As my second semester of Junior year has quickly rolled around, I'm realizing that my time as an undergraduate and young adult is flying by. Over winter break, the infamous questioning by family members about graduation, career plans, and job aspirations was an experience that I, as I'm sure many others, got all too familiar with. In this time of questioning and answering, I began to realize that my answer was starting to get so… typical.

"I'm loving my classes and I'm involved in great organizations… I want to move to a big city and work with a firm I'm familiar with… I'd love to travel for about a year after graduation…" and so on it went.

Maybe some people actually want that type of answer. But I think we're asking the wrong questions, or maybe I'm just giving the wrong answer.

"Enjoy it while it lasts," "there's nothing like undergrad," they say. And that is the exact mindset I want to have as I go into my last year and a half of school.

And so I'm making a list of goals for this semester. These goals don't include grades, career plans, or graduation plans, because although those are important things, they're not the most important.

Here's what I have so far:

All goals are realistic and the only one holding me back from happiness and success is myself. When I think about all the people who believe in me and want nothing but the best for me, I am inspired to live a life that makes me happy and brings happiness to others.