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It’s “head down ass up” week

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Right now I’ve been banished to the bedroom by C, but it’s for a good reason.

I have to do 2 hours of study so that I’m allowed to go on a date with him tonight to the movies.

Romantic huh?

I’m in the home straight of finishing the uni term, and it means I’m starting to cram. I have one assignment piece to finish, I have an online presentation that’s due on the 25th, and an exam next month to begin studying for. Annoyingly, the presentation that I’m doing on the 25th of May will be performed while I’m on holidays in Sydney visiting my sister. Could the timing have been any worse? The other time slots available I was either working (no chance of being able to get the afternoon off), in the air flying to Sydney, or in the air flying from Sydney. Thus, presenting it while in Sydney was the only option (thank you to my sister and to C for being so understanding, and working around my schedule).

I’m a few weeks behind so this week every spare moment will be dedicated to reading a text book or watching a uni lecture. Copious amounts of caffeine will be consumed as I stay awake reading or watching or writing. Focus and concentration skills will be under stress.

In a sickening sense, I’m actually kind of excited about it.

I’m excited to finally have found my motivation again. Excited about wanting to beat the deadlines and come out on top. Excited about learning again. All of this, combined with my desire to exercise again, shows that I’ve come through my recent slump and I’ve found my determination and will to succeed.

Thank god.

I’ve drawn myself a plan with day-by-day milestones and goals to achieve, and even allowed myself a “catch up day” in between just in case I have overestimated how much I can achieve each day, which is incredibly likely.

Time to stop blogging about it now, and time to get cracking.

After all, I really want to go on that date.

Ever had a partner use blackmail to make you do something you’ve been procrastinating over?

Massive fail in the chemistry department

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Chemistry for the average student can be pretty challenging. Imagine someone that has been pretty slack in the dedication department, and who tries to learn content weeks after the lectures plus a week after an assignment was due, and you would have me.

I failed my last assignment.

I’m not sure what the case is, if you need to pass all assessment pieces over the entire term, or if you just need a total pass mark out of the entire term. It’s the first time I have ever failed an assessment piece, and I know it’s not because I’m stupid.

It’s because I’m lazy.

I’ll cut myself a bit of slack. This year I’ve gone through some pretty dramatic things – the end of an extremely long term relationship, moving into a new place, endeavours with the opposite sex, getting a social life etc. I will admit that I have pretty much let my education drop in a huge way. I went weeks there where I would only look at one or two lectures, when in fact there were three or four that had been released for the week. Once you fall behind, it’s incredibly difficult to catch up.

I have an exam next Tuesday which is a closed book exam and worth 60% of the entire semester’s marks. It’s a big big one. I’m still about 3 weeks behind in my course content, and I could have caught up by now but instead I started re-watching all of the lectures from the start of the term. Why? Because I clearly wasn’t grasping the content, and there’s no point moving onto the more advanced stuff if you don’t understand the basic formulas and concepts.

This weekend will be entirely dedicated to uni study, bar one or two minor social engagements. Every night this week I’ve been spending countless hours in front of the computer each night watching lectures. Tomorrow night I will give myself one night to be free from the desk, but that’s all. Next Tuesday night I will be celebrating hard, because for the next 7 days I’m going to be pushing myself hard. Needless to say I’m looking forward to it all being over and done with.

I still haven’t decided if I’m going to take a 6 month break next term, or just hope that the month off between subjects is enough for me to gather up my energy and find some motivation again. I dont want to find myself in the same position next term, especially since I’m thinking of doing the next chemistry subject – inorganic chemistry. Ever since starting uni I’ve been progressively growing worse at meeting the deadlines and dedicating the required study time.

Hopefully this is me at my worst, and I only get better from here.