(week 5) Success is Right Behind That Door

Tyquan Chardon Professor Guarino/Blog B Inq: 101 9/28/13 Time was always a major factor when it came to school. It was always about managing your time wisely to get your work done and to study for an exam or test. Well I decided it was time to watch and see how I utilize my time properly, in order to see if I was on the right track with my first year in college. I realized that I wasn’t managing my time properly and that it needed to change. After all history is made from the person who put the most time and effort into their work not the person who just did one thing and tried to flourish off of it. The study we discussed in class taught me to manage my time through a system that will work with my daily day. It taught me to set times in the day where I could sit down and do my work and studies. It also taught me that as a student i must make sure I stay on track with all deadlines whether in classes or in extracurricular activities because in doing this it will help me to become accustomed with being responsible as a student as well as a man trying to make a living in the world. I admit that I am not a really good person when it comes to being organized but this study showed me how much time i spend with the things that are important and helped me to understand that I need to make a change. I spend at most 21 hours working on my homework. Now yes it is a good amount of time but honestly I need to assert myself and spend even more time because I know where my weaknesses come from. One of the problems I have with my time is with sleeping. I understand why at times it’s hard for me to focus on my work because I wasn’t replenished physically to focus right. Sleeping a total of 25 hours a week is unhealthy and messes with your sense of focus. The study showed me that I need more sleep so I can be more focused on the work that is important to accomplish. This way i can get my work done earlier instead of rushing to meet deadlines. As a freshman in college I know I will make mistakes. One of the things that I need to work on is procrastination. I say this because I know that after classes I feel I need to just take a break from doing anything, so instead of doing what I’m supposed to do I decide to relax. Then time gets away from me and by the time I realize it I find myself trying to rush to get what needed to be done finished. What I am going to do for now on is remind myself why I am here in order to practice intrinsic motivation in order to motivate myself into getting my work done. I now know what it takes to accomplish my goals in this school. I finally woke up and I am ready to do what must be done to succeed these four years