Time Wasters + Form a Partnership

What's up everyone? This week's strategies were all about procrastination. I decided to use the strategies TIME WASTERS and FORM A PARTNERSHIP. I used them for my MAT 121 class because I have a test coming up next week and I did not want o end up waiting till the last minute to start studying. I find that when I do wait till the last minute to study, I end up becoming really stressed out and I might not retain the information as well. And I found these two strategies to be really helpful.

What I did for Time Wasters was I created a chart with two sections. In one section I listed all of the things that I do or use when I am wasting time that should be spent doing school work. In that section I listed things like TV, Texting, Facebook, and Sleeping. The other section in the cart is where you list how you can avoid those time wasters. In my chart I wrote things like keeping the tv on a station that I am not interested like C-SPAN, log of Facebook, and limiting myself to 8 hours of sleep. I spent my time studying when I would have normally wouldn't have been. Although I didn't completely stop doing those time wasters, I did limit myself.

For the strategy Form a Partnership I had to contact someone that I respect (MY DAD) and tell them what I am studying and when I am going to study. I kept calling my dad and he would check up on me to see if I was keeping up with my plan. Because i didn't want to let him down, I made sure I stuck to it.

LAME
I am a visual learner and most of my time wasters involve things like WATCHING tv or movies so it was difficult to avoid those time wasters. My actions involved making a chart and calling my dad. My materials were just my textbooks and my class notes. My teacher will evaluate me by grading the test.