# Retrospective

🔴 STOP: Doubting and being too hard on yourself

▶️ START: Believing in you and your potentials

✅ CONTINUE: Pushing yourself forward and keep going

🔴 STOP: Overthinking on small things like rejection and procrastinating.
▶️ START: Improving skills and be more confident.
✅ CONTINUE: Believe in myself and never give up chasing for my dream.

🔴 STOP: Feeling anxious and worried about the pending tasks that are still undone.
▶️ START: Being productive and complete the modules.
✅ CONTINUE: Trying my best to learn and complete the assignment.

🔴 STOP

Procrastinating and overthinking

▶️ START

Start do small task regularly and take a little break in a while. Our mind needs a break too!

✅ CONTINUE

Thriving in my own way, nobody can tell otherwise!

🔴 STOP: Doubting your own worth just because of rejection.
▶️ START: Building skills and networking daily, even in small steps.
✅ CONTINUE: Believing that the right opportunity will align with your effort.

🔴 STOP: Overthinking on the little things and being unsure

▶️ START: Being more confident in speaking up

✅ CONTINUE: Doing your best since its the little steps that count

🔴 STOP: Procrastinating and delaying tasks.
▶️ START: Waking up early and following a well-structured schedule.
✅ CONTINUE: Learning and growing throughout life.

🔴 STOP

Applying for any job just for the sake of employment or the reputation of the company name. I’ve learned (sometimes the hard way) that this approach may not align with my true goals and interests.

▶️ START

Seize opportunities to build meaningful connections and continuously sharpen both hard and soft skills in domains I truly enjoy during OJT.

✅ CONTINUE

Keep my hunger and curiosity alive — always eager to explore new topics that spark my interest and help me grow personally and professionally.

STOP: Procrastinating so much! Pushing it back too much and then resulting in having too much pressure at the end! 

START: Rewarding and giving myself a break for each progress (or in this case) I've done - so I get a break and feel more motivated to complete another chapter (In this case it's just reading a visual novel for some time)

CONTINUE: Working chapter by chapter and making notes of them - helps to make it easier to look back on and I can add lil notes for more context 

🔴 STOP: Skipping meals

▶️ START: Learn to take a break from time to time

✅ CONTINUE: Treat / Cook yourself good food for meals

Life is fragile, health is a good investment

🔴 STOP: Doom scrolling 

▶️ START: Start opening up docs, spread sheets, notes and tasks

✅ CONTINUE: Learning and applying for jobs

🔴 STOP: I need to stop procrastinating and waiting to feel ‘ready’ before I start learning.

▶️ START: Start with just 5 minutes, no matter how unready I feel.

✅ CONTINUE: Right after breakfast, I’ll do 5 minutes of study or revision.

STOP: Stop working on delay. This thing can make my assigment/work worst.
START: Doing new things that can challenges me or can take me out from my comfort zone.
CONTINUE: Keep believing that everything we do will go well.

🛑 STOP: One thing I need to stop doing that's hindering my learning

Getting distracted and having imposter syndrome.

▶️ START: One new strategy/habit I want to try

Daily meditation 🧘‍♀️ 

✅ CONTINUE: One thing that's working well that I'll keep doing

Keeping up with python projects and training

🛑 STOP
Scrolling job boards on autopilot and firing off generic applications just to hit a “daily quota.” Quality > quantity.

▶️ START
Blocking a focused 30‑minute slot each morning to (1) research one high‑fit role, (2) tailor my CV to its pain points, and (3) recap one key takeaway from my current upskilling module.

✅ CONTINUE
Tracking every application, follow‑up, and micro‑lesson in my learning journal. Seeing progress in black and white keeps motivation high.

STOP: Procastinating, anxiety and not fearless enough

START:  Just do it!

CONTINUE: At least one new knowledge per day. Maybe even more... Plus, have a strong faith, with great effort, success will follows.

🛑 STOP: One thing I need to stop doing that's hindering my learning

STOP Procrastinate. Been procrastinating since it is easier to do it instead of the hard modules.

▶️ START: One new strategy/habit I want to try

START the modules and do it for 5 minutes and increase the volume to 10, 15 and eventually 30 whole minutes.

✅ CONTINUE: One thing that's working well that I'll keep doing

CONTINUE applying for OJT and tracking it! Perseverance over everything

🛑 STOP: One thing I need to stop doing that's hindering my learning

Overthinking, sometimes it's easier to JUST DO IT without worrying much (it's a life long lesson for me lol)

▶️ START: One new strategy/habit I want to try

Stick to my to-do list, so I can stop coming up with something I wanna try but never got time to do so

✅ CONTINUE: One thing that's working well that I'll keep doing

Keep going but take a break from time to time, new things will always come up so don't dwell on idealism/perfectionism 

🛑 STOP: Panicking and being anxious. 

▶️ START: Breathe. Update portfolio and keep learning new skills. Use every rejection to learn, assess and improve. 

✅ CONTINUE: Believe that everything will fall into place eventually. One failed attempt is not the end of the world. Just keep learning, improving and move forward. 

🛑 STOP: One thing I need to stop doing that's hindering my learning

Stop worrying about not yet getting a OJT/permanent position.

▶️ START: One new strategy/habit I want to try

Focus on completing the module to be confident regarding the knowledge when asked during interviews. Target to complete the remaining module within a week.

✅ CONTINUE: One thing that's working well that I'll keep doing

Maintain a positive mindset and keep on applying for jobs, don't limit yourself to a certain position.

• STOP - One thing I need to stop doing that's hindering my learning
  = Having self-doubts. I am more capable than I think!

• START - One new strategy/habit I want to try
  = Spending more hours learning and less overthinking

• CONTINUE - One thing that's working that I'll keep on doing
  =  Just keep going even when I don't feel like it! Even when I only take one step per day 
  

🛑 STOP: One thing I need to stop doing that's hindering my learning

Procrastination :( 

▶️ START: One new strategy/habit I want to try

The 45/15-minute rule. Work for 45 minutes, then take a 15-minute break. Repeat.

✅ CONTINUE: One thing that's working well that I'll keep doing

Starting the assignments first before watching the videos. This actually motivates me to watch the videos as it makes me look for specific information in the course content instead of watching the video passively.

🛑 STOP: One thing I need to stop doing that's hindering my learning

Overwhelmed:I am overwhelmed by the desire to learn so many things end up getting stressed .Need to  focus on one thing at a time .

▶️ START: One new strategy/habit I want to try

Start doing projects instead of just watching videos or learning the materials only.

✅ CONTINUE: One thing that's working well that I'll keep doing

Keeping up with the tech updates and learning new things.

🛑 STOP: Caring about what people think

▶️ START: Making plans on how to improve skills relevant to the wanted career

✅ CONTINUE: Discovering new opportunities

🛑 STOP: One thing I need to stop doing that's hindering my learning

Procrastinationnn. I have been procrastinating too much lately as it's affecting my productivity.

▶️ START: One new strategy/habit I want to try

The 5-minute rule. Start a task for 5 minute and focus on it till it's done (or at least has some progression).

✅ CONTINUE: One thing that's working well that I'll keep doing

Learning with an open mind.

🛑 STOP:

Worrying about yesterday.

The past is done, I can’t change it, only learn from it.

✅ START:

Thinking about tomorrow with hope.

Tomorrow is a new chance, not something to fear.

🔁 CONTINUE:

Doing my best today.

What I do today matters most — it's my step forward.

🛑 STOP:  Feeling overwhelmed on getting started on the ACCA modules while pushing myself to finish the TalentLabs module first 

▶️ START: Start my studies on the modules early in the morning and sleep early (11PM -12AM) 🦉

✅ CONTINUE: The momentum getting the modules done 😂

🛑 STOP: One thing I need to stop doing that's hindering my learning

Procrastinating, worried about not being enough and feeling overwhelmed (girl you haven't tried it yet)

▶️ START: One new strategy/habit I want to try

Do things step by step from small top to bottom at your own pace. Blast some music or games in the background to keep you motivated and focused (girl has short attention span)

✅ CONTINUE: One thing that's working well that I'll keep doing

Don't say I want to do it today, but do it without planning or saying anything like "I'll do it today, I'll do it tomorrow". It keeps me being productive and motivated. Blast some music while doing the module, if works for me so well.

🛑 STOP: Procrastination is the enemy! i'm too comfortable at home since it's online (not complaining though)..

▶️ START: Try to have a fixed schedule of my tasks

✅ CONTINUE: Taking notes to avoid other distractions or being sleepy.

🛑 STOP: Talk much about dreams and goals before putting in the work.

▶️ START: Learn psychology to understand people. So things go my way. JK. Create win-win situations.

✅ CONTINUE: To have a fixed schedule to learn. Know when you're most productive. It's owl hours for me lol