Wenyan Li, Period 7, 12/23/21

Wenyan Li, Period 7, 12/23/2021

Blog #2 - Goal Setting & Growth

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

When looking back at my previous blog, I have been able to achieve my goal in the sense that I am able to balance my school work, sports, and still have free time to myself. I realized that a lot of my stress stemmed from volleyball. Being on volleyball meant that I had to commute further into Staten Island to other schools to compete and a lot of the time I would end up not getting any playtime and felt that my time was being wasted. I would get home pretty late which left no time to do homework. However, since the season ended and I transitioned into indoor track it’s allowed me to spend more time with my friends. Since indoor track has races on the weekend I have been able to study for my classes and bring my grades up. At the current moment, my goals are to have a great track season and to improve my grade in AP Macroeconomics. For me, macroeconomics is one of my hardest classes as I fell behind early on due to my lack of time to study for tests. However, since I have more time on my hands I have been able to study up the concepts I was struggling with and I started to understand what we were learning and make connections between the topics.

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

I think a major part of achieving this goal is removing a lot of distractions. I started to limit myself to what I would do in my free time. I uninstalled a lot of video games that I knew I had no self-control over as I would end up spending a lot of time playing video games rather than sleeping or studying. I think finding a good work environment has also contributed a lot to improving in school as I would be able to focus better. When I’m at home sitting at my desk I feel like I can be easily sidetracked and do other things.

How does the world around you affect your perception of this goal? (or these goals?)

This past week I felt like things with COVID have gotten a lot worse especially with the new variant. It’s made me feel uneasy and at school, I feel uncomfortable. It’s made me more aware of my surroundings and who I choose to be around. In a sense, it has limited my social circle and it’s kind of forced me to go straight home after practice. Since I was kind of forced to go home I stopped lingering around school and started focusing more on my schoolwork. However, I still feel very on edge as it feels as if deadlines are creeping up on me without realizing it.