So far this is year has been quite eventful. At the start of this year my class went to Alberta where we learnt about how place impacts us. Then before we knew it, it was already the start of the Winter Exhibition. We have learnt many things in many different ways, including the Winter Exhibition, many videos and even TikToks. Yes TikToks I’m not kidding. I have definitely learnt so much from all our projects… so far. I know there is so much more to come. But today I am asking myself how I can improve my learning skills with a goal I would like to accomplish by the end of this year.

Whats my goal you’re wondering. Well with all the projects I’ve done this year the biggest thing I struggled with was my time management skills. Even though I used Things and time blocked it still didn’t give me the motivation to get the work done. This is something I’ve struggled with last year too. There many projects I did well because I felt motivated to get it done on time. But as soon as I fall behind a bit everything starts piling up and it makes it much harder for me to get my work done on time. 

I find what helps me most through those stressful homework piles is taking a break every hour to reset my mind in order to finish my work and not have it be rushed and not thought through. So my overall goal is to keep a positive mind set and to stay on top of my work. 

A good example of a blog post that I rushed this and didn’t think through what I was doing was Star Wars Review ~ Empire Strikes Back. This blog post I did not do well on. I didn’t plan out anything, I kept losing my focus which made it much harder to concentrate which made the blog post so bad. If i were to go back and do this again, I would first off have a plan on how I was going to complete this on time but also include all the requirements and extra things i wanted to add. Then I would take my time and actually write a good blog post.

But a good example of when I took my time and did the work well, was my Maker 9 Reflection Post . This post I believe I did very well on because before I started any writing I created a bullet point check list of everything that I needed to include. I planned out the amount of time I was going to need for completion. I’m proud of this post because it shows that I put good effort into it.

Now I say everyday that I’m going to be very productive and get all my work done. But lets be honest, that almost never happens. So my question to myself is how am I going to change my work habits so I can be more productive? I do find this a little hard to answer because the couple things I’ve tried to help me so I can stay on top of things but none of them help me as much as I need them to. So this is something that I am going to work on as this year comes to an end. Before its over I want to have accomplished my goal so I can move on to work on my other weaknesses. 

I did notice that when I was in a group I tend to get work done on time because if I don’t I know I’m letting my group down which is not something enjoy. Looking back at my individual work compared to my group work, I see that my group work is better. But I want to have my individual work be at the same level as my group work. This will help me with many things and it will help me to enjoy doing my work much more.

So far this year I have learnt many many thing. I’m so grateful to be in this wonderful program called PLP. I’m so psyched to continue my learning with PLP.

Thanks for listening

– Emily✌️