Thursday, August 27, 2015

Calendar Reflection

Okay, so this activity was very enlightening to how little free time I have. So, I'll look past my stress for now and use this reflection to create a plan for myself to complete my schoolwork. A plan that, eventually, will help me to pass 109H the most efficient way possible.

Costes, Chris. "Day 19" 1/19/2010 via Flickr. Attribution 2.0 Generic
My calendar shows that on the weekdays, I have very little time until late afternoon to do any sort of homework. My early mornings are completely booked because as a Night Owl, mornings are devoted to sleep. However, I definitely have enough time to squeeze in 6 hours a week, the trick is to use my time wisely. For me, this will probably consist of bringing out my laptop between classes and working on homework. On Monday alone I could do 4 hours of work on anything, most of which will probably be English. During the rest of the week, I could take a few hours after dinner to devote to homework.

Of course, there is always the weekend as well. 

I'm happy to take this challenge, and I know that if I stay focused, I'll be able to not only complete my coursework, but still leave some time to relax.

Reflection:

 Reading through some of my peers' posts has definitely given me some inspiration to add to my own plan.

 First, Rachel's post inspired me to continue at attempting to write in my planner. Even though my schedule is a little more filled, she helped me to realize that the morning is a time to work, not just sleep. Time to start going to bed earlier!

 Addie's post gave me a very good idea to form my plan around. Simply, a blog post a day! Sometimes this could take less than an hour, so I could possibly move on to other English assignments within the hour or two I devote to English that day.

 Both posts reminded me that college comes first, no matter what. So, I'm going to make the best out of my schedule as I possibly can, and always have an optimistic attitude, even if I do have piles of work ahead of me.



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  1. UnknownAugust 29, 2015 at 10:39 AM

    Similarly to you, I too don't have much free time during the week until late afternoon. Combining my plan (a blog post a day) with yours (working homework into gaps in my schedule) will help me keep on top of things. Using this plan I think it will be easy to balance my workload each week.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 29, 2015 at 4:10 PM

    A little something that I can relate to is your statement: "the trick is to use my time wisely". Although this may seem like a no-brainer, those large windows of time, for example your 4 hours on Monday, can be a little tricky. One has to keep in mind the fact that breaks are super-important and that those 4 hours, realistically speaking will be more along the lines of "three 1 hour sessions with 20 minutes in between". However that total of 3 hours with breaks will be more productive that 4 hours of straight, non-stop work, that's for sure.

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  3. Charles NovakAugust 29, 2015 at 4:54 PM

    I found that the bringing the laptop in between classes as brilliant use for a semi weird time where I'm not sure what exactly I should be doing so I definitely might steal it. I just hope that we can make it through college with the grades we want and the exciting new experiences that wait ahead of us.

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