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Source: The Shy Cameleon (Ray Wang)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The first stop for the sailing ship of MumtazLearns is a futuristic island hidden from passive sailing ships. Here, I stop by with one creative traveler, Sullivan, who has worked on documenting a part of a chameleon’s journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I see how Sullivan had documented the journey of this shy chameleon in a creative way, I feel excited but intimidated at the same time. I realize that the level of creativity and skill required to make something as intriguing as Sullivan’s project might not be something I would be able to achieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I take inspiration from the shy chameleon’s journey itself. When the shy chameleon can overcome his fear of talking to people, I can also learn to design a project idea on my own without worrying about it being perfect. As I continue my conversation with this traveler, I learn more about how I can build on my own self-efficacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting Reasonable Expectations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I believe that I should set realistic standards of what I can do v\/s what I need more help in. Assuming that I should be perfect in all spheres and skills would waste my mental energy and would prevent me from truly enjoying learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I must be gentle to myself and not get persuaded by what others have accomplished in the same field where I’m still a beginner. I’ve never had the experience of working with hardware and I feel underconfident working on the components that we might be using for this course. This does result in me lowering my levels of self-efficacy, but I should remember that taking this course in itself is a small accomplishment for me because I’m taking the initiative to push myself far out of my comfort zone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preventing Excessive Social Comparison<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Setting metrics for measuring my progress while looking at other’s standards is a super efficient way of setting myself up for failure. I should learn to recognize what different skills I have developed and situations I have experienced that led me to be a student at this institution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it is important that I set my own learning goals and measure them according to my metrics. At the end of the day, I would not want my ship to sail simply with the flow, but also learn how to sail it on my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first stop for the sailing ship of MumtazLearns is a futuristic island hidden from passive sailing ships. Here, I stop by with one creative traveler, Sullivan, who has worked on documenting a part of a chameleon’s journey. As I see how Sullivan had documented the journey of this shy chameleon in a creative way, … <\/p>\n

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