Hello again, I am trying to juggle two assignments that rely heavily on literature and research simultaneously for the same due date. At the moment, I am not too stressed and I thank the Lord for that. Some part of my head had managed to get itself in order and made me sit down a month before the deadline to work on one and have it finished a massive two and a half weeks early. This left me to be able to focus on the final assignment and hopefully have time to spare before it had to be in. I am thankful to my smart brain for this geniusness.
Anyway, this blog isn't going to be a moan, it is in fact going to be an informative, and helpful guide to how to overcome the stress that comes with assignments especially this close to Christmas.
1. Don't stress. Ha! I literally just laughed at myself for starting on this one. But, I guess the truth is that the more you stress, the less you're going to get done. If you stress about how little you've already done, then you're going to spend all the time freaking out without having actually done the work. Time wasted is not something we want or need when we are trying to finish an assignment.
2. Tea and chocolate are your best friends. I don't care what you say about chocolate making you happy being an excuse for girls to eat more chocolate. It is a known fact (from me, Nicole, 2012; yes I just referenced that) that when you take a break from working, the best way to not feel guilty is to take your time having a warm beverage and something yummy to refuel you and your brain, and put some more fire in your belly to begin with more work. It works for me.
3. Make sure you have fun. The worst thing that you can do when you are doing an assignment is do nothing but your assignment locked away in whatever room you complete your work in (mine is my bedroom). Whilst it may seem like a great idea to focus solely on finishing it, nobody in the history of the world has loved staying in their room all day swamped by their work and slowly drowning in their stress and sadness. It's not healthy to not have fun with other people. And you shouldn't see it as being bad for taking some time away from your laptop and books to make sure you keep taking care of yourself and making yourself happy. I'm not saying have fun for hours on end, every single day, but a few hours here and there are therapeutic to you when completing work; it takes your mind away for a little and sometimes that's just what we need when we're feeling the strain.4. Don't put it off. The longer you are in denial about the fact you have work to do and leave starting it until the next day, the less time you will have to complete it. Just because you don't think about it or look at it doesn't mean it still won't be there tomorrow, it'll just be one less day that you have until the deadline. It's simple, start it and be able to do a little a day and still do things that make you happy, or feel the guilt at the very end, perhaps even the night before and hand in something that you knew you could do better on.
5. Just remember, that everywhere people are doing assignments and you aren't alone in the stressed world. You can do it, we can do it! :)I hope that my list has given you some pointers on how to survive assignments and that you aren't letting your assignments bog you down too much. After all, it's almost Christmas and the festive feeling should be inside of you making you happy and excited for the holiday. The sooner the assignments are done, the sooner Chistmas happens. But the sooner Christmas happens, the sooner exams start.... :S
We won't start with that yet.
BYEEEEEEEEEEE! :D
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