journal 030 | 01.01.20♪ | golden | harry stylesHello! I hope you all had a wonderful start to
journal 030 | 01.01.20♪ | golden | harry stylesHello! I hope you all had a wonderful start to your new year. I think today was one of the best days of my life! I began the day reading in a coffee shop (I started The Goldfinch- Donna Tartt’s writing is unmatched, as usual) and roaming around a Goodwill. When I got home, I had my weekly panicked meeting with my parents talking through college and finances and my life in general. My parents had just talked me off the ledge when I decided at the last minute to check if my ACT scores were in. To give some context, I walked out of the ACT test center about 3 weeks ago feeling like I had done terrible. I had run out of time on the science and math portions, I didn’t get a chance to go back and check my English portion, and I just didn’t feel like I had done very well. I spent the whole break dreading the day the test scores came in, but the email never arrived. Fast forwarding back to today, I was shocked when, instead of the “your scores aren’t in yet!!!” page popping up, a new page opened and two numbers appeared on my laptop. I blinked a few times. “What, what?” my parents asked. I can honestly say this was the first time I found myself unable to speak. I couldn’t believe my eyes. My first time taking the ACT, I scored five points better than my goal! I’m so proud of my 31- my goal was 27, and my end goal for myself after several retries was 32. And I had scored a 31 on my first attempt! I’m especially proud of my score because of all the hard work I put in studying. This wasn’t luck. This score was the product of months of hard studying and years of learning that lead up to this point. This score was a confidence boost for me. I’m capable of doing what I put my mind to.I’m dreaming big again, and that feels so good. Did a 5 point jump in ACT score completely change the direction of my life? Absolutely not! But seeing my hard work pay off in the form of a test result was so gratifying. My mindset going into 2020 is work hard, be intentional, and dream big. In other news, my resolution is to read 50 books and watch 50 movies! You can join me in my goal on my Letterboxd or my Goodreads (my username for both is oliviabolles).Hope you had as great of a start to 2020 as I did! Work hard, be intentional, and dream big :))- -- source link
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