I’ve always been a big dreamer, so making a New Years resolution is a little challenging for me. I know that it’s better to make a SMART goal, (specific, measurable, attainable, reachable, and timely), but it’s challenging for me to find a realistic goal to follow in a year. I like to accomplish little goals, so using my past knowledge, (and a little bit of brain power), I came up with a SMART New Years resolution.
I want to be a singer/songwriting-actress when I’m older, and I have been in many productions and singing competitions as a kid; this has shaped me as a person. I have worked with other people in productions, and have performed on stage. I think that if I hadn’t participated in these performances, I would probably be a little more shy. I am actually really used to being in front of people, and I’m not usually shy (when you come up and talk to me). Being in front of people just comes naturally to me, and I’m really comfortable with being in front of people and presenting in front of people. Performing when I was younger has helped my confidence grow, so it makes me feel comfortable talking to people and making friends as well as present in school.
I think I need to get a lot better at telling people, “No.”. I was born a people-pleaser, so I tend to subconsciously do whatever I can to make people feel better. If someone asks for my help on something, my default answer is, “Sure, what can I do?” and I tend to take on more than I can handle. I need to get better at doing things because I want to, not because someone else wants me to. I also should try to not be as shy. I come across as shy around people that I don’t generally talk to. I’m not actually shy at all, I just know when to keep my mouth shut in certain situations...
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...ed for not standing up for me against my sister. I think that this event helped shape me as a person, because I have become more cautious of who I will trust and how quickly I choose to trust them.
I’ve learned from past mistakes in many different scenarios. Whether it comes with family problems, or school problems, I’ve gotten into a really bad habit of putting things off. I wait until I’m overwhelmed, frazzled, and stressed before taking action. My New Years’ Resolution is going to be to not procrastinate. I’m going to try and accomplish the little things before they blow out of hand. I will start by making a journal for me to write down due dates and every little thing I need to do. I will also set aside homework time, and do my homework before I do anything else at school. This year is a year for making change, and I’ll make a big change, little steps at a time.
I was scared and really shy. I have always felt like people will judge me if I act dumb or if I mess up, even to this day, I sometimes find myself feeling self-conscious. This is because people’s opinions regarding me are very important to me. I have a dependant personality. Relationships are very important. I want people to like me, if they don’t like me it may mean that I’m doing something wrong. Of course I know the false in this thinking, but I still have these thoughts. This is a barrier and a weakness that I have to overcome. I think that people with dependant personalities normally make much better actors because their barrier is much smaller and they don’t care what others think of
Performing or public speaking of any kind is difficult, but that difficulty can help to build confidence. Fine arts gives students the ability to perform and build confidence with their own support team of people who do and love the same thing. Not having to perform alone and knowing that everything possible has been done to ensure a good performance helps performers be confident in themselves and in their abilities. “Puneet Jacob, former choristers and current assistant conductor, says kids are often afraid to perform because of fear of failure.” (Lefebvre) The more a person faces their fear, especially when they do well and the fear is disproved, the less afraid he or she will become. When students work on music or a play for months on end, they become much more confident in themselves and what they can do than they were when they first began.
In this reflection, describe an event or an experience in your life that will influence your
As far back as I can recollect I have been a homebody, quiet ,and In elementary school, I didn't verbalize much.Middle school, I had social anxiety. While I was with friends or a minuscule group of people I didn't have much social anxiety if any at all.After middle school High school started and I was terrified. Summer of 2013 before my sophomore year my anxiety was to the point where it made me physically sick. My Sophomore and Junior flew by. During my middle school and high school years I have found that music is how I express my self and let stress out. Singing is my passion. My anxiety did not obviate me from singing on stage alone in front of 100 people or acting on stage during plays.The summer before my senior year I decided to ask
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Everyone experienced feeling shy and nervous at some point in their lives. Being shy doesn’t mean that a person lacks talent, because it just might be that they don’t feel comfortable in certain situations.
...child. I had no choice but to shape up and make a way for the both of us. Having a child made me realize that life is not all fun and games as my mother would say. I learned that in life there are responsibilities. I truly believe that had I not had a child at an early age, I would still be a wild absentminded party girl and who knows what else may have happened.
improved me to over look on my mistakes. Before I would never go back and
I made it my obligation to undo my wrong and be more of a leader and was able to have others follow by example. By being more friendly and thoughtful the individual was able to feel some relief and make new friends while attending school. By me being in this situation at a young age help me become fully aware of what I wanted to do in life which is helping others because of me helping and supporting this individual it made me feel positive about my change in uplifting another human being. The impact it has had on my view of bullying and torment to others now that I am older and more, wiser is when I’m in a situation where I’m thinking cruelty or someone is being cruel in my presence. I always think back to fifth grade and put myself in that persons position I also believe that this life experience will go a long way in helping others to the best of my ability with their problems or issues they are dealing with by looking beyond myself and helping my future patient I’m able to look beyond myself I feel I can be more useful and valuable to my community and peers I can teach them my life experience and what I learned so they won’t have to make the same mistakes that I have , I want my experience that I faced to change
An event in my life that has left a lasting impression on me would be the lesson that I have learned about life. Last summer, I went to a revival crusade, which was held at the Meadowlands. There was this speaker there named Stephen Hill. He spoke of Christianity being a relationship between people and Christ, not about being a religion. I learned a lot from that revival, and I have not been the same ever since. Not only is my outlook on life different, but so is my personality. All the burdens that were so heavily laid on me were gone the day I got saved. Instead of being dependent on my family and friends, learned to rely on a being that I cannot see, but can only hope and have faith in. Faith believes in something that we cannot see. “ Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of faith is to see what we believe”, (St. Augustine). This event took me out of my depression, and made me realize that I wasn’t alone. God was always watching over me. It helped me overcome the battles that I was fighting within myself.
I used to be very shy, and not talk to a lot of people. It was a big part of my personality, and I would only talk to someone when spoken to. Wong explains how I acted very well, “My friends and family probably wouldn 't describe me as shy. But for me, being shy has always been about struggling to connect with people I don 't know. I fear the unfamiliarity of a stranger—how they might judge or reject me. Maybe there 's nothing inherently wrong with being timid, but when I started noticing how it affected my everyday life, I wanted to get it under control.” (para. 3). I started getting more and more talkative as I grew older, but one day I decided to change. I began to come out of my comfort zone. For example, I made myself talk more to people even though I was afraid of what I would say, but I made myself do it anyways. This helped me communicate a lot with people, because they began to respect me more, because I would also watch what I would say to them. I still watch what I say most of the time to people because one of my biggest fears is to offend someone on accident because of something that I said. Making myself talk to people more made me a much more outgoing person, which is a big part of who I
When I was younger and even up until the past few years I have had a really hard time saying no to people when they would ask me to do things for them. Whether it would be my mom asking me to go to the store for her or teachers and friends asking me to volunteer for something I have almost always said yes. I have had to learn to be confident in my choice to say no to people because it was becoming overwhelming with trying to balance school, work, extracurriculars, and all these other commitments I was making. I felt like if I said no to these people they would be hurt and not want to come to me again and that took a long time for me to get over but once I was able to realise that I needed to be strong for myself I was able to be most assertive with them. I slowly started standing my ground whenever people asked me to do things and I said no I would not let them persuade me into doing them and I was confident in my answers. This took a long time for me but I think that this was important because without becoming more assertive just in my day to day life I may still be completely overwhelmed like I
As the year 2014 came to an end, I was at a point in my “coming of age” where I decided to make a life changing decision for myself. I had several friendships and relationships that were tested by hardships of trust and communication. With the chance to start fresh with a whole year and a whole new semester ahead of me at school, I decided to make a New Year’s Resolution that I would stick with. I’m not talking about a work
Eventually everyone will see that being afraid of the crowd will be a waste of their time. There are people who crack under pressure and become sick or have mental breakdowns when in front of a crowd. School is a way for kids to learn the basic fundamentals about life and to learn how to be prepared for the unexpected. I know I do not care for speaking in front of crowds or performing because I am always afraid I will mess up or look ridiculous while talking, but it is apart of life. I found that once I showed my true feelings and thoughts to my peers it was less frightening even though I still have in the back of my mind about how no one cares or how ridiculous I look. I soon learned by myself that none of those thoughts even matter. I will always be a unique person and everyone will have thoughts about me or others, but I can not let those thoughts over take my life because they may be hurtful. Overlook the past and learn from the mistakes and learn to move past those who try and let a person down about themselves. No one is worth the time to think about if they try and ruin one’s day or outlook on themselves. Self confidence will succeed to show beauty in
People all over the world have accomplished things that made them who they are today. Overcoming shyness was a huge accomplishment and something that was very significant to me that marked my transition from childhood to adulthood.