putting things into perspective
So as a first blog assignment for PERSEF1, we were tasked to write about our action plan (for the term?).
All I can say is that I was never very good with action plans. I often get caught up with the initial excitement of listing your plans for better self-progress and performance and this causes me to make these great sounding plans that I never get to finish (or even start) anyway. It's not so easy to live up to your own high expectations. I have a number of plans in mind such as the following:
- Be more active in my org
- Study harder, aim to get into the dean's list
- Finish all that I started
- Pay more attention to my camera
- Find ways to feel more productive
- Etcetera, etcetera.
Funny thing is, I had the same list of things-to-do last term. My actions plans are always the fruits of my taking bites bigger than I can chew. Accomplishable, yes, but so is med school (pardon the expression, I just really have a high respect for those who finish it @_@). Just because it can be done, doesn't mean that it's easy. Believe me, I've tried hard, but all I can say this term is that I guess I didn't try hard enough. Though, I don't think that's the way to go. I actually went the opposite way. This term came with a rough start. A VERY rough start. It's brought about nothing but pure stress.
So. What do I do? With all the accumulated stress, I've decided pushing myself further wouldn't be the way to go. I did that last week and all I produced was a burnout. I've decided that understanding my limits would be my first course of action for this term. It may be something simple to some, but it's a mighty big hurdle for me. Besides, I feel like my goals have lost essence. I don't know if an empty fulfillment makes any sense, but it's something I'd like to avoid. I know well that paying attention to my responsibilities as a student should be my priority, but I think it's about time I deviate from making my life revolve purely around them. I guess it's a pretty tricky thing then, to be able to maintain or improve one's academic performance and personal endeavors...
... but it sure as hell must be pretty damn neat to accomplish.
~eri
All I can say is that I was never very good with action plans. I often get caught up with the initial excitement of listing your plans for better self-progress and performance and this causes me to make these great sounding plans that I never get to finish (or even start) anyway. It's not so easy to live up to your own high expectations. I have a number of plans in mind such as the following:
- Be more active in my org
- Study harder, aim to get into the dean's list
- Finish all that I started
- Pay more attention to my camera
- Find ways to feel more productive
- Etcetera, etcetera.
Funny thing is, I had the same list of things-to-do last term. My actions plans are always the fruits of my taking bites bigger than I can chew. Accomplishable, yes, but so is med school (pardon the expression, I just really have a high respect for those who finish it @_@). Just because it can be done, doesn't mean that it's easy. Believe me, I've tried hard, but all I can say this term is that I guess I didn't try hard enough. Though, I don't think that's the way to go. I actually went the opposite way. This term came with a rough start. A VERY rough start. It's brought about nothing but pure stress.
So. What do I do? With all the accumulated stress, I've decided pushing myself further wouldn't be the way to go. I did that last week and all I produced was a burnout. I've decided that understanding my limits would be my first course of action for this term. It may be something simple to some, but it's a mighty big hurdle for me. Besides, I feel like my goals have lost essence. I don't know if an empty fulfillment makes any sense, but it's something I'd like to avoid. I know well that paying attention to my responsibilities as a student should be my priority, but I think it's about time I deviate from making my life revolve purely around them. I guess it's a pretty tricky thing then, to be able to maintain or improve one's academic performance and personal endeavors...
... but it sure as hell must be pretty damn neat to accomplish.
~eri