Reflection 1 – My goals for This Year

 

Goals for next month:

  1. friends and family – to eat meals or at least dinner with my family, or people who are home. (It’s likely that I never eat with my family and eat on my own time, but to build a better relationship with my family, I would like to eat with my family and talk to them during dinner or lunch.)
  2. education – to be able to know my priorities in classes, work and assignments to get them done in the ideal order. (This is a goal I’ve been struggling with for many months. I tend to do easy assignments first and push all difficult ones away which causes stress buildup once I’m done procrastinating. I would like to push myself to do my work in proper order so that I can feel better and do better in my classes.)
  3. health – limiting my screen time on school days/nights to get better rest and to feel more refreshed throughout the day. (I believe that this may take a little over a month to get the hang of, but more than a goal, it’s a lifestyle I want to achieve due to how it’s become a habit to constantly be using my phone or device, even due to covid. And I think that it’s slowly reaching the point where it’s becoming addicting and fairly unhealthy, so I will try my hardest to work towards this goal and try to achieve it by the end of the month.)

Goals for this semester:

  1. friends and family – keeping healthy and strong relationships with friends and meeting up with friends every once in a while. (It’s become important to me that keeping strong friendships will help me academically, socially and mentally. To maintain proper and healthy relationships, I choose to not only prioritize schoolwork and hobbies but also friends.)
  2. education – studying/doing my homework right when I get home, and being more productive with my time. (This goal seems important to me, but I always tend to ignore it out of poor habits. Being productive is something I want to work on since I believe that I can succeed and become better and have a healthier lifestyle if I were to prioritize my work over certain activities.)
  3. health – drinking about 2.5L of water per day, staying hydrated especially on warmer days. (When I get busy or hooked onto something, it’s most likely I forget to take care of myself properly such as drinking water or eating regularly! I get dehydrated easily so even taking this smaller step will help my health a lot and I look forward to reminding myself to drink water every once in a while.)

Goals for the whole year:

  1. friends and family – get out of my comfort zone and create new and different friends and friend groups. (I know that I have the skills to go and interact with new and different people who aren’t my usual friends, but I always ignore it. This year, I choose to take the opportunities to make new and different friends and get to know other people.)
  2. education – being able to show my work in different perspectives, becoming more engaged with my work and learning and showing my understanding in depth. (I believe that I can push myself throughout these two semesters to focus on understanding my work properly and not just skimming through it to get it done quickly, and prioritizing quality in my work so I can not only learn better but show my understanding better as well.)
  3. health – focusing on getting 8-9 hours of sleep every night, avoid taking naps throughout the day and keeping my sleep schedule healthy and intact. (Sleep is one of the largest things I lack which causes me to be fatigued and unwell during busy and slow times. I want to focus on sleeping earlier and getting a healthy amount of sleep instead of cutting it out due to distractions at night. Avoiding naps and messing up that sleep schedule will also be something else I’m looking out for during this time.)♥