1. Being Creative is What Internally Motivates Me Happiness is brought out through creativity.

2. Hope Dreams, so believe they come Time, life itself goes on. With hope you can make your Dreams come true. Whenever things go wrong, I know that they can get Better if I have hope and try. Hope is what makes me happy.

3. Hope (cont.) Approval of mothers, of brothers, Of strangers-a plunge of the hands In sifted flour, over the wrists. It gives pleasure. Approval by others is not easy. What do I do to make myself seem so unlikeable? I don’t know.

4. Hope (cont.) It seems that no matter how hard I try, Approval is extremely hard to gain. I never give up trying. If you just try you can be happy.

5. CIA, where I plan to go to college Cooking is my strong point.

6. This is what I plan to do for a career I will be a part of the booming industry.

7. This is a place where I would be happier Many emotions are affected by the place you’re in.

8. Life Accomplishment From the time I was about 5 years old until almost 16 I was very overweight. This caused me to have a low self-esteem, judge myself very harshly, and become very shy which led to having basically no friends and becoming the very hateful person that I am today. When I was in 9th grade I decided to make a big change in my life. I was sick of being the way I was.

9. Life Accomplishment (cont.) I started to have a very strict diet and exercise everyday. I kept losing weight and was very happy. I lost about 60 lbs. I had lots of energy and motivation and felt really good about myself. I’ve managed to keep most of it off up until now and I hope I can for a long time to come. I can’t believe how losing the weight has changed my life so drastically.

10. Life Accomplishment (cont.) I don’t feel embarrassed in gym class or at school and have a high self-esteem. One change in your life can make an unbelievable difference.

11. Personality Assessment I - Introvert - Energized from within self. S - Sensing - Decides based on concrete facts. T - Thinking - Communicates using logic. J - Judging - Decision makers. Likes to have organization or structure Creativity is brought out through my personality.

12. Crossroads in my life Five events or decisions that lead to my internal motivation: 1. Joined O.T.C.’s Culinary Arts program- 1996 2. Joined culinary arts committee-1997 3.First started cooking-1986 4.Took a semester of home economics-1995 5. Gave demonstrations for class at O.T.C.- 1998

13. Crossroads (cont.) Three expectations or plans I have as a result: 1. Plan on being a chef or going into restaurant management. 2. Go to Culinary Institute of America. 3. Get a good job to make a lot of money. Creativity is the spice of my life.

14. A Hunger - Personal anthem poem Black beans, white sunlight. These have sufficed. Approval of mothers, of brothers, of strangers - a plunge of the hands in sifted flour, over the wrists. It gives pleasure.

15. Poem (cont.) And being needed. Being loved for that. Being forgiven. What mountains there are to border solitude and provide limits, blue or dark as raisins.

16. Poem (cont.) But hunger : a hunger there is refuses. Refuses the earth. Approval is a must in everyone’s life.

17. Portishead - Half Day Closing - Personal anthem song In the days, the golden days, When everybody knew what they wanted That ain’t here today Through the times of last and low And stop the things trying the past day They don’t feel the same

18. Song (cont.) Dreams, so believe they come Time, Life itself goes on From beyond the shoupion skies The money talks and leaves us hypnotized Don’t pay the way Underneath the fading sun

19. Song (cont.) The silent song of a business man Has left us choking Dreams, so believe they come Time, life itself goes on In the days, the golden days, When everybody knew what they wanted

20. Song (cont.) It ain’t here today Dreams, I believe they’ve gone Time, life itself goes on If you want your dreams to come true, you have to make them