This year
is going to be a year of change, excitement, growth, and adventure...or so I
hope.
It’s my
final year at Red River College and I’ll finally get to graduate from a
post-secondary institution. Although, I do still have a few credits left to
take at The University of Winnipeg, but I’ll worry about that later.
There are a
number of things I’m looking forward to this year, but here are the top five:
1. My Red Dress Gala & Fashion Show
2. Graduation day
3. Completing two internships
4. My 25th birthday (not too
sure how I feel about this yet)
5. Travelling
Yes I’m
excited for the above five things, but the one thing I really want to make sure
happens, is that I squeeze in as much travelling as possible. I didn’t go on
one single trip last year, unless you count Grand Forks...which I don’t. Travelling
is something I’ve always planned to do a lot of and its current standstill just
isn’t cutting it anymore. I’ve been to many places across Canada, and was
fortunate enough to venture out to Europe and Florida, but it’s time to keep
the ball rolling. I even bought some cute luggage recently, to inspire me to do so.
So where do
I want to travel to in the next year and a half? We’ll....I’ll tell ya...
November/December-
Hopefully I end up in either Toronto or Calgary for my first three-week
internship
February –
A couple of us have been talking about possibly going to Las Vegas during reading
week, so I really hope we can make this happen, as I’ve missed this opportunity
many times already
April/May –
My second internship shall be out of town as well. Also, last year some of the
CreComm grads went on a trip to L.A. and I thought it would be nice to organize
an end-of-the-year Crecomm trip for some of us 2013 grads...but we’ll see.
June – My gal
pal Kayla and I have been talking about going on an all inclusive trip to Cuba,
Jamaica, or anywhere! If I’m lucky, this will be the time to do it!
December-
My mom and I have only travelled together twice and we’ve both wanted to go to New
York for Christmas. Next year just might be our year.
So many
things to look forward to, and I can’t wait to share my experiences!
Amanda is a
philanthropist and co-founder of Growing Opportunities International (GO!) GO! is
an organization that seeks to improve the lives of those living in rural
communities within developing countries, through a variety of different
projects. Amanda’s desire to create this organization came about while she was
helping to build a small school in Rwanda. After taking on such an important
project Amanda didn’t want the projects to end, and has been helping to
strengthen communities primarily in Rwanda and Tanzania over the last few years. 
