I like planning things out; this is not to say that I’m not spontaneous, but I like have a couple of semi-long term plans in the motion. With these plans, I usually set up milestones and set some sort of guidelines for myself; otherwise, I know I’ll never get around to finishing them. So, over the last few weeks, I’ve decided to restart, and reset some of the milestones for a couple of my plans. First off, what are these mysterious plans?
Plan A: Bloging. I created this site last June, and for a while I regularly posted news and commentary. Then school started, and I got swamped with work. I took time to write occasionally, but nothing on a serious basis. So, with this plan, I’m going to start blogging with more regularity. First milestone will be two posts per week. This may seem really low, but this is something to make sure I get back into the habit of blogging. Over the next several months, I’ll increase my rate, not positive about future milestones because I don’t want to force myself to blog everyday if it is a meaningless post. I want it to have some substance to it.
Plan B: GMAT. Over winter break I decided that I should purse two “end game” scenarios for when I graduate. One, get a job right out of undergrad for two to three years at an investment bank or something along those lines and then get an MBA after that. The other scenario is to go get an MBA straight out of undergrad without working before. To this end, I’ve got to take the GMATs this summer, and as a result I need to start studying for them. The reasoning behind getting an MBA right away is two fold. First, MBA hires get a whole lot more than undergrad hires. And two, B-schools are increasingly accepting applicants straight from undergrad. So, the milestone for this plan is to spend Fridays studying for the GMAT. Since my only obligation on Friday’s is IAG at 6, I can spend the whole day working on that.
Plan C: Bloomberg Certification Program. Stern has a Bloomberg terminal that only a handful of students use. But it’s sitting there all the time, and we have free access to it, along with the ability to create our log in for it. So, sometime during the fall semester, I created a log in for with the idea that I would get certified on it. I started the program, finished the first test, and gave up. Recently, I realized that it would look great on my resume to say that I was Bloomberg Certified. So, I’ve started working on it again. So far, I’m still on the Getting Started section of it, but I’m almost done with it. My milestones for this plan are not really set yet, I’m thinking of doing at least two sessions per week, probably on Tuesdays and Thursdays after my classes are done at 3:15.
So, those are Plans A, B and C, and I have to hold myself to them.
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