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Who Am I Reflection-Makowski

The author grew up in a small town in Michigan surrounded by nature, sparking a passion for the environment. They chose to study environmental science in college with the goal of helping conserve natural areas. The author is also interested in sustainable agriculture due to their grandfather's influence. While passionate about conservation issues, the author struggles with public speaking and confrontation. They aspire to gain career focus and professional experience to prepare for life after college. The author also wants to improve their independence and ability to pursue adventures alone.

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Who Am I Reflection-Makowski

The author grew up in a small town in Michigan surrounded by nature, sparking a passion for the environment. They chose to study environmental science in college with the goal of helping conserve natural areas. The author is also interested in sustainable agriculture due to their grandfather's influence. While passionate about conservation issues, the author struggles with public speaking and confrontation. They aspire to gain career focus and professional experience to prepare for life after college. The author also wants to improve their independence and ability to pursue adventures alone.

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Who am I?

I think where I come from can tell you a lot about who I am now. I grew up in a small

town in Michigan. I was surrounded by forests, lakes, and wetlands everywhere I went. From a

young age I had a huge sense of connection to nature, spending all summer out on the water,

catching frogs and hiking through streams. This passion bled into my hobbies, my jobs, and

education choices. For this reason, I chose environmental science as my major hoping that I

could help restore and conserve the parts of nature I grew up loving. My small town was also full

of agriculture and my grandfather was an Ag teacher himself. I was always hearing stories of his

childhood farm during the Great depression and every summer I would help him in his huge

backyard garden. I think this was the beginning of my interest in sustainable agriculture, or even

more broadly human environment interactions with our resources especially the way we feed the

planet’s population! I am quite passionate about conservation and sustainability and they are

huge part of my identity. Besides the environment people and positivity are a prominent part of

my life. Spending time with my friends and family is super important to me, and everything I do

I want someone I love by my side. A positive attitude is also something that is a big part of my

personality. I have always been able to see the good side of things and never dwell much on the

negative. I think a big part of this is living my life in the moment. I don’t strive for happiness as

a goal that is years from now, but rather I want to make sure I am loving my life right now while

I am living it! This makes me a pretty spontaneous and adventurous person, but also a bit

scattered at the same time and someone who struggles to plan.

While I love where I am at right now, there is so much more I want to achieve in myself

and in life. Currently I am unsure what exactly my future career looks like. All I hope for is that

my work is fulfilling and gives me a sense of purpose that I am making a difference in our
degrading environment. This could be through restoration ecology, natural resources

management, or scientific research. While I am very passionate on these issues, I find that I

struggle when it comes to articulating my knowledge and views on these subjects. Confrontation

and thinking on the spot are not my strong suit. As I graduate and enter the real world, I want to

be able to more confidently articulate my ideas when someone confronts me on them. I also

know that I am a bit scattered and disorganized when it comes to my education and career.

Clearly, I cannot pick which part of environmental science I love most (I feel like I love it all!) I

admire this part of myself in the way that I can be passionate and interested in all facets of my

career. However, I hope in the coming years I am able to explore these different options and find

something I want to spend the rest of my life working on. I think since I focus so much on living

in my current moment this can leave me with a lack of drive and as I mentioned before a lack of

planning. I aspire to be someone who is more driven and maybe more goal oriented while still

keeping a similar outlook on making the most of everyday. As I head into my final year of

college, I recognize that I also don’t have much experience with professionalism. So far in my

college career all of my research positions and jobs I have gotten in quite casual settings. A lot of

the work in my field is centered around working in the outdoors which tends to be more casual,

but I want to become more confident in my professional self, so that I am more prepared for any

type of job and feel more comfortable in interview settings. As for my personal life I aspire to be

more independent. I think I am held back bit by always wanting to have someone by my side. I

am especially nervous about this dependency since I will be moving somewhere on my own in

the next year after graduation. I want to feel more secure as I move and be able to confidently

solo travel and find that same happiness and sense of adventure by myself too!
I think this class will help me tremendously with my goal of being more professional. I

lack experience in interviews and professional settings. This lack of experience has made me

quite nervous about this period of my life where I am likely to be in more professional situations.

I want to feel confident and collected in these settings and be able to articulate what I have to

offer. Learning about interview skills, leadership, and networking in this course will be a huge

help for me in this way. Additionally, I am looking forward to this class as a personal growth

journey outside of my career. Diving into self-awareness and management in this class will push

me to really look inside myself and try to better myself for my future. I think this personal

growth will help me achieve my goals of becoming more independent, driven and organized. I

am not sure if this class can help me decide on a more specific career path, but I do think both

the professional and personal growth I learn in this course will help me be more prepared for any

job and to better plan for my life after graduation.

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