Hey mang0!
I am also a fellow year 12 of yours and I’m really looking forward to reading your journal and seeing how you progress throughout the year!!!
I understand how you feel about your performance last year, and its totally okay to feel that way (last year wasn’t exactly ‘easy’ for everyone too because of covid and bushfires and a lot of other things).
I think its really great that your doing really well in (AND enjoying) English!! It is after all the first subject that vcaa/vtac will look at, and I have no doubt that you’ll be capable of doing really well in it!!!
Its really great to set high goals for yourself because it gives you a good amount of room to improve. And even if you don’t start out year 12 as good as you’d like, always try to remember that this year is a marathon, not a race… If your able to bust out those 90s in your assessments by the end of the year, then I’d call that a big win!!
With regards to your aspirations of becoming a doctor, I had a small bit of friendly advice given to me by my big sister about it(who is currently doing med)… She was telling me the other day that when she sat her job interviews for a hospital she had applied to work at, one of the questions she got asked (and was really stumped by) was, ‘Who are you outside of medicine?’
I think that while its really great to know what you want to be in the future, you should also consider the kinds of skills and aptitudes you could bring to your profession, whilst also considering what you want to take from it… for some people, they want to develop connections with their patients by helping them in their moments of need. Whilst for others, they need a job with high salaries because (unfortunately) they live in a very financially unstable household…
Maybe I’ve gone a wee bit too philosophical here, but that’s just something I’ve been thinking about lately and I thought it may be of some help to you as well!
Looking forward to your journal this year!!!
Best of luck!!!