These past four weeks have been
tumultuous to say the least. I am having
so much fun living here, but it’s a major adjustment that I am still not used
to. I am used to having my own space
where I am able to do what I want to do without considering anyone else. Besides the living situation, the hardest
adjustment so far is my mindset. I was
so used to getting good grades without having to put much effort into it. I have quickly realized that in college, you
cannot just slip by with the bare minimum.
The first two weeks I would say were fairly easy and didn’t take much
time or preparation to do well. After
the second week of classes, I suddenly found myself swamped with a lot of
reading and writing of all kinds. It was
really difficult to keep track of everything that was due and when. I noticed a lot of the written homework
assigned was not collected or looked at by the professor.
Schoolwork
tends to be that one thing I could find 100 things to do before I chose to
actually sit down and do it. I procrastinate
until I can’t. Through this past month,
I have found that I can’t just sit and do homework all day. I get bored and find something better to
do. With that being said, I have tried
to start things early so I don’t have to complete things in one sitting. This makes getting things done a lot
easier. However, this means I have to
have good time management skills.
It all starts with being
organized. I have started using my
laptop and putting reminders on it which pop up to remind me of homework that
may be due in a week. I complete a
little bit of it and then when I get bored or distracted I stop and do
something else. When I become distracted
it’s usually because I have completed a thought and am lost as to where to go
next. I tend to stop and then come back
to it once a new idea pops into my head.
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