Journal #17:
1- An outer obstacle that stands between me and my success in college is my job, not studying enough and not interacting with my professors as much as I should and also, lack of sleep.
2 & 3- Someone besides me who can help me overcome this obstacle is my manager allowing me to shorten my hours, my counselor checking up on me one-on-one.
4- An inner obstacle that stands between me and my success in college is procrastination.
5- Someone besides me who can help me overcome this inner obstacle is nobody because I’m the one who has to get the work done.
6- Nobody can help me in getting my work done because regardless of what anybody tells me it’s up to me if I’m willing and capable of setting anything else besides school work aside to make the school work my priority with procrastinating.
7- The most challenging course I’m taking this semester is Math 1030.
8- The course is challenging for me because I get easily confused with numbers, I don’t study enough knowing that I have difficulty and even when I do try to study or learn something In tutoring the tutor I received wasn’t helpful. I often had to rely on classmates for help but they also have things to worry about for themselves.
9- Someone besides me who can help me overcome this obstacle is classmates, my sister who is very good at math, the SACC department.
10- All these people can help me by giving assistance and clarifying anything I don’t understand.

2- Two choices that I will have to make to be more successful In college is not work so much, especially not during school nights. Another choice is create more connections and study groups so I’d be able to learn from others and add on to my own knowledge.

Journal #14:
1- My self management system has been horrible this semester. I know it is no excuse, but when starting to college I had a job at the same time so sometimes I prioritized my job. When I started to realize that I was doing this, I decided to cut down my working hours. When I did decide to cut down my working hours, it was too late because most of the material for all my classes had already been covered and I missed out on a lot. When trying to remember what homework I needed to do for the following day, I had to ask a peer of mine or else I would forget. In order to prepare for a test, sometimes I felt like I would just be able to do it without studying but this didn’t work out so fine. I began to study days prior to exams as soon as the semester was almost over. I currently use this “last minute” / remembering everything on my own system, because sometimes I feel like I work best under pressure but then again it doesn’t work out for me because I end up feeling stressed out since everything is piled up on me. My system is not effective at all and I’m still working on it for next semester. I’ve learned that this is obviously not effective if I’m trying to get through college.
2- I honestly wouldn’t use the next action list because it requires me to write more information than I need. I feel like I would be able to work better if I have a concise list, in where I can just get to the point. I like to keep it short and simple and then be able to get to it. A tracking form seems more organized because I would be able to jot down what I have to do and then go back and see if I checked it off & actually got it done within the time I was planning to do so. A project folder would come in handy because I’m still working on my organization skills. All throughout the semester I lost papers and was all over the place in having a organized project folder everything would become more simple. I could start using my phone for self management by setting daily alarms, especially when it comes to waking up in the morning for a class. I would also be able to time myself while doing homework, and give myself enough time for every course not just one. The best hand written system would be to obtain a dated planner where I would be able to refer back to everyday.

Journal #10:
MY LIFE PLAN
My Dream: I’m searching.
My Life Role: Student
My Long Term Goals in this role:
1- Get into Zicklin
2- Get my bachelors degree 2019
3- Internship at a law firm
4- Internship with any business in the food industry.
5- Get my masters degree if I’m financially capable of doing so.
Short Term Goals:
1- Join a sports team. Ideally: Girls soccer team
2- Tutor somebody
3- Pass math 1030.
4- Study for my anthropology final
5- Gather with my study group for anthropology

By designing my life plan I realized that the semester is over. Time in college is very limited and if I want to get things done I need to start now and stop taking it as a joke. Every second counts and everyday that I’m in college I should be doing something that is going to contribute to my long term goals wether that’d be something minor like studying for a class