Ivan Ng, Period 7, 11/3/2021

 Ivan Ng                                                  

Period 7

11/3/21 

 

Mythology 2022

 

Goal Setting & Growth 

At this current point in time, what specific goal(s) do you have for yourself? Why?

  

At the moment, my main goal is to focus on making the correct preparations for Cross Country City Championships this coming week. It is said that all success is laid in the groundwork. This still holds true in running. At practice, everyone will tell you that hydration, sleep, and eating right play a massive role in improving in addition to working out. People never realize how true it is until they actually follow through. But because of school and the work and food they give out, it isn’t always the easiest task to accomplish. I might have to stay up late doing homework or studying for class. School lunch also isn’t the best so I’ll have to prepare meals. So this next week, I want to properly drink enough water and get enough sleep instead of the lenient half-measures I usually take. 

How do you demonstrate resilience towards achieving this goal? (or these goals?)

 

First, in the morning, I wake up earlier to make meals to eat throughout the day. Every two periods in school, I force myself to down my water bottle and refill it in between classes. I take whatever free time I have in school to review or do work in order to maximize the time I have when I get home. As for sleep, it isn’t about the quantity as much as the quality. I conditioned myself to fall asleep at around 10:30 pm everyday even if it meant waking up earlier to finish up what I had to do.

How does the world around you affect your perception of this goal?

The world around me makes my goal feel a lot harder to obtain because there are a lot of circumstances that I can’t control. The amount of work that I have to do for school is something that I can attempt to alleviate by spacing it out but it depends on the due date and time given. Sleep is also really hard to control because there are assignments that can be due at midnight meaning I can’t sleep at 10:30 and wake up earlier to complete them. School food is also really inadequate meaning I have to drag around extra meals throughout the day. There is also the overall sense of pressure I feel from all of the college deadlines coming up this time of year.