Participating in CCAs
During my high school, I was really an enthusiastic girl to
participate in many kinds of CCAs. However, after I came to NUS, the enthusiasm
went down, even was lost. Many times I would rather stay in my room than go out
to join others. I understand this is not positive as working with others cannot
be avoided. Hence, I am considering some changes in order to let me be more out-going
and enthusiastic towards CCAs.
In last semester, I just joined two CCAs and often complained
about the time spent on these CCAs. Maybe it was because in a totally new
environment I was afraid to communicate with others, or I considered more about
my academic achievement rather than social activities, I lost most of the
enthusiasm I had before for CCAs, for teamwork and for social activities. Most
of the times when I need to spend extra time for my CCAs, I would
have much dissatisfaction. I would say that “It
is better to use this time to study, why should I waste time in such boring
activities?”
To be honest, I already realized this problem that I am not
interested enough in CCAs and not willing to spend time working together
preparing for my CCAs. I have thought some possible ways to help myself to improve and to be more positive
towards these CCAs. First, I need to find more interesting points in my CCA and
appreciate those activities more. After I have more interest and appreciation, I
will be more willing to participate. Second, I need to make some effort on time
management. One reason that I have such thought like “using the time spent on
CCAs to study is better” is because I felt there was no enough time to study.
However, I can be more efficient when study and do other things so that I can
have more free time to do CCAs.
This is the primary plan for me to improve my attitude
towards CCA and I hope I can do better in the future.
