I stay true to myself in my daily life by being honest to all the people in my life. I remind myself everyday how thankful and fortunate I am to have a loving family and great friends. They make me the person I am today and I care for them very deeply. I try to start and end every day on a good note even on rough days when it is hard to think of positives. I remind myself that I have goals and what steps I want to take each day to fulfill those goals. I have a lot in store for myself that I want to work on. I do things that I love on the daily. I talk to my family and friends, I try to exercise daily and listen to music. These are just some examples of positive things that I believe help me stay true to myself. I can not wait to see what is in store for me in the future and I hope to get to where I want to be someday!

My name is Gabriella Joganic and I am from Dearborn, Michigan. I have lived here my whole life and I live with my parents and 3 little brothers. I am an undergraduate student at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan. I am a nursing major and have really big dreams that I am working towards. I was on the deans list both semesters of my freshmen year with a 3.9 cumulative GPA. I am trying my best to take school very seriously and I would consider myself a hard-working person. I am paying for my own tuition so good grades and managing money are very important and serious to me. I value how honest and caring I am to others. Whether I am talking to friends, family, or anyone really I try to be kind and care for others needs and to most importantly always be honest. Honesty is very important to me and I know it is to others as well. I value this quality in myself because I am very honest with the people in my life. Trusting people is a big thing and I want people to always feel welcome by me and that they can confide in me whenever they need. I strongly believe this quality that I possess will help me in my life journey because people will be able to trust me and count on me as a person, friend, partner, and a nurse on which I plan on becoming. Since I want to be a nurse trust is an important factor. I want to be the best I can for my patients and I want them to trust that I have their best intentions in mind and that they can count on me to take care of them and their family members. Trust and honesty will also help me in my life journey while forming relationships. Whether it is a friendship, marriage or any type of relationship, they are all based on a good foundation of trust. Another characteristic that I deeply value in myself is how caring I am. I am someone you can always count on to be there for you. I want to see my friends and family succeed more than anything. I am not a jealous or envious person. I am very caring and I love to be able to take care of people in times of need. I believe this will be a good quality for a future nurse as well! Patients will remember the people who cared for them and who made their day better. Being nice and caring goes a long way. It is important to me to remember and keep in mine that I never know what someone else is going through. The emotions that someone displays on the outside is not always how they feel on the inside. I will always care for the people close to me and I am very caring to strangers as well. All in all, I am a caring and honest person. These are the qualities I value most in myself as a person. I love to be able to make people’s day and see them smile. I am hoping to do so for the rest of my life as much as I can! I will never stop being there for my family and friends and I believe these strong characteristics will take me far on my journey of life.

I consider my dream life to be easy going. I would want to feel happy first and foremost, but also very financially stable. I would be living in a warm state such as Florida or Arizona perhaps. I would end up becoming the highest nurse that I want to. I would want to live in my dream house that I designed myself. I would also want to have a vacation house somewhere nice and one for my parents to have. A main part is that I would also want to take on life with my partner. Traveling would be apart of my dream life. Particularly multiple times each year not just once every year. My dream life would be me spending my money without having to look how much I have left for the week. My dream life also looks like everyone around me would be happy and fulfill their goals just as I did.

I am eager to become a nurse. I started my fall semester yesterday and I feel good about this year! Although it may be rough at times, I am going to push myself and try my very best with all my school work. I am excited to see what this year will hold for me and I wish everyone the best!

One of the wisest things that I have ever heard was to use my time wisely. My mom would always tell me this to give me a good push in the right direction. She still says this every so often. I suppose it is a phrase that has always stuck with me. If you think deeply about it, time means everything. People who use their time wisely spend that time on things that will advance them or give them a better purpose in life. I keep this phrase on my mind for this exact reason and here’s why. This phrase hits home because I can think of many times in my life where I could’ve used my time more efficiently. For example, I know there has been times where I will push something off or say I will start this tomorrow, start working out tomorrow. Then tomorrow eventually becomes next week or even next month. Keeping in mind that I want to use my time wisely has helped me grow out of the habit of procrastination. I would not say I have totally perfected it but I am on my way there! The best time to start something is today. It’s important to remember not to push something off because the best time to do something is always in that exact moment. By consistently using my time and energy on important purposes, I feel I can someday reach my full potential. I try to better myself each day with thing that I know will help me towards a better future or even a near future when I work hard towards things. Time means everything and if you use it wisely you will get to where you want to be.