In Guiding, during your high school years, there is a an award available to you called The Chief Commissioner’s Gold Award. One of my goals during my journey of a lifetime is to complete this award. To complete it you need to finish18 challenges (I will DEFINITELY do more), one from each of the seven program areas, The Cookie Campaign Challenge and The Ranger Service Project. The hardest part of this project will be the Cookie Campaign since I am not a big fan of selling cookies in places such as Sears, etc.
Right at this moment I am working on this award. I have decided to work back to front, in the Ranger Program Booklet. (Just in case you don’t know, Rangers is a branch of Guiding for high school students in Canada) The first program area I am completing is called The Future. I decided to do this one first since it will give me a head start into getting into my choice university. The challenges I have chosen are Independent Living, Living in the Real World, Student Loans, and Canadian Ingenuity. Two of these are about expenses. They will help me to understand how much it will cost for my dream university. One I have already done and the fourth one will help me learn to live by myself.
Here is an overview of all four:
Independent Living – Being independent means being able to problem solve and do thing by yourself. Try things such as fixing a light bulb, patching a hole, removing stains, unblocking a toilet, etc
Living in the Real World- Create a monthly budget appropriate for a young women who is going to University. Choose the location. Don’t forget about both the set-up charges and regular charges such as rent, utilities, etc
Canadian Ingenuity – Invent something to solve a problem in your life. Research ways to get your invention to market.
Student Loans – Research the options available. What is the difference between government and bank loans? How much do you need to borrow? How much do you feel comfortable borrowing?
Along with this I have a new goal in life. A day ago I got an e-mail from WordPress about something called National Novel Writing Month. From a very young age I have had an interest in writing books and just writing in general. I have decided that I will partake in this challenge. To get me prepared for this I will be writing in this blog every single day starting from today. Are any of you joining me?
As for all the other goals in life, I have started a new book called Blood Red Road by Moira Young. As well I have started learning A Whole New World on piano and I have been doing lots of exercise.
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