PASSED the Level 5 Weeding Exam 🈴 💮

 

Aligning with last post on weeding certificate test (the plot was described), Chiikawa (they/them) sets a goal to earn a weeding-certificate license with their best friend, Hachiware (the blue cat). Across three attempts (i.e., initial nerves, failure, renewed studying, and a third push), Chiikawa’s value profile evolves in ways that explain persistent effort even when success is uncertain.

As described, weeding certificate is a key to get a better job in Chiikawa's world. Thus, their goals lean performance-approach (“pass”). After the first attempt, Hachiware and Usagi, Chiikawa's better friends, all passed the wedding certificate, which made Chiikawa have some performance-avoidance (“don’t be the one who fails”).

However, after one night, Chiikawa asked Hachiware for short quizzes makes instrumentality concrete. Small wins create a bit of intrinsic value, and friendship adds social meaning. Goals shift toward mastery and hope grows: more agency and more pathways. After the second failure they still feel bad, but not defeated—the value is richer and buffers the cost.

Before the third attempt, with a mastery-plus-performance goal mix, Chiikawa studies steadily from morning to evening and persists effectively. Chiikawa’s motivation got stronger and steadier, sustaining effort through failures until they were ready to succeed.