One Step Closer to Accomplishing a Goal.

In IQuest we have spent the past week working on creating and achieving goals, and I have never felt so good about knowing what I want. Setting these A, B, and C level goals make me excited but nervous to see what the future has in store for me because I know I need to work hard to achieve them. We have learned that Goals are dreams that have a deadline and that anyone can make and achieve their goals if they are S.M.A.R.T. SMART goals are goals that are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely.  After finally being convinced that anyone, including myself, could make, and achieve their goals, I decided to set 3 main goals, 1 year, 5 year, and 10 year goals.

My 1 year goal is simple and being in IQuest is already the first step to making it happen; by the end of the year have a job, or internship that will give me knowledge and experience that will help me with my career in the future. Another 1 year goal I have, which I know will come true is to graduate in June 2012!

My 5 year goal is to have finished, or still be in, college and have much more knowledge on engineering. The icing on top of the cake would to also have a job, or internship, with an engineering business.

Finally, my ten year goal is to have a career in engineering, be happily married and hopefully start moving up the ladder at the job. From then on it’s all about trying to get to a position at work where I am happy to go to work every day and I love what I'm doing.

These goals are all S.M.A.R.T. because they follow the guidelines and I am so thrilled to finally know what I want in my life. Though it may be tough to achieve these goals because we all know how hard college, and finding a job is, I will persevere and let nothing get in my way as I am determined to succeed. I have finally laid down a path for my life and I am committed to staying on it until my goals are reached.

One Step Closer to an Internship!

Hello! My name is Wesley Enos and I started this blog to keep record of the new internship I'm going to have over the next year. My high school, California High School, is offering a brand new class that lets seniors find internships and leave during 6th period to go work and pursue jobs of their interest. As school just started a few weeks ago most of us are still looking for internships but soon we will all be on our own working and tasting what our lives will be like in the near future.
I think I may have found an internship that suits my interests perfectly; interning for an engineer at Chevron Headquarters! I love math and science so I know that engineering is something I would love doing in the future. If all goes according to plan my internship will start in about two weeks and I will get to begin gaining knowledge and experience that will lead me to my career! Unfortunately, Chevron is hesitant to let high school students intern but my mentor, the man that said I would be able to get an internship there and hopefully shadow him, said he should be able to get it to come through. Senior year is going to be so exciting if this internship really does come through.
Additionally, I look forward to working hard my senior year. Everyone claims that senior year is a breeze but I chose to challenge myself by taking 2 A.P. classes and classes that I must work hard in to pass. Even if I'm not at Chevron I'm still very excited to work and learn skills that I can use for my career. Though most people hate the thought of working, I have never been so excited to work and learn skills because the knowledge I will gain is on subjects that I want to know more about. Subjects that I am interested in and not forced into learning. I think about how much I am going to learn everyday and I don't think anyone has ever been so anxious.
Hopefully the internship works out, but for now I'll just cross my fingers.