Summarize:
I'm in charge of me is something that takes a lot for anyone to understand, adults, and children alike. The idea of having control over one's self is something that seems like a simple enough concept to understand, but one that takes a lot to put into practice. Being proactive is about taking charge of your life by taking initiative, choosing what kind of weather you will carry (things that you are in control of), and being responsible and taking ownership for all my actions.
The behavior I want change and my commitment:
I love taking on new and interesting projects/tasks. When I begin any of these said projects/tasks, I start off strong, very motivated, and with a lot of ideas. But as soon as I see something go wrong, or I find another project, then I move on to something else and don't complete what I started. I want to change that. I want to stay committed to one task and complete it. I want to be able to keep my focus, give it my all, and complete a task.
What will I do for myself?
I will begin with a simple plan each time I start. I will create a quick mind map to have that clear focus. I will take 20 minutes of each day to plan out my list of tasks that I will do for that day. This clear idea will help me to visualize the end product and consequently lead to more success, so that I can reach my task.
How will I teach it someone else?
I decide to focus on my class and help them find that focus as well. My second graders, like me, are great at thinking up ideas that are amazing, but like me, they have a hard time completing them to best of their ability. I want to show them, and remind them that it’s not just about finishing quickly or completing tasks by doing the bare minimum. I want them to see that bad habits like that will make it more difficult to complete bigger more involved tasks. I would also like for them to see that by changing our mindset and developing new habits they to can accomplish anything.
I will begin by discussing the importance of developing good habits as opposed to bad ones. I will then ask them to think of various ways we can be proactive. I will give everyone a sticky note and ask each of them to think of way they can be proactive, so that everyone has a chance to contribute. Then we will review them as a class and use the proactive language to say how we are going to practice these. We will then take five minutes each day to write in our journals what we did that was proactive.
I'm in charge of me is something that takes a lot for anyone to understand, adults, and children alike. The idea of having control over one's self is something that seems like a simple enough concept to understand, but one that takes a lot to put into practice. Being proactive is about taking charge of your life by taking initiative, choosing what kind of weather you will carry (things that you are in control of), and being responsible and taking ownership for all my actions.
The behavior I want change and my commitment:
I love taking on new and interesting projects/tasks. When I begin any of these said projects/tasks, I start off strong, very motivated, and with a lot of ideas. But as soon as I see something go wrong, or I find another project, then I move on to something else and don't complete what I started. I want to change that. I want to stay committed to one task and complete it. I want to be able to keep my focus, give it my all, and complete a task.
What will I do for myself?
I will begin with a simple plan each time I start. I will create a quick mind map to have that clear focus. I will take 20 minutes of each day to plan out my list of tasks that I will do for that day. This clear idea will help me to visualize the end product and consequently lead to more success, so that I can reach my task.
How will I teach it someone else?
I decide to focus on my class and help them find that focus as well. My second graders, like me, are great at thinking up ideas that are amazing, but like me, they have a hard time completing them to best of their ability. I want to show them, and remind them that it’s not just about finishing quickly or completing tasks by doing the bare minimum. I want them to see that bad habits like that will make it more difficult to complete bigger more involved tasks. I would also like for them to see that by changing our mindset and developing new habits they to can accomplish anything.
I will begin by discussing the importance of developing good habits as opposed to bad ones. I will then ask them to think of various ways we can be proactive. I will give everyone a sticky note and ask each of them to think of way they can be proactive, so that everyone has a chance to contribute. Then we will review them as a class and use the proactive language to say how we are going to practice these. We will then take five minutes each day to write in our journals what we did that was proactive.