to start up my own career as a businesswoman, I will save for traveling. The time being in the US makes me change a lot both in my mind and my future plan. The more I travel the more I gain my point of view. I will start up my career in the field related to tourist so that I can travel and learn new things. I wish I could go to Brazil and Europe someday to experience the culture there. Anyway, there is no certain about the future so I can’t image how will I change in the future. The only I can do is trying my best for my study and everything can be possible.
ReplyDeleteI think I will change in many different aspects. For example, despite I am studying in ALP now, I would finish my master program and start working in the future. Because of the changing status, my mental condition would be differ from what it is like now. As a student, the most important thing for me is studying, but if I start working, I have to face more complex interpersonal relationship and more stressful working environment. Furthermore, in the future, I would marry with someone and have our children. Comparing with present life, I would spent more time on taking care of my family than on myself. Even though I would change a lot, I hope I can still keep myself which is deep inside of me.
ReplyDeleteMy life at the present are literally different from my future self in several ways. Life changes everyday although I realize or not. I am going to be a junior this Fall semester, so I am having chances to experience the new college life as well as the American culture. Imagining to the next 5 years, I believe my education and mental condition are better. I will have been graduated from a university with a US degree in my major which will be considered as the good condition for me to achieve a higher position compared with my present one. In the future, I will come back to my hometown where I want to live for the rest of my life. Everything may change and differ totally from the life that I used to know when I was there. I will need to adapt and settle down my life; moreover, I will start to begin my career in one of international hotels. I know that it will be a tough beginning while my friend will have more working experiences and higher position. But I believe my experience when studying abroad are worth to spend time. My mental condition will be more mature than my mind now. I will live independently and be grown-up from what I learn and gain in the US. I believe my future self will be better than my present self.
ReplyDeleteEveryone has a dream for their future self. I the one who also have a dream too. Thus now I am studying in the U.S. I am a ALP student in Cal State Fullerton. My major is business. I want to become to business man in my country. I came here for only study. So many people asked me why do not I living here and working here? In my opinion my country is developing. If I want to start my business, I have to start there. There do not have a lot of business competitors, and also my family are living there. In my culture children usually live with parents or near parents which can help their parents when they are too old. My country does not have money for people who retired, so I must to go back my country for take care of my parents whom take care me all my life. That is all what am I doing now and my future self.
ReplyDeleteRight now, I have not yet felt so satisfied with myself. There are lots of things I want to learn, to discover out there, but I do not have enough time (and money too). In the next five years, I will try to get my University degree in Nursing or Education. After that, maybe I will find a job which can give me chances to travel, work around the world and learn some more languages.
ReplyDeleteI think American is a good place where you can find lots of opportunities to your self-development. This culture impressed on individual’s effort and as long as you try your best and work hard, sooner or later you absolutely can achieve your dream. Although this is a good environment for your education or your career, America is not a best place for you to live. If I can, I will live in a country having lots of tree, mountains and the residence there only using bikes or buses so that I won’t feel so nervous when I travel on the bus alone.
When I was in high school, I wanted to grow up faster so that I could live alone and do whatever I want. Right now when I have already lived by my own, I just want to come back to my childhood to do some crazy things that I didn’t do back then.
Life will me lots of surprisingly unexpected things (I even didn’t expect to study in America 3 months ago) I have learned that sometimes it is impossible for me to hope everything happens exactly like what I want them to. However, unexpected events which enrich my experiences will make my life more fun and thrilling.
So, what will be will be!!! Just enjoy your life and hope for the best... Muahahaha ~~~
Now and Future
ReplyDeleteToday I’m in the middle step in my long way to achieve my goals. Day by day I just trying to catch up all requirements that help me to get closer to obtain my targets.
Today I’m in the US where was always in my dream. When I was in my country I always estimated everything about studying my master here.
When you start to achieve your dreams, you should not keep it as a dream, so you need to change it to goal and then you will be suffering and tolerating many problems and pressure in the beginning.
Who I am in the future, god bless, is business man who graduated from CSUF and found a good job with good salary. Father of 2 kids and husband of perfect woman. Who will try to be creative every day and make his dream true. Who never forgot these hard days, how to passed them alone.
I've been a vegetarian for nearly 9 months. I meet no problems with a new style of daily meals, which only include vegetables, mushrooms, peas, fruit and apparently no meat or fish. But, my family, especially my parents worry about my health. They believe that I will not get enough nutrition which only in meat or fish. Despite of disagreement in our point of views, they still respect my choice.
ReplyDeleteAt the present, I still not have enough knowledge on nutrition. Therefore, I can not convince them being vegetarian is a good choice, a healthy life style for ourselves. I do not how to cook and depend on the others preparing food for me. Beside that, with my little knowledge I can not recommend them what they should cook for me so that I can gain efficient nutrition. This is one of my present concern.
In the near future, I want to be an expert in healthcare nutrition, especially in vegan style. Being vegan is one of my biggest desires in my life. With my specialized knowledge, I can help many others not only a vegan or vegetarian but also the ordinary people who want to have a healthy eating style. With strong nutrition knowledge, I can by myself creatively cook various dishes and sharing to the others.
Being an healthy vegan, I will prove to everyone, especially to my family, who always care me the most, that nutrition is not only gained in animal but also in various plants which bring the best for human health.
Now, I live in the United States, and go to university to study English every day. In the pass, it was a ridiculous thing for me, but I was still to do it because I want to change that immature and weak of myself, such as improve ability of language, social experience and thinking of myself. In the future, I will become better than it is now, I can use English to find a job, living in my ideal city—Hangzhou. I know I will face more new and difficult problems, but I believe I will have more ability and confidence than it is now to face those problem.
ReplyDeleteI’m glad that I’ve made it that far to the US.
ReplyDeleteI am studying in CSUF, one of the best universities in California, and I am so thankful I’m following the right path of fulfilling my dream. I know there will be a lot of challenges I have to encounter when I study here in such a different teaching and studying environment. Whereas the Vietnamese teachers often teach everything to the students and ask them to do the same or learn by heart, the American teachers just guide the students and show them the ways to understand the lessons by the students themselves. Unlike Vietnamese students, the American students have to do research, find sources and gather information all by themselves. That helps a lot to strengthen their skills and intelligences, which comes naturally from their own abilities and strength. Personally I was a little bit out of my comfort zone when I first came and studied here, but soon I got used to the American studying style and I think I will get better in the future.
In addition to the differences of the studying style, there is a huge contrast between the American and Vietnamese culture. I was accustomed to the fact that I had been living with my parents since I was a child. The connection between the generations in Vietnam is so strong that even when I may get married in the future, I may still live with my parents. Nevertheless, it was totally different here in the US. Everybody has to live their own life when they turn 18 years old. They have to go to college and find jobs to support their study and their life on their own. Their parents do help them, but they are not the ones who care for them all the time. And now here I am, all by myself in America. I am so lucky that I have many good friends here, who have assisted me a lot since I arrived. I have to live alone, go to school, and look for a part time job to support my own life. I think I will have a lot of experiences, learn and grow while I’m living here.
In the next several years, I will attend the Tesol class, and I hope I will succeed and graduate with the good result. Then I will come back to Vietnam and find a good job that suits me well. I may still live with my parents, but I my mind set will be absolutely changed. I will be growing to a better man in both thinking and acting, just as the Americans do.
Even though I am focusing on study of the second language currently, I might change my learning target, which it depends on my future career goals. Because when I use English to learn the various knowledge in the collage life, I find what I am really interested in. Choosing a major is not implied that you have to challenge yourself in the difficult classes. In contrast, I think that I am willing to study a major which can help me to find my potential and endurance during the learning process. I realize that American educational system and spirit are very different with Chinese’s. American universities encourage students to improve their creative abilities in whatever passible ways. As a result, collage students have more competitive power in the future society. As my personally experience, I felt that I changed my thoughts a lot about the methods, attitude, standpoint, and logic of thinking. So I forecast my future plan that is no plan, because having more possibility of my life can be proved that I really control my creative life .
ReplyDeleteNow, I’m going to talk about my current life. I’m living in California right now, for I study English in Cal State University Fullerton. In one hand, I get some happiness from my girlfriend, Yuki Song. She loves me so much, and so do I. In the other hand, I feel a little bit worried, because I have some problems with the application of Master’s degree which I would like to get it in CSUF or other university. The problems are that I need higher TOEFL iBT scores to apply for the university and the university also required some work experience. They are both challenges to me, but it will be a little case. All of my relatives are healthy currently, I hope they all will be fine in the future.
ReplyDeleteIn the future. I believe I’m successful that I will achieve all of my goals. I'm not sure where I am in the future; either China or America, it should be a good choice of mine. I will have a happy family that I will get married and have 2 kids. I get my Master’s degree of Biology in US. All of my relatives and friends are healthy and happy. Maybe I will face some problem and challenges, but I believe that I have enough courage to face them and figure them out.
Now I am a beginner in the language institute to learn English and prepare for language test at the same time. Sometimes I try to persuade myself that do not give up and believe self. Culture shock and language barrier may upset me, and I study everything from the beginning. I even cannot use what I learnt to resolve problems. These difficulties almost make cranky.
ReplyDeleteI will pursue my master’s degree in education in the future. This is very strange field for me. I never approach this field ever. This is a challenge for me because some of my friends told me this major is very hard to learn, and I need to accumulate experiences in the studying. I hope I can resist on my way. Phoenix is beautiful because of the fire.