The 14-day challenge, as its name suggests, was an initiative that asked students to embark on a 14-day journey to eliminate negative habits. It was introduced to the AEP courses in February. Even though it seemed simple, it was difficult for people like myself to break these habits. Now that March is here, I can undoubtedly say that this is true. It was too much to bear the effort required to even write a game plan or refrain from acting in ways that I'd been having trouble with. Although I couldn't stand it, I had to do it for Miss Disa as well as prove to myself that I gave this assignment my all. So let me share with you my experience
On the day this challenge was announced, Miss gave us a breakdown of the specific tasks we would need to complete by the 14th day. They were what I would have expected from a task like this, but to assume they would be simple is naive. And I was absolutely correct. Before starting the actual challenge, the day when we had to write our pre-challenge preparation was overwhelming. I spent a lot of time considering how I would complete the tasks correctly. However, this was insufficient. And following were the pre-challenge preparations:
2. 4pm/6pm/8 pm id have my snack break
3. Stop procrastinating and playing video games
4. Try to regularly drink more water than other drink
5. Fix your sleep schedule by sleeping earlier (9-10 pm)
6. Try to give kind gestures and overall act in a proper manner
7. Do whatever homework is assigned
I have to adhere to these rules over the course of 14 days in order to finish it. I had previously struggled with these issues, so I used this challenge as a chance to address them, become more responsible, and take better care of myself. I think I did particularly well in this segment. I would stay true to the Exercise snacks for the entire 14-day period, drink more than 5 glasses of water each day, sleep for roughly 7-9 hours each night, help others and look for ways to improve their days, or just generally be kind to others, and finally, I would finish my homework and other tasks by the end of the day. Many of which I talked about on the 14-day challenge padlet where we would share what has to be done each day as well as the outcomes at the end. This was for Miss Disa to be able to keep track of our development, this was also one of the primary objectives of the challenge.
My final grade was 88/100, which I consider being a decent score. I had one task that really put stress on me and made the challenge even tougher, as you can probably tell by the fact that it was removed from the list in the previous paragraph. It was number 2, and it was to refrain from playing video games as a means of procrastination. I frequently devote more time to playing games than to schoolwork because I am an avid gamer. And it was really difficult for me to establish one of my goals to stop playing. It was horrible to have to limit my playtime and concentrate on other things. Similar to denying a book to a bookworm or a basketball to a basketball player, etc. It was my leisure activity, my chance to unwind and enjoy a game. However, this obstacle took away from my opportunity to play. However, I chose not to let this discourage me and continued with the challenge to see whether or not I was up to the task. This didn't persist for very long, though, and by the time it was through it was clear that I had forgotten about the challenge. I would go on to play for hours without realizing I had failed the assignment.
This had a negative mental impact on me by the end of the challenge, but I didn't accept it without getting something out of it. I learned a lot of things from the challenge along the road, and I'll apply them to everything I do going forward. I am grateful to Miss Disa for giving me this challenge since it has helped me improve in many different ways. Overall excellent idea; looking forward to further AEP activities. I'll see you all in the next post. That's all for now. BYE BYE!
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