With the onset of winter and the promise of winter break, reflections on the Fall ’24 semester seem to be in order. Thanksgiving break is late this year, so when I get back from that I’ll be at school for another week and 3/4 before heading off back home. After that, my internship starts and shortly after that classes start back up. So, I’ll try to enjoy the respite while I can.
Good Things!
I always like to start with thinking about the good things that I did this past semester. Here’s a list of what I can think of right now.
- The Theatre Studies show went well!
- I am passing all of my classes with either an A or AB as of right now
- Spent over 25 hours working on the tulle heart for April
- Reconnected with some old friends from Freshman year
- I have a car now!
- First semester at TechBar has gone well
- I learned how to use HTML and CSS (and very minimally learned JavaScript)
- I’m killing it in my Tax class
Improvements
I have a few improvements that I would have wanted to make during the semester.
- More patience with others (especially First-Years during the show)
- More structured study time for difficult classes (especially before tests)
- More time to decompress for myself
- I wanted more time at home (but I want that every semester lol)
Goals for Next Semester
I have a few goals for next semester to hopefully minimize my improvements section and expand my good things section.
- Set aside 2-3 hours on Sunday just for myself (work out, crochet, take a walk, self-care, etc.) NO worrying about homework during this time.
- Find time in the evening (probably 6-9PM) to do some homework each night. Try to be done with schoolwork by 10PM.
- Go to bed by 11:30 each night. I have 8:30 classes every morning next semester, so having a set bedtime will be beneficial.
- A week before the Intermediate Accounting exams, start reviewing the concepts to make studying for the exam easier.
- I want to get As in all of my classes. If this is not possible (I might not have the time to dedicate to studying) I want at least an AB in each class. I don’t want anything lower than that, though.
- Cook for myself at least once a week. I did okay with this in the past semester, but I want to plan out a meal at the start of each week and get better at it. I’m worried that I will be tempted to eat out more because I will be working later in the day. So, I want to try and combat that now.
- Find some time to hang out with friends!
- Offer to help only if I am certain I have the time for it.