Time Management

[burbuja0512]

...In bite sized chunks!

Break down your goals and make them small enough so that you can't fail! Can you commit to 15 minutes of solid study time every evening? No? Ok.. what about 15 minutes 5 days a week?

Give yourself bite-sized rewards too. One of the reasons I have become such a prolific poster this year is because I think I have ADHD. I seriously can't study for more than 10-15 minutes at a time. So, I will set a mini-goal along with my reward for accomplishing the mini-goal. It goes something like this:
If Burbuja gets through one set of IC cards, she can spend 15 minutes on IC forum and/or Facebook.

If it takes me more than 15 minutes on a set of cards (as it will if you're looking at a totally brand new concept), then just set a timer for 10-15 minutes to allow yourself a mini-reward.

Sometimes I luck out and this isn't an issue. When I was studying for the exams that interested me a lot, such as Humanities or Substance Abuse, I'd find myself lost on Wikipedia or other sites reading more about what IC had just scratched the surface of.

However, some tests are just painful or boring... or painfully boring lol. A timer and mini breaks/rewards are what has gotten me through my tests so quickly.

Also, one other point. I enrolled at COSC late June last year. I plunked down my 1400 bucks and didn't think that I would be finishing in a year. When November or December rolled around and I realized that graduation was feasible, all of the sudden, I had this huge 1400 savings if I didn't need to re-matriculate. The money was a HUGE motivator. There is no way I would have attempted to do my entire concentration in one month if the clock hadn't been ticking.

So.. this may be a foolish idea, but have you paid to enroll? Would paying first and having a ticking clock make you stick to your goals? If not, don't do it, but if it helps you, it's totally worth it.