Reflective Essay On My Goals

My goals for this semester are to get at least a B in all of my courses and to not procrastinate my homework or studying until the last minute. Each week I will plan out exactly when I will do homework and when I will study. I think designating a certain time each day to do homework or to study will help me to time manage better and not wait to do it until the last minute. Each week I will also sit down and make a to do list for the week. The to do list will include all assignments, reading, and studying I have to do each week. This will help me to avoid accidently forgetting something and therefore cause my grade in the class to suffer. Each time after an exam, I will evaluate with myself what I thought I did well and what I thought I needed to improve on with my

If I know an assignment might take me longer than 20 minutes to do, I need to make sure I put a more realistic time down and not what I hope it will take. Another thing that might hinder my goals is my phone. I get distracted by my phone all the time. I might get one text then scroll on social media and forget that I was doing homework. For my goals to work, I need my phone to not be a distraction. When studying or doing my homework, I will turn it on silent or off and put it away from the area I am doing my work. I think planning designated break times for me to use my phone will also help me to stay off of it while I am doing my work. Another thing that might hinder my goals is poor use of time studying. What I mean by this is studying the material I know and not spending enough time on the material I am unsure of. I think what might help is going through the material before studying and separating the stuff I do know and do not know into separate piles to make sure I am not avoiding the material I do not know. I think getting together with a friend to study material might help me understand material better because what I am unsure of she might know very well and can help