This is what I care about.

I am from a small town in Cape Breton called Glace Bay and I am a fourth year student taking Public Relations at Mount Saint Vincent University, and that fact doesn't even begin to describe or define me. I am not saying that in the sense that I am extremely worldly and profound, I am simply saying that it is what I am taking as my educational route and not what I care deeply about or would use to describe myself.

The majority of my family and friends would define me as being outgoing, passionate, sensitive, spoiled and impatient. They are right in some ways, but only because I have spent the majority of my money earned on clothes, shoes, accessories and things of that nature, my family and friends now have a preconceived stereotype of me as being a “shopaholic” and good to have around for comic relief. 

Yes, I will be the first person to admit that I do love to shop, I do. However what I honestly deeply care about is what I hope to do in the future and that is to change a negative aspect in the world for the better. And not just a simple positive change, I mean a change that will be continual and ongoing long after the day I die.

I know this aspiration is great and all; however, my problem in terms of what I want to do in the future is ironically the same problem I have with shopping, I want too much too soon and it is simply not achievable or attainable.

What I truly care about is to dedicate my life to making the world a better place. I want to stop sex trafficking, stop the war from continuing, help find a cure for cancer and Alzheimer’s, conserve and preserve the environment, and this is just to name a few. Unfortunately, this is no joke. I am not kidding when I say I literally catch myself constantly thinking about how I can make the world a better place, whether it is sitting in class or a movie theatre. And I know that sounds so cliché but it is sincerely how I think and feel. And I know I am nowhere near perfect and I can definitely be nicer to people in my everyday life, but I am still human. I feel as though I will not be satisfied until I make an extremely effective change in the world.

So my family and friends might be right, I am sensitive and passionate because I constantly think about how to help terrible things from happening to others and the environment, I am outgoing because I am not afraid or too shy to offer my help with these areas, and I am spoiled and impatient because I am a big picture thinker and a visionary because I want to change every bad situation in the world into a positive one right away. Even though I know it’s impossible for one person to make these changes a reality, I am hoping that although my PR degree does not define me, it will get me closer to my future goals.