Reflection

At the beginning of the semester I went in with strong motivation, and I feel I'm losing it already. I had a strong mindset that I was going to finish all my homework on time and I wasn't going to procrastinate. The past month I'm losing my spark and i'm going back to square one, where I wouldn't do my homework on time. I'm beginning to stress and feel i'm not going to pass any of my classes as I'm starting to miss assignments. I think I need to get back on track and not be afraid of asking for help if I need it. I'm letting all of my school work build up and I'm not doing anything about it. I believe it's an emergency that I need to bolster my motivation, otherwise I'm not going to pass my classes. I think by getting my motivation back I need to set reminders for myself, that way I won't forget to do homework assignments. My motivation is getting weak, and as I let time pass without doing anything I'm going to start giving up, and I'm holding by a thread. I really don't want to completely lose my motivation and give up because I'm not going to feel so good about myself. I need to snap out of this mental state and do something about it rather than just sit and not do anything. To get my fire going again, I need to focus on my school work, set reminders on my phone , that case I won't forget to do homework, and read the assignment packets for each of my class to try to get back on track.

Vocabulary

Smug: adjective
Source Sentence:
pg. 39 "Stupidly, with a kind of smug removal that I can't begin to fathom..."

Context Clue: The problems of killing and dying, wasn't his area of interest (pg. 39)


Original Sentence:
With a smug look on her face, the woman ended her presentation satisfied with her work.


Imperative adjective
Source Sentence:
pg. 39 "It seemed to me that when a nation goes to war it must have reasonable confidence in the justice and imperative of its cause".

Context Clues:
Necessary

Original Sentence:
It was imperative to evacuate the people to safety




Tedious adjective
Source Sentence:
pg. 39: "Nothing radical, no hothead stuff, just ringing a few doorbells for Gene McCarthy, composing a few tedious, uninspired editorials for the campus newspaper".

Context Clues:
Uninspiring, boredom

Original Sentence:
Writing my essay was a tedious task, so I decided to take a break and eat a snack

Weekly Calendar

To Do List

Must Do:
-English Essay/readings from SW4
-Math Homework
-Read "The Things They Carried"

Should Do:
-Study
-Clean my room
-Laundry

Could Do:
-Finish watching Guardians of the Galaxy
-Be on Tumblr