In and out of the box thinking refers to being open minded and accepting responsibility for my contribution to the problem or solution. If I am part of the problem but refuse to take accountability for it I am "in the box" if I accept my contribution and am part of the solution I am thinking "out of the box." In class we watched a video and discussed Ignaz Semmelwies and his findings of the cause of Child bed Fever. His collegues felt that he himself was the problem and they did not contribute in anyway to the increased numbers of deaths in the maternity ward. Ignaz Semmelwies concluded that the death rate rose while he was practicing medicine but decreased when he took a leave of absence it was because he was thinking "out of the box" that he was able to come to the finding that it was because of cleanliness and going from the autopsy room straight to delivery that the deaths had increased.

In class we worked on how to effectively manage time, everyone everywhere has the same 24 hours in a day its how we use it that matters. I tracked my time and created a weekly time plan and discovered that I was so focused on schoolwork that I was not spending as much time with my family as I should have been. After creating a weekly time plan I was able to achieve a balance between school and family. My time essay and time reflection are what I learned through this process. The four time quadrants are as follows; Quadrant 1: Procrastinator the one that waits till the last minute to get everything done, Quadrant 2: Prioritizer, this person gets things done in a timely manner and knows what is important and needs to be done now and what can be done later, Quadrant 3: Pleaser, this is the person that is overly committed and does not know how to say no, lastly Quadrant 4: Slacker this is the person that does not do anything nothing is important or urgent things do not matter. We all spen

I learned to do the worst, most likely thing to get procrastinated first, and the rest of my day will be much smoother. As Brian Tracy says eat the frog first.

This semester I was invited to chose a virtue and practice it for the entire semester. I picked orderliness. What I have learned by practicing this virtue is that my life is so much easier and runs so much smoother with orderliness. My husband is also so much happier, and my children have been following suit. It has made balancing school, and family so much easier. I will continue to practice this virtue because I know it will be a valuable tool when I become an educator.