Time and Priority Management

In this lesson, I have learnt a lot on self-awareness and self-esteem. Self-awareness and self-esteem is very important as it affects my life and the people around me. I have learnt that with self-awareness, I can better communicate with my peers and it can help me be what I want to be.

I have also learnt about what is Johari’s window. Johari’s window is basically a few boxes that can help a person determine his arena, blind spot, façade and unknown area. By using the Johari’s window, I can know my arena, which are things that I know and my friends know, façade, which are things that I know and my friends don’t, and the blind spot, which is the things my friends know and I don’t. To improve myself, I have to determine my blind spot. This can be done by getting feedbacks from my friend. I feel that it is important to be open and willing to give feedback and receive feedback.

One of the factors affecting my self image and self esteem negatively is my personality. I seldom talk to people, unless to friends, and this has caused me to be dependent on them. I usually feel very uneasy when communicating with other people that I don’t know. I will take quite a long time to know my friends even if we are in the same class, unless we share a common interest and we can use that subject as a medium for communication. I plan to fix this by asking help from my friends and try to talk more when people I don’t know is talking to me. Another problem is that I don’t know myself well enough. I am not very sure what my strong points are and where I have to improve myself. This can be fixed by getting feedback from my friends. However, I am very happy and lucky to have found trustworthy friends that accept who I am and what I am.

Imagining myself 5 years later, which is after national service, I might further my studies depending on the grades of my tertiary education. I think I might look the same except with a bigger body size. I would like people to remember me for being loyal, trustworthy and fun to be with. My goal is simple, to live life to its fullest. Steps in which I can reach my goal is to do my best in whatever I do and do not give up. Finding time to spend with my friends and living a trouble-free life with a stable income is what I hope to do and have in the future.