Posted in Learning on Jan 30th, 2008 No Comments »
The semester’s just starting, and exams are almost 6 months away. Before you forget about them - stop. Please. There are some things you can do now to improve your exam performance exponentially, and they’re pretty easy, too.
1. Go to the first class.
D’oh. Here you learn about what you have to do, what the assignments [...]
Posted in Living on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Want to get things done this year but don’t know where to start? The best place is to figure out your goals, so that you know what you’re working towards. Here’s how to set awesome goals for this week, month, or year.
1. Brainstorm. Think about what you’d like to do this week, month, year or decade, and [...]
Posted in Living on Jan 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
This simple prioritising method comes from What Color Is Your Parachute. You can use it to prioritise goals, tasks, purchases, desert choices … any list which you can’t prioritse just by looking at it.
Let’s say you have four goals this year: to exercise more, to eat better, to get organised, and to write every day. [...]
Posted in Learning, Living on Jan 25th, 2008 No Comments »
I love the start of a new school year. Shiny new textbooks; clean, blank notebooks, and lovely pens to fill them with. The anticipation of new things to learn, new people to meet. A whole year ahead with no mistakes in it yet.
I also find a new school year a good time to set up [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Hi - welcome to the Learning and Life blog. This blog is a place for me to share my reflections on learning, living, and how to do both. Over the next few months I will be blogging about:
Setting goals for this year
Figuring out what’s important, rather than urgent
Planning your study amongst all those parties (or [...]
