New Year New Me

Since we have left 2021 in the past and now moved towards 2022 I plan on leaving my bad habits in the past. This new year I plan on working on my public speaking skills, as this semester in ISM we have many opportunities to not only speak to our class regarding our work but also to much larger groups of people. I usually rely too much on my note cards and I plan on working on being able to talk more freely. I also have a problem where sometimes I use words such as "um" frequently, which takes away from my public speaking abilities, which I would like to work on avoiding saying. I struggled with confidence while speaking and now little by little I've been trying to speak louder and project my voice, which has been extremely helpful. I scheduled m first mentor visit later this week and I am extremely excited and nervous about it at the same time. My mentor is hosting a seminar where she will be speaking on her research done on mosquitoes and how to prevent them from spreading diseases such as malaria. I was extremely interested in their topic when she spoke on it during our research interview.