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I read an interesting article called " Don't Waste Your Time With Bad Resolutions. This is How To Do Them Right. " by Tim Herrera. I liked this article because it was realistic about setting goals. Often times, we set goals that are overly ambitious and don't seem to follow through with many of them. In this article, it mentioned a helpful acronym, which was SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Thinking about those things when setting a goal would help to make a more reasonable and specific goal to reach. I also liked how it talked about being a little more self-forgiving because sometimes we all have those bad days. It's important to just keep improving from the slip ups. I know one thing I want to get better at is making better and realistic goals. Sometimes I feel like I don't give myself enough time to meet my goals, or they're not really realistic. Definitely could improve on not wasting my time and focusing on how I can ...

I had never heard of Carol Dweck or much about the growth mindset concept until I watched her videos on it. I found it very interesting and definitely will look more into it. For me, I do struggle at times when I didn’t know how to solve a problem or was faced with a difficult challenge, but I always push myself and attempt the problem. My academics are important to me, so I always try to get good grades but sometimes that doesn’t happen, which does make me feel like I failed at times. One thing I have learned while in college is that grades are not everything. I attempt to push past the fact I didn’t get the grade I wanted to and look on ways I can improve and do better next time. One of my personal goals has always been to work hard and stay focused. In college, I’ve found various ways that help me in balancing all different things in my life. So, having a growth mindset is very beneficial in many ways. (Quote by Roger Clemens retrieved from Flickr )