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I wasn’t really paying attention until that guy that was on the screen popped out of nowhere. Thats when things got interesting. He talked about happiness and answered some pretty deep questions with profound thoughts and I could tell that he’s knowledgeable in shit like that. After this workshop I feel like I’ve found myself. I can now be more satisfied with my own life and appreciate this life I’m living.

In contrary to the majority of belief here on the blog, I actually think that the orientation was somewhat of a reality check for some, or at least for me. To those who didn’t concentrate on what this boring, monotone professor said, he juxtaposed the happiness and purpose of life to helping those in need. He explained that bring purpose to other people’s life and being a good person gives satisfaction and significance to your own life. One of the biggest topics he brought up was that of the mid-life crisis, when one reevaluates their life and tries to find some sort of meaning or connection between their actions, their morals, and the significance and purpose of their life.

Now this orientation lead to a revelation I had later on, on a Friday night. I wont get into details as to how this revelation occurred, but I’d like to try and share it with the class. The revelation I had was no different than all the other thoughts one might have, with the exception that it was multiplied by a thousand. I realized that in society, everyone aims to be successful, whether it is influenced by their parents, or by their own motivations and ambitions, everyone wishes to be successful. In this day and age, certification is on everyone’s high list and so, teenagers and young adults rush into majors and areas of study that they later find they aren’t interested in. In the midst of this, some realize that it was only money that was the driving force behind their decisions. In the madness of things in modern society, one must reevaluate themselves before making decisions. Has there ever been a time when you truly sat down and just reflected on your purpose in life?

I’m convinced that I know my life’s purpose. I love to aid people in health recovery and physical development. As a certified lifeguard, CPR/WED user, and Water Safety Instructor, my life’s work centers around keeping others safe and secure, while teaching others a vital survival skill in life. I’m also a personal trainer for a few people, I like nothing more than to help those in need. I enjoy giving my time to people; time being the most valuable thing you can give anybody. I give purpose to my life, when I give purpose to other people’s lives. I truly think that is the best way to live.

I believe that in life, its best to live according to your own virtues, beliefs, and morals. Be kind to others, for they well be kind to you. The purpose of life is not find your purpose but tot make your purpose, no matter what. The task of finding this purpose is open ended, but a continual effort to do so can and will ultimately lead to your own happiness.

It is up to the individual to create their own happiness, and the best way to do this is to live in accordance with some religion, but more importantly, one’s own beliefs, ideals, morals, ambitions, and feelings, with a little mindfulness towards others.

The enrichment workshop was a positive expierience. It was really interesting. Baruch should really incorporate more of these presentations. Everyone should expierience something like this.

So far my college expierience has been positive. It was completly different than highschool. It was also easier than I expected. The only difficult part is the studying before tests. There is alot of studying unlike highschool. I also have alot less free time than I used to.

https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctagroup5/?p=1

My group chose to do “Studying Abroad” as a topic for our NY Times Project and it definitely relates to the issues present. It proved to be very tedious and that studying abroad is a major concern for students everywhere including Baruch because there are many factors that are negative like the costs for traveling and dangers whether it is abuse of national security or criminal activity. Studying Abroad was definitely a topic that is alarming for the students at Baruch looking to do just that.

1. I have learned nothing from the self assessment and has no way influenced my major and career goals as I know what I’m going into and that interests me. In a sense, it repeated to me what I already am.

2.The results have not changed what I have in store for my future plans and instead informed me a bit on what I want.

3.Overall, I thought FOCUS 2 was informal and helped clarified what I want to go into even though I already knew what I want.

My experience here at Baruch has been a dreadful one though I experienced this earlier in my high school years. The classes went quick and boring, causing me to fall asleep constantly and it applies to almost every college student even at Baruch. I still procrastinate in almost every class. Also, I feel that there are more tedious processes to join clubs and I also felt that the clubs do not hold any interest for me. The workload was a lot of me considering that I had little homework in high school and that caused more stress for me as well.

The workshop proved to be completely useless to me just as i had expected. I had no idea what was going on about 80 percent of the time, all i know is they played a video that was WAY too long and didnt hold the students’ attention in the least bit. It obviously could not have inspired me because I had no idea what was going because of all the talking, but mostly because the video was so boring. I am aware that the workshop was to motivate us to volunteer but they just did not go about it in the right way.

The enrichment workshop was not very helpful because I couldn’t pay attention to what was happening at all. The video was too long and I had no idea what it was about. The professor tries to motivate us to volunteer but there is just no free time available because we are college students. Overall, I thought the workshop would’ve been helpful, but it was mostly about things we already knew.

The Enrichment Workshop was  nonetheless very boring to me. The professor giving the welcome speech was repeating things that apply generally to most people like people’s motivations, the need to succeed, get a career, etc. I think it was mostly to get settled in Baruch as I want to transfer as soon as possible to get the major I want elsewhere. I guess the experience made my time here in Baruch a tad bit easier to settle in though.