1. An outer obstacle that stands between me and my success is managing the limited time I have outside of school in order to use it to study.
2. Someone who could help me overcome this outer obstacle is my counselor.
3. How this person could help me is by helping me arrange a schedule that is most beneficial and suited for me personally.
4. An inner obstacle that stands between me and my success in college is my shyness.
5. Someone besides me who could help me overcome this inner obstacle is a teacher. Taking communications may help me improve my inner obstacle.
6. How this person could help me is by teaching me good techniques that will help me approach different situations.
7. The most challenging course I’m taking in college this semester is Pre-Calculus.
8. This course is challenging for me because it is a course that contains a lot of complex curriculum, that of which requires a lot of time to practice in order to become more proficient. (like mentioned earlier, time management is a main concern)
9. Someone besides me who could help me overcome this challenge is my math tutor.
10. How this person could help me is by going over multiple examples with me and giving me feedback on my work.

In order to create a stronger support system for myself in college I could:

1. form study groups to make the study process less tedious
2. Ask for help when ever necessary. Feedback is a great way to evaluate progress.

1. Write a one-sentence statement of one of your most motivating goals or dreams in your role as a student.

I’d like to maintain at least a 3.2 GPA.

2. Write a list of personal qualities that would help you achieve this educational goal or dream.

Persistent, hard-working, responsible, and reliable

3.Circle the three qualities on your list that seem the most essential for you to achieve your goal or dream as a student (from Step1).

(Persistent, hard-working, motivated)

4.Write three versions of your personal affirmation.

(A)I am a responsible, hard working, and organized woman.(B)I am a responsible, hard working, and organized woman making my dreams reality.(C)I am responsible, hard working, and organized woman, and I love myself for that.

5.Circle or highlight the sentence from Step 4 that you like best.

I am a responsible, hard working, and organized woman making my dreams reality.

6.Write three paragraphs- one for each of the three qualities in your affirmation.

(A) I am a responsible, hard working, and organized woman. I consider myself a responsible student because I always make my schoolwork my priority. For example, I always prefer to stay in on weekends and get my work done, rather than going out with my friends. In addition, I also consider myself hardworking because I always manage to get my work done despite obstacles that may get in the way sometimes. As for organization, although there are days where Im not the most organized person, in the end I know where I need to be, what I need to get done, and how much time I have to complete my assignments. ( I write everything down in my planner)

(B) I am a responsible, hard working, and organized woman making my dreams reality. I’d say as a freshman In college I still don’t have a complete sense of what I’d want to do, but of course, I have a few ideas. Having these qualities are essential to helping me complete my undergraduate studies and in the process, help me figure out what it is I want to do. I want to be able to become the first college graduate in my family and make my family proud. I’d also like to set a good example for my younger brother.

(C) I am responsible, hard working, and organized woman, and I love myself for that. I strongly believe that a positive mindset can take you a long way. Referring to a quote one of our mentors shared with us, “If you can believe it, your already halfway there.” Im constantly reflecting on the progress I make and the work I complete. Even when I may not do my best, I try and look for motivation to help pick myself up and just keep going.

Journal Entry 13

Several actions that I have taken in the past two days are:

• I did my homework
• Studied for midterms
• Watched You tube videos
• I ate
• I showered
• I went to the bank
• I went to a shoe store
• I helped my brother with his homework
• Changed the clocks in my house
• I Did my laundry
• I slept
• I cleaned my room
• I bought tickets to a concert
• I went to visit my aunt
• I was active on social media

B+C) *Quadrant I (Important and urgent)- I studied for midterms (2 hrs), did my homework (2 hrs), sleeping (8 hours), showering (30 mins), doing my laundry (2 hrs), changing clocks in my house (5 min)

*Quadrant II (Important and not urgent)- Working on Homework (essays) that are due in further weeks (1hr), cleaning my room (90 mins), eating (35 mins), going to the bank (30 mins), helping brother with Homework (20 min), visiting my aunt (4 hrs)

*Quadrant III (Not important and urgent)- Checking my social media every few hours,

*Quadrant IV (Not important and not urgent)- Watching YouTube Video’s several times a day during Homework breaks, going to the shoe store (1 hr), buying tickets to a concert (5 min)

1. D) After looking back and reflecting on the decisions I made on how I spent my time these past two days, I realize that for the most part I in fact do try my best to get things done. Of course, I also made myself become aware that there are still many things I can do to improve my time management skills. I understand that by removing many of the things I did, especially items belonging to Quadrant III & IV, I would be making it easier for myself by creating more time+ opportunity in getting my school work done. For the most part, I believe that I did an okay job in balancing out the Urgent/non-urgent things . However, I still want to improve, since  I am always feeling like I don’t have enough time to do everything I want to get done. From here on, I will try to be more self conscious of how I spend my time, especially when having important assignments due. I am sure that this will result in great improvements regarding my work ethics.