There are certain facts which terrifies me...I am the greatest procrastinator..I could never devote more than 5 hrs to study even on a single day in my entire student life...
Thats when I see people around me devoting 11+hrs easily . Every day I go to sleep with the resolution of getting things better the coming day...I still remember my entrance preparation days when everyday I used to fill my diary with detailed plans on how to cover up the topics..Each day night,I used to re-write the plan , for I would not have devoted at least 20% of what was already planned for that day....When this continued for more than 3 months,I decided to stop the exercise of filling up the diary.In fact I decided to stop even studying...Out of the last 60 days previous to the exam, I still remember that I had touched my books only on 6-7 occasions.
So here are some tips for myself before I start that journey...
1.Have clear cut plans for the day and the week
2.Follow pomodoro technique and have a to do list
3.Start the day by preparing the to do list for the day.There should be only one objective for the day-and that should be to tick off each and every item mentioned in the to do list.Should not think about anything under the sun other than this.
4.Should have completed at least 20% of things mentioned for the day before breakfast.The goodness of something completed would push things further for the day.On the contrary the regret of wasted time would drag things out.
5.Work 6 days a week.Should not touch the computer on the 7th day
6.Before opening the computer , be clear on what to do.Should not slip to surfing and facebooking. Have specific time slots for things like fb,gmail,reader,news etc
7.Have time slots for meditation/jogging/swimming/cooking/yoga and stick to a routine.
Read at least a book / or here a pep talk daily so as to charge oneself...
Wishing myself good luck
rk
