
Jan 01, 2014, 06:54 AM
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Member Since: Nov 2013
Location: saskatoon
Posts: 59
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Originally Posted by Perna
Taking things away can be hard to sustain, it feels like punishment? I find it easier to do new, good things, that naturally take the place. You say you want to study more rather than use technology, I would come up with a way to combine the two.
I have a Nook eReader (Barnes and Noble) and that has a PC ap and I buy/read non-fiction on my computer and fiction in bed in the evening before sleep, for example. It is easier for me to study and work on my course knowing I have a couple non-fiction books that I want to read and put into my papers I am writing and all that is on the computer so is more "fun". Barnes and Noble rents textbooks, too, so some I can make part of my studying and feel like I'm working rather than playing but it is much more enjoyable. I have the Nook ap on my phone too, and when I have to wait somewhere or am on a long drive, I read and take notes with my phone word processing/note software.
But mostly I go back and forth when I am studying using my computer (I have been taking all online courses for about 10 years now), do a little work and then play a game or two, shuffle papers and do some classwork and then play, do some reading, etc. I make sure I have 3-4 different activities I can do for my classes at any one time, writing a paper, reading, doing stuff in the classroom, planning, etc.
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That is a really good point, and I think I will take that advice. One thing that I will leave in that I had in there is to reduce non face to face relationships with more face to face ones, but I'll remove the 15 minute rule I had. I still notice many insecurities in myself when I'm around people, especially when I drink with past friends. But I feel that the more I put myself out there with relatively positive people the better my anxieties should get.
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