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Break Studying Down and Make It Manageable If there's one key to motivation it's this...
whatever you're working on break it down into manageable chunks. This applies whether you're
talking about your home time management or studying for college.
I propose you learn to think this way instead of looking at the task as the mountain it
probably actually is. Many college students' minds seems to work
the opposite... they'd look at an assignment, find out they had to write a 20 page research
paper with 10 scholarly references, and their mind kind of went... well... a little numb.
I never suffered from that kind of paralyzed thinking. Not because of anything I did (or
didn't do) but because, following a 10 year hiatus from college, upon entering Florida
State University for my junior year (Go 'Noles) I was lucky enough to get a super tough professor
for my first research class... the toughest class I'd ever taken.
I mean, Dr. Colin Peeler made students tremble. He definitely struck fear into hearts. Past
students celebrated having survived his class, present students prayed to one day be counted
among the survivors, and future students... well, you could just mention his name and
eyes glazed over and hands began trembling. It may not sound like it but he was actually
well-liked. I was already extremely nervous about writing
such scholarly papers but surprisingly I was bitten by the research bug.
I truly enjoyed that class because he took the essential parts of a publishable research
paper and chopped them into manageable pieces, one of which was due every six weeks or so.
In the meantime he taught and tested on that particular section.
Motivation was already evident in that I was a nontraditional student (with, at times,
3 or 4 children at home, or more). However, that motivation could have so easily
been squashed if I'd found it impossible to comprehend the material or if I'd felt so
overwhelmed that I didn't think success was within my grasp... even after working my butt
off and even pulling some all-nighters. Look, we're all more motivated to do something
that we know we can succeed at, even if it is very difficult. Breaking things down into
smaller chunks is one way… actually, the major way… we can keep that motivation alive
and kicking. Now, I understand that not everyone is fortunate
enough to have been taught this way but I'm convinced that the way Dr. Peeler had me write
my research papers section by section definitely made a difference in my motivation remaining
high as I worked my way through the class. In other words, he broke it down and made
it manageable and, as a result, motivation wasn't inhibited.
In Summary The best way we can keep ourselves motivated,
or to motivate someone else for that matter (Parents... hint, hint), is to break those
tasks down into chunks that can be managed easily. This applies whether it's you doing
a research paper or teaching your child to clean a bathroom (which is a necessity at
this stage of your life...and his...if he's over 5 years old).
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to do… such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, and housework so that you can reinvest that
time into your marriage, your kids, your family and friends, and even yourself.
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