So my life revolves around rules, methods, purposes, and goals. I need to know what these things are in order to get anything done right.
Purposes and goals are similar in that they both have motivation. A purpose provides the reason behind why something is being done and gives me excitement and the drive to continue pursuing my end goal.
Rules set boundaries and give me the choice of breaking or following them. This helps me to keep track of whether or not I am doing something the right way. Rules help me compare what I am doing to what should be. Of course, there are always exceptions to rules and some rules need to be broken in order to achieve outstanding results.
Methods are instructions or routines that I follow, or readjust to fit my preferences and the way I work best. I need methods to do something so that it will be more efficient the next time I do the same thing. Repetitive tasks are best done the same way after a suitable method has been found. That way, there is no need to think or waste time planning out the steps - it has become ingrained into my head and flows out naturally.
Goals are what keep me on track. Reaching an end goal one milestone at a time provides a sense of satisfaction in that I am going somewhere, that I am positively stepping towards my end goal. Having an end goal also provides purpose to what I am doing and why I am doing what I am doing.
So I have come up with a new method to do well in my studies this term. This helps after redefining the four things I just talked about; purposes, rules, methods, goals.
Purpose: To pass this term, to gain knowledge necessary for the vision I have been given
Rules: Doing well (60+) on exams, assignments, labs, understanding materials and being able to apply them
Methods: Reading ahead, going to lectures, attending tutorials, compiling concepts & equations, working through sample problems, asking questions, working through assignment problems
Goals: Complete readings, complete assignments, passing term
So this is what I imagine a typical (or some variation of a) week day should look like:
- go to classes (absorb + socialize)
- go to library with classmate (print stuff, work together, ask questions --> work + socialize)
- walk home (exercise + break)
- dinner + some form of entertainment/relaxing/chilling while I eat (socialize + break)
- continue readings and sample problems, work on assignments (work)
- reading Job
- sleep
by socialize, I mean talking/joking with classmates in between classes/learning/studying/sharing a meal
entertainment is probably a show or youtube, social networking, sharing a meal
work means school work and jobmining
yup. here we go. hope this method works....... I need to stay on top of things!! I've seriously been studying 4-5 hours a day for the past two weeks. Totally making up for all the classes I skipped while I was sick at the beginning of the term and with my sleeping in and during classes. Today my classmate sat in the row in front of me while I fell asleep. As I opened my eyes (I forget how I woke up), I saw his face staring at me. I literally jumped in my chair and panicked so hard. -_- What great classmates I have. Classmates I will never sit near again. Although.. they did help to keep me from sleeping again after that.
Anyway, working extra hard during weekdays means playing extra hard on weekends. If I can do that then maybe my life can start looking a bit more balanced.
Job 25-27 today
Purposes and goals are similar in that they both have motivation. A purpose provides the reason behind why something is being done and gives me excitement and the drive to continue pursuing my end goal.
Rules set boundaries and give me the choice of breaking or following them. This helps me to keep track of whether or not I am doing something the right way. Rules help me compare what I am doing to what should be. Of course, there are always exceptions to rules and some rules need to be broken in order to achieve outstanding results.
Methods are instructions or routines that I follow, or readjust to fit my preferences and the way I work best. I need methods to do something so that it will be more efficient the next time I do the same thing. Repetitive tasks are best done the same way after a suitable method has been found. That way, there is no need to think or waste time planning out the steps - it has become ingrained into my head and flows out naturally.
Goals are what keep me on track. Reaching an end goal one milestone at a time provides a sense of satisfaction in that I am going somewhere, that I am positively stepping towards my end goal. Having an end goal also provides purpose to what I am doing and why I am doing what I am doing.
So I have come up with a new method to do well in my studies this term. This helps after redefining the four things I just talked about; purposes, rules, methods, goals.
Purpose: To pass this term, to gain knowledge necessary for the vision I have been given
Rules: Doing well (60+) on exams, assignments, labs, understanding materials and being able to apply them
Methods: Reading ahead, going to lectures, attending tutorials, compiling concepts & equations, working through sample problems, asking questions, working through assignment problems
Goals: Complete readings, complete assignments, passing term
So this is what I imagine a typical (or some variation of a) week day should look like:
- go to classes (absorb + socialize)
- go to library with classmate (print stuff, work together, ask questions --> work + socialize)
- walk home (exercise + break)
- dinner + some form of entertainment/relaxing/chilling while I eat (socialize + break)
- continue readings and sample problems, work on assignments (work)
- reading Job
- sleep
by socialize, I mean talking/joking with classmates in between classes/learning/studying/sharing a meal
entertainment is probably a show or youtube, social networking, sharing a meal
work means school work and jobmining
yup. here we go. hope this method works....... I need to stay on top of things!! I've seriously been studying 4-5 hours a day for the past two weeks. Totally making up for all the classes I skipped while I was sick at the beginning of the term and with my sleeping in and during classes. Today my classmate sat in the row in front of me while I fell asleep. As I opened my eyes (I forget how I woke up), I saw his face staring at me. I literally jumped in my chair and panicked so hard. -_- What great classmates I have. Classmates I will never sit near again. Although.. they did help to keep me from sleeping again after that.
Anyway, working extra hard during weekdays means playing extra hard on weekends. If I can do that then maybe my life can start looking a bit more balanced.
Job 25-27 today
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