Help!

Since the cold weather started to re-appear, my girls and I slowed a bit down on all the outings, partying and other get-togethers. For some reason, these weather changes made us realize that we were in school primarily to learn and get good GPAs… Plus, so many other things were on the agenda as well, like Homecoming for example. So many reasons why everybody in the house is now trying to get caught up on homework and sorority duties. It’s not easy. And the lack of sleep and stress has started to take its toll.

I knew I have never been good at time-management and multitasking, but now I’m really starting to feel handicapped by those lacks. Or maybe I’m not motivated enough, I don’t know. I’ve tried everything though – coffee, tea, energy drinks, vitamins, junk food, and even ambrosia, this kind of food exclusively served in Mt. Olympus – none of those helped in any way!

I however remembered a few days ago about a hint given in my IUL 101 – 1 credit-hour “intro to university life” class I took during freshman year. They advised to study 3 hours per week for a 3 credit-hour class for instance. They also said that, to improve your time management skills, you were supposed to create a timetable displaying all of your daily activities. Once done, you were supposed to realize how bad you were spending your time, how many of those useless activities you could remove, and how much of those little gaps you could fill productively. Up to today, here is the detailed analysis of the time I allocate on homework for a 3 credit-hour class:

15 minutes looking for assignment.

7 minutes calling a friend for the assignment.

30 minutes complaining on the phone about the teacher and assignment.

40 minutes chitchatting on the phone about random things.

40 minutes taking a break, checking messages on MyGreekLife and viewing friends’ profiles.

8 minutes in the bathroom.

10 minutes getting a snack.

15 minutes convincing some boyfriend on AIM to come over.

15 minutes waiting for boyfriend to come do the assignment.

Hmm… okay there might be some things that I could remove, like getting a snack. All the rest is vital though, I mean, we’re human (and divine) beings, not robots. And I’ve personally never seen anybody fully effectuating those 3 hour-studying per week for 3 hour-credit class.