Through the life management skills on managing negative emotions, I have actually learnt several things. Firstly, I learnt how to manage these emotions much better than before, especially on jealousy. For instance, in the past, I have encountered similar problems as the one in the group skit, whereby my best friend actually excels in academic areas better than I am. However, I do not have that deep degree of jealousy as compared to the one in the skit. Even so, I believe that jealousy is always present in our daily lives. Therefore, with these strategies that I have come across, I have a better understanding as to how I can do to prevent myself from falling deeper into the dark side of jealousy. Instead, I should turn the event around and look it from another perspective. Jealousy will definitely be experienced during the process, but we can probably use it to spur us in order to perform better. Looking on the brighter side, I might be much better in other aspect, such as musically-inclined, sports or maybe the slightest issue – strong relationship I have with my family and friends. Therefore I believe that this will help me to strengthen the friendship between myself and her, furthermore these strategies has create a positive impact in my life.

I have also understood that self-esteem and confidence in reality comes hand in hand together. If we have low self-esteem within ourselves, our level of confidence will therefore be low as well. With such confidence level, we will not be able to accomplish many events which I believe will be helpful to us be it in terms of studies, life fulfillment, building strong relationships with loved ones, etc. Under such circumstances, our daily life will be adversely affected as well. We might not be able to interact with friends around and thus will affect our communication skills which are crucial in studies or even work in the future. Being able to do things confidently and with assurance is something really difficult to attain. However I strongly believe that both self esteem and confidence can be built up gradually during our teenage years, through projects presentation, socializing with one another, attending adventure camps, etc. Therefore, if we make an effort to enhance our confidence level, our life would be more enriching and fulfilling. There’s nothing too late as long as I chose to take that step out.