At the beginning of the semester I studied better and for longer periods of time than I do now.  At this point in the semester I have seemed to lose motivation and the want to study.  Many mental issues have happened to me this semester, also making my amount of motivation lack.  For many, their study habits will most likely have increased and become better, however, mine have not improved.  I have been doing a slightly better job about not procrastinating, except for when it comes to studying.  At the beginning I would study two to three days before a test, now I study the night before.  My lack of motivation is due to the difficulty of the classes and necessity of the classes.  I also did not complete any service-learning hours, which is why my final reflection is so short.  I know that all of this sounds like excuses for being weak and lazy, however that was what my mind thought was the best thing to do at the time; to take time to myself. Next semester I am going to try harder to keep myself out of those mentally straining situations to help keep my stress levels down.  When I do study, I write down the notes off PowerPoints and repeat the information in my head until I can recite it without looking at the notes.  Fourteen weeks ago, I expected to be in a better off place than I am now.  I did not expect to be this bad at my classes and for my motivation to be so low.  I met with a professor during office hours in the writing center for help with an essay.  That was very helpful and improved my essay grade.  I find the writing center to be a very helpful resource.  A resource I have found unhelpful this semester has been nothing else.  I only went to the writing center, which I have no realized has only hurt me in my academics because that is the only resource I went to.  If I had gone to other academic resources, I would probably b better off in my classes than I am now.  I have learned to not take my free time for granted, to use that time to study for my classes.  Next semester I am going to study more and better than I have this semester.