Even though this semester and year have been a little unusual and at times difficult, my semester was one of my best yet academically. This semester I pushed myself and enrolled in eight courses. Six of those were ranging from Organic Chemistry to Theology to a Photo class. With this semester being my last year before my challenging nursing classes begin, I decided to get involved a bit more with the school. This semester, on top of my 6 required classes I decided to become a peer mentor and help the incoming freshmen during this trying year. It was such a rewarding experience, especially this year because there were very few opportunities for freshmen to learn from upperclassmen. As for the rest of my courses, I was fortunate enough to thrive due to the low amount of cases which allowed us to remain in-person for the majority of my classes. I was also incredibly fortunate to be able to participate in both field and ice hockey with a limited amount of restrictions. Since we weren’t allowed to compete, we used this time to focus on our skills and better our weaknesses. If we can compete in our spring season, we will be able to use the skills that we practiced this fall and apply them to game-time scenarios. This semester was a growing time. I learned three major things when faced with adversity. I have to accept that I cannot change what is happening, be willing to adapt my plans to my new world, and continue to push myself and not let myself use that obstacle as a reason to not succeed. I am so thankful to MVYouth for giving me this opportunity to learn how I can react in the face of adversity while also bettering my education.