It’s a Celebration!
1) Tell us about a time this past semester that you failed
It is my first semester as a student at a big university. I had a motivating mindset and was ready for whatever was coming at me as a student. The first two weeks of being a full time student and working almost 40 hours a week, wasn’t too bad. I was managing and still had the motivational mindset. After those two weeks, I was slowly falling into the cracks of time management failure. I struggled and I am still struggling with balancing all of my assignments, work, and my relationship. I realized I failed when I got a 70% on an exam (with a curve). I immediately fell into the mindset of failure, and that really affected my emotional state and my relationship. I can’t grasp how to manage my time. I feel like I have no room to put in all the studying I can. I’ve tried to create an agenda and I still managed to get off track. This semester I have failed in managing my time and putting all my effort into all of my duties.
2) Tell us what you learned from it.
I am still learning from this failure. So far all I’ve learned is that negative thoughts create negative outcomes. I am practicing to be positive even if I am not 100% sure on what I am doing. Failing with time management causes stress and poor performance but at the end of the day, I am realizing that I must continue to push through and learn from those mistakes and find a better way to create a habit that’ll improve my time management.
Keep calm and carry on, they said.
3) Reflect, in general, on what you think about failure. Failure is hard, isn't it? It's embarrassing, sure, but it also means that we have to change something about ourselves. Talk about how you handle failure (emotionally, behaviorally). Finally, talk about how this class has changed your perspective on failure -- are you more likely to take a risk now than you were just a few months ago?
Failure can either make you or break you. Failure breaks me more than makes me. I really focus on failing rather than what I did to fail and how grow from it. I stress easily, I lose sleep, and I have a negative mindset when I fail.
This class has actually taught me to become more open minded and push through all situations. I am much more likely to take a risk now than I was months ago. I have slowly learning more about myself and my capabilities in this course and will continue to do so throughout my journey as an adult.
If any of my fellow classmates have any tips on how to improve time management and balancing courses, please let me know. :)
Hey Nicole,
ReplyDeleteThese posts are interesting because we learn so much about our classmates. I didn't know that you had a 40-hour work week on top of a stressful school situation, that is something that I personally believe I would have great trouble managing myself. I liked how you were honest in stating that this is a mistake you're still making, and that you’re constantly learning from it, instead of going where most other people did with this assignment and giving a nice little paragraph on how you're a better person from failing something. Time management isn't exactly my strong suit, but my best recommendation is to set aside time for yourself. As Covey put it, "sharpening the saw" is essential to surviving in a stressful work-life scenario, so maybe take an hour or two every day to draw a picture, or practice an instrument you're passionate about. Even though it doesn't help with a mountain of work from your classes, it'll help keep your brain active, and prevent it from being overworked. Great post, and good luck!
Hi Nicole! I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed reading this because it is incredible how much I can relate to how your feeling. I didn’t realize you work so many hours each week in addition to being a student! I work 34 hours a week and take three classes, so I can relate to feeling the pressure to balance everything.
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole,
ReplyDeleteBeing positive is very important and I like how you learned that from your experience of failure. I cant totally understand this happening because the same thing happened to me... minus working that many hours. I managed to get a C on my first exam of the semester, which set me off to a bad start, but we have to remember we don't have to be perfect.
Hi Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI love this blog post. It is extremely relatable, and like you I was the same way before this class. I focused too much on my failures and thought I was never good enough. It would break me, but this class has helped me learn and grow from mistakes. Time management is a huge factor as we get older and become adults. It is a balance and we all fail from it no matter who we are. It happens, things get busy and we lose ourself a bit. That's when we really need to learn from our failures and not dwell over it.
Hi Nicole,
ReplyDeleteThis is so easily relatable, not only for me but almost every college student at one point in their life. It is easy for me as well to fall into the mindset of failure and letting it drag me to the point of almost no return. I start to give up hope in the things that are already fine and start to lose interest when I should actually chalk it up the game and use it to propel me forward into a future where I do not make the same mistake. I have personally used other people to help keep me accountable. Great post!