Personal Statement

I believe my best ATL is self-management. Ever since I was young, I have always been on top of things and the ability to push myself. People would always tell me what I can and cannot do. I never listened to them. I learned to push myself over the limit until I reached my goal. Self-management includes organization, affective skill, and reflection I am all of this. I am indeed organized. My personal project, at this moment, is trying to create a math theorem. It sounds extremely difficult and complicated, and to an extent it is. I have the capability to organize the math theorem in any way possible.

Affective skill is having the ability to manage state of mind through mindfulness, perseverance, emotional management, self motivation and resilience. In order to create a math theorem, I must be able to take on any challenge that comes in my way. There will be times where I feel hopeless and that is when I need emotional management. I must have the ability to put my thoughts and feelings aside for a moment in order to create the

This is because I was always closed off. I always thought I can do everything by myself. Looking back now, that was not a good idea. I need people around me to support and correct me if I am wrong. Therefore, I need to improve my social skills. I personally dislike projects because I end up doing all the work. Also, people around me tend to do the project in their own way, which I do not like. Therefore, I just do it by myself. While my friends are outside playing with their friends, I am sitting in a room reading a book or drawing. I was always a lonely person, with no one to talk to, but I found nothing wrong with that I hope to change that through the personal project though. I want to become someone friends can lean on. To achieve this, I need to start branching out and making new friends. I need to start taking criticisms from other. I hope to achieve this through this personal