It is the end of October so it is time to reflect on my resolution’s I created for myself this month. My resolutions are in detail here October Resolution, but I will go through them individually to reflect on my successes and area’s of improvement.
Time Management: this month I really wanted to focus on my time management specifically in terms of school. I think this is an important skill that I master before becoming a full teacher as teaching requires a high level of time management skills.
Successes…
- I started to use my apple calendar and reminders app to schedule in time slots of when I need to work on different assignments and tasks. This has helped with budgeting my time better!
Areas for improvement…
- I am on the hunt for a better app that I can use simultaneously with my apple calendar, because now with scheduling in specific time slots for school, it looks a bit overwhelming with so many events happening in a day. My thought is to have my apple calendar be my personal calendar and find another app for school specific. This could be useful for work in the future as well.
- Although I have found that I’ve been able to get ahead of my coursework, my school/work/life balance has suffered a bit. Because I have been so focused on getting ahead, even when it’s not necessary, I have lacked on spending time with my friends, family or putting aside personal time for myself.
Excercise: my goal for this month was to take 20 classes in the month of October at Lagree to hit my fitness goals and hopefully win some of the fun prizes they are giving away this month!
Successes…
- I hit 20 classes today! I feel so much stronger than I did at the beginning of the month and am feeling very proud of myself for sticking with it!
- Although classes tend to be a bit more expensive than having a gym membership, I find signing up for a class and paying for it holds me accountable to show up and do the work!
Area’s for improvement…
- Taking 20 classes in one month was quite a lot, not so much on my physical body, more so just with managing my time. It did force me to do something for myself 5 times a week but I think for November I will probably go down to 8-10 classes a month. I work on top of going to school, so often I don’t get much downtime. I found in October I really didn’t have much extra time at all because of how busy I was keeping with work, school and then fitness classes on top of that. In the future I would love to get back to going 15-20 times a month but I think it’s important I give myself a bit more free time right now so I don’t burn out.
Proper Nutrition: I think as many people going to university may feel, it can be challenging ensuring that you are getting proper nutrition. My goal for this month was to try and meal prep and cook at eat at home as much as I could!
Successes…
- I started making protein smoothies in the morning and tried to add extra greens and vitamins in it to get some extra nutrition. I noticed this helped with my energy through the day!
- I made a concious effort of when eating out to try and go for healthy options. (One thing to note on this is that eating healthy out is expensive! It makes sense why students have poor nutrition as a salad is 3x the price of a slice of pizza!)
Area’s for improvement…
- I definitely did not hit my goals of meal prepping and eating at home like I wanted to. I notice that I am always running out the door whether that’s to school or work so it would be good to have high protein, healthy foods that I can quickly grab. Some ideas for this are turkey pepperoni, protein smoothies, veggie’s and hummus, and meal prepped salads! A continuing goal will be ensuring that I am focusing on getting proper nutrition in and having quick meals I can grab easily!