Week 15

  Well...I think this is the last blog. What a ride it has been. Honestly, I did really improve in all my virtues from the start of the school year and it was fun keeping track of them. This week my moderation was pretty good. I was able to keep myself out of my phone for really long periods of time while I did my homework. I also used my phone for less time than usual. My confidence has also been pretty good. The cold weather has made me a little less productive because it's been making me sick but oh well. I've been more self-assuring of myself and have been more positive. In addition, my assertiveness this week has been better as I've participated more in multiple classes. Overall, the past weeks I've had many ups and downs regarding my virtues but overall I've improved. I'm a much better person than I was.

Week 14

         This week has been alright. I had some days that were super bad and others where I was very happy. My confidence this week started off lacking because of the fact that I was very tired therefore very negative. I started talking to this friend again and he helped me with my confidence. He told me to just block out the negative thoughts and just think of the positive of the day. That usually never works but it helped me having someone tell me. It's nice when other people help boost your confidence--makes it much easier. As for my moderation, it improved towards the end of the week. I have been going to sleep pretty late for me since I can't balance the amount of time I spend on my phone. After I finish homework, I always go to sleep late talking to the same two people. I get very distracted and I'm too stubborn to end the conversation. This has only slightly improved as I got one of my friends to tell me to go to sleep when she knows I'm still awake. Appreciate the effort. As for homework....it's been alright. I have been doing a lot of my homework though, and it hasn't taken as long as it used to. This week I was very exhausted and I didn't feel better till today because I actually slept.
Well, till next week!

Week 13

   This week hasn't been very productive. I thought my moderation was going well but it appears it wasn't. I left an assignment till last minute and it pushed me behind schedule; I went to sleep very late last night. Secondly, my confidence hasn't improved at all. In soccer I have just been frustrated with myself because I feel like I haven't been doing very good. This has made me very bad with my confident. I just keep putting myself down instead of being positive. I'm not sure at this point how to stop being negative but I just hope I stop being frustrated with myself. I think maybe I should just relax when I get frustrated. I probably should really start working on my virtues again and I hope that I keep improving. 

Week 12

     This week has been pretty stressful so far. My moderation was extremely bad this Sunday. I left all my Lord of the Flies questions for Sunday night (except chapter 2-5). It caused me to go to sleep very late as I also got distracted along the way. I think the only good moderation I've had this weekend was the fact that I didn't eat all my Halloween candy at once and that I still have. Although, I will say my assertiveness is improving a little bit. I've been doing pretty bad in my geometry class regarding participation. I've been so tired that I haven't participated a lot but I talked to my friend yesterday and he reminded me of how I shouldn't be afraid of participating even if I might get the answer wrong. That has helped me a little as to how I should be doing good in class. Now, for confidence... I have been improving my confidence with the ball when I'm playing soccer. I'm still not very good at controlling it but my defense is getting better because I'm not as afraid of pressuring my opponent. I hope to keep improving.

Week 11

     Wow....this week my moderation has been real bad. Even my blog is late. I usually do my blog in the middle of the week not on Fridays. I also need to do the journal for My Sister's Keeper. Wow, I even got distracted right now. A couple minutes ago, I just spent like 5 minutes on my phone. I was doing pretty good but now everything seems to be going down hill. I started soccer so it's making me really tired. I don't want to quit because (1) I just started and (2) I like it. I'm afraid that it'll affect my grades too much. I really hope not. I haven't really had a chance to work on my confidence this week. I'm not sure what I have been doing this week. Next week I need to be more active while working on my virtues.

Week 10

     This week has been very tiring. I am very tired. Spirit week has been decently fun. The only fun thing was Halloween. I was pretty confident yesterday. I was Moana for Halloween and I was kind of nervous because of the costume. I'm pretty shy when it comes to wearing certain things. I didn't shy away and wore my costume decently confidently. In addition, my assertiveness has been good. In soccer I am being assertive. When I play as defense I have to go for the ball and that requires a certain amount of assertiveness. I still ned to improve on that because I'm still not very confident in playing soccer. My moderation has been pretty good. Except Monday night, since I wanted to get my costume ready and did it all last minute, I went to sleep very late getting the costume ready. I shouldn't have procrastinated and gotten my costume ready in the weekend. For next time, I now know that I shouldn't leave things for last minute.

Week 9

    This week was pretty stressful since it's the last week before the grading period ends. My moderation was pretty good this week as I found myself having some extra time after finishing my homework. Yesterday I didn't have any homework and had to study for two tests that I had today. I studied a little bit even though I should've studied more. On Sunday I went and watched a  movie called "Victoria and Abdul" for extra credit in AP World. I wrote the paper for it Monday during school (in the periods where I had free time) and it was really productive. I've been trying to use my time wisely. In addition, my assertiveness has been pretty good. During lunch I sit with a new group of people. I don't usually talk with them but during lunch I sit with them and I guess we're friends now. Other than that I guess my confidence has been pretty decent. Honestly, bless you, my friend who makes me feel good about myself. She is such a confidence booster that I don't criticize my looks and the way I speak as much. already thank her for doing that voluntarily but I should do more to thank her. I should say I haven't improved very much in my confidence. I will say I'm more outspoken than I was at the beginning of this year. Well, that's it for this week.