My Personal Action Plan

            After finishing my first book assigned for my academic achievement course I’m currently taking, I have learned many things in relation to academic success. By learning this material and writing personal action statements for each chapter, I am now ready to devise my personal action plan and a few semester goals.

            From Lipsky’s book, I learned how crucial time management can be to succeed in academics at a university. Managing my time is something that I have been working on, and now using weekly planners and to-do lists, I reduced procrastination greatly and get my work done much sooner now. Choosing a suitable study location is something I have just recently been changing. I have come to find that studying in my room is much more distracting than studying at the library. Listening in class is also very important, and I now know how to listen selectively and attentively and take the best notes that I can. When it comes to class readings, I understand the assignments much better now with many helpful reading and note-taking techniques. Using memory tools has recently helped greatly with my studying. I get more sleep at night and review notes immediately after class. Finally, test preparation for myself has changed the most. I begin studying for the test much sooner than I used too. I also make review guides and study with others more frequently. Hopefully all of this work and change will pay off, and help me succeed at my second semester.