Every individual differs in the way they see and perceive success – one may believe success is having a complete family in the future since he/she grew up not having one, one thinks success is getting the job he/she has always been dreaming to be a apart of, and one may also thinks success is just having a happy and contented life. But whatever someone’s meaning of success may be, different from the others or just the same; we dream of success because we have a certain goal to attain, a certain goal to pursue and a certain goal to serve as both a reminder and a purpose.

These goals will somehow motivate people to develop their strategies and will soon enable them to perform better. But how do we attain our goals? There is a thing called goal-setting wherein it suggested that we should first know what we really wanted, for us to get motivated and the S-M-A-R-T goal should always follow.

 

 

 

Learning something that we do since the time that we were born and continues throughout life. Learning is describes as acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes. It is a constant process that will eventually lead to personal growth and enables us to discover new knowledge, technology and inventions.

The awareness of one’s thinking and the strategies one uses to learn is  called Metacognition. A Psychologist named John Flavell classifies the two types of metacognition: metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive regulation. The difference between the two is that metacognitive knowledge is one’s own cognitive abilities and strategies to complete the cognitive task while metacognitive regulation is how an individual control his or her coginitve process.

There are few ways to develop metacognitive learning. First is to set your academic goals. Always identify what will happen if you achieve your goals and not. Second is to make a plan. Think of a something that will help you to achieve your goals easier, stay focus and avoid distractions. Another is to monitor you academic performance and progress. Use a chart wherein you can write down your work outcomes. If there’s a failure, look for some inspiration that can motivate you. And lastly, reflect on what you have learned. Thus, if you follow these step, your learning will surely improved.

 

Technology is said to be one of the things that makes human’s life a lot more easier and accessible and each year, there’s a continues growth, changes and innovation of technology. People can now see their loved ones and friends who lives in the other side of the world in just one click. They can find ways in  curing diseases by the help of newly invented gadgets. Thus, people today were very fond of it wherein they can no longer take it away to their lives.

A Digital self is a part of yourself that expressed when you interact with other people through internet and social networking sites like facebook, youtube, twitter, instagram and many more. This sites will disclose your personal identity which inlcudes your name, gender, birthdays, the things you like, etc. Privacy is no longer a thing. People unconsciously values and vary their happiness amount of likes, views and reaction of their posts.

Technology doesn’t guaranteed safety, it may have a good or bad effect on everyone’s life so let us not forget that precaution is better than cure. One has to think twice first before before posting anything on social media. And most importantly, know how to live moderately.

 

Politics is one of the most intriguing problem that the world is facing today. One must a have strong mind to get a deeper understanding about Politics. Politics is something that works with the government and law. And It is very analytical to say that politics is everything that is happening around you and it will be a big part of developing your self and improving the society that we live in.

The political self begins when you started to learn about the constitution, government, and governance. It familiarize ourselves to the social and economic context profoundly affect our mental health and well-being. On my experience, my political self started developing when I was in high school. I’ve been a class officer and a student council. And I must say that really helped me to grow my political knowledge and so as my political self.

 

In this world full of people who are inspired, delighted, uncertain, hopeless and thousand more of emotions we are allowed to feel, may it be good or bad; have you ever wondered why we are feeling what we are feeling? Is this to keep us going? To find our purpose along the way and to search for one life’s meaning?

One’s spirituality typically urges and pushes us in finding meanings of our lives. An individual’s uncertainty, questions, and complexity are answered through men’s creation of the spiritual self. Some find their sense of spirituality in the help of church, people or a group but most find theirs based on their personal relationship with God.

In finding one’s purpose, it is important to know build and know your spiritual self first because it provides the answer we seek, the shape of the norms, and the culture regarding what we believe in. Since one person’s experience differs from another, spiritual beliefs differ too and changes as time goes by depending on one’s experiences and also, depending on one’s family beliefs.

A material self is made up of everything that a person owns like his or her car, house, clothes, even her family and friends. As stated by William James, the self is all things a person believe to be his or hers and contribute to his or her material self. For example, I owned a gadgets, shoes, and clothes, all of these will be a contribution to my material self. Somehow material self is also a reflection of someone’s success or failure or a symbol of one’s social status. Thus, no matter how much or how little a person owns materially they will always strive hard to gain more.

Materialism is when you more importance to material possessions than intangible values. Materialistic people are those who are obsessed with having material possessions and this is considered as a psychological disorder which is called as compulsive buying disorder or COD.

Consumerism is the consumption of material goods and services in excess of one’s basic needs. It is closely tied to materialism. It is closely tied to materialism. People thought that when you buy something he or she will be happier. The negative thing about consumerism is that it encourages people to buy things that they do not really need.

To sum up everything, we all should apply to our lives the quotation of Albert Einstein, “I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and mind.” meaning a person must know how to live moderately and contended for them to assess the things that they need and want.

 

Go to supermarket with parents and make a list of items you and your parents commonly bought in the super market. Based on the food that you see in the refrigirator, how healthy is the food as the saying goes “man is who he eats.”

• meat
• chicken
• apple
• fish
• garlic
• onions
• canned goods
• juice
• coffee
• milo
• pechay
• eggs
• sugar
• seasonings
• milk
• junkfoods

Based on the food that we eat, i think that we are not as healthy as others because we still eat food that isn’t good to our health. On the other hand, we still try to eat balancy but means of eating healthy and unhealthy foods.

How satisfied are you with the way you look?

To tell you all honestly, I am not really satisfied and confident enought with the way I look because I got bullied back then for being so thin. But time goes by, I’ve learned to accept my flaws and all my imperfections because that is really what makes me as a person.

 

In my Personality test, the result says that I am an Introverted-Sensing-Thinking-Perceiving (ISTP) type of person. It is shows in the photo that I got 44% introversion, 45% sensing, 52% thinking and lastly 67% perceiving.  The result that I got is somehow true specially when it says that I am an introvert and thinking person, because that is really what I am. I think I am an introvert person because most of the time, I prefer being alone than being in a crowd of people. I found peace in being alone. On the other hand, I am also a thinking person because before I speak, I’ve been always thinking what are the right words to say to avoid hurting other people.

What kind of coping I used in the past to deal with academic failures and low academic performance? If you have not experience academic failure and low academic performance what coping do you do?

To be honest since the time that I started studying, I have never experienced any academic failure or low academic performance but there is one thing that I’ve always experienced and that is academic stress. I usually experienced it whenever a teacher or professor gives us a ton of activities, assignment or quizzes. Maybe the reason why I got stressed with it is because I always think that I cannot finish anything just because I dont know how to manage my time properly. So whenever there’s an academic stress, I started coping up by focusing my self, then managing my time then doing the thing that I needed to do without pressuring myself.

Get at least 4 suggestions from your classmates to deal with academic stress and low academic performance.

• Be optimistic –Tuana
• Inhale, Exhale and Focus –Villaflor
• Eat your favorite foods  –Lim-uy
• Create to-do-list or time management –Santos, A.

 

How are you treated as a boy/girl in your own family?

As a girl and an only child, my family treated me well enough by giving me all their love, respect and also their support. They also teach me how to be an independent person by knowing how to protect my self from others and also by know how to do the household chores.

What are dos and don’ts as a boy and girl?

BOYS:

DO

• Be a responsible son, brother and husband
• Know to treat a girl right
• Give respect to women

DON’T

• Don’t abuse other people specially women
• Don’t get addicted to any vices

GIRLS:

DO

• Respect yourself and other people
• Be a responsible daughter, sister and wife
• Always do the household chores

DON’T

• Don’t let other people abuse you
• Don’t go home late at night alone

 

What do you think is the right time for you to get married?

The right time for me to get married is first, when I am already responsible enough to have a my own happy family; to be a very loving wife my husband and a caring mother to my children. Second, is when I am financially stable because I want to give the best life for my family and lastly, is when I met the one that will make me happy for the rest of my life.

What harm it may cause you to watch pornographic material?

The harm that watching pornographic material can cause is that it can trigger the young ones to do such things out of their curiousity without them knowing it that be a cause of early pregnancy and diseases that can be transmitted through sexual intercourse.

What are the characteristics of the you will fall in love with?

The person that I will fall in love with is someone who knows how to respect other people. Someone who has a dream and will work hard to achieve those dreams. Someone who is a very loving person and values his family so much. And when I did fall in love with that kind of person, I know everything will all be worth it.