This is the first time when I clearly understand what I am going to write about in this free topic blog. Thinking about other themes of previous blogs demanded sometimes even an one of thinking over, but today i will write about present feeling of constant stress
At 2a.m. today I have realized that I am fed up with studying and feel constant stress, it doesn't for sure mean that I decided to give it up, but I can't calm down at least. Every time when I get down to my homework I become angry, but not with people who made it up, with myself. The main reason of it is time management. To be precise, total absence of time management. A year ago I got used working and doing a homework at night. I know that it's not as effective as working in the evening, but after getting home I can't make myself start doing something. That story was continuing for all these three studying months and still continue. But what actually arose such feelings is an enormous amount of homework at this week and, as it was promised, till the end of December.
At 2a.m. today I have realized that I am fed up with studying and feel constant stress, it doesn't for sure mean that I decided to give it up, but I can't calm down at least. Every time when I get down to my homework I become angry, but not with people who made it up, with myself. The main reason of it is time management. To be precise, total absence of time management. A year ago I got used working and doing a homework at night. I know that it's not as effective as working in the evening, but after getting home I can't make myself start doing something. That story was continuing for all these three studying months and still continue. But what actually arose such feelings is an enormous amount of homework at this week and, as it was promised, till the end of December.
Unfortunately, I don't know how to overcome this stress, it surely need to be gone through , and after i suppose everything will be no doubt ok. I consider myself as an optimist, but now there is a black stripe with studying which disturbs me and prevents me from enjoying life.
I know tht this post is dull and boring to read, but it was necessary for me to write it as an another opportunity to complain
Still in this situation I will answer that I don't regret about choice of university if you ask me.
Ah, but you're so close to the end of a semester and a much deserved break. Don't give up yet!
ОтветитьУдалитьStudents never like to hear this, but when I was in college and graduate school I managed my time by treating studying like a job that I worked at from 8 a.m. until 5 or 6 p.m. every day. You'd be amazed how much work you can get done if you use this strategy, but it does eliminate sleeping late and hanging out with friends during the day.
Anyway, first semester of freshman year of college is probably most challenging for most people. You'll get the hang of it!
Yes, I agree that it is too late to give up! I believe you can do it! Anyway, I think everybody can cope with such a huge amounts of work that needs to be done. For instance, I divide my sleeping hours between day and the night. But you may experiment and find your efficient way to work hard with less losses. I hope I found it - it made me possible to write that comment at 3 a.m. without a sleep in my eye!
ОтветитьУдалитьYou know, I understand you perfectly. I do not feel really stressed, I am just living like an automatic student which has a strict timetable of eating-university-eating-homework-eating-sleeping-andonemoretime... I have no time for doing sports, I stopped watching good movies (no time), I hadn't meet my friends in the last month. The amount of the homework is incredible. The only hope is that on the 27th of december we will be free for more then 3 weeks. We will survive, I believe. Till the next semester.
ОтветитьУдалитьOh, this post contains all the things that I wanted to write about during last two months! You are right, Anna. Sometimes I have the same feelings. From time to time I just want to give up and continue my life of ease, just like it was before NES. But I understand that it wouldn’t be the correct choice. And yes, just like you, Anna, I don’t regret that I’ve chosen NES!
ОтветитьУдалитьThis post is so actual for me, especially last month. I've never been good at time management, but lately, i have, as you said "total absence of time management"! I can't concentrate and make myself doing something useful. I waste hours doing just nothing! Not just hours, to be honest, days! And then i spent whole nights studying. I hate this, but I can't force myself to organize well my time. Si I hope, all of us will overcome this difficulties! One point in my new year resolutions is to learn to plan my day and to follow this plan:)
ОтветитьУдалитьOhhh, Ann!! You have just written my thought and emotions. I am also in a great stress. I am so tired that my productivity is decreasing and I don’t really have any power to continue. I came up with an analogy that now we are in the homestretch. What professional runners do in such a situation? They have saved some power in order to run a quickly as possible in the end. Final results really depend greatly on this homestretch. And now we face the same situation. It is the hardest part of term, but we should do our best and manage to do all tasks perfectly. But, personally, I failed. I haven’t saved power. And now I am looser. As for studying at night, I have the same problem. My parents are always angry because of it. Still, I can’t solve it and change something in my timetable. So, we are really loosers.
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ОтветитьУдалитьAnn, your blog post is so realistic for everyone who study at NES university! I remember I had the same feeling about two weeks ago when we were overloaded with homework (especially Maths). I was about to die doing all the assignments, cursing everything in my life and regretting I was not at culinary college. Today I was reading one of the Ivan Mozharov's blogs where he describes his first two weeks at NES and was astonished by the amount of free time we had those days! I hope the next semester will not be so tough!