One major experience that has shaped my life was losing my brother in a car accident 10 years ago. I was seven at the time and he was seventeen. At the time I was really too young to be severely impacted but as soon as I got to high school and started driving, it really changed my views on car safety. Although sometimes I did feel like a mom telling everyone to put on their seat belts or to slow down, I really didn’t care, it was something I felt strongly about. This also inspired me to want to be a psychologist. The experience first inspired my father to get a psych degree and become a motivational speaker and life coach and after watching him have such success with people and see him change their lives, I knew that was what I wanted to do too. As a college student I expect to learn A LOT and become an extremely well rounded person. I hope to become extremely knowledgeable in my field and go on and have a lot of success. After getting a masters degree in psych I want to go on to get a doctorate. My hopes for first semester are just to become really well adjusted to my new environment and new school. Also, to manage my time to the best of my ability and make sure that I do not become overly stressed or unorganized. So far I do not feel concerned about anything because everything has been running smoothly!