This week was a hectic one. Where I planned to keep up with my work and get ahead, I actually slowed down. Where I kept up with things my first two weeks, I seem to have died this third week. Most of this is due to the fact that I have to study for the MCAT on the side and take some time away from homework to study for it. But homework this semester is taking a lot more time than I expected. Where I assumed I would get done quickly and then resume my MCAT studying, I end up getting very tired of doing homework, finishing it partially, then studying for the MCAT and then ending up too tired to finish the rest of my homework.
School is a very tiring process sometimes. However, in the past year I acquired a job, and just recently, I left it. It was afterwards that I realized that I liked having my job and earning money and feeling independent. And that is my biggest motivation for finishing college and continuing onwards towards the profession of my dreams: a doctor. I do realize that the studies I have right now are nothing compared to that which I'll face in medical school, which I hope to first get admitted into. So I suppose I just have to toughen up and focus and prioritize.
For this class specifically, I had a set schedule written down. But instead of being a day ahead, I'm doing the actual day's assignment very last minute, something I said I wouldn't do. Hopefully though, I can get back on track starting this week (on Monday) and ace this class. Starting tomorrow, I plan to finish Reading A and Reading B for week 4 and begin to form an idea for my storytelling post that is due on Wednesday.
Planners are the best!
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Hey Khadija! I can totally relate to how you said homework is taking up way more of your time than you expected this semester. I feel the same way. Last semester I took a lot of online classes and everything was just a lot easier to stay on top of and all of my homework didn’t seem as redundant. This semester I am swamped, the total opposite. I agree that it’s easy to get sidetracked between all of the different things we all have going on in our own personal lives. I also have a side part-time job at the Lloyd Noble Center and it can be hard keeping up with work and school but like you said, I love the feeling of making my own money and being independent even if it’s only in the smallest things. I hope the rest of your semester goes smoothly!
ReplyDeleteHello again! I was curious to see how your mindset changed through the semester, so I took a peek at your earliest “Famous Last Words” post, which came from week three. It looks like you have been occupied with the MCAT for quite some time—no surprise there! I wonder if you managed to get ahead of schedule, but I am guessing you didn’t, considering you were commenting on my stuff earlier today, haha. Don’t worry, I had the exact same experience!
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