Power Study Skill: Routines
Pet owners know that pets quickly learn routines. Your dog starts bouncing off the walls when you put on your walking shoes; he’s anticipating checking his p-mail at the local park. You fire up the electric can opener and your cat leaves claw marks in the linoleum as she races across the kitchen to belly up to her bowl. Even my beta fish figured out that when I moved my hands close to his bowl, he was about to get fed.
Our bodies are pets too, in a way. Establish a routine with your studies (and make sure it ends with a reward), stick to it for a few days, and pretty soon your body will learn the pattern and come a-runnin’.
Here’s an example to get you started. As I step out the door of my Chem class I keep my pen and notebook in (more…)
One very effective way to keep yourself from giving in to temptation (whether that temptation is to eat that last piece of pecan pie or to watch that last episode of The Office) is to procrastinate–just keep putting it off. And you can do that by distracting yourself.
