get straight A's

I need to study more and take more breaks. Starting in 5 minutes (break time).

Time to pick things up. In order to do this I will:

1. Spend less time online by setting SOME time on Friday for surfing the net. No need to go overboard. I will have a book to read, photos to take, and research to do.

2. Spend more time studying, doing the readings, and thinking.

Well, I have spent between 3 and 4 hours online, with probably 3/4 of those hours having gone to waste. Still, 3 or 4 is less than 6.

I also thought I would get my report done by 9pm and then by midnight. I am really sick of stretching this out. I will either be done tonight, by 2, or before 11:30 tomorrow morning. I am tempted to put it off, but, having remembered how sick I felt this morning (and how unable I was to write), I am going to work until I am tired. I will finish and/or edit tomorrow.

I vow NEVER to have another day like the one I had today. I vow never to waste maybe 6 hours online. I vow to take better breaks. I vow to switch between my subjects more often. I vow never to put my grades in such jeopardy again.

Maybe I should have called this one “develop better study habits.”

I’ve realized that trying to turn myself into a morning person isn’t exactly the solution. I just need to study better (more efficiently, if I can) and harder. I just wish I wasn’t so tired.

Alright. Time to get back on track with this one. After I finish writing this report and go on Spring Break, I am going to use time management sheets more seriously. I will get things done, because that is what makes me happy.

I am sick of screwing up. I used to get all A’s. What is wrong with me?!

Starting in January, I will be the best student. I will start practicing this “vacation.”

I think fear is a problem for me. Right now, for example, I am scared of writing this report, of tackling all the material that needs to be tackled to write the report…Why can’t I just do it? If I stop being afraid, I will succeed.

How do I get rid of my fears? Just going for it doesn’t seem to work.

Things have really gone done the tube, and I need to get them back up again.

If only I knew what exactly cause this mess. Perhaps I didn’t spend enough time studying? Did I listen to too much music? Did my problems with food distract me from my real goal? Where are the hours in my day going?!

Using weekends are a big problem for me, and other students around me. Somehow, we fritter away our time and suddenly, it’s the beginning of the week. During the week, we wait for the weekend. That can’t be a good way to study.

I will just try to do a little every day, except maybe Friday. On Friday I will get silly (but still useful) tasks done like printing out next week’s readings. I will try to get my Hebrew homework done on Fridays as well. I used to be such a good student…