#studysunday

2/17/19

Study Sunday 📒📖 7.04.17 Hello everyone! I want to do some short of diary where I can talk to you about what I am currently doing and things like that. Today I've been studying stress for an exam I have on tuesday and watching some criminal minds and gilmore girls on my breaks. This week is going to be a killer. First my exam. Then I have to do two final essays for two different classes :( and all I want to do is sleep. Also, I wanted to do the may study challenge but I've found it so hard to do it the way I want to. So I'll probably start posting it on wednesday:/ 

Good morning all!

 So, I always go through a period called Study Lent. This is the period before and during exam time were I fully concentrate on my studies. It is a bit hardcore but that’s because I’m actually really bad at revising so I have to be really strict with myself and keep myself from giving into to my temptation Anyway, I have some tips here on how to get through your own study lent. That’s if you think it can work for you. Of course, its affective for me but it might be a little different for everyone

Meditation

It’s all the stress of exams, work and my social life that really get to me and distract me when revising and meditation is one of the ways I use to calm my mind down, leave things behind and focus on the task ahead. There are lots of apps like Headspace or YouTube videos or even praying could help if you are religious.

Delete distactive apps

This is the one I find the hardest to do. I delete apps like you tube, BBC, IPlayer, Amazon prime, Pinterest and basically anything that gives me joy and everything that distracts me from working. The good thing is that you can also access most of these on the internet but you would have to go through less effort and as someone who is extremely lazy, I just do not bother and I then spend less time on my phone and therefore less time procrastinating.

Read some books

If you read books more than you use the internet, then skip this entirely and maybe cut down on the number of books that you read. But as someone who spends more time on Pinterest, pinning books that I wanna read than reading them. It’s a great replacement to social media because I find it much less addictive and easier to pull away. And no, I’m not talking about reading from your favourite genre Try something different like autobiographies or maybe a book on astrophysics or on biology or sewing.

Music

Now you all know how I feel about music from the previous episode. But sometimes you need music to motivate you. And you need that perfect playlist. So, make sure that you do not waste time trying to find it, prepare them for most of your moods and situations i.e. I have a playlist called studying while sad and studying in the lib…I usually use Spotify because they make brilliant playlists anyway. You could also make your own using most music streaming sites like apple music or google play etc.

Find different study spots

Because routine is great but it can also be very, very boring and demoralising. So scout out great areas to work at to make studying more fun and less tedious. I’m not saying you should find the coolest café in town and spend lots of money on a cup of coffee. I’m saying find a library, study in a different room in your house, study at a relatives. Although, I did plan a trip to London with my friend, found a cool library and spent a few hours writing my report then explored the city. So, try and be creative but also on budget.

So this is it on episode 2. As usual, feel free to comment, add on and ask questions.

Remember to study honey, and make some money

Procrastination, my friend

Ok so we all do it, there is no point even trying to deny it but the thing is we all know how it comes about. If you don't check out this link

If you're reading this and it’s a Sunday, there's a pretty good chance that you have procrastinated and left your homework until this point.Anyway, here are the neat tricks to help you not get into this situation again.

When you find yourself saying “I’ll do it later”... 

ask yourself “When?” and write down the date and time.This will turn the thought into reality.

If you have a certain urge to do something that isn't your work, 

write it down and when you're on your break.We've all been through. You sit down t start an essay and suddenly you fill drawn o repaint your bedroom or do your laundry or go for a run.These are things that you wouldn't ever do in the first place but you still end up doing it.The trick is to try to suppress those urges and try to concentrate on the most important task.

Do it for five minutes, you'll find yourself doing it for even longer

Do it in bits.

 by this I mean, break up huge tasks into little sections and have a reward

Tell your mum the deadline

I grew up heavily dependent on y parents tell me to do my homework and I'd never does it unless I was forced to so I found that telling my mum about a huge project meant that she would regularly ask me how it was going and that inspired me to get started on it. You can also set up daily or hourly reminders to try and guilt trip you into doing your work.

I hope this was helpful.

Rosexx

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