Growth Mindset: Embracing New Challenges

With the end of the semester quickly approaching and having less than a month to prepare for my trip, I find myself panicking.  I am not prepared at all and I need to put some pep into my step. I know everything will be alright, but I truly dislike being unprepared. Being unprepared makes me feel lost, and although this may sound silly, it’s true. Everything will work out in the end, it always does. =)

I found myself overcoming roadblocks for the past two months with decisions dealing with both my personal life and education.  In these past few months I reflect on how much I have grown and I’m proud of myself. I learned that is okay to take time out for myself. Things will not always be the way I would like, but there’s a reason why matters don’t always work in my favor.  Moreover, I also learned that I am a HUGE procrastinator, and that this trait may not change. I’m not just referring to the upcoming trip.  I’ve lost out on time, a lot of time because I waited until the last minute to either complete an assignment, delay scheduling meetings for important events, and so on.  I used to never be like this.  I was the student that completed assignments a month in advance after they received their syllabus and planned out my outfits two weeks to a month in advance. 

During that period of my life I may have had too much time on my hands…or I was just great at scheduling and being proactive!

But back to my main point of this post….this new journey that I will be embracing after graduation is an exciting one.  I am open to the challenges that I will face, and I believe they will make me a stronger and better person.  I know that the choices that I make in life are not please anyone but myself.  With every choice I make there is a consequence.  Whether the consequence is good or bad, I’m ready!

I used to be an adventurous person who was ready to pick up and travel around the world, and lately I have been playing it safe. I miss this person and I’m seeking to find her. Hopefully, she will emerge when I step foot into a different world. 

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Growth Mindset: Perseverance

Since Spring Break I have been able to set a schedule for when I need to complete assignments.  It has worked fairly well and now I am working on perseverance.

Last week I revisited a matter that many deal with, which is negativity. I consider myself a realist and I don't always have a positive outlook on things, and this past semester has had both ups and downs. More wins than losses.

With only a few weeks to go this semester I have began to procrastinate on assignments and my grades are reflecting the effort that I have been putting into my assignments.  Hopefully, taking time out for me and reevaluating where my time should be placed will help guide me to successfully completing my goals of graduating this semester.  

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Growth Mindset: What is it and Establishing Patience

In the beginning of the semester I learned about The Growth Mindset and I would like to incorporate this into this blog.  My professor in my India and Epics class suggested the students to try this out so we can track our progress over these next few months. 


The Growth Mindset was developed by Carol Dweck and it’s to challenge the basic mindset that people have set for themselves.  I have things that I personally need to work on to motivate me for this semester and this seems like a good method.

This semester I am going to work on improving my Hebrew, but understanding my personal limits.  I tend to pressure myself to intake a lot of information at once instead of pacing myself while I learn the language. I then blame myself for not learning all that I believe that I am capable of.  I understand that a language cannot be learned overnight and there isn't a easy way to learn one hundred vocabulary words in half a weeks time. I still have plenty to catch up on since last semester, and I continuously review my work from past semesters.  Because of this, and I end up mixing up information from old handout with handouts that have recently been distributed in class.

I'm going to get through this and pace myself! There's no room for failure, just greatness.

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