Another year goes by and the time comes to write resolutions. Even the best years of our lives had some rusty areas that could be improved. A lot of times we recognize them… but don’t do anything about it. So the time arrives to work on improving those faults. After all, what life do we live if we don’t push ourselves. We have to grow as individuals and overcome our weaknesses, for only then will we realize our full potential. If you remain static, you are stagnated, almost decadent, and who likes to work with those types of people? For the better, know your weaknesses and work on them, one at a time.
I believe I know myself pretty well, and my biggest problem is that of time management. I am slow, inefficient, and get easily distracted while doing homework. I realized this some time ago because when I got home late, I would have to do all my work in a constrained amount of time. The surprising part was I actually pulled to off, several times. It made me realize that I was not managing my time wisely. Why do I do homework from the moment I get home to the moment I fall asleep, if I could do it in less time? Procrastination, the epidemic of all high schoolers, and wasting time, were my issues. They prevented me from doing work quickly. The year is almost over, and I like to play video games very much in my free time (if I have any). Therefore I set a goal, in 2014 I will change my work habits at home. Only then will I not be a static laggard.
Changes that will need to take place? To begin, I have to know my work patterns. I am aware I like to have some small breaks between assignments, but at this point in time I abuse them. I spend too much time playing quick games on my phone or tablet every ten minutes or so. I have to severely cut back those, mute my devices and put them afar if I have to. Next, I have to keep a comprehensive to-do list. This is actually I do pretty well already. My nature is to be organized by heart so I generally write down and keep track of all the assignments I have to do. Nevertheless I do sometimes forget and undermine less critical things like student club work or extra credit opportunities. Of more vital importance, I have to look at time in a different manner. That means setting deadlines, not just for days in advance but also for the short term. On a given day, I have to get home, look at how much time I got, and set goals for when I will accomplish what. Otherwise, what I do right now, I realize I have the rest of the day to do two or three small tasks, and I take the entire day just to do those, along with a lot of wasted time. On a similar note, to work towards procrastination, I have to work ahead of time. If I have a week to do a project, try to start it the next day and finish early, instead of doing it the last two days. I have actually gotten better at this year, but I know there’s still a lot of room to grow.
Why did I tell you all of this? Because my Journalism class made me? No. I had two goals when I decided to write this article. First, to make myself a record of exactly what I have to do to achieve my goal. This way I can’t tell myself I never wrote down what I would do. It’s a nifty way of staying organized and making it more official. I wrote it, on paper, so I better get to work on this resolution, otherwise it will haunt me. Second, to inspire you to take similar action. No, that does not necessarily mean you look at your work habits. It means you will analyze your weaknesses and try to work towards improving them. If we look at people who changed the world, I bet at some point they had to challenge themselves, too. Your goals might sound more silly than that of Nelson Mandela’s, but we all have to start somewhere. Make a change, refrain from being static.
Brought to you by: Cesar R
I believe I know myself pretty well, and my biggest problem is that of time management. I am slow, inefficient, and get easily distracted while doing homework. I realized this some time ago because when I got home late, I would have to do all my work in a constrained amount of time. The surprising part was I actually pulled to off, several times. It made me realize that I was not managing my time wisely. Why do I do homework from the moment I get home to the moment I fall asleep, if I could do it in less time? Procrastination, the epidemic of all high schoolers, and wasting time, were my issues. They prevented me from doing work quickly. The year is almost over, and I like to play video games very much in my free time (if I have any). Therefore I set a goal, in 2014 I will change my work habits at home. Only then will I not be a static laggard.
Changes that will need to take place? To begin, I have to know my work patterns. I am aware I like to have some small breaks between assignments, but at this point in time I abuse them. I spend too much time playing quick games on my phone or tablet every ten minutes or so. I have to severely cut back those, mute my devices and put them afar if I have to. Next, I have to keep a comprehensive to-do list. This is actually I do pretty well already. My nature is to be organized by heart so I generally write down and keep track of all the assignments I have to do. Nevertheless I do sometimes forget and undermine less critical things like student club work or extra credit opportunities. Of more vital importance, I have to look at time in a different manner. That means setting deadlines, not just for days in advance but also for the short term. On a given day, I have to get home, look at how much time I got, and set goals for when I will accomplish what. Otherwise, what I do right now, I realize I have the rest of the day to do two or three small tasks, and I take the entire day just to do those, along with a lot of wasted time. On a similar note, to work towards procrastination, I have to work ahead of time. If I have a week to do a project, try to start it the next day and finish early, instead of doing it the last two days. I have actually gotten better at this year, but I know there’s still a lot of room to grow.
Why did I tell you all of this? Because my Journalism class made me? No. I had two goals when I decided to write this article. First, to make myself a record of exactly what I have to do to achieve my goal. This way I can’t tell myself I never wrote down what I would do. It’s a nifty way of staying organized and making it more official. I wrote it, on paper, so I better get to work on this resolution, otherwise it will haunt me. Second, to inspire you to take similar action. No, that does not necessarily mean you look at your work habits. It means you will analyze your weaknesses and try to work towards improving them. If we look at people who changed the world, I bet at some point they had to challenge themselves, too. Your goals might sound more silly than that of Nelson Mandela’s, but we all have to start somewhere. Make a change, refrain from being static.
Brought to you by: Cesar R