Jake Cobovic, Period 6, 11/28/22

    

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  Atomic Habits & Growth

• At this current point in time, what specific standards have you set  for yourself? 

• How and why did you come to craft these standards? 

• How do you demonstrate resilience towards achieving these standards?

• How do you assess yourself?  What adjustments do you make? How often?

  
  

For this school year, I’ve set several standards for myself that I’m trying to aim towards, not just academically, but in all facets of my life. My main goal, though, is academic. I’d like to keep all of my grades this year above 90%. I’ve also set some health goals for myself. I’ve been trying to get at least 7 hours of sleep a night and go to the gym at least 3 times a week.

   

    As for my academic goal, I mainly based this off my fear of midyear reports being sent to colleges. I know it’s unlikely but I’ve had literal nightmares where I get into MIT and have my acceptance rescinded because of my senior year grades. I’m not usually a big believer in dreams being fate but I really do not want that to happen. Wanting to maintain my grades is also for myself though. I’ve worked hard to get my GPA to where it’s at after a rough freshman year and I don’t want to ruin it at the last moments of high school. As a Staten Island Tech student I can never escape worrying about my grades and averages. I set my health goals based on myself not feeling physically great during my junior year. I didn’t get a lot of sleep and as a result felt really tired all the time. I also feel generally out of shape so going to the gym would help me.

    I honestly can’t say I’m doing great on my goals. Getting sick for a week at a time several times over the course of my senior year has really thrown a wrench in pretty much all of my plans I set for myself. In Physics and Calculus I missed a good chunk of the first unif of each class, leading to me getting grades that are not up to the standard I want or expect from myself. I also obviously wasn’t able to go to the gym while I was sick which was extremely disappointing for me as I lost pretty much all of the progress I made in the weeks before I got sick. It’s not all bad though, as getting sick actually helped me on my sleep goal. I spent most of my sick days passing out in bed by 10 PM. It helped me make a habit of falling asleep earlier and it’s actually persisted even when I’m not sick. Even on weekends now I notice I’m falling asleep earlier and waking up more energized.

    While right now I can’t say my goals for the year are being met, I still have plenty of time to turn things around and am excited to try and do so. Granted I don’t get sick three times in two months again, I think I’ll be able to meet and exceed the standards I’ve set for myself for the rest of the year