Semester Goals: Study Habits, Routines, and Grades

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✧˖*°࿐It’s almost the next semester, and while I’m not one for New Year's Resolutions, I thought that clarifying my intentions would be useful. So here we go!

 

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➊ • ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕄𝕠𝕕𝕦𝕝𝕖 𝕎𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕝𝕪

✧˖*°࿐Sometimes it’s not possible to study every subject every day, but I have come to realize that studying consistently is far more productive than doing study marathons after weeks of neglecting classes. My hope is to read over my notes for each module every week, most likely every weekend, to keep them fresh in my mind throughout the semester.

➋ • 𝕊𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕃𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟

✧˖*°࿐ I study physics and maths, so lecturers or textbooks will often “leave this proof as an exercise for the reader”, or state “this proof is trivial”, and skip over it. Last semester I did not make much of an attempt to review the content not covered in class or not appearing on the exam, however I realize that those exercises provide a deeper understanding of the subject matter. Not only that, I’m not in university just to my exams - I am here to learn.

➌ • 𝕊𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕪 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕀𝕟 𝔸𝕕𝕧𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝔼𝕩𝕒𝕞𝕤

✧˖*°࿐This is more aimed at mid. Last semester many mid kind of snuck up on me, which resulted in unnecessary cramming. This semester I want to revise at least a week before an exam, and most importantly - no all nighters!

 

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➊ • 𝕁𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝔻𝕒𝕪

✧˖*°࿐I feel like I often forget what I do in a day, or I only focus on the tasks I didn’t accomplish rather than the things I did. I also want to start being more positive about my life - the privileges I am afforded and the things I am grateful for. I hope that on my commute home I can write in my journal, as it’s about an hour journey on the bus.

➋ • 𝕊𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕋𝕠 𝔸 𝕊𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕊𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕𝕦𝕝𝕖

✧˖*°࿐I have a terrible habit of compromising my sleep very quickly. Is there a show I want to watch? Is there a test tomorrow? Do I just want to chat with friends? I’ll stay up. But it’s not great for my mental or physical health, so I’d like to prioritise getting at least seven hours of sleep per night, and going to bed by ten.

➌ • 𝕊𝕖𝕥 𝔽𝕚𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕣 𝔹𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝔽𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤

✧˖*°࿐Don’t get me wrong - I love hanging out with friends as much as the next person, but it’s quite distracting and I can end up squandering whole afternoons. I think last semester I was fortunate enough to find a small group of close friends. That was the time to set studies on the back burner at times and cultivate my relationships with people. However, classes are going to be more difficult and the hours are going to be longer now, so I need to shift my priorities back to my academics again.

➍ • 𝔻𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕊𝕖𝕥 𝔸 𝕄𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝔾𝕠𝕒𝕝𝕤

✧˖*°࿐I tend to set too many goals, as well as unrealistic goals for myself. It’s setting myself up for failure, leading me to disappointment. This semester I want to be realistic: I’m not going to do much else than school and take driving lessons, and that’s okay.

 

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➊ • 𝔸+ 𝕊𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕡?

✧˖*°࿐So the thing about this is that I don’t even know what I got last semester. I don’t want to jump the gun and set more unrealistic goals, only to be disappointed in myself at the end. Then again, I think that if we set the bar high, just high enough - we can even surprise ourselves with our success.

➋ • 𝔹𝕖 𝕊𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀 𝔻𝕚𝕕 𝕄𝕪 𝔹𝕖𝕤𝕥

✧˖*°࿐Regardless of the results I get in the summer, I want to work to the level that I can be assured that I worked the hardest I could.

 

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✧˖*°࿐There will undoubtedly be circumstances that come up, times that I will procrastinate and will be stressed, and I would be a fool to never allow myself to make mistakes. We are only human.

✧˖*°࿐I know that trying to learn driving at the same time will probably ramp up the stress, so I want to mentally prepare myself for that in advance. It’s easy for me to be unreasonably harsh on myself, but I know that in the coming months I need to approach myself with kindness and patience.

✧˖*°࿐I shouldn’t be comparing myself, because at the end of the day, we are all going through individual challenges. Grades and rankings don’t reflect the personal hurdles we overcame to achieve those numbers. They shouldn’t be the things that I define my success by either. As long as I work my hardest, I will try to be satisfied with that.

✧˖*°࿐I wish the very best to everyone in their studies, whether they have already returned to school or not ^^ Good luck and may you have a fulfilling academic cycle! :two_hearts: :two_hearts:

 

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