So this year I was very excited about starting grade 10. At the same time I was slightly nervous because grade 10 is the year when we have our first proper exam (non internal). This is the year where you can’t afford to make silly mistakes.

During the first day of school it was slightly weird because I kept thinking that we were still in grade nine, this was mainly because of the fact that everything in terms of classes and teachers were pretty much the same. Even now, at the end of the first week, I still slip up when taking about what grade I’m in.

So far everything feels the same apart from the fact that there’s more pressure to improve and do well, but overall I think this year is going to go very well.

New year new me was something that I thought about, a week before school started. I wanted to start fresh and set some goals for myself this year in order to improve my overall lifestyle. One goal was the procrastinate less. Of course I can’t completely stop procrastinating, but I wanna make sure that I finish all my work before I can start relaxing. This way I’m being both more efficient and at the same time making all deadlines effortlessly. I also had another goal to start waking up earlier until it comes naturally to me and isn’t something that is hard to do. When I wake up earlier, I have more time to get my stuff together and organize my things, because of this I won’t forget stuff when I go to school and just little things like that. Also if I wake up earlier I have more time to get things done on the weekend, that means more time to finish work and rest. I will keep setting little goals for myself to achieve this year and hopefully by the end of it, I will have become much more organized with better time management as well.

All in all I’m hoping this year goes well and I can’t wait to look back and reflect on any aspects of my life that I have improved.