My SMART Goal throughout this semester was to get rid of my nail biting habit. Going back to my initial SMART Goal plan I was not able to stick to it. My spreadsheet plan did not work, and I slowly regressed back to continuing my habit. I attempted to revise my plans back in my second Reflection Journal by adding things like incentives and alternatives to my habit. I did not end up following through with those plans either. As the semester progressed I kept finding it harder and harder to become motivated to work on my goal. I don’t have any supports in life other than my own motivation. The biggest obstacle hindering my progress is stress. Stress is a set of behavioral, mental, and physical processes that occur as we attempt to deal with an environment event or stimulus that
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The source of this stress is primarily from school. As an early college student, I’ve found it difficult to adjust to certain aspects of college classes. Because of this it exacerbates my nail biting which I’ve always used to cope with stress. Coping is defined as ways we deal with stressors in life (Grison, Heatherton, and Gazzaniga 408). If I am to make progress towards my SMART Goal I believe I’d have to work on it during summer or winter breaks. Primarily since I wouldn’t have the stress of school distracting me from my goal and I’d have more time and energy to focus on it. I would probably go back to something like my spreadsheet but keep it in a journal to talk about my progress or lack of progress that day.
Motivation can be defined as factors of varying strength that energize, direct, or sustain behavior. A wide range of factors such as a satisfaction of needs, drive
The source of this stress is primarily from school. As an early college student, I’ve found it difficult to adjust to certain aspects of college classes. Because of this it exacerbates my nail biting which I’ve always used to cope with stress. Coping is defined as ways we deal with stressors in life (Grison, Heatherton, and Gazzaniga 408). If I am to make progress towards my SMART Goal I believe I’d have to work on it during summer or winter breaks. Primarily since I wouldn’t have the stress of school distracting me from my goal and I’d have more time and energy to focus on it. I would probably go back to something like my spreadsheet but keep it in a journal to talk about my progress or lack of progress that day.
Motivation can be defined as factors of varying strength that energize, direct, or sustain behavior. A wide range of factors such as a satisfaction of needs, drive