mooSe_
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I've always been rather lazy when I comes to school work, but I always did well enough up until now because I'm reasonable intelligent (so I like to think) or at least I'm good at exams.
In my first year of uni I did ok: I went to most of the lectures and handed all the work in on time even if some of it was a bit half-arsed. I didn't do lots of the required reading because first year was mostly going over topics which I had already done at A-level. Basically philosophy A level isn't a requirement for a philosophy degree, so they teach first year as though no one knows anything about philosophy. Since I thought I already knew it all I just wrote essays and turned up to seminars without having prepared; and I did well enough (kinda around 2:1). I thought it didn't really matter because the grade I got in first year didn't count towards my overall degree. I always thought "It's no problem I'll just try harder in second year".
Now that I'm in my second year I am definitely not trying harder, in fact I put in hardly any effort. I do almost none of the required reading until it's time for essays or exams and then I just rush through the necessary chapters so I at least understand what is going on. This year isn't stuff I've already done for the most part, so I can't justify not studying it, but I really did no work for the first 5 weeks of this term (6th week now).
I have 3 coursework essays due for midday friday. I managed to finish one of them yesterday, although I know if I had given myself more time it could've been a lot better. The essays are only 2,000 words, but now I have 2 essays to do the reading for, plan and write in 2 days when I could've done it a month ago.
I don't want to end up in this situation again next time I have important work to do, but I'm completely incapable of motivating myself or planning my time to get work done. Whenever I try to start my work I just get distracted by posting on forums (exactly like now lol: why am I posting? I should be writing an essay) or listening to music or something. This has turned out to be mostly a rant thread but I guess I'll make it constructive by asking how do you guys motivate yourself to get work done and how do you manage to plan your time?
In my first year of uni I did ok: I went to most of the lectures and handed all the work in on time even if some of it was a bit half-arsed. I didn't do lots of the required reading because first year was mostly going over topics which I had already done at A-level. Basically philosophy A level isn't a requirement for a philosophy degree, so they teach first year as though no one knows anything about philosophy. Since I thought I already knew it all I just wrote essays and turned up to seminars without having prepared; and I did well enough (kinda around 2:1). I thought it didn't really matter because the grade I got in first year didn't count towards my overall degree. I always thought "It's no problem I'll just try harder in second year".
Now that I'm in my second year I am definitely not trying harder, in fact I put in hardly any effort. I do almost none of the required reading until it's time for essays or exams and then I just rush through the necessary chapters so I at least understand what is going on. This year isn't stuff I've already done for the most part, so I can't justify not studying it, but I really did no work for the first 5 weeks of this term (6th week now).
I have 3 coursework essays due for midday friday. I managed to finish one of them yesterday, although I know if I had given myself more time it could've been a lot better. The essays are only 2,000 words, but now I have 2 essays to do the reading for, plan and write in 2 days when I could've done it a month ago.
I don't want to end up in this situation again next time I have important work to do, but I'm completely incapable of motivating myself or planning my time to get work done. Whenever I try to start my work I just get distracted by posting on forums (exactly like now lol: why am I posting? I should be writing an essay) or listening to music or something. This has turned out to be mostly a rant thread but I guess I'll make it constructive by asking how do you guys motivate yourself to get work done and how do you manage to plan your time?