Introduction
In this project, I had the time to think about how my thoughts would effect me in my future success. I noticed that most of my thoughts were either about fitness, homework, food, sleep, and work. After I finished this project, I learned more about myself and how the things I do will eventually affect my future.
Thinking in Writing
7:00am – Ugh I’m so tired, I don’t want to go to lab.
7:30am – I’m so hungry…YES ! I got lucky charms
8:00am – OMG I’M GOING TO BE LATE FOR CLASS !
8:30am – Yay made it just in time for class.
11:00am – Finally done for the day.
11:30am – How much homework do I have? Let me check on Blackboard.
12:00pm – No more homework. Time for gym !
2:30pm – Yuck I’m so sweaty it’s so nasty. Ugh I need to shower ASAP.
3:30pm- Time to nap before work.
5:30pm – Ohno ! I have to get ready for work
6:00pm – Work time SO excited…not
12:30am – OMG finally done with work, I’m so tired.
Thinking Visually
These are puddings inside cute jars from my workplace Pomme Les. They’re very yummy !
These are Brand New Nike Freeruns 4.0 that I got for the gym.
This is the location of my gym membership, Blink Noho.
These are all the notes, homework, and class notes that I had to use to study for my Biology Exam #1.
Thinking Rhetorically and Reflectively
Have you ever stopped and wondered about how your thoughts in one day can affect your future personal, academic, and professional life? Well, they can. My name is Mei Na Chen and for the past few days, I have been working on a project called, “Project 1: Writing the Brain.” The main purpose for this project is to find a unity of thought or one approach and write about it. However, there are multiple steps you have to take in order to complete this project. The first step is to keep track of your thoughts for one day; when you wake up to when you go to sleep. You have to jot down your thoughts for every half an hour. The second step is to take pictures of things that represent your day of thought and then decide which three are your most meaningful ones. And finally, the last step is to combine everything you have done and write an essay explaining how your day of thoughts and pictures represent you. And yes, I am on the last step, writing my essay. In my essay, I am going to explain how pictures of school work, Blink Fitness, and Pomme Les will affect my future personal, academic, and professional life. I argue that my current thoughts are focused on important things that will eventually lead to my future success in my personal, academic, and professional life.
I argue that my current thoughts are focused on important things like school work, which will eventually lead to my future success in my academic life. Throughout the years of education that I’ve had; starting from Pre-Kindergarten to High School I’ve learned a lot about doing work in school and out of school. I’ve learned that if you don’t do work or study, you wouldn’t be able to learn anything compared to the other kids who actually study and does work. For example, in my freshman year of high school, I thought that I didn’t need to study for my tests and guess what happened…I failed them. After learning how failing your tests affects your grade, I started to study and do work in and out of school. I learned my lesson after my GPA dropped. I also get reminded every single day that doing good in school will give you a better future by my parents. Due to the fact that they immigrated here from China, they want whats best for me, and that is for me to get good grades in school which will lead to a good job and a better future. They always remind me to do my work and not go partying. It gets kind of annoying sometimes  but I know its for the success of my future. As you can see in my thoughts of the day, I started thinking about school work and any projects or tests I have to do. That is because I have this thing where I am more focused in the morning when I wake up than in the afternoon or night time when you’re supposed to do homework. In my opinion, I think that it is better to finish work earlier than later because I tend to forget things I have to finish sometimes. I also get distracted easily by things like television. Anyways, I think that focusing more on school work right now will benefit my future because if I do good and get a high GPA, then I will eventually get a good job that pays well. This also means that I have to take care of my health in order to focus more on school.
I also argue that my current thoughts are focused on important things like Blink Fitness, which will eventually lead to my future success in my personal life. Even though school work is important, I also think that making sure that you are healthy also plays a huge role in your future success. If you’re not focused while at school, what is the point of even going to school? Being able to concentrate and focus on your work helps you because you are able to actually learn something. You wouldn’t be able to learn anything if you are tired and fall asleep during class or get distracted easily. That is why I work out at a gym called, “Blink Fitness Gym.” I think that this place helps me better my concentration because exercising helps wake you up and that is actually true. I used to nap everyday after I get home from school up until it’s time for dinner, but that stopped when I joined Blink Fitness. I go there everyday in the afternoon and exercise for at least 2 hours and then go home. My mind is more focused and ready to work the next day which is a good thing because I usually fall asleep in class when it gets boring. Anyways, Blink Fitness will benefit to y future success because if I am healthy, I can do anything good and not get lazy. Health is a huge part of success.
Finally, I argue that my current thoughts are focused on important things like Pomme Les, which will eventually lead to my success in my professional life. I think this because work is work. I think that it is better to gain more experience when you are young because in the future, you might need these experiences to help you get hired. You will meet new people everywhere in your workplace, which will then build your connections. The more connections you have, the easier it is to find a job. And the more connections you have, you will also have a lot of useful references which are needed in most job interviews because they want to know what type or kind of person you are. It is better to make a good first impression because then they will most likely hire you and it is important you give them good references, people who you are close to and people who know you more than you know yourself. That is because if you give them a reference who you just met and they say something wrong, then that would affect the result of if you get hired or not.  In my opinion, I think that I’ve had a lot of experience throughout my high school years. I think that it is because I needed money to buy lunch and hang out with my friends so I started to tell myself I had to work because I didn’t want to depend on my parents to give me money. I feel bad every time I spend their money because they both worked hard for it. I’ve tutored in afterschool programs, worked in doctor offices, workforces, and some dessert places. Right now I am tutoring and working at a dessert place. Anyways, I think that work right now will eventually benefit my future success in my professional life because I am gaining more and more experience every time I work which is a good thing because my experiences are helpful to me.
Although school work, Blink Fitness, and Pomme Les all are a huge part of my future success, there are other things that benefit my future success. For example, my family. Without them, I wouldn’t have become who I am today, and without them telling me what is wrong and what is right, I would’ve ended up somewhere else. I’ve grown to learn about important things like what to do and what not to do because of them. Because they are much older than me, they have more experience so I tend to listen to them more often. I have faith and confidence in myself for my future success. I think that I am going on the right path; the path that will lead me to the future that I deserve.
