Reflection on how I’ve changed over the past month.

A lot has changed since I first wrote the letter to myself on the second day! Reading it now I accomplished everything I wanted to, I went out of my way to become good friends with everyone, I tried my best to conquer new challenges and I improved much more than my leadership schools. I think I’ve already become more confident in public speaking because by watching student leader videos from the start up until now I can see that speak more clearly and that by body language is more appropriate while I make a lot more eye contact with the group.

In the last 3 weeks I want to try work on my community engagement, I think that if I participate more in my committees and try to grasp at every opportunity to help the community out it will really benefit myself and my peers that I help out. I want to work on being positive and encouraging throughout the next 3 weeks and not to have any negative thought towards myself, other people or activities. Lastly I want to try and keep my room clean in can tend to get really messy and hard to find things.

Visiting weekend

I was really excited to see my family but mixed emotions came over me when they turned up and I actually realized how much I missed them. It was really good to spend some time with them and catch up on everything they were doing while I was away, I told them about a few things I’ve done and showed them some photos from when I was on expo. We went for a swim at Lakes Entrance where we were staying which was really nice and the weather was perfect for. First I had lunch with mum and my step dad and then we went out for dinner at a pub for dinner with my dad and nan. I got my phone back and I got to talk to a few friends while on break. It was really good to finally relax and not worry about things although I was looking forward to a sleep in but I ended up waking up at 6:00am which is the normal time I wake up and go for a run with Jacqui. My highlights were going for a swim, finally getting to eat peanut butter again and going for a morning walk down the main street in lakes entrance with my family. I think a challenge for me was leaving them again but I’m only gone for 3 more weeks and I was starting to miss all my new friends I’ve made at Snowy River School.

By Olivia- Mortlake