Day 189 Self-review before the new trimester

Self-review before the new trimester 

During last trimester, I have been through and overcome a lot of challenges as a novice in university life. To make a brief conclusion, I have done well and achieved high distinctions in all units. However, I prefer to set the objective higher for this trimester. Therefore I would like to make a self-reflection in order to conquer all impediments on my journey. 

I always believed that the fundamental element to success is comprised of three factors, including: a proper goal, efficient method to approach and control the process. Therefore, I tried to comply with these rules in the first trimester. The ultimate goal for me was straightforward, which is complete the commerce degree with the shortest time possible and retain the quality of learning as well. I have divided this objective into several subsidiary targets, which are more applicable for me to approach. For instance, the finance subject required me to understand and be familiar with the financial issues. Thereby my short-term goal on this subject was to comprehend the learning resources and achieve a decent grade in this course. 

Once I have determined the objective, the development of the target achieving strategy took place. Although there are plenty of techniques could be discussed, I think the unique one in the university is the digital literacy resource. It created an outstanding platform to assist my study. The online library allowed me to access most of the academic resources through the Internet, so I could easily locate the external readings for my course. In addition, I sufficiently utilized the collaborate discussion forum to find out the answers of my questions. In conclusion, I was aware of the value on digital literacy resources, and anticipated using it more to achieve my goals in the future. 

The self-management was the hardest part for me, but I understand it is the most crucial factor. Thus, I made an immense amount of effort to improve my self-control. During this process, I recognized the power of consistency, so I invested my endeavor to establish inertia on study. My weekly plan helped me enormously on both time and activity management. Besides that, I insisted to update my writing practice blog every day, since I found it would help me to review my knowledge and record my ideas. More importantly, this activity made me understand the value of preservation. As a consequence, I obtained more control over my actions, and I believe this blog will eventually contribute to my future career. On the other hand, the experience on group assignment also helped me to enhance my self-management. Because now I understand the best way to win people’s respect is to create value to them. And only people who maintained substantial control over their goal completion would be able to do this. 

Although I did reach my initial objective on last trimester, there are still some improvements could take place. To illustrate, I need study the financial investment on a more systematical approach, so I could truly understand and be consistent with my decision. In fact, there were several avoidable losses on the stock market, which I failed to prevent. Moreover, the fifth unit will definitely add more pressure on my study, thus I must be ready to contribute more effort. I believe I am capable to deal with these difficulties and create a bright path for myself in the future.