{"id":2423,"date":"2018-07-17T23:39:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T23:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagsfp.urop.lsa.umich.edu\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2020-08-28T14:10:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T14:10:56","slug":"working-my-ways-towards-growth-grit-and-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/2018\/07\/17\/working-my-ways-towards-growth-grit-and-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"Working My Ways Towards Growth, Grit, and Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"

What have I learned about myself recently? Well, surprisingly enough, I\u2019ve learned that I actually truly enjoy physical activities like exercise and yoga. This was quite the revelation to me because I\u2019ve typically been self-conscious about exercising and always felt silly whenever I tried. Now, however, I\u2019ve come to appreciate how I am able to focus on whatever physical activity I\u2019m doing and can clear my mind of everything else. More importantly, I like how my body feels strong. I don\u2019t mean strong as in super swole bodybuilder-type, but strong as in I feel more confident just existing in my body. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Me after going to the gym for a year. Jokes.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Also, I\u2019ve learned I need to make creative activities a dedicated part of my life as well. I used to think that appreciating art and such was just a hobby for me, but now I\u2019m coming to realize how it\u2019s much more than that. I look at these activities as ways of reasoning and making sense of my experiences\/world, and need to incorporate them into my life accordingly. I find a lot of meaning in being able to, for example, paint when I have the time, and I want to make writing a part of my daily routine as well. I guess writing more frequently, and more in-depth, is one of my goals!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Other goals that I have are to develop that \u201cgrowth mindset\u201d that we talked about in the presentation, and to be better at connecting what I\u2019m doing daily to my more long-term goals. To be honest, this is the second time I\u2019ve seen the growth\/grit\/stick presentation, but I think I got more out of it this time than I did when I first saw it as a freshman. Back then, I had no clue what college was going to be like so everything Joe said kinda just floated over my head. Now that I\u2019ve had those failures he talks about in the presentation, I\u2019m able to appreciate the content on a new level. Like I was telling some of the other fellows today, I think college has really reduced my level of grit and my perseverance unfortunately! Everytime I fail, I just feel beaten down and have a hard time sustaining motivation. It\u2019s just hard when you don\u2019t have a cheerleader constantly telling you \u201cYOU\u2019RE AMAZING YOU CAN WORK HARD AND ACHIEVE!!!!\u201d when you\u2019re in the thick of it during the school year, so I have to definitely put time into solidifying my own worth for myself and finding personal reasons to stay dedicated. <\/span><\/p>\n

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One challenge I think I have experienced is finding a balance between my school life and my home life. More so than a lot of my peers that I know, I\u2019m pretty invested in my family life throughout the school year and it is important for me to go home often and help out where I can. However, I find that whenever I do go home, it\u2019s like my school life doesn\u2019t exist anymore and I literally turn off all thoughts of schoolwork. What ends up happening is that my whole entire weekend is shot and I end up staying up till godforsaken hours on Sunday night trying to catch up on all the studying I should have done on say, Saturday morning. This year, I strive to maintain that same involvement with my family, but do so in a way where I can merge my schoolwork with my home life. That means probably waking up earlier on Saturday and actually studying huh. <\/span><\/p>\n

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In terms of mistakes I\u2019ve made, not to be pessimistic or anything, but sometimes I feel like most of my college experience has been mistakes with the very occasional moment of success. That\u2019s probably way over-the-top but\u2026.Anyway, I think my biggest mistake in college is how I just accept defeat even at the very beginning of a class when I know it\u2019s going to be challenging. Going into a lot of science classes, I\u2019m usually like, \u201cWell I know this is gonna be hell but let\u2019s try to not fail completely,\u201d instead of going in there aiming for an A. Like I said, college has sucked the life out of me. But guess what! 2018 is the Year of the Growth Mindset! We\u2019re making power moves and changing our lives for the better ONLY.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The mood for 2018 and the rest of my life after I get that Growth Mindset\u2122! Even though I’m my own biggest hater….<\/em><\/p>\n

To end this long-winded semi-rant about my life, I will end with the one quality I have that I think has contributed\/will contribute to my success. Contrary to how dreary some of what I wrote sounded, no matter my failures, I actually try to stay hopeful. I\u2019m excited every time a new semester starts because I see it as a blank slate and I always think maybe this semester I\u2019ll change my ways. So far, I haven\u2019t but hey, there\u2019s always next semester right? <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What have I learned about myself recently? Well, surprisingly enough, I\u2019ve learned that I actually truly enjoy physical activities like exercise and yoga. This was quite the revelation to me because I\u2019ve typically been self-conscious about exercising and always felt silly whenever I tried. Now, however, I\u2019ve come to appreciate how I am able to… Continue reading Working My Ways Towards Growth, Grit, and Stick<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1611,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opportunities-and-challenges","category-amira","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1611"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2988,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423\/revisions\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/wagsfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}