Did you share your vision board with a parent, mentor or guidance counselor to begin talking about possibilities?

Yes, right after I made my vision board and brought it home I showed my mom. I did not show anyone else though because it never came up in conversation and I didn't feel like driving it over to other peoples homes in order to show it to them

What could I be doing to more clearly and confidently communicate my ideas?

This has always been a strength of mine, being able to always clearly and confidently communicate my ideas. In complete honesty, I do not think that I need to improve on this at all especially since I have very strong opinions and an opinion on everything.

How am I impacting the team and are we working well together?

I think that our group is working great together! Everyone is getting long amazingly and each group member also plays their part in making our project the best that it can be. Linda makes sure that we are organized and makes sure our group keeps track of details such as any kind of monetary details. Fatima also writes everything down so that we are organized, brings forth any experience/advice we could use that she has from being her schools ASB president, brings creativity, and is a great motivator! Karen has great contacts for getting both monetary and in-kind donations from and is also just a great all around fundraiser in general and finally I have brought forth my contacts that I have to access, my decision-making skills and finally my ability to conduct myself in a professional manor when speaking with potential business donors in a way that I am able to convince them to some how help our cause.

What should I stop doing, continue doing, do more of? (Based on card sort and worksheet)

Based off of the card sorting and worksheet that we did I feel that I need to continue to take on leadership roles but maybe I also need to try and balance out how much I take on the role as the leader because I think that I need to improve on my ability to also be a group player when I need to be. This is because I need to stop allowing myself to take over and do everything myself when I feel the project needs to improve.

Reflection #4

How am I impacting the team and are we working well together?

I absolutely believe that our team works well with each other. We honestly like each other and enjoy working with Just in Time for Foster Youth. The girls and I have been consistent during our project and have followed our group norms. We always stay in communication and are respectful towards each others ideas. I really enjoy working with them because we have such different personalities that mix up in a perfect way. We like to laugh and enjoy each others company. I think that our "My First Home Project" is going to be really successful and thats because we work so well with each other. We bounce ideas off each other and try to think of new ideas. I also like how we all are dedicated to the project so none of us are slacking off.

Reflection #3

What should I stop doing, continue doing, do more of?

When looking back at the value cards exercise, i realize that I need to stop over-thinking everything and trying to doubt the decisions that I make. I am a believer that things happen for a reason and that you can't change the past. I learned that keeping a reflective journal is a good way to monitor all of your feelings and monitoring all of that. I think i should continue being true to myself and my values. I pride myself on being the best person I can be and also admitting my mistakes. I think thats really important to do because those mistakes allow you to grow as a person. I should also continue being organized and being a judger because it allows me to stay on track. I think thats really important because then you know what your priorities are in life. I should be more proactive and not procrastinate. Since I'm going to be a senior, I have to get use to doing things ahead of time and not waiting last minute.