This week has been pretty tiring compared to previous ones but it hasn't been all that bad. Most of the stress is due to the Ap World book critique that I haven't worked towards at all till the week before its due date. I was really relieved once I found out it was pushed back to next week, giving me time to recover from my lack of working ahead. For the other traits not much has happened. See you next week.

So this week I completely failed to have any slimmer of being proactive at all. This week I had around four quizzes with me not studying for a single one. It was almost complete luck I managed to pass them with pretty good  grades because to be honest at the time I was happy to get anything better than failing. At the very least i'll take this as a lesson for future reference. As for the other traits not much as happened worth mentioning so wish me luck, see you next week.

This week felt like it went by super fast I can barely believe it’s already Friday. To be honest it feels like I haven’t accomplished much this week other than what I do normally and weirdly enough I don’t really feel that bad about that. It felt nice just to have a kind of relaxing week with not that many quizzes or tests and just being able to have a regular week for once. So while I know that that ends next week at least I know to try a little more and keep on improving on my traits and grades especially.

When it comes to staying ahead of school assignments i’ve never been very good at it, and that definitely reflects on grades most of the time.What I usually have the most trouble in would be studying and the reason for that I think is because there's no clear goal to go after. When you have regular homeworks there’s always something to do and work on but with studying there’s nothing to do except read the same page 20 times over till you have some idea of what is going on.The best example I have of this is when studying for the physics test we had recently. I could try studying for as long as I can but sooner or later i’ll just get burnt out and go do something else. And the worst thing about that test was that for whatever reason like half the classes were able to take it home while mine just had to turn it in. So all in all i’ll keep trying to do better even if it means getting nothing out of it, which will probably happen.

Of the three traits I sought to improve, honesty has been the one with the least amount of opportunity's to actually try. When it comes to being more patient or proactive there are numerous ways to improve everyday whether it be doing homework ahead of time or keeping yourself calm when it comes to stressful situations like tests. But when it comes to honesty there's not much else other than basic truths where there wouldn't be any reason to lye. So while I am finding it difficult to improve on my honesty, i'll keep trying.

For this weeks blog, the trait that I felt I (kind of) improved in was being more proactive. While usually I would just leave everything for the last minute or even not do it at all, I found myself forcing me to keep working through it. I feel that if i can keep that at up maybe i won’t have to force myself but do it naturally without the stress. One thing that does kinda a suck is that in Ap World History quiz and I actually studied pretty hard to the point I actually had some level of confidence. I ended getting a 90 and I was really happy till I found out it only brought up my grade 1 percent bringing may total grade up to an awe inspiring 82. But while that was disappointing I did learn that if I keep trying I can do even better on the next one.

This week I do feel like I'm making some type of progress even if its just a little. The main virtue I've been trying to improve so far is just basic patience. I feel myself catching myself whenever I get a little impatient like for example being in the lunch line for longer than the actual time you get to sit down and eat or especially when a group of like four people deciding to walk in the middle of the hallway as slow as possible, oblivious to the forty other people trying to get by. So while I have made some type of progress I still have a lot of work ahead and look forward to improving whatever way I can. And by the way on schoology it says "You are required to have at least one weekly post (150-200 words long)" so... good on you for doing way more than what you have to and being proactive.

Three Virtues

The first virtue I chose to improve on is to simply be more patient, which now that I think about won’t be as simple as it sounds. What I mean is that I want to improve how I respond to obstacles and to not just give up in the first sign of work, but be able to sit down and think it through and eventually succeed.The reason I chose this virtue to focus on is basically because its just something that im severely lacking for everything except not doing work. Surprisingly...not really. As for my plan for my plan on improving it’s mostly just focusing on the little things and just building it up bit by bit till i can last more than five minutes before taking a break and watching YouTube for the next hour. This can apply to most things like doing homework,doing homework,and of course, doing homework.

For my second virtue it’s going to be to try being more proactive. This means to do things ahead of time instead of just panicking and crying in the corner while I try to figure out how to do six classes worth of homework for the next day which I find happens much more often than you would think, at least for me I guess. The reason I chose this virtue is because it’s one of those traits you can use for almost every situation and would help especially when it comes to school and eventually a job. If someone were especially proactive with their responsibilities they would always be on top of their work and would become a great at whatever they pursue to do. My plan for improving in this aspect is for starters is to try to do my homework ahead of time and then build up to harder things later on.

So for for my third and last virtue I want to improve is honesty. When I talk about honesty I don’t just mean saying the truth to other(even if it’s still very important) but it also means being honest with yourself. Being honest with yourself means staying true to what you believe and to stand up for yourself. This can mean doing simple tasks like not lying to yourself saying you have plenty of time of time to do your homework tomorrow, to being honest with your feeling of another person. The plan for improving this trait is to just constantly practice being honest and try to second guess yourself and ask “is what i'm saying true to what I feel?”