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clazzimoo · 08-08-2007, 08:30 AM

I have been thinking a lot on what to improve about my school life.. so here's a short list.

1. I had the mindset of an average student- I realized that if I get a C i'm content enough, I'm elated wen I get a B, I dont want to endure the pain of getting an A so that kind of attitude shows in my learning habits and thinking. not to mention I always get nervous about absorbing information because i had all those bad failures where everybody seems to get it and I don't.

2. i need more confidence. I remember seeing an Oprah show and she she said something like "you are not your mistakes.. those mistakes do not define you. Mistakes are wrong steps you take, thats why they are called mistakes... " I want to think those failures do not define me. So I guess what define me is my life values, habits and attitudes.. Still need to think about it.

3. I do not get t work.. I procrastinate stuff big time and I need to get myself to untangle this behaviour NOW.

4. I had the mindset of a "high-school student". So I do stuff and think if they are not good/look professional enough, it's OK. I'm a student after all... I need to break this mindset

5. I did not have good communication skills. Many of class critiques require me to sell my ideas but I hardly do it. I want to make sure that I professionally sell my work during class critiques from now on. I want to profesionally receive critiques like one,too.

6. When I see people lagging behind or not getting it, is no reason for me to relax for a while. My only concern is only to push my ability to the limits.

7. I need a bait or a big motivation for me to keep me on path when the going gets tough. I visited one of my my church members who just had a baby. She was pretty young, 26 years old, just quit her job, caring for her baby and living in a small rented apartment with two other families. She's one of the many people whom I really admire and respect as a good Christian but her life situation is something that I do not want to be in. i do not want to be 26 and still living in a cramped apartment with two other families. I want to be successful.

I am thinking of another one.. which is I want to promise my father that i would pay back whatever amount of money he had spent to pay me through college faster than two of my siblings.. I have not said that to him yet, but I already know what he's gonna say anyway. But I want to really make this a reality. My heart says do it but mind is saying otherwise.. How do i get my mind to agree with my heart? I need an evidence that somebody has done it before.. anybody has any idea?

08-08-2007, 08:30 AM	#8 (permalink)
clazzimoo Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 11	I have been thinking a lot on what to improve about my school life.. so here's a short list. 1. I had the mindset of an average student- I realized that if I get a C i'm content enough, I'm elated wen I get a B, I dont want to endure the pain of getting an A so that kind of attitude shows in my learning habits and thinking. not to mention I always get nervous about absorbing information because i had all those bad failures where everybody seems to get it and I don't. 2. i need more confidence. I remember seeing an Oprah show and she she said something like "you are not your mistakes.. those mistakes do not define you. Mistakes are wrong steps you take, thats why they are called mistakes... " I want to think those failures do not define me. So I guess what define me is my life values, habits and attitudes.. Still need to think about it. 3. I do not get t work.. I procrastinate stuff big time and I need to get myself to untangle this behaviour NOW. 4. I had the mindset of a "high-school student". So I do stuff and think if they are not good/look professional enough, it's OK. I'm a student after all... I need to break this mindset 5. I did not have good communication skills. Many of class critiques require me to sell my ideas but I hardly do it. I want to make sure that I professionally sell my work during class critiques from now on. I want to profesionally receive critiques like one,too. 6. When I see people lagging behind or not getting it, is no reason for me to relax for a while. My only concern is only to push my ability to the limits. 7. I need a bait or a big motivation for me to keep me on path when the going gets tough. I visited one of my my church members who just had a baby. She was pretty young, 26 years old, just quit her job, caring for her baby and living in a small rented apartment with two other families. She's one of the many people whom I really admire and respect as a good Christian but her life situation is something that I do not want to be in. i do not want to be 26 and still living in a cramped apartment with two other families. I want to be successful. I am thinking of another one.. which is I want to promise my father that i would pay back whatever amount of money he had spent to pay me through college faster than two of my siblings.. I have not said that to him yet, but I already know what he's gonna say anyway. But I want to really make this a reality. My heart says do it but mind is saying otherwise.. How do i get my mind to agree with my heart? I need an evidence that somebody has done it before.. anybody has any idea? Last edited by clazzimoo; 08-08-2007 at 08:34 AM.