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Dec 06, 2011, 04:42 PM
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Hi everyone,
I tend to have the bad habit of telling myself that I HAVE to do this homework, and HAVE to work on it for a certain amount of time. Usually, it's an overwhelming goal for me, such as 1 hour. When that happens, my mind goes into panic mode and becomes paralyzed. I find that I cannot do any work at all because I'm so worried about falling short of that unrealistic goal. So what I began a couple of weeks ago...was to tell myself that I only needed to do 10 minutes of school work. Because it seemed like such a small amount of time, I started the homework with a lot less pressure, and almost all of the time, ended up doing A LOT more than the minimal 10 minutes. Sometimes, about an hour of homework, without that horrible feeling of pressure!  So I have been setting this small goal on a daily basis, and it makes doing that school work a whole lot easier. Does anybody else use this strategy? |
 HalfSwede, natani_girl
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Dec 06, 2011, 06:08 PM
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 ahhh, that sounds like such a great idea! Thank you so much, I've had so much trouble with my math homework, and this sounds like it could work 4 me!
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 "Dear Die-ary, there's nothing terribly wrong with feeling lost, so long as that feeling precedes some plan on your part to actually do something about it. Too often a person grows complacent with their disillusionment, perpetually wearing their "discomfort" like a favorite shirt. I can't say I'm very pleased with where my life is just now... but I can't help but look forward to where it's going." ~JTHM 
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Dec 06, 2011, 09:09 PM
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You must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on. - Samuel Beckett It's never too late to start all over again - Steppenwolf Every person carries with him or herself patterns of thinking, feeling, and potential acting which were learned throughout their lifetime...As soon as certain patterns...have established themselves...he must unlearn these...and unlearning is more difficult than learning for the first time. - Geert Hofstede |
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Dec 08, 2011, 02:49 AM
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Interesting! Nice method, melissa.recovering!
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