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I feel exactly like this but regarding my studies at university

keithpeter 13y ago
OK, a few suggestions (which you might be sick of hearing, but restating the basics can some times help) 1) Get the calendar for deadlines for assignments and dates for the exams for all the modules. Synthesise all the dates onto a single planner. Work out the order of priorities. 2) Make a time plan for the week and try to stick to it. The plan must include breaks and (at least) a day off a week. Do things with other people in the day off and at certain times of day like meals. 3) Get topic lists for each module and check them off as you study those topics. 4) Find other people at about your 'level' of confidence in each module and try to buddy up with them for study periods in the library... 5) ...find a place to study that isn't your own room/house/wherever. Libraries can be good, as you have to get work done, but somewhere else helps as long as it is away from where you sleep (&c). 6) Reduce friction to getting started. Keep notes, study guides, any equipment and textbooks for each module organised. Pop them into your bag as you go off to the study location. Pack the night before if possible. Put the bookmarks to module Websites on your Web-browser tool bar. Use a password manager so you don't even need to authenticate. 7) Google The Pomodoro Method for the actual study time. The author has gone commercial now but there are summaries. Its easy. Any good? EDIT: 8) At the end of each study day, prepare the stuff you need for tomorrow. Try to find an easy task on whatever is on the time plan that will get you started (the Hemingway strategy).
- nisa 13y ago
  For me this regularly fails at: 2) Make a time plan for the week and try to stick to it It sounds so simple but is near impossible for me to do.
  - keithpeter 13y ago
    Is this because of work e.g. random shifts? because of family commitments? Or just time drifts? If latter, then try planning just one session a day for now, but be definite about it. Google the Pomodoro Method. Anyone else got any time plan mind tricks?
- refrigerator 13y ago
  Thanks for the reply. Every term I promise myself that I'll make a timetable and stick to it etc. but I always end up prioritising other things and before I know it, I find myself having to cut corners to scrape through and meet deadlines :( Pomodoro method looks cool, I'll try it next term

OK, a few suggestions (which you might be sick of hearing, but restating the basics can some times help) 1) Get the calendar for deadlines for assignments and dates for the exams for all the modules. Synthesise all the dates onto a single planner. Work out the order of priorities. 2) Make a time plan for the week and try to stick to it. The plan must include breaks and (at least) a day off a week. Do things with other people in the day off and at certain times of day like meals. 3) Get topic lists for each module and check them off as you study those topics. 4) Find other people at about your 'level' of confidence in each module and try to buddy up with them for study periods in the library... 5) ...find a place to study that isn't your own room/house/wherever. Libraries can be good, as you have to get work done, but somewhere else helps as long as it is away from where you sleep (&c). 6) Reduce friction to getting started. Keep notes, study guides, any equipment and textbooks for each module organised. Pop them into your bag as you go off to the study location. Pack the night before if possible. Put the bookmarks to module Websites on your Web-browser tool bar. Use a password manager so you don't even need to authenticate. 7) Google The Pomodoro Method for the actual study time. The author has gone commercial now but there are summaries. Its easy. Any good? EDIT: 8) At the end of each study day, prepare the stuff you need for tomorrow. Try to find an easy task on whatever is on the time plan that will get you started (the Hemingway strategy).

nisa 13y ago
For me this regularly fails at: 2) Make a time plan for the week and try to stick to it It sounds so simple but is near impossible for me to do.
- keithpeter 13y ago
  Is this because of work e.g. random shifts? because of family commitments? Or just time drifts? If latter, then try planning just one session a day for now, but be definite about it. Google the Pomodoro Method. Anyone else got any time plan mind tricks?
refrigerator 13y ago
Thanks for the reply. Every term I promise myself that I'll make a timetable and stick to it etc. but I always end up prioritising other things and before I know it, I find myself having to cut corners to scrape through and meet deadlines :( Pomodoro method looks cool, I'll try it next term