March 4 - People sometimes feel the need to step away from their normal routines or environments in order to better understand themselves. Describe a time when you needed distance from a situation, place, or group of people in order to think more clearly or gain perspective. What did that experience teach you about yourself?

Prompt Response: Last semester, I realized how I was basically doing whatever my friends did and not my own thing. I was constantly surrounded by my main friend group. I started to notice that I was just agreeing with whatever they said and doing whatever they wanted to do. I felt like I was losing my own personality just to fit in. I finally decided to take a break from the constant group chats and weekend plans for a few weeks to just focus on my own thing. I realized how much I actually enjoy being alone.

Summary: Today in class we worked on a word sheet related to the book we are reading.

Reflection: Today I learned how to connect certain themes to events in a book.