Are you one of those who always place more importance on recreation rather than studying? Do you tend to put your studies off until tomorrow? If you are, who could blame you because nobody in their right mind would want to stay indoors studying, rather than having a crazy night out with their mates?
But put off working today and tomorrow something else will come up and the same for Sunday afternoon and before you know it is ten o'clock on Sunday night, the report is due in at nine on Monday morning and you have about twenty hours of writing to complete. Well, you could just call in sick.
Unless you're seriously different to the greater majority of the human race, you've found yourself in similar situations before on more than one occasion. Should you feel bad about it? Certainly not because after all, as humans, we all prefer the fun things in life rather than the monotonous chores we're always faced with. The only problem though, is that putting things off until the next day will nearly always result in stress.
A better solution is to make a list of the things that need doing, prioritize that list and then attack it and do things in a systematic and organized fashion. Yes, it's boring and it may actually make you seem like you are selling out, but in the long run, you will end up with more time for yourself to do the fun things on your list and have more fun doing them because your won't have to worry about the things waiting for you at home.
While many people tend to think that they should complete all the small tasks first, before tackling the big important ones, in reality it works the other way around. Providing you tackle all the worst jobs first, the small jobs will be a breeze and before you know it, you'll have quality free time on your hands. Likewise, if you have a specific job which you know will take longer than average, make a commitment to tackle it at a certain time and make sure you've set aside enough time to do it.
The chances are you're always getting interrupted by someone calling you up on the phone, which is why cell phones are the worst enemy as far as wasting time is concerned. You've probably seen it happen before where one call becomes two and then three. Likewise, a quick two minute call can often end up being an hour long call and when this happens, there's no doubt that you'll have to put something off until tomorrow again. Good advice would be to simply put your phone onto voicemail during study periods.
There's an old adage which says you need to study smart, rather than study hard and this is particularly true in this case. As I've said already, the secret here is having a list and working strictly to it. While this applies to everyone, those who have to fit their studies in with keeping the house, raising kids, etc, will find a list to be extremely beneficial.
Of course, each person's situation is different to the next, so each person will need to make their own adjustments, and fine tune their lists until you discover what works best for you.
But put off working today and tomorrow something else will come up and the same for Sunday afternoon and before you know it is ten o'clock on Sunday night, the report is due in at nine on Monday morning and you have about twenty hours of writing to complete. Well, you could just call in sick.
Unless you're seriously different to the greater majority of the human race, you've found yourself in similar situations before on more than one occasion. Should you feel bad about it? Certainly not because after all, as humans, we all prefer the fun things in life rather than the monotonous chores we're always faced with. The only problem though, is that putting things off until the next day will nearly always result in stress.
A better solution is to make a list of the things that need doing, prioritize that list and then attack it and do things in a systematic and organized fashion. Yes, it's boring and it may actually make you seem like you are selling out, but in the long run, you will end up with more time for yourself to do the fun things on your list and have more fun doing them because your won't have to worry about the things waiting for you at home.
While many people tend to think that they should complete all the small tasks first, before tackling the big important ones, in reality it works the other way around. Providing you tackle all the worst jobs first, the small jobs will be a breeze and before you know it, you'll have quality free time on your hands. Likewise, if you have a specific job which you know will take longer than average, make a commitment to tackle it at a certain time and make sure you've set aside enough time to do it.
The chances are you're always getting interrupted by someone calling you up on the phone, which is why cell phones are the worst enemy as far as wasting time is concerned. You've probably seen it happen before where one call becomes two and then three. Likewise, a quick two minute call can often end up being an hour long call and when this happens, there's no doubt that you'll have to put something off until tomorrow again. Good advice would be to simply put your phone onto voicemail during study periods.
There's an old adage which says you need to study smart, rather than study hard and this is particularly true in this case. As I've said already, the secret here is having a list and working strictly to it. While this applies to everyone, those who have to fit their studies in with keeping the house, raising kids, etc, will find a list to be extremely beneficial.
Of course, each person's situation is different to the next, so each person will need to make their own adjustments, and fine tune their lists until you discover what works best for you.
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