When I think about mindset I think about relaxing, I have never heard of Carol Dweck until today. What I learnt from listening and reading to what she has to say I have realized that sometimes I run away from error and I don't like to be told I'm wrong especially if it is in a subject that I don't practically like. She has thought me that I should better myself and try again when ever I fail at something.
When Carol talks about "how we are raising our children" I do think parents except more from their children, personally because I have dyslexia my mum always says "all I want you to do, is do your best" and that is exactly what I have done but thinking back to when I done the leaving cert a lot of my friend's parents excepted them to come out with A's which puts pressure on their children which isn't fair. Of course students want the best grades but to have added pressure from their parents is very unfair.
My biggest problem when setting myself challenges is getting motivated to start them straight away. I always think about the easiest way of doing something when I shouldn't. I overthink everything that has to be done to the point where I don't even want to do the challenge anymore.
When I think about mindset in college at the start I write down exactly how much time i'm going to spend on each module but then when the work load begins to pile up I begin to stress and by stressing I do not get anything done. Carol has thought me to take my time and to not put pressure on myself, everything will get done in the end its just takes time to get it done.
When Carol talks about "how we are raising our children" I do think parents except more from their children, personally because I have dyslexia my mum always says "all I want you to do, is do your best" and that is exactly what I have done but thinking back to when I done the leaving cert a lot of my friend's parents excepted them to come out with A's which puts pressure on their children which isn't fair. Of course students want the best grades but to have added pressure from their parents is very unfair.
My biggest problem when setting myself challenges is getting motivated to start them straight away. I always think about the easiest way of doing something when I shouldn't. I overthink everything that has to be done to the point where I don't even want to do the challenge anymore.
When I think about mindset in college at the start I write down exactly how much time i'm going to spend on each module but then when the work load begins to pile up I begin to stress and by stressing I do not get anything done. Carol has thought me to take my time and to not put pressure on myself, everything will get done in the end its just takes time to get it done.
When it comes to family I there is nothing more I love than spending time with them but with friends when I'm tired or stressed about college I put them on what people say "the back burner" when I should be putting more of an effort into seeing them and giving myself and my head space away from the stress of college.
Since starting college I have learnt that everything I do everyday is something new and i'm constantly learning so why am I scared of doing new things like learning how to drive, speaking in-front of people etc, life is all about learning and having the right mindset to get up everyday and challenge yourself is a good thing!
-EH
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