February

The COVID19 pandemic has been a very difficult situation, particularly to students like us.
We’ve had gone through a transition phase as we are used to studying in a face-to-face class.
There are many factors that somehow hindered me to keep on studying, however, I still managed
to get through it. One factor is that I need an extra income to be able to buy load. There are some
instances that the data connection is not really good hence I cannot understand the lesson that
well. More than that, the internship has been more difficult. Back then, I was expecting to be
positioned in an actual setting so I will be able to see the reality of my profession. This again is
another difficulty on my part. I did not only learn the lessons because of this situation but I also
learned how to become resilient and determined in order to finish my course.

Furthermore, the topic about PERMA-V changed my perspective in life. Without learning it, I
could have been more exhausted and perhaps, manifest an unhealthy emotional and mental state
in some way. The PERMA-V made me understand the steps to keep myself and emotion healthy.
I learned to engage and establish relationship which became my social support while facing the
struggle of online class. I even found sense of self by maintaining a healthy well-being and
always thinking of the positive things. I even make sure that I am physically healthy enough by
eating and sleeping regularly.

With that said, I managed the month of February well. I am thankful that I learned a lot of
lessons and my character even developed. I knew that if it not for this COVID19 difficult
situation, then I will not be where I am standing at this point.

March
The month of March became another difficulty on my end. I am eager to learn new things and to
gain a lot of knowledge but obviously, the online class has been stopping this eagerness of mine.
Nevertheless, I still learned a lot during this month. I realized that the online class is not really
that easy compare to the face-to-face one. Of course, when in school, I can have the actual
support of my friends and classmates. But with the online class, I need to adjust every now and
then.
Managing my time is another difficulty as I need to do my responsibilities not only as a student
but as well as a daughter to my parents. The most struggling part for me during this period is
when retaining information. I dreamed of learning to retain information easily so I can apply it
when I am already in the practice of my profession. Though retaining information is indeed
difficult, I am still grateful because the strategies of teaching each lesson is effective for me.
Thus, I am able to store many knowledge and new insights in my mind despite the hardship.
Moreover, I am happy that the online class happened. I know that I mentioned that during the
month of February that it is really difficult and until today I am saying that it is the same.
Although it has been difficult, it allowed me to learn the importance of being patient and on how
I can separate my life in school and my own life. Learning to balance those things are something
that is not taught but is learned when you are exposed and used in those kind of situations.

April
During this month, I really had fun. I am able to establish relationship with other people and I
think that somehow, my social skill developed. Communicating with other people particularly if
they are strangers are something that people cannot easily do. I think learning to easily
communicate and easily express one’s self is a calling. Aside from that, listening is not that easy.
This is as well for me is a calling. The interview with the first year students is so much fun. I
have seen and understand that we people, faces and perceives life, differently.
There are some students who are brave enough and were able to cope with the stress brought by
the COVID19 pandemic. On the other hand, there are students who are too afraid if they will be
able to get through this. By interviewing them and by listening to their thoughts, I learned that
there are some people even the young ones that are lacking in support and seeking attention.
There are students who at least needs someone to listen to them so they will keep going on with
their lives.
This month is the same as before, not easy. Still, I learned a lot, not only school lessons but even
life lessons. Students who I interviewed that are too brave became my inspiration. They gave me
a lot of life wisdom which caused me to appreciate how beautiful life is despite the difficult
situation. I even learned their ways and strategies on how they easily cope up with the struggles
and stresses of today.
Hence, I learned that even if I am older than the interviewees, it is still possible that they are
more inspiring than I am. This is because our character is built differently.

May

This May, I learned how to properly make a psychometric report. Writing one is not that easy as
it seems to be. We have to diagnose carefully our client before coming up to an analysis. Truly, it
is very difficult because it is only an assumption of their personality without knowing their real
character. Nevertheless, I enjoyed writing it. By first analyzing the results of their psychometric
test, by reading and interpreting the scores, I learned how to be cautious especially when finding
out what personality they manifest. I found out the right strategy on evaluating their test scores.
Because of that, I learned that the mental health practitioners or the professionals of my field
have studied enough and invested a lot of their time to study just to be able to make one perfect
psychometric report. Aside from that, they also know the proper administration of test, scoring
and interpretation and as well as the proper way on observing the behavior of their client. For
me, these things cannot easily be done without the proper training and practice. Hence, I got
inspired to invest most of my time learning. Even when I am outside school or not in the middle
of my class, I think it is better if I keep on feeding myself with a lot of knowledge in this field.
I realized that through doing these things and investing most of my efforts, I will be able to
extend help, especially to the people who are going through the hard days of their life.
Furthermore, it also became a realization for me that those who are working in the Psychology
field, those who keep on listening to the dilemma of other people while they have theirs, is doing
their job because for them, it is fulfilling. I am hoping that one day, when I became a
professional, I will be the same. Spending a lot of my time by hearing the thoughts of others and
letting them know that they are valued.
Thus, I will care and value each knowledge that I gain. I know everything that I already learned
and the things that I will be learning eventually will totally be a big help as I strive on becoming
a professional. I knew that these learnings will not only help me advance my career but more
than that, it will help me become an effective professional and maybe someday, saving the lives
of those who are suffering.