26A - Celebrating Failure
26A – Celebrating Failure
This summer
semester has been very challenging because I have been working the entire
summer at a camp for children with serious medical challenges and illnesses,
but on top of this I have been taking four classes. So something I have been
struggling with is time management and finding time to complete assignments.
For example, I forgot to do the last three peer reviews, oops. The story is
simple, yet has a lot of moving pieces so get prepared. Yesterday, I opened my
computer in order to do my peer reviews and check homework for other classes
however, the Wi-Fi did not want to corporate. I then called the support team
member, aka the adults who run the camp, hoping she would be able to fix it. As
I waited for her to fix the problem I started working on other paperwork I had
for law school applications and for camp. Once the Wi-Fi was up and ready to
go, I was so deep into the paperwork I completely forgot until around one in
the morning, by then it was too late.
The mastering of time management is
an art that I have yet to get the best grasp on. However, it is something I am
working hard on. I have learned that I
need to take advantage of the down time that I have in random instances in
order for myself to be completely successful. I have also learned that
sometimes life becomes too overwhelming and choices need to be made. This is
why I feel sort of content with missing those three points, especially because we
got the three buffer points.
Failure to me is such a necessary
thing to have in life. Without failure I would not be able to grow as a person
or as a student. Do I react the best to failure? The answer is no because I am
very high-strung in regards to pushing myself. Emotionally I start to doubt
myself, and behaviorally I become much more irrational. This class has allowed
me to grow and learn, I think with learning so much about failure and how it is
something that happens I am more likely to take a risk.
It seems like you had a very busy summer and that is good. You'll look back at summer of 2018 and be like that was a good summer and it will remind you of how much you're capable of handling. Time management is definitely something we all need to work on and as we go into our professional career it might just get worse and worse, so being able to control it now is something you should take advantage of. Having so much on your hands and failing to complete some things (failing) is good at this age because you'll be better prepared for your future.
ReplyDeleteHi CJ... Lately, time management has been a struggle for me as well. I have never taken summer courses until now and I'm starting to realize just how much I missed having that 3-4 month break. I agree, however, that failure is a necessity. If we go through life with nothing but achievements, we are either lying to ourselves or we are being handed everything. Failing enables us to rethink our processes so the we might not only correct the specific task we failed at but so that we can then apply that knowledge to future endeavors.
ReplyDeleteHey CJ, I too struggle with my time management. Especially having courses online over the summer. It's one of those out of sight out of mind things that you really have to keep a grasp on which can be tough for me. I think it's cool that you are keeping so busy for the summer. You will look back and appreciate doing this kind of stuff!
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