Using My Time Wisely [Social Distancing] #2
So, I am having a hard time keeping myself accountable for the tasks I need to accomplish. For example, I need to finish my semester and the more time I waste sitting around watching YouTube videos the worse off I’ll be by the time all twenty things are due all at once. Although my school has put in place a pass/ fail option for every student I would prefer to receive marks instead in order to boost my GPA but with the road, I am on it is more likely that my GPA will decrease and all my efforts would have been for not.
Stressful banter aside, I’m sure a lot of us are feeling the same way in the light of this global quarantine. weather it is about school, work or just the depression of being stuck in one place for so long. I am not trying to provide a solution to the problem but instead to convey my own situation and what I am trying to do about it. I hope that this will be a fun way to express myself and get back into the fun world that is Tumbler (it’s been a while).
The first thing I did to get myself back on track was to mentally organize what I need to do. I culled through all my emails from professors and updated the deadlines of my papers and exams. Giving myself a clear visual on when the deadlines are, helps keep me from getting too comfortable in my cocoon of isolated comfort and holds me accountable for the usage of my time.
Next, I went into my own mind palace and had a heart to heart with every core facet of my personality [like Sander Sides] and wrote down my goals and priorities. Easily with the time, we have each part of me had something they want to do, from the many projects I have to the skills I want to maintain and the academic feats I want to achieve. Each one of these is ambitious and requires discipline. Discipline that I do not have at the moment. So, with all this in mind, I decided that the best course of action was to make a list. A long list.
First, I have my daily tasks;
Then I have my tasks for every second day, Twice a week, Once a week and finally Bi-weekly.
Then I put all that in an undated calendar template...
Finally, after ALL that, I made 14 individual cards describing the tasks needed to be accomplished every day for two weeks. These cards are nice and small so I can keep them in my pocket just in case I need to remind myself what else must be done.
So far, I’ve been using this system for 3 days now. I have yet to finish everything on the list I one day, but I am getting closer every day and that’s something. In addition to the lists, I have schoolwork to finish so it is diffidently a lot to ask of myself to finish every task right off the bat each day. I am doing a good job though. At least I think I am. I just need to keep progressing every day and I will get there. Just until this whole situation is done and then I can emerge from this quarantine with some new and useful habits.
until next time...
