I think it’s because I’ve been editing Sing N Swing nonstop this week, and Alpha Gamma Delta used Journey in their routine, but I can’t get “Anyway you want it/that’s the way you need it” removed from my inner memory.  Now is when I wish I had amnesia.  Truly, however, the band could be symbolic of my life, as it exists at the end of this semester.

Well, not so much the band as its name.

The point is, I have recognized that life (even life as short as a semester) is a journey, and Capstone clearly is/will be no different.  I am more knowledgeable now than when I first entered our BC601 classroom three months ago.  I am more experienced, and I have a more definite direction not only in my project, but in regard to my career path too.  Well, that’s highly debatable, as I still have no idea what my life calling is, but I feel like if I had to compare it to the fall semester, it’s more defined.  I suppose “ambiguously more defined” would be an appropriate description.

Meanwhile, my Capstone project is quite defined.  True, it’s still largely in the works, and will continued to be developed and polished as the summer and fall pass.  But I have a clear goal and path to achieve it.  I have a forty page portfolio, serving as an overall proposal, and I will use it like a map—a guide as I seek my bearings.

Moreover, I have a summer internship in San Diego.  I might not have housing yet, or suitable income to last me the entire trip should I not find employment, but that’s half of the adventure I suppose.  The other half will be developing my skills and experience, as it directly relates to my major and career interests.

I also have new interests.  Like grad school.  Or maybe that’s just another ploy to again avoid determining my life calling.  Either way, it’s certainly a good way to spend two years.  I also have nurtured personal discoveries, like the value of friends.  Departing for the other side of the continent certainly makes one realize how social he is.  But at least I recognize the importance of friends in my life now, rather than later.

I have become more independent, financially speaking.  I have become a better leader, through a campaign for student government.  I have become a mentor through my fraternity, and a mentee through the same.  I have registered for the first half of my senior year of college.  And while this may seem like a remedial task, it truly speaks beyond.

I have ran half a thousand miles (no, seriously, I do cross country and track), produced five major events to DVD, nestled myself into more organizations, have been elected to office for some of those same organizations, have been tagged in additional 400 photos or so, produced at least one radio news show per week, and have made a larger impact on the campus community—all within the last school year.

So as much as this blog is about my Capstone and Broadcast journeys, at this point, I think it is fitting to note those two journeys spawn from a larger one—that which is my life.  And as the school year comes to a close, I recognize the changes that have occurred through that journey.

And I welcome them.