At the beginning of the semester I had three main goals for myself that would help assure my success during and at the end of the semester. They included; getting enough sleep, scheduling my social life appropriately, and learning to juggle my classes accordingly. Although this semester is ending not on a bad note, I know that I could have done better and been a little more responsible and mature. Life through me a few curve balls so to speak and I feel that I should have dealt with them a little differently.
For my first goal was pertaining to getting enough sleep. There were certain things that I was going to do to attain this goal that I failed to do. I was supposed to go to bed at a normal time, around nine o’clock. This was a very unrealistic goal for a few reasons. Number one, I’m twenty, trying to go to bed at nine is pretty much impossible with everything that needs to get done. Number two, I had a job that kept me up late hours during the week and also on the weekends. Sleep is always something that I seem to always try to get “caught up on.” Lastly number three also coinciding with number
one, I’m twenty, although I may not get enough sleep and I am tired; I am going out anyways.
Towards the beginning of the semester I was having a lot of trouble separating my social life with school and not letting it affect my grades. I was having a hard time at first, but then I was getting a lot better because of the support from friends. I tried strategies like studying on the weekend till a certain time after work and then allowing myself to go out at midnight. I seemed to have things under some control until I started a new relationship. All my effort seemed to have slipped out the window. I let my emotions get in the way of school, which was totally unsuspected. I haven’t been in a serious relationship during school before and I had no idea how much it would affect my academic success.
My Third goal was to learn how to juggle classes. I feel that I didn’t learn how to do this. The best advice that I can come up with for next semester is to no schedule more than I can handle. Next semester I am going to more realistic with my school schedule, work schedule and learn how to better juggle those two.
During this semester if feel as though I should have done better academically and I should have kept my mind on track in other areas. There is nothing that I am able to about it now, except to try to finish up the semester strong. Next semester will be another adventure and learning experience.
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