Tutorial Date: 26 October 2023
Some of the key takeaways from the tutorial session were to:
- set up a reward system
- block off time for self care
- direct learning focus
These goals and directions are meant to develop a school life balance and build sustainable study habits.
- Setting up a reward system is often a challenge for me, as most of the times, the rewards I enjoy are not exactly helpful in achieving my goals. Such activities include indulging in food and spending time away from my work/study. I often wonder how productive or counter productive it would be for me to have a reward system. However, as an attempt, I’m going to set one as follows: for each week that I complete my to do list, I may go out and dine at a restaurant. Hopefully this will motivate me to study more efficiently.
- I plan on signing up for gym classes, as it will obligate me to commit the time to it, rather than my existing habits of staying home all the time and studying. Exercising is great for the health as well, it should help me maintain a good body to keep going.
- So far, I’ve been completing class/seminar preparations by doing all the research and finding most of the reasonable responses. Perhaps I should try simply having a couple of answers for each question, so that I’m not spending hours on the questions. Hopefully, this method of approach still enables me to feel that I’ve touched upon all subject areas, while reducing the time I’m spending.