26A – Celebrating Failure

Unfortunately, I have failed a few times in this class 🙃

Specifically, there have been several instances where I just did not give myself enough time to complete assignments, or I failed to watch lecture videos and did poorly on a cupcake. I have struggled particularly in the last few weeks.

I know what everyone is thinking- "Get it together!"- and I agree. But these past several weeks have been filled with so much change, and several times I have over-estimated my ability to adjust on the fly to my ever-changing schedule and routines. This had led to silly, preventable, careless errors like forgetting completely forgetting to respond to my groups posts.

What I have learned from this is that I am not the type of person who can adjust my schedule on the fly without a hitch- I need to have contingency plans in place for how I will re-order things, and then I have to physically record those changes on a notepad or calendar. I think this will end up helping me as I transition to the work-force full time.

Comments

  1. Shivani DaveApril 17, 2020 at 11:09 AM

    Hi Zach! I can really relate to this, there have been many times in this class where I've underestimated the amount of work for certain assignments. Despite this, I completely agree that learning to adjust to circumstances, and roadblocks is integral as we enter the workforce. The whole corona virus situation definately has taught me that anything can happen, and you always need to be flexible and able to adjust to whatever may come your way.

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  2. WilliamolApril 19, 2020 at 10:18 PM

    That is the same thing that happened to me. Beginning of the year was not easy at all for me, I got sick, I had a lot going on with my business, and cherry on a pie was courses I took at UF. Although student counselor told me it's going to be an easy course, noticed that I'm spending a lot more than I expected to spend on homework. In order to make it perfect you actually need to contribute a lot of time for it. So, I totally understand what you were going through... I really like your take on failure and what you learned, thanks for sharing!

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