Personal Reflection Report: Holiday, University, and Growth

This report presents a student's personal reflections, structured around three key tasks. Task 3 focuses on holiday planning, specifically a solo trip to the Kent Coast, using the Plymouth model to analyze the experience, including budget constraints and potential challenges. Task 4 applies Gibbs' reflective cycle to the student's university experience, detailing descriptions, feelings, evaluations, analyses, conclusions, and action plans related to academic performance, extracurricular activities, and skill development. This section highlights the development of employability skills, time management, and research skills. Task 5 culminates in a detailed action plan designed to enhance personal and professional growth, outlining specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound goals to improve disciplinary skills and overall capabilities. The report emphasizes the importance of self-assessment, continuous improvement, and the development of skills necessary for future career success.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................3
TASK 4 .........................................................................................................................................4
TASK 5 ..........................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Personal reflection is an ability of person to write about own experience. There are
different types of reflection which are used by individuals in order to explain own experience
with others. The following report is base on reflection and there are three parts. Task 3 talks
about plymouth model and reflection on the topic “you want to go on a holiday”. Task 4
discusses about Gibbs reflection model on the basis of student's experience at university. Task 5
includes an action plan based upon personal growth and development.
TASK 3
As winter is coming, I am thankful as now I can plan a holiday. This is my favourite
season and I will definitely go to an undiscovered place for enjoying “me time”. This time I am
thinking to go on a solo trip to Kent Coast. There are greenery scenic places and I get peace at
such places. Natural green colour of plants and trees is my biggest love. By going on holiday to
Kent Coast, I will have enjoy various scenic places and pleasant weather (Anders, 2018). Also,
as I am a management student, while planning this holiday, I will manage to understand planning
and monitoring different activities. Holidays provide us the opportunity to spend great time and
take break from our professional life. In my family, holidays are one common thing which
everybody waits for. I have always planning different holiday destinations since childhood. Kent
Coast is one in my dream list. As Christmas time is there , I have planned to celebrate this by
gifting myself a good holiday. Holidays are an amazing time that I utilise properly. This allows
me to get relief from daily life activities and grab some “me Time”. This provides me help to
manage my inner peace and rejuvenation process. This will provide me help to focus upon self
healing and management. By doing so, I will encourage myself to be confident and live my life
in a rightful manner. I think going on vacations will give positivity in terms of engaging with
new people and getting to know more about them. This also increases the way in which I
communicate to other people. Moreover, while planning a holiday I have to prepare a budget and
time schedule so that I will have a great experience at holiday (Boylan, 2018). I have decided to
plan the holiday at Kent Coast for a week. As my budget is low, I have planned to stay in a
Zostel and not hotel. I have not packed a big briefcase, I have decided to take a backpack in
which all the essentials are kept. First three days, I will visit all the scenic natural galleries. On
the fourth day, I have decided to visit museums and natural art gallery at that place. It is very

important for me to develop good planning so that I can enjoy my holidays at full. When I was
planning the holiday, there are some problems which I have to face. If there is a problem of less
budget and planning, I will not able to manage the holiday planning properly (Cheon, and et. al.,
2018). It is important to plan effectively all the things that are involved in conducting the holiday
tasks. I have seen that there are different issues which can occur while going on a holiday. One
of the problem is weather conditions at that time and it is important to solve these issues
properly. Planning the holiday is most wonderful aspect of my life as it gives me planning and
monitoring perfection.
TASK 4
Gibbs has developed a structured debriefing in order to provide support to the
experiential learning. It is important to design and manage the continuous cycle of improvement
in order to manage the reflection. Gibbs model helps to acknowledge the need and importance of
feelings (Choy, and Chua, 2019). There are six stages of Gibbs model which includes
description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan. In the present scenario,
there is discussion about Gibbs reflection for a student who is pursuing graduation in the
university. The different stages of Gibbs model in context of university student's experience is
mentioned below -

Illustration 1: Source: Gibbs reflective cycle, 2019
Description
This is the stage where experience is discussed. I am pursuing graduation course within
xyz university. Here, my overall experience is very good and I think I will get good placements
from this university. I have total of six subjects this semester. My grades are not A+ but they are
not bad as it is B+. My university offers various co-curricular activities which helps in overall
development as a student. There are various academic and employability skills that I have
developed during my university tenure. I have some strength which have helped me to develop
good bond and relationship with other students and teachers. It is analysed by me that I have the
capability to do good researches and completing the assigned projects properly. These provide
me strength to do various projects and worksheets on time (DiPaola, and Wagner, 2018). I am
very fond of dance and music, thus I have joined the dance committee of the university. I have
good bond with faculty of this club and she provides me guidance for motivating myself within
life and keep moving forward. When attending sessions in first semester, I faced difficulties. But
then I prepared myself according to the problem which I am facing. There are several activities
which help me to grow and develop. It is of utmost knowledge that I must be able to maintain
my efficiency and work in proper manner. This is important for me to develop various skills in

order to manage my academic work. I have participated in different functions and competitions
that take place within the university.
Feelings
My experience in the university was good and I am enjoying my journey. I felt
demotivated at some instances when I was unable to meet the desired results. It is very essential
for me as a student to manage different activities. For solving my problem, I attended various
time management sessions. These guided me to develop skills for managing different tasks and
activities. There are few situations within the university where I felt low and unable to meet my
assigned targets and goals. While doing work upon several research projects, it is of utmost
importance to maintain good research skills. But I lack the same and not able to complete the
research work in the assigned time. I had to learn various skills for improving my time
management skills and research skills. I have also learned the value and importance of messing
up (Evers, and et. al., 2019). In the university, I have analysed that it is not easy to be the perfect
students for doing so, I started preparing for my lectures and sessions one day before. This
helped me to understand more effectively all the sessions and enhance growth. By having strong
and healthy bond, it is seen that I am able to manage talking to my teachers more effectively.
Evaluation
I have analysed that this is very important for me to manage the completion of university
projects and build skills for my overall development. There are different students who come
from different backgrounds. It is essential for me to manage all the activities of project and
assessment effectively. There are various approaches that I can use for maximising my ability to
attain goals. I am a good student and I have managed to work effectively with students who are
from different backgrounds and culture. I am fortunate that I got admission in this university as
there is my overall growth possible in this environment. There is effective management of my
experience and this has supported me to conduct different projects and assignments. I have
enjoyed a lot in my university tenure (Fedotova, and et. al., 2018). It had helped me to learn
about different aspects of life and meet success. This is of utmost important that I am
participating in different activities and programs that lead to attaining of goals and objectives. In
the last semester, I have the best learning experience. I got to learn a lot about management skills
and it's practical implication in life. This has provided me the opportunity for managing different
activities and excelling in my class. I had a great experience in university where I got to manage

working with various people coming from different background. All these things are developing
my employability skills. In future while working in different workplaces, I had to develop good
relation and bind with people for working with them. This university provided me the
opportunity to talk to different people and enhance interpersonal skills. I have realised that for
working in a good company, I must focus upon my overall development and growth. This can be
accomplished by taking care of all the activities of university which will help me to grow.
Analysis
During my academic tenure, I was given various opportunities from the university to
know different areas of my interest. I was fond of dance and music but after joining the college
club, I got to know that I can focus more on music and build successful career in this field. My
strength points included good confidence and interpersonal skills. These have helped in
maintaining good atmosphere where it is easy to develop and grow. I think academic tenure is
the most effective period for grabbing various skills that can lead to career development. I have
worked upon different skills and made myself more strong and capable person who can
effectively work within today's business scenario (Gabrys-Barker, 2018). I have concluded that
investing time in developing skills helps me to enhance the employability capabilities.
Conclusion
It is concluded from my personal analysis that I have good academic as well as
employability skills. This means that I have the ability for managing the completion of projects
effectively and other tasks properly. This is very essential for me to enhance my career growth
by building and managing skills for personal as well as professional development. There are
many skills which I have developed and some in which I am not good. All these are effectively
developed for smooth managing of academic tenure.
Action plan
My main aim is to develop skills and abilities that help me to grow and progress in
future. This is very important for me to develop skills so that I can develop and grow my
personal and professional development. It is an important aspect for me to manage my skills as it
provides the ability for adapting new changes that will help me to grab success. I am working
upon my academic and employability skills to excel in my career development. There is
necessity for me being able to manage all the problems and achieve the goals effectively. An

action plan is prepared by me to enhance the experience I had during my academic session. This
is very important for me to manage a successful career as it will provide me the ability to grow
and develop.
TASK 5
Action Plan
A action plan is developed by an individual to enhance and grow own skill. It provides
help for managing and utilising the resources properly. I have ability for managing the work
properly and achieving success. I had to develop a successful action plan after evaluating my
skills and abilities. This is important for analysing my capabilities and develop an action plan so
that I can enhance my overall growth.
Specific Measurable Achievable Reliable Timely
Disciplinary
skills
I can evaluate
my disciplinary
skills by the
feedback given
by my mentors
and faculty
members.
I can achieve
disciplinary
skills by joining
a personal and
professional
development
course. There are
various videos
and lectures that
help in different
ways to enhance
disciplinary
skills.
The Disciplinary
skills are reliable
because it will
help me to
enhance sense of
maturity and
discipline. It will
provide help to
manage the
functioning
properly and
achieving my
goals in
specified time
(Morales, 2018).
Disciplinary
skills cannot be
achieved in less
time and thus I
will need 6
months to grow
this skill.
Punctuality is
one of my
strengths and I
In order to
achieve this
skill, I have
This skill is
reliable as it will
support me to
Similar to
develop
Disciplinary

Punctuality
am always able
to complete my
work at specified
time. The only
thing which I
had to focus
upon is that I
must know how
to develop skills
for perfect time
management.
developed a
proper schedule
to complete my
work within
time. This
provides me help
to manage my
work properly
and attain
success. I record
all my work
daily so that it is
easy to evaluate
my efficiency of
doing daily
activities in the
estimated time
frame.
manage the
functioning
properly. There
are different
ways by which I
can prepare
myself the
ability for a
successful
project. I have
worked upon
analysing
criticality and
seriousness of
this factor in
order to
complete the
project work.
skills,
developing
punctuality skills
is not a matter of
few days as it
requires a habit
of undertaking
every task within
a specific time
limit. So, this
skill will be
developed in me
in a period of 5
months.
Communicati
on skills
Communication
is the most
important factor
when it comes to
develop a good
career. Thus, it
is essential for
me to enhance
this skill for
having more
effective results.
For developing
my
communication
skills, it is very
important that I
am working
upon the
completion of
activities
properly and
communicating
with others. This
Communication
skill is reliable
and it is
important for me
to manage my
communication
as well as
interpersonal
skills for
completing the
project in an
effective
This is not easy
to develop
communication
skill in less time
and hence, I have
seen that I am
involving in
various
communication
programs.

provides me help
to manage the
efficiency and
develop the
skills.
manner.
CONCLUSION
It is analysed from the above discussion that refection analysis helps an individual to
manage and develop an action plan. Self assessing about an experience will help to work upon
the weaknesses and build up strength. This is an important way of conducting evaluation process
for making a good planning of professional as well as personal growth. There are various
discussions and lessons I have attended that provide a student opportunity to manage success of
an individual's life.

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