Reflective Essay: Personal Action Plan For The Summer

This has been a very intriguing summer for me. I have spent plenty of nights working on an assignment till 4 in the morning. It was moments where I thought I was going to give up and just forget how hard I worked to get where I am now. I had to train myself mentally in order for me to get through this summer, and I have set a personal action plan for the fall and spring semester of my freshman year. A personal action plan for me will be to schedule my daily activities out and manage my time more efficiently. This summer, I have covered plenty of strategies in order for me to achieve my plan during the fall and spring semester. One of the strategies I found useful was to have a planner and write down all of my assignments due and I can also fit other personal activities in the planner. The reason I found this strategy useful was because during the fall and spring semester, I’ll have everything planned out and I will never fall behind on any assignments. This will give me a chance to be ahead of my friends who doesn’t have a planner and I’ll be able to fit time in for me to do other activities that doesn’t deal with school. Another strategy that I have …show more content…
My academic SMART goal for the summer was to not have any grade below a B by August 21, 2015. I was very successful with completing this goal for the summer. I have all A’s and one B for the summer. During the summer, I felt way more determined in wanting to have high grades and not falling under. This whole summer, I have been pushing myself to do better than I did in high school because I felt as if the strategies I used in high school wouldn’t be useful in college. I was introduced to new strategies this summer that helped me achieve my goal as well. These strategies helped me push myself forward academically and mentally. I felt that this summer was a mental stage to prepare me for the next level and get me out of the high school