I’d like to start by saying that this semester is definitely going to be different from the first, especially in terms of organization. I plan to be more organized with my university work and study time because I don’t think I managed it as well as I expected in the first semester, so procrastination is something I absolutely want to get rid of in this new part.

I’m really excited about what’s coming, especially in phonetics, which is my favorite subject. I can’t wait to learn new and interesting contents. I also hope to keep improving my speaking skills and self-confidence so that I can express what I feel and want to say (I had a hard time finding the right words in the first semester). Additionally, in this new phase, I hope to get better with punctuation because, for me, it was the most difficult subject, my grades weren’t that bad, but they weren’t good either, so I’d like to enhance my writing skills to prevent this from being an issue. Furthermore, one of my goals is to expand my vocabulary more. As I’ve mentioned many times, when I’m having a conversation, I often can’t remember the right words, ending and not being able to express my thoughts about something, I can watch an entire movie in English and understand everything, but when I try to express myself, the words just don’t come! haha, but overall, I have high expectations for what’s coming, and I can see that my classmates do too. I hope that by the end of the year, finding the right words won’t be a common problem for me, so I’ll keep working harder and harder to achieve this.

Last but not least, I would like to have a better sleep schedule and a healthier diet. Due to the holidays, I begin the habit of falling asleep late at night and started eating less healthy food. These bad habits can affect my university performance, which I don’t like at all, so I need to make a change.