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school / grades.
15f.
i am not by any stretch of imagination depressed. however, i feel that my performance, specifically in school and my goals, has been very poor.
to start off with, i have recently been getting lower and lower grades. i used to be a straight A student with a couple Bs here and there, and in the first three weeks of school, i've already received a total of six Cs and Ds. i am very disappointed in myself, especially since i had studied for those exams. one major cause of my poor performance was that i had forgotten my priorities, and especially forgot that school is my absolute number one priority two weeks ago. this past week, i had gotten sick, and was unable to perform my best. weekends don't seem long enough anymore to fit in all the things i need to get done, especially with my large workload. i can handle all my honors and AP courses (i'm a sophomore) but it's taking a toll on me.
i want to change this, and i need to get motivated. i know i have the capacity to get good grades. i have a month and a half or so to pick my grades up and really show my teachers that i can do this.
so, i think one of the major causes of my downfall is that i spend too much time at my desk. i view my desk as both a place of relaxation (my laptop => internet => facebook => relaxation) AND schoolwork. i need my laptop to DO schoolwork but i do have a severe addiction to facebook and the internet (not pertaining to schoolwork) in general. i would MUCH rather sit for 2-3 hours from the time i get home till 5:30 and get EVERY LAST OUNCE of homework and studying in. if i have a specific exam the next day, i'll review ONLY THAT material later that night.
can someone please help me stick to this plan? i always drift off and go on facebook or get distracted and i MULTITASK. i already do homework during lunch which substantially cuts out time from my night routine, but i still have lots of studying and work to do. i try to squeeze in doing work throughout the day as well (between classes, while teachers take attendance, etc.) but how can i stay completely focused on my work and just GET IT ALL DONE? i have RAIDED -- absolutely positively RAIDED the internet of study tips so you will not get a 5 if you send me links to "study tips" and "stay focused." i do things in little chunks and every 30 minutes i switch subjects to keep my mind alert, but i still get sidetracked. and for those assignments that i do need the internet, i can't just put my laptop to the side and ignore it.
is there a way to block certain websites for a certain amount of time everyday? e.g. if i wanted to block facebook.com and my email website, is that possible? does anyone have any solutions to my dilemma? i really do not want my grades to suffer because of my lack of concentration.
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'Work, Work, Work'. That is what I'm getting from this letter. What I'm not seeing is 'Work, Break, Work, Break, Work'.
You're working yourself far too hard each and every evening. It's good that you do things in chunks, but you need to just take time out and relax for a while. That is why you're getting distracted: your body is trying to have some time off from the constant work which you're doing and have some 'me-time'.
Keep on doing the 30 mins per subject, but have at least a 10-20 min break so you can refresh yourself for the next subject and you can focus again. Do only the required amount of work needed for each subject and then take the rest of the evening off.
I'm afraid that is no program which is designed to block certain websites for a certain amount of time. But what you can do is to block them, then unblock them again when you want to use them again. But if it is a program, then you can't really block it at all. All you need to do is to re-configure your firewall settings to block that website, but since I don't know what kind of system you're using. For questions on that, go to this advice columnist: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) . He's the best to go for computer advice.
However, there is the temptation to unblock it when you're not having your break, so what to do? Just disconnect from the internet and only use it when you need to.
What will happen if you continue this work load? You'll become exhausted to the point where you won't be able to take any more and you'll become what people to call a 'workaholic' where all they do is work. But you can avoid it with the breaks and time-out.
I hope this helped,
triquetra
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