Blog Post Assignment 1

About Giorgio Lymon.
I’m Giorgio Lymon an all around athlete since I was four years old. I was born and raised in Foley, Al that is about five miles from the coast of the Gulf. I graduated from Foley High School where I was a member of the varsity football team since my freshman year. After graduation I took a semester off to make up my mind with what I wanted to do in life; surprisingly, I didn’t receive a scholarship in football; however, after the semester past I attended Faulkner State Community College in Gulf Shores, Al. My grades after the semester were astonishing, I had a 4.0 which gave me confidence that led me to transfer to school in Auburn, Al to pursue a degree in Strength and Conditioning. Auburn was very satisfying to me but the expenses after the first year became overwhelming due to me losing a job as a server at seafood restaurant. Having a job and going to school was a must for me in Auburn because I’m an independent student that takes responsibility for all my expenses. Therefore, I moved back home to Foley, Al to attend the University of South Alabama and to save lots of money. On top of that previous reason, I tried to get accepted right after graduating high school but didn’t have the grades to attend South Alabama at the time, so now my grades are good and I got accepted. I guess you can say I chose USA to chase my dreams that I know can be accomplished which is walking on the football team and quickly work my way up the rankings as a starting defensive back. Also, a former graduated assistant that worked with the offensive skill coach in 2009 really convinced me that he knew I could live up to my dreams at USA.
The only thing that interest me the most is being under the lights in a big time sporting event and training vigorously to get better each day. The past generations in my family always had several great athletes that gained the spotlight in high school but just couldn’t get there minds set to overcome the challenges in the classroom. I have a really humongous family, my grandparents had a total of nine children; so, I’m some how kin to almost everyone in Foley, Atmore, Mobile, and Monroeville, Al. In my immediate family there’s my mother that works for the Baldwin County Board of Education where she teaches at Orange Beach Elementary, an older brother that is twenty-four years old that is a supervisor of Vulcan Signs, and a younger sister that is fifteen years old that is currently a cheerleader for Foley High School. The main reason that I’m pursuing a degree in Strength and Conditioning is because it has always been something that I think God has put me on the Earth to do; although, making a difference in young people’s life and leading them into the right direction is highly important too. After graduating from college, I want to get a strength-coaching job for a major university in the SEC and eventually assist my college athletes to become national caliber athletes. The things in the past that I’ve done best have always been in sports but now that I’m older I found out several other things that I achieve success in that includes preparing myself for tests, being on time, and doing everything to the best of my ability. I’m the student that high school teacher’s doubted and thought I wouldn’t become anything so now I use that as motivation. I admire learning new information daily, playing football, and training younger kids at my local recreation center.
Dr. Pausch video.
The video on Time Management taught me several things that I knew but different ways to accomplish goals and everyday things to do. Dr. Pausch pointed out that college students needed to set plans in order to avoid running out of time and being late on tasks that are to be done on that day. One thing that he also highlighted in his speech was that Americans are horrible with managing time but good at managing money, this taught me that time is more valuable than money. I think the better you manage your time the more time you have to make more money. I also learned that doing the toughest thing on your to do list will make your other tasks go by smoother and that knocking out the big ugly assignments first will relieve stress later.
Dr. Pausch has his own day dedicated to him in Pittsburg and he is a legend that has assisted numerous career seeking individuals into a successful way of looking at life.