First Half Term Reflection:
1. Reflect on your successes from the first half term of the year. What things have you done well in terms of taking care of your wellness and academic growth?
This year I’ve tried to be incredibly conscious of time management and not overworking myself with the amount of activities and service that I sign up for. I know that the IB is more stressful than IGCSE, there are higher expectations of me and the workload is larger, therefore, I have tried my best to set schedules and a routine in order to successfully adapt to Grade 11. For example, I will practice the piano on a few set specific days, and those days are reserved for piano and piano only.
2. There is always room for improvement in everything that we do. In the second half of the term what actions will you take to improve your wellness and academic growth?
In order to function better than I am now, I would like to get more sleep. I probably don’t get enough every night (even though I might not notice it) so perhaps in the next term I should take note of the times I go to sleep and calculate the hours in order to ensure that I am well rested.
3. What have you learned about yourself in PSE?
I learned about using tools, scales and spectrums to map out my own emotions, furthering my own self awareness and allowing room for introspection in my daily life. This, in turn, has helped me understand, track and cope with my own emotions as they fluctuate, allowing me to accommodate other parts of my schedule according to my feelings, which has impacted the way I work. For example, whenever I feel overwhelmed, I like to head to a coffee shop to do my homework alone instead of at home, and I find that having a nice cup of chocolate and some cake as I finish writing an essay is oddly comforting, and I become a lot more productive and I have a lot more fun when doing work.