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During my PhD journey, I honed my multitasking skills by managing various responsibilities simultaneously. I balanced conducting research, writing papers, attending classes, and participating in conferences while also fulfilling personal obligations. One notable instance was during the preparation for a conference presentation while revising a research paper for resubmission. To manage both effectively, I created a structured schedule, prioritizing tasks based on deadlines and importance. By allocating focused time to each task and maintaining flexibility, I successfully completed both. This experience enhanced my ability to address multiple issues in a well-balanced way, ensuring quality work under tight schedules.

Even though Its very hard to continue my research, I improve my Japanese language and I have friends now to improve way of life.

As a member of Wadaiko Raku at APU, I was preparing for the Tenku festival performances while balancing work, classes, tests, relationships, leading, and my health due to an injury. While this greatly relied on my resilience, I feel like my multi-tasking ability was improved to the greatest degree. We practiced taiko tirelessly for many months every single day, in between classes, during off-days, despite sickness, alongside assignment and project deadlines too. I feel our performance was a great success, and I did well in all of my classes, despite struggling a lot.

When I'm busy with many school works and daily life, I think I managed it quite well and finish everything before the deadline.

When: During my second year at university, in the fall semester of 2021. Where: At my university campus, specifically while working on a group project for an entrepreneurship class. Who: I was part of a team of five classmates, none of whom I had worked with before. The group included students from different disciplines, which made our approaches and perspectives quite diverse. What: Our task was to design a business plan and present a fully developed proposal to a panel of professors and local entrepreneurs. The project was critical, as it accounted for 40% of our final grade. How: When we first started, our group faced significant challenges in coordination. People were hesitant to share ideas, there was no clear division of tasks, and deadlines were slipping. Recognizing the need for organization, I stepped up, suggesting a plan to get us back on track.

When there is a lot of homework to be done, it is more important to focus on completion than perfection.

To begin with the explanation, during my first semester at Ritsumeikan, as an international student I was in a brand new country with most of the work both curricular and non-curricular in my hands entirely. This was kind of overwhelming to begin with and alongside studies it made it a time management nightmare. But during my second semester, even though I have more work and research work compared to the first, my time management skill has improved and I've also gotten familiar with the city and the surrounding environment. In this case, the primary competency that I've gained would be Multitasking.

I divide my work and balance my time and starting doing my tasks or assignments.

Results of programming isn’t enough so we needed to change the way to write code.