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Reflective Essay On Self Discipline

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My discipline and studying habits are ones that I have picked up and tweaked in early high school and in the years since. I have learned what works best for and I am aware of the physical and mental space I need to be in to ensure that I get my work done in the best way I can. Taking this time to reflect on my self-discipline and commitment I have as a student will help me identify where I may need improvement and help me to learn more about myself as a student and as a leader.
For the end of this academic year of Winter 2018, I envision myself to have learned a vast new set of skills and applicable knowledge. At the moment, I am in a co-op position with PepsiCo and am also taking some courses to expand my professional skill set. While working in a professional environment in a leadership role, and taking courses such as this one, I am able to apply the material I have been leaning into my life almost right away. This allows me to learn the material quickly and understand it more thoroughly. Therefore, I envision myself to not only have a high academic standing at the end of this term but to have also had a successful work term, with help of the material I have been learning in this term. The results I am currently getting at the University of …show more content…

I know myself well enough to know that if one thing starts to take over my time and get in the way of achieving other priorities, I will begin to resent it. My life is quite busy, but I have been able to organize myself in a way where I feel accomplished academically, professionally, socially and mentally. This has not always been the case and it took some personal reflection and discipline to see where the imbalance used to be and where I could improve. Once I found the balance and the sense of achievement that came with it, I became more motivated to continue what I was doing and to strive to find ways of being even more efficient in these

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