Time Strategies

When people ask me what I am afraid of, I always respond with something like "the dark", "clowns", or even "crickets". Truthfully my biggest fear is probably running out of time. Admittedly, it is not as crippling of a fear as this man's fear of heights. However, it is still a fear that gives me nightmares at least once a week embarrassingly enough. More specifically, they always revolve around me running out of time for something that is for school, whether it be an exam or due dates for big projects. I'm willing to bet tuition money that later on in the semester I will have a nightmare about missing a due date for this very class!

To combat this fear, I've learned to to suppress my urge to procrastinate and actually be proactive when it comes to my schoolwork and studies. That is my strategy for this class. I enjoy the fact that we are given the opportunity to actually earn all the necessary points for an A weeks before the end of the semester. Knowing that, this gives me motivation to work ahead.

I've read a couple of the articles given to us for this assignment and the two that really stuck out to me were "Four Questions to Help You Overcome Procrastination" by Peter Banerjea (By the way, I love LifeHacker!) and "How to Build a Realistic Study Plan You'll Actually Stick To" by Amanda Collins.  One of Banerjea's questions that really resonated for me was, "How can I make this easier?" As a junior with two Computer Science courses and two upper-level Math courses on top of this course, I need to make it so that those four other classes aren't impeded on by this class (Or vice-versa! I don't want to miss any assignments or write any shoddy posts!). Working ahead allows me to complete the tasks for this class while giving me extra time to work on my other classes. As for Collins' article, I really liked how she suggests "slotting study in", or fitting study/work time in between your breaks. I am allowed to put this suggestion in practice thanks to Dr. Gibbs' suggested study schedule.  For this semester, I hope to develop a strategy that is a blend of both of these mindsets to create something that will truly help me now and in the future. I also hope that you all will take these thoughts into consideration because I wish you all nothing but the best!

Sorry for the extra-long post today!

(How I feel with due dates:

Unanimous Chaos)