Saturday 15 June 2013

Get Your Study Habits Organized And Get Your Life In Order

By Lachlan Haynes


Do you scramble to get assignments finished on time? Do you find that the more things you have to complete, and the more the pressure builds, the more likely you are to engage in time-wasting activities? Do you find that things you really want to engage in - such as that really good diet and exercise plan you just found online (you know the one that absolutely 100% guarantees success) constantly fall into that endless and timeless pit of "things I wanted to do"? Well, forget all that. That's the past. This is the now. It's a new day and a new chance to get your life in order. Nothing better than a new day to bring true inspiration!

If your organizational ability has been out of control in your past we can use that information to accurately predict that things are likely to always be out of control in your future. Pretty uncomplicated stuff isn't it? Do you want to see your long term future? Examine your history. Unless of course you decide that today is definitely the day to produce a change for yourself! You decide you'd love to get yourself super organized. You decide that you'd prefer to have a bunch of free time and get rid of all of that rushing, stress and worry? Does any of that seem good to you? I hope it does. We are going to take a look at some strategies you can actually put in place straight away to create a brand new organized you.

Get Control of your Time

What can you do to get control of your time?

1. Use a weekly planner to be able to write in when tasks are scheduled and when any assessments are taking place. It's natural to tend to forget when tasks, assessments and examinations are scheduled so get rid of the anxiety by jotting all of it down.

2. Discover the periods you feel you might be most efficient and arrange your study times around them. This may be in the early morning before school or perhaps late at night. Your peak performance time may not be when you think it is so start exploring when you have lots of energy.

3. Keep track of assignment due dates and test dates as well as any other responsibilities you have from the start. Studying for a small amount of time on a consistent basis throughout the entire week, the entire month or the entire semester is a considerably greater approach than delaying your study for one huge dose at the end. In other words, thirty minutes each day for thirty days is far better than fifteen hours in a row the day just before your assignment is expected to be submitted!

Your Study Zone

1. Constantly put things away after you are done with them so you'll continually know where they are. This is called being predictable and it will likely save you plenty of time later because you won't be hunting around for everything.

2. Make certain your study zone is tidy and neat and an enjoyable space to be. Get rid of old snacks (and ancient smelly socks) and thoroughly cleanse the area of all well-known disruptions (Oh One Direction poster - you're the ultimate distraction - stop looking at me with your dreamy eyes). In the event you choose not to clean up your study zone, you are going to no doubt find distractions are just around the corner regardless of how intensely you concentrate.

Plan Your Existence

We all need and (I presume?) desire a functioning social life (whether that means seeing friends and family, sending e-mails, or making calls or sending text messages - or whether it means playing Angry Birds for 6 hours on end).

1. Ensure you've got some time allocated to link up with other people every single day and arrange this time around your classes and study times (take note that we really don't suggest you arrange your study around your social life - it will need to be the other way around).

2. Sometimes the "peak study hours" - time during free periods at school and in the first few hours after school - get whittled away by conversation and the blab factor (as in you are wasting time with directionless and mostly pointless chatter) and then you find yourself too tired or unmotivated to study.

Utilize To-Do Lists

1. Come up with lists of 3-5 items that allow you to easily visually identify what you'll need to complete to create the outcome you want. Write down the items and also their due dates.

2. Place the items on a message board, refrigerator, in your rest room at home or in another space or room that you often pass and will definitely continuously remind you about your true concerns and what you really want to fulfill.

3. Tick the items off as you go. Humans love to tick things off, it makes us very happy! Tick!

4. If you can, put your schedule in to your mobile phone, your computer and your email planner and set up as many reminders as you can. This is extremely useful.

In the end being organized is actually about the intelligent and smart distribution of your valuable time. Once you learn how to harness your time you will fully understand organization. We wish you all the best!




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