Journal 2

Question 1: How can changing my beliefs about myself and my abilities actually change my performance or my success at school? In what way?

   

I feel that if I think positive thoughts about something, then positve things will come of it. I am a very upbeat, positive person and I try to look at life in a way that allows me to look at different things that may come up in different ways. For example, if I have a bad experience with something, I like to look at it and think " if i could have done it different, would the end result be the same? " I will apply that to school as well. I feel that if I make the time and put forth 100% effort I can, I will succeed in school and my career. By thinking positive it allows me to be relaxed but focused on whats needed to succeed. If I tell myself I will achieve a goal, then I will. If a person views themself as not good enough then they will always feel the same way, and they more then likely will not do well with a task that is put in front of them. If a student alway is telling themself I cant or feels they are not good enough to achieve something, then a person will have a hard time with success. Changing ones beliefs about them self will give them the opportunity to look at something and instead of putting themself down, look at what could have been done different or what they could have done to better it. Having positive thoughts about going back to school has given me excitement and is driving me to push myself to do well, and achieve the goal I have set and that is to make it into honor roll. Question 2: What habits or attitudes do I have that have prevented me from being as successful as I know I could be? Where in my life did I believe in myself and it helped me to succeed?       As a parent I have to believe in myself each and everyday. I have not really ever allowed myself to have any habit or attitude towards any task at hand, that would have prevented me to be as successful as I could. Even though there are speed bumps throughout life, I make the most out of everyday and I want my family to do the same. I have to believe in myself to provide for them, I have to guide and mold them to becoming successful adults, it is challenging at times. I would have to say that having 3 healthy children would have been a time in my life that I needed to believe in myself more then any other time. I set the goal of having each child naturally no matter how painful it was. This was a very diffcult task, but I had to believe that I could do it every second. I feel that if I did not tell myself and truly believe that I could do it then I most likely would have had a hard time with it. To this day, I think about those times and look back to them to encourage myself to push on. No matter what obsticles lie ahead and the challenges that may present themself, I can do whatever I set my mind to. I control my own future, my life to an extent and up until my children grow up I have to ensure that they are well taken care of and have everthing they may need. I will provide for them by ensuring that I have a career that I love doing each and everyday. I only will have a successful career by believing that I can and will. Question 3: What are the elements about my self-image that are negative and are keeping me from reaching my full potential? What do I need to change so that I have a positive self-image?     I think positive about myself each and everyday. I feel there are sometimes things that I may not like, for example some days I think I need to loose 10lbs, but for the most part my self-image is always positive. My personality does not allow me to fail at anything, if I were to fail I would honestly have to look at it and really wonder why. Failing is not an option for me and from that point on I would like I've said before think as to how or what should I have done differnt. I am a perfectionist! I do not let myself do something without it being done 100%. I really do not feel as if things are keeping me from reaching my full potential or that I need to change anything about my self-image. i am happy with who I am so far and what my futire will hold for me once I complete schooling to have a successful career.