Narrative Essay Sample: My Goal in Education

I am going to be honest; I have not been the best about doing my assignments in high school. My past habits consist of putting thing off and waiting until the last moment to do my assignments. One of the main reasons I did this is because English is not one of my best subjects and not being very good at it tends to put me off and upset me. So, this year I am making it my goal to be more on top of my English assignments and not get as irrationally angry as I can get when an assignment is hard by working on my English and assignment habits.

In this first week of classes I have been on top of my homework more than usual, I have been trying to make a good habit of doing my work no matter how I feel about it. Still, I am afraid that I am going to fall behind and regress into the same routine as I have done in the past years of schooling. It always seems I start out with excitement and the idea that I am going to do better and have better habits this year, but I have not been successful with that. I am really hoping this time is different. So, I would say my current habits are helpful if I do not fall back into my classic rut. I just have to keep up with this new habit and maybe add some other helpful ones to my repertoire.

I watched the TED Talk video, presented by Emily Balletic about how it is harder for some people to work out than others. I wanted to watch that one originally because I feel that that subject applies to me, but I also learned about the interesting research on people being more likely to finish something if they focus on the goal. I feel like that could be something helpful to me because I always seem to get distracted and pulled away from finishing schoolwork because I do not have as much motivation and get distracted. Maybe if I focus on the end goal, I can get through it all easier.

This semester the two main goal I want to work on during this English course are to finish my writing assignments in a timely manner and be less frustrated with assignments in English when I am unmotivated to do them. Learning to or being more practiced in limiting procrastination will really help me make better content and stress me out less. I feel that working on this goal and making it a habit could also help in other classes as well. Learning to manage my frustration towards assignments that I do not feel I can do well on or cannot do in a timely manner will help me with my stress and anxiety levels and that is an important skill to have in life.

Hopefully learning and putting these habits into practice will improve my learning abilities and help me reach my goals in the future. If I can accomplish adding and adapting to these habits, I will be a much better student.