At the beginning of my Student Life Skills class, I had a set of presumptions and mixed emotions for the course that quickly wavered and proved unnecessary. Many anxieties were lifted individually as each lesson delivered greater clarity about what my college experience could not only mean, but become. My excitement was only fed by this course, especially after I had the opportunity to teach my classmates about meditation outside towards the end of the semester. I’m excited to discover what college will have to offer.
The three biggest obstacles and essential components of this course for me were time management, goal setting and learning styles. Throughout my life, these three skills have been a stunted part of my character, so I was very …show more content…
I would play with my phone, turn music on, have multiple ongoing conversations; the list goes on. Through this course, I’ve learned that eliminating distractions and rewarding yourself at certain intervals is much more efficient as it allows for your total focus.
The importance of setting short terms goals is underrated. When you achieve short term goals on your path to your long-term ones, you acquire satisfaction and fulfillment. It’s important to make tiny successes because they help ignite the passion or drive behind the long terms goals.
When you commit to a long term goal and begin to work towards it, you’re trying to achieve something of greater importance that you acknowledge will help your life become what you desire for it. Before this course, I rarely set any long terms goals, and this drastically hurt my life. If I had set in motion so many ideas that I’ve played around with in my head instead of just allowing them to formulate and dissipate, I would be at a much greater advantage in this phase of my life. Goals that I am setting for myself include acquiring a TEFL and yoga teacher certification. Both of these will benefit any traveling I plan on doing in these next few years, and the yoga teacher certification will help my life in its entirety. I want to be certified and proficient in a variety of different …show more content…
Recognizing that you have your unique way of learning will enhance your academic experience by giving you a means to improve on both your strengths and weaknesses. You can do this by taking a personality test, like Myers-Briggs or 16personalities for example. Once you take the assessment, the score will be broken down to you in an understandable section-by-section manner. It will give you a personality type, career recommendations, information on the way your personality may affect your love life, and it will list some of your strengths and weaknesses.
Knowing your learning style will not only supplement your academic career but in your general life as well. It allows you to make better decisions that will serve you making you a more rounded individual
With all of this newly digested information, formulated insights and priorities in hand, I believe I hold all of the components to achieve success in college. I’m going to apply these learned skills to my life by creating a schedule, managing
The three biggest obstacles and essential components of this course for me were time management, goal setting and learning styles. Throughout my life, these three skills have been a stunted part of my character, so I was very …show more content…
I would play with my phone, turn music on, have multiple ongoing conversations; the list goes on. Through this course, I’ve learned that eliminating distractions and rewarding yourself at certain intervals is much more efficient as it allows for your total focus.
The importance of setting short terms goals is underrated. When you achieve short term goals on your path to your long-term ones, you acquire satisfaction and fulfillment. It’s important to make tiny successes because they help ignite the passion or drive behind the long terms goals.
When you commit to a long term goal and begin to work towards it, you’re trying to achieve something of greater importance that you acknowledge will help your life become what you desire for it. Before this course, I rarely set any long terms goals, and this drastically hurt my life. If I had set in motion so many ideas that I’ve played around with in my head instead of just allowing them to formulate and dissipate, I would be at a much greater advantage in this phase of my life. Goals that I am setting for myself include acquiring a TEFL and yoga teacher certification. Both of these will benefit any traveling I plan on doing in these next few years, and the yoga teacher certification will help my life in its entirety. I want to be certified and proficient in a variety of different …show more content…
Recognizing that you have your unique way of learning will enhance your academic experience by giving you a means to improve on both your strengths and weaknesses. You can do this by taking a personality test, like Myers-Briggs or 16personalities for example. Once you take the assessment, the score will be broken down to you in an understandable section-by-section manner. It will give you a personality type, career recommendations, information on the way your personality may affect your love life, and it will list some of your strengths and weaknesses.
Knowing your learning style will not only supplement your academic career but in your general life as well. It allows you to make better decisions that will serve you making you a more rounded individual
With all of this newly digested information, formulated insights and priorities in hand, I believe I hold all of the components to achieve success in college. I’m going to apply these learned skills to my life by creating a schedule, managing