Every week, you will need to measure your progress against your planned projects and assignments.
If you find that you are not completing your assignments on time, figure out why this is the case.
For an easy way to see where your time goes, try Ohio University's 168 Hour Excercise.
If you just can't get yourself to study, monitor your moods and behaviour. Do you enjoy chatting with your classmates so much that you never get around to studying? Possibly you learn best through interaction with others, or possibly you're avoiding your work. Perhaps you don't know where to start, or perhaps you are uncertain whether you can complete the task successfully.
Try to find the next action, the next step that you can take. Break down larger tasks until you have identified a very small task, one you can do within a few minutes, and then do it! The action can be as small as looking over today's notes or looking up an assignment and spending a few minutes thinking about the requirements for that assignment. Taking action empowers you.
If you can't study because you are preoccupied with other problems or issues, such as illness, anxiety, sadness, depression or relationship trouble, or are low in motivation, you need to take appropriate steps to regain your health. You may benefit from consulting a health professional at Student Wellness.
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