Focus should be you buzz word for the semester.Focus on your priorities. Focus on the things that you are doing your AeSI for. Focus on completing your degree, focus on your career. Focus on the immediate tasks that you need to do to get the most out of your semester.
Next semester is beginning and all I want to say the AeSI students is stay focused.
Here are the 3 things you should do immediately to Jump Start Your Semester of Success.
1. List out what you want out of this semester. By now you might know the subjects you are going to take so decide what and how much you want to learn from it. Fix a quantitative goal for the subjects; let’s say “I want to get 75+ marks in this subject”. Or “at the end of this semester i'll be master of this particular subject". The more objective your goal, the better. Main thing is to set a goal before you move on and keep it in writing.
2. Set a minimum limit of time that you want to study. Do it for the subjects you have made the goals for. This is the minimum limit that you have to do no matter what? So set it sensibly. It good to think that you can study 8 hours a day but you know it can't be always sustained. So set a limit that is lower than your average. I knew I can study 4 hours but I always set 2. This might seem unreasonable or plain rubbish but there's a catch. Now when I set 2 hours, I can't reduce or push this thing away. I need to do it everyday. So set a limit that you know you will do everyday. Setting one sensible limit meant that I have to study for that minimum no. of hours no matter what happened, be it serials blasts or jam-packed classes!!!
3. Write this thing down and publicly announce this to your near and dear ones. This will help you stick with it. This is the most important step. Setting goal was easy not staying with it is hard. If you are not accountable, you tend to loose you focus. So announce your goal and the task and the minimum hours that you need to put to some one who will see how you are doing. This helps you keep on track. Its like laying down the tracks for your train of goal!!! Be accountable!
And one bonus trick, keep the writing somewhere you always see. Always begin your day thinking about the goals. Keep them in your conscious.
To be more accountable, use this post to write your goals for this semester in the comments and regularly post the updates here and keep the entire AeSI community aware
Begin it now. Best of luck!
