Hello blog world! I hope everyone has had a wonderful week and weekend (especially the 70 degrees on Wednesday!!!) I must say, very little time was spent on homework that day while my friend and I sat on the quad for hours enjoying every second of the warm weather. (we knew it couldn’t last long with the snow storm on Friday!) Since Thanksgiving break is SO soon (I leave on Thursday….YAY!!!), I’ve been having a hard time with motivation, resulting in procrastination. While I don’t have any big projects right now, the small homework assignments are getting in the way of my Facebook time…maybe it’s the other way around?! I decided to use TWO strategies to help with me the procrastination issue! The first is Time Wasters! As a visual learner, you get to make a list and see what your excuse is for not doing work and for which subject! On the left you write the excuse and the right is the translation (or which subject you’re failing to do).
| Excuse | Translation |
| Facebook Television Recipe Blogs Video Chatting | Spanish 101- homework PSY 205- study guide |
I realized that I tend to go on Facebook and watch tv when I don’t want to do my Spanish homework and I video chat when I want to create my study guides. After realizing this, I put time limits on surfing the Internet and talking to friends! I definitely have to remind myself that the homework is important, but so far, it has been working! I never thought about how I turn to a different method of procrastination for each subject!
The next strategy I used was the 24-hour rule. I made a list (yay visual learners!) of all things that were due last week and made everything due 24 hours before it actually was! This was SO helpful because I actually accomplished everything a head of time, without stressing about not doing it. I said my SPA 101 homework was due Wednesday instead of Thursday and my WRT 105 homework was due Friday, not Monday! I definitely recommend this to anyone having issues finishing their homework.
Good Luck,
Hannah :)
Ugh the warm weather was too good to be true considering the snow storm to follow! But your blog is fun and engaging this week, you did a good job. You used your strategy a little different then I did but I like had you did yours just brief that way it leaves it up to you to do more of the thinking and trust me I know also, this strategy comes in handy for spanish hw always!! 4 more days until your home!! :)
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