Summary

My understanding of grit, and how your grittiness or mind-sets might have been changed since learning this module.

GRIT generally is about consistency of interest, perseverance, resilience and growth mindset.

There are times when I feel like I do not want to face the challenges anymore, due to not having the successful outcomes that I want and eventually lose interest in countering the challenges. But the GRIT in me is to keep going or persevering no matter how how hard the challenges or the setbacks are, thus I would confront the obstacles again and again despite facing many failed attempts. This is because I know that eventually after many failed attempts and hard work, I would achieve success. GRIT to me too is being able to get in a better state in due time after the downfalls of failing. Also, GRIT to me is having a growth mindset, by being open to changes, open to feedbacks and trying my best to improve.

My gritty mindset over the course has definitely changed. I realized that I don't give up that easily as I did before. For instance, the cap of mineral water bottle is usually sealed tightly. I'd give up opening the cap normally and ask other people to loosen it for me. But now, I don't give up that easily and use other alternatives to loosen the cap. I've also learnt more about myself about throughout this module, which is I have more GRIT in my current self now, although it's not 100%, compared to my secondary school self.

What is success to me in the next three years?
What are 3 goals to bring me there?

Success too me in the next 3 years would be, having a stable full-time job, giving money to my parents consistently, and being able to travel to other countries with my own hard earned-money.

The 3 goals to me to bring me there firstly for a full-time stable job, I'd have to get my diploma first, by actually passing all of the modules. In order to pass, I would have to study and revise, try to understand the topics taught, do all of the given school assignments accordingly.

The next goal, which is to give my parents money, can be achieved once I have achieved the goal I have mentioned earlier (steady, full-time job). I do part-time work and have tried giving them money, but they do not want it, the reason being I haven't worked full-time. Thus, I really do hope I get to graduate, so that I can give my parents my own, hard earned money to them.

The last goal also correlates with the first goal. To be able to travel to other countries, I would have to save up some money constantly with the income I get from my full-time job, and try to resist on splurging on unnecessary things.

What is my personal slogan in life?

My personal slogan would be to try my very best in everything I pursue, with the intention of completing it and achieving success, whether that everything is something I like or dislike.

I have always hold onto this slogan since secondary school, even though I don't follow it constantly back then. For instance, I've always like Maths and do not really favor Science since secondary school. But, I noticed that, I would always try my best to do well for both of these subjects.

I can say that I'm not that interested in the course or diploma I'm currently in, but again, I am trying my best to do well for the course. And, I do believe that if I do my very best in everything, there would be some kind of reward that I will get which can be in the present or in the future, tangible or intangible.

Overall, the simple act of showing up and doing it, is already doing the best.

How would my personal slogan support me in achieving the success/goals?

There were times I felt that I couldn't make it in polytechnic and even now, from time to time, since the modules I've learnt thus far is very different from secondary school, and are not easy. But, I would remember or think of my personal slogan, and looked back on how I made it this far. If I can get to where I am currently right now, I can definitely progress even further, and eventually achieve my goals.

My personal slogan would also help me in a way that it reminds me to not give up, now matter how hard it is, even when I've had enough of trying.

There have been days also where the tasks are manageable, but it's very hard to start or continue from where I left off, be it school assignments, work. I find myself extremely tired after putting in so much effort and not wanting to do it anymore because the process of completing the work is repetitive. But at the end of the day, after the hard work is done, I would feel that the required task is worth finishing, and I do not find myself feeling worse. Instead, I would feel accomplished and relieved, thanks to my personal slogan.

What is my grit action plan to achieve that success / goals?

The grit action plan would be back to the basics of having grit. Firstly, to persevere in studying so that I can get my diploma and a full-time job, even when I am really worn out of studying already. I recently got my MSA (Mid-Semester Assessment) results and I was really sad because of it. But, I know that dwelling on the results would not make any differences, so I need to be strong enough to get back on track on studying / revising, so that I can score for my ESEs (End-Semester Assessment) and pass my modules.

Secondly, nowadays maintaining a stable full-time job is not easy. When I do get a full-time job later on, the job can be something I like or I dislike, depending on the people at work, the workloads, the salary and others. But, with growth mindset which is to learn from failures and success, accepting feedbacks, criticism and others, I know that I am able to sustain my job.

Lastly, for traveling, it is not that easy to save up for me, especially when I have a lump sum credited to me, since I tend to spend on both essential and unessential items. I would have to try my best to save up persistently even though it can be hard for me.