Welcome

Hello everyone!

Welcome to my new blog!

I have had two different blogs before, however I am going to give it another go and hopefully this one I can actually keep up with. My other two blogs were mostly just generic blogs about anything and everything. Whereas this one I am going to try to keep strictly pertaining to 1) my pursuit of becoming a professional archer and 2) my current schooling to become a Legal Administrative Assistant. If you are at all interested in reading either of my other two blogs, they are here and here. I also, technically, have a third blog. However, I haven't made any posts for it at all. I was going to attempt to have a photography blog/business; it just never took off though. It was going to mainly focused on event photography, such as galas or sporting events. With school though, I just haven't had the time to do it at all. I did do some photos of my boyfriend and his friend riding their dirt bikes, and I think I might have taken some photos of one of the races that my boyfriend was in (he races his dirt bike on single track). Other than that though, I haven't really done anything with it.

Alright, that was a bit long and drawn out. Now that you know the horrible history that I have trying to keep a blog, let me tell you a bit about what I hope to achieve with this one.

So with having my other blogs, I believe that my number one problem was that I didn't actually share my blog with anyone. Aside from people randomly finding it on Google or through the "next" button on BlogSpot, no one knew about my blogs. This time I want to change that. I plan on sharing the fact that I have a blog on Facebook. And I might, possibly, share the link to it on my Instagram account also. This way I can attempt to be held accountable for my actions (or lack of action) in regards to the purpose of this blog. With that being said… Here is the purpose of this blog!

I have two huge aspects in my life currently, aside from family and work. Those two things are school and archery (in case the title of the blog wasn’t clue enough). Within those two aspects, I have a few goals in each.

For school – I am currently attending Capilano University part-time online to get a certificate as a Legal Administrative Assistant. My fourth semester will be starting shortly, which means I only have 3 semesters left (half way done). My goals for school at the moment are:

• Continue to be on the Academic Merit Honor List
  
• Graduate with Distinction
• Get my Bachelor of Legal Studies in Paralegal (a few years off)

I have already been on the Merit list for my 2nd semester and I have not yet found out if I have made it for the 3rd semester, although with the grades that I got, I’m pretty sure that I’ll be on it. As for Graduate with Distinction, I am currently on the road to doing that. The main focus would be to not get any grades under a C+. Although, seeing as I am currently sitting at a 4.06 GPA (highest is 4.33), I don’t think it’ll be that difficult to accomplish. My GPA would be higher if it wasn’t for a course in the first semester that pulled it down – got a C+ in that class, all my other classes so far have been A’s and A+’s. As for my Bachelor, it’ll be a few years before I can start looking towards that goal. I need to get a few years in a law firm first before I go back for this. Although I’m not too sure how it would work to continue to work and go to school full-time to pursue my Bachelor. At least I’ll have a head start with my certificate in LAA.

For archery – I have been doing archery for about 7 years now. My boyfriend first got me into it, and I have surpassed him in skill now. He no longer participates in local archery shoots as he gets really bad target panic and cannot seem to shake it at all. So on the weekends, I’ll do archery and he’ll go dirt biking. My goals for archery are:

• Participate in the 3D Provincials
• Participate in the 3D Nationals
• Get onto Team BC
• Participate in the 3D Worlds
• Start shooting the IBO tournaments in the USA

Essentially, I want to try and go pro with my archery. I really love the sport and with the right headspace, I believe that I can go far. My main focus for now will be fitting in additional archery practices (aside from local shoots) with my school schedule. So the majority of these goals won’t be achieved until after I graduate from CapU. School is my number one priority, however I can continue to practice and get better at archery so that once I graduate, my archery goals will be easier to achieve.

So that is my main reason for my blog. Accountability. Along with posting about my schooling and archery, I will also post other things that are happening in my life. Such as hunting, fishing, general fun with the girls, etc. Need to make sure that I keep that work/life balance.

Until next time… xo