Reflective Journal
Setting
a plan is a must in our life, since it makes our daily activity become more
organized. It can be started from a small thing like a plan where to go or what
to do. Planning is very important since it can be as our direction in every act
which makes us is able to reduce uncertainty, so that we are able to minimize
waste of time, money and others.
There
are two time frames of plan, first is long term plans which has time frame more
than three years. Second is short term plans with time frames which only in one
year or less.
Everyone
in this world of course have
their own dreams. They longed for something
to do, owned or perceived these times or in some future time.
Like everyone, I also have my own dream which is really expected to happen.
Since now I have just continued my study in university, of course completing
the study on time in three
years is expected. I want to make my parents proud because seeing their daughter get her degree with a good
result. I do not want to make them upset,
especially after struggling to find
money to fund my studies at Taylor’s
University which is certainly not cheap.
After finishing my study, surely I
want to find a good work so that can raise money and help parents to pay the
education of my brothers. Besides that, I also do not forget to provide a
decent life for my parents during enjoying their old age. Because it is time
for them to take a break from work hard find money. And then married and have
cute and smart children.
However, before reach all of it, I
realize still have to face everything in these times. At the end of this month,
we will have final exam for semester one. Doing final exam fluently is my
biggest plan for this year. Since semester one is started, I kept feeling
unable to get through due to differences in language and still unfamiliar with
the lessons which make me hard to learn everything. However, I really hope can
pass it and work more hard so that can get the best result in this first
semester. The next plan after that is going back to hometown. I really that can go back as fast as I can,
since already really missed my parents and brothers there.
Besides planning, to achieve
a goal also need controlling. It can make us know whether our plans and goals
are on target and what future actions to take. In the process of my study, concurrent type of
control will be useful since it helps me to stay focused on my goals which are completed
the study within three years, obtain appropriate work and could eventually help
my parents so that they do not to work again. To achieve this certainly will
not be easy, it will be so many things which will interfere thus I lose my
focus.
Finishing my study on time
and getting best result indirectly is a control to get a good work in the
future. It means I have started to control my future which is begun from my
study now which will really impact what I will become in the future.
Continuing our study in
different places means we have to be separated far away and do not know when
can meet again. But, I have to keep my friendship which already we built long
time ago can be last forever. In this condition, keep contacting each other
always being done so that we can know everything which has been happened. In
this case, feedback control is applied.
The
conclusion is that planning and controlling are related to each other in
reaching goals. Perfect goals cannot be reached if we do not have good plans to
get it and also without controls everything which has been settled will not
work properly.
