Veronica Kuo

  Personal Development   My Journey to Life Balance -  Don't just exist, live                   Personal growth doesn’t come from overworking ,it comes from balance, awareness, and courage to pause. For many years, my life revolved entirely around work. I believed success meant long hours, constant productivity, and saying yes to every responsibility. Over time, I realized that this lifestyle was silently draining my energy, joy, and even my sense of self. Deciding to change wasn’t easy. I had to unlearn the habit of overworking and start valuing rest as much as achievement. I began practicing mindfulness, spending more time outdoors, and reconnecting with simple pleasures—like coffee, yoga, and meaningful conversations. Through learning things that truly interest me, taking short breaks from work, and traveling to new places, I found new energy and inspiration. Each time I stepped away, I came back more focused and motivated. ...

Objective I want to focus on breaking my bad habit of procrastination — always leaving things until the last day to finish. Procrastination makes me feel stressed and disorganized, even when I have good plans. To change this habit, I will start small by setting short daily goals, such as making a simple to do list and completing everything on it each day. Through these small daily actions, I aim to reach my ultimate goal to take action immediately instead of only imagining it in my mind. When my thoughts and actions are aligned, I will feel more accomplished and live a more efficient life. I will use reminder apps like Habitica to help me stay disciplined. By repeating these actions for 66 days, I hope to build a good habit of taking action on time and stop wasting time on procrastination. Reflective This reflection explores how I worked to overcome procrastination using several psychological ideas. First, dopamine acts as a reinforcer in habit formation. According to Duhigg (2012) ...