Journal 4 Min 350 words

Abdulrahman Al Baalharith May 10, 2020 UNST 194 Journal #3 As I am a junior student in college, there are many things that worries me while I am studying. Today, I am going to share a situation related to what I am worried about the most as a college student. Eventually, what worries me most in my life as a college student is the grade level of my classes, and making a relationship with friends. So, the two problems that I am going to talk about are the grades and the relationship. As well as the self-limiting believes of the problems that trying to convince me. For example, I am a hardworking student in my studies and I always try to get the heights grades and excel all other students. However, sometimes I get confused and stressed out if I have an exam or even homework. I just keep telling myself that I won’t be able to do it, pass it, and even to pass the course and get a high mark. But, after the exam and have a feedback of my homework, I reassured myself that I studied and performed well. Furthermore, making a relationship with other friends makes me feel uncomfortable. My friends keep telling me that it is good for everyone to have many friends and be social. But what happened to me in the past made me careful of not to trust everyone who wants to be a friend with me. Couple years ago, my best friend was sick and I was with my friend all the time in the hospital. After several days, my friend got out of the hospital and I noticed that she is not the person that I know. I have heard from several friends complaining about my friend and I went to ask my friend about it if it’s true or not. My friend agreed with what they said and after that didn’t want me to be a friend with him/her. One more thing, the experience that I recognize from this story is that if I get rid of this stress that makes my life negative, my studies will be much more better. Also, not to trust everyone. The greatest risk to me as a college student if I were to fully adopt those self- limited beliefs is that when I put those believes in my head, I won’t be able to achieve my goals and success. Furthermore, when I reflect on the problem-saturated story that I have shared, there are many non-cognitive skills that I have learned about that would need to focus on developing most to address the problem. The first non-cognitive skill is that if I keep in mind that I will be able to get a high mark in all my classes, stress and nothing else will prevent me from doing it. The second non-cognitive skill is that if I also keep in my mind that not all people are the same and I can make a better relationship with friends, then everything will be better than I thought. Lastly, there are a statement about why it will be helpful for me to commit to developing these problems. One of these statement is that it is very important for everyone to develop their fears in order to be success in their life.