1. This semester has been much different from past semesters. I am an online UF student, coming from Santa Fe where I took in class courses. This semester I took 16 credit hours instead of 12. One thing that I have failed, countless times this semester, is keeping a normal sleep/wake cycle. Because I am online, I do not need to attend a class at a set time, which means I normally don't fall asleep until much later. This in turn makes me wake up much later, and that throws my balance off. I have tried to get to sleep early, but eventually I just wake up late again even if I got more then enough sleep.
2. What I have learned is that in order for me to fix my sleep schedule, I must commit to some activity early enough in the morning. If I have a reason to be awake, I am much more inclined to be active much earlier.
3. I believe failure is a good thing in general. If you NEVER fail, are you truly learning anything? As someone who played varsity sports in high school, I understand that failure is something you should learn from, but try your best to avoid. I handle failure in what I think is a healthy manner. I try to assess how I failed, what caused that failure, and how I can better myself from that failure. Failure does not hurt me emotionally. I am more likely to take risks if I know that there is something to learn from it. This class has taught me that in order to succeed, you must first fail, even if it is 1000 times. I believe there is a certain skill in evaluating what sort of actions are worth the risk of failure, and what aren't.
Hi Phillip - I hope you are doing well, and that you had a nice Thanksgiving break! I enjoyed reading about your experiences with failure this semester. It is interesting to see what people are going through, and how they get past it. I liked your perspective on getting past things. Good work!
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