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How to Handle Having TOO MUCH To Do
So let’s say you’re in the same boat I am (this is a running theme, have you noticed?) and you’ve just got, like, SO MUCH STUFF that HAS to get done YESTERDAY or you will DIE (or fail/get fired/mope). Everything needs to be done yesterday, you’re sick, and for whatever reason you are focusing on the least important stuff first. What to do!
Take a deep breath, because this is a boot camp in prioritization.
Make a 3 by 4 grid. Make it pretty big. The line above your top row goes like this: Due YESTERDAY - due TOMORROW - due LATER. Along the side, write: Takes 5 min - Takes 30 min - Takes hours - Takes DAYS.
Divide ALL your tasks into one of these squares, based on how much work you still have to do. A thank you note for a present you received two weeks ago? That takes 5 minutes and was due YESTERDAY. Put it in that square. A five page paper that’s due tomorrow? That takes an hour/hours, place it appropriately. Tomorrow’s speech you just need to rehearse? Half an hour, due TOMORROW. Do the same for ALL of your tasks
Your priority goes like this:
5 minutes due YESTERDAY
5 minutes due TOMORROW
Half-hour due YESTERDAY
Half-hour due TOMORROW
Hours due YESTERDAY
Hours due TOMORROW
5 minutes due LATER
Half-hour due LATER
Hours due LATER
DAYS due YESTERDAY
DAYS due TOMORROW
DAYS due LATER
At this point you just go down the list in each section. If something feels especially urgent, for whatever reason - a certain professor is hounding you, you’re especially worried about that speech, whatever - you can bump that up to the top of the entire list. However, going through the list like this is what I find most efficient.
Some people do like to save the 5 minute tasks for kind of a break between longer-running tasks. If that’s what you want to try, go for it! You’re the one studying here.
So that’s how to prioritize. Now, how to actually do shit? That’s where the 20/10 method comes in. It’s simple: do stuff like a stuff-doing FIEND for 20 minutes, then take a ten minute break and do whatever you want. Repeat ad infinitum. It’s how I’ve gotten through my to do list, concussed and everything.
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It’s still a work in progress but here’s a cool simple list I found to help clean your room that I’ve been using:
Hope this helps anyone!
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things i’ll do once i can FINALLY drive:
just leave to the library for some quiet time
just go to stores or a mall and skim through them on my own time
probably run someone over
actually control the music
just vibe in graveyards looking for cool names to write down
go to a park on my own and just immediately walk off the path and get lost
put stickers all throughout town
maybe get a part time job?
be able to get things like piercings n shit that i otherwise would not be able to get in a timely manner
probably carry even more safety shit
fuck up learning the guitar OUTSIDE instead of doing that indoors
get a parking fine because how the fuck do people even parallel park like it doesn’t even look physically possible
get the food i’m craving without having to do a charisma check at my family
just go to a pharmacy and walk around cus i never get enough time to just look at the things
maybe go to a con or other cool shit goin on
explore abandoned shit on my own that i probably shouldn’t be exploring
etc etc you get the gist I cannot wait
Can you tell I’m upset yet?
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end sem szn is nearing and i need to start preparing so:
psych:
bio bases
test-yourself-flashcards for neurotransmitters & their functions and parts of the brain & the functions
start going through ppts, start with the topic you feel the most lost in (or figure some other strategy for this, if needed)
simultaneously go through the QB questions for the topics you do
and ofc, past-year papers
stats
start making compulsory cheat sheet
(timed) practice exercises
past-year papers
personality psych
go through ppts (of both profs, if needed)
go through given textbook(s) for more clarity
past-year papers
social psych
start making mind-maps of theories/topics to understand the topics, use given textbook(s) for this
start with the topics that weren't tested in the quiz
teach it to yourself through storytelling, don't rote memorise
past-year papers
design:
make final presentation
finish up prototype, add aesthetic details, sticky notes and other labels
prepare points you wish to emphasize on during jury
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