This past semester, I have failed quite a few times when it came to preparing for an exam in my other classes, or a cupcake in this course. I would procrastinate my responsibility of watching my lectures and going over the reading material necessary for staying up to date with my classes and in turn, would have a lot of catching up to do in the short period before I took my exams. After the first incident, where I did not score as high as I had hoped, I caught up on my material and stayed on course for a while before ultimately falling behind track again.
From this, I learned that dedication and willpower are critical for meeting your goals. It also helps to be organized and plan out your days in advanced. That way, you can stay on task, and you find yourself resisting distractions more. I personally, get annoyed when I know I put myself in a position where I know I could have done better had I just managed my time better. I use that negative feeling as fuel to improve myself a little bit more so that when the next opportunity comes around, I can be more efficient and wiser with my time.
With regards to this class, I have learned that failure brings more positive results than negative ones. You are able to see how you can improve your design, your ideas, by not succeeding at first try. I can say that I am more likely to take risks now than I was at the start of the semester because even if you fail, you get to learn how to win through that experience.
Hey Luis,
ReplyDeleteFirst, I would like to say that procrastination is a real thing that so many people go through on a daily basis so there is no stress there. It’s all one-hundred-percent normal. As for exams, the best advice I can give is to make sure to block on hours at a time to study for them and make the most out of limited time you have to study. I am glad that you learned to be dedicated and gain willpower to do the best that you can to meet your goals.
Best,
Austin Felter
I am sorry that you have suffered from misfortune academically, but I definitely think there are ways for you to improve. To begin with, you acknowledged that we can all grow from failure. In addition, there are on and off-campus resources that can help you to improve your time management skills to prevent further procrastination. In addition, I think you are definitely making progress toward achieving your goals in a timely manner.
ReplyDeleteHey Luis,
ReplyDeleteI could definitely say that I also have celebrated failure with you this past semester in the same exact ways, especially with the cupcakes and procrastinating lectures. Although it seemed like a little cycle at the beginning of the semester, I'm glad that you were able to learn from it and come out of it having a stronger mindset for the future. I also am very glad that you now see failure as a positive thing over a negative one since this class really focused a lot on the topic of failure over the past few weeks and it's nice to see an impact!
Samuel Ackenine