Personal Growth.

Over the break, I felt like I really achieved a lot. I basically spent the whole break with Natural Vibes and we were able to put on our own show at Eastlake's performing arts center. We were able to finish a lot of things for the show and we all felt like we did a great job. We oversold at our very first show and it felt amazing to have the crowd cheering for us while we were on stage. I felt like I grew as a person and a dancer mainly because I was able to really contribute for my team and I felt closer to them than before. I also felt like my athletic abilities grew because of the many times we conditioned and ran the medleys. Overall this break was a very refreshing break and I feel like I grew a lot from it.

Personal Growth

Over the past two weeks of fall break, although it was somewhat uneventful, I could say that my personal growth would be how I became more family oriented and also learned how to manage my time better. Throughout this break I was able to spend more time with my family when my cousin and his family came for a visit for the weekend. It's been a long time since we've spent time with the whole family, so it was nice to get to spend the weekend with them. Another personal growth of mine was how I learned to manage my time more efficiently. Even with color guard practices and other things I needed to do throughout the two weeks, I was able to accomplish my goal of finishing all my homework on time, and even a little more than what I had to do. Since I have an AP class this year, it was more than what I had to do during breaks back in freshman year. But with it I learned time management, which helps to reduce stress.

Personal Growth

Over the past 2 weeks of break I personally grew more independent and family orientated. The first week I spent most of my time at home taking care of my brother while my parents were busy working double time. My family and I grew a big gap with trust due to a personal and family issue the past few months but throughout break that gap started to patch up a bit. To regain my family's trust I grew more responsible at home and for myself. Instead of going out with friends I devoted my time with family and volunteered at my church's yearly festival. I started going to church more often since I wasn't as connected to my faith as I used to be. My little brother and I grew distant as we both became attached to technology and the use of the internet but every once in a while I took him out to the park and bought him frozen yogurt. The second week of break I went on a cruise. I also grew more family orientated as I spent my week hanging out with my whole family. On the cruise however I gained some trust and independence by going to this teen club which enabled me to leave late at night and socialize with other teens on the ship. My parents trusted me to join this club and it was quite the experience to meet new people and do things away from family and on my own. I learned a lot throughout this break and hope to maintain it.

Personal Growth

Over the two week break, I realized that I had to teach myself to not procrastinate. I didn't realize until the 2nd week that I had quite a lot of homework to do. I knew I had to do something about my laziness because I did not want to end up loading myself up at the last minute. I prepared a mental schedule for myself: half a chapter of AP history notes and 2 reading selections and rhetorical precis from the reading packet. I was able to divide up my time wisely just enough to still be able to have free time to enjoy the rest of break. Fortunately, plan worked and I was able to finish everything with extra days to spare. I am proud of myself for being able to accomplish my goal and I will aim to do even better in the future.

Personal Growth

Over the two week break, my hard work paid off in my cross country meet. I had improved my 5k (3.1 miles) time of 20:59 to 20:43 a 6:39 mile pace ( the .1 of a mile adds an extra 30 to 40 seconds to a normal 3 mile time). Considering that I was previously injured, I was happy that I had improved. Along with improving my time, I also learned some racing strategies. One main strategy that helped me improve was to not start out too fast. If you start too fast, you will die out at the end. You can tell that you are going too fast in the beginning if you are breathing too hard. I know for sure that will soon be able to drop my time even further.

 

         

Personal Growth

My personal growth over the two week break has been great. I have tried to specifically accomplish a certain goal and that was to increase my stamina in running. I wanted to do this because it was the one area i was lacking in my P.E. class. To improve it, I ran every day for about 10 minutes and played different types of sports like Basketball, Football, Baseball, and Soccer. By the end of break I improved but I am still determined to get better.

Personal Growth

Over the fall break, I have grown mentally in motivation and curiosity. I grew motivation from boxing for the past 2 weeks, because my coach was pushing me farther and farther every time I came to boxing practice, and I kept my head up in motivation to become the best boxer I can be. Secondly, I grew mentally in curiosity because I explored on Google Maps, and zoomed into islands that I have never even heard of! Every time I could remember, I researched every foreign island nobody pays attention to, that I could find. I grew curious about how the geography features on each island looked like, and I also wandered on the kinds of people, if any, who lived on, for example, the Marshall Islands.