2006
out there somewhere
maura @ 4:38 pm
Here are some helpful hints for the older student re: the combination end-of-semester + approaching-holidays crunch time:
1. Make sure to have your second cup of coffee of the day no later than 4pm, otherwise you will be fuzzy until 9pm and then WIDE AWAKE at bedtime.
2. You will be tempted to stop doing whatever it is you typically do to relieve stress (e.g. exercise + meditation), thinking that you don’t have time to write your papers AND get the holiday stuff done AND get enough sleep AND relieve stress. But that is wrong! Because stress feeds the hamster brain, and the hamster causes insomnia, and you will be tired.
3. Trying to finish xmas shopping while researching a paper is a bad idea. Dividing your efforts makes each task take longer than it should!
4. Quit yer email app while writing a paper. Quit the internets altogether, actually, if you can (which I often can’t because I’m writing about something online).
5. Focus! Drink mint tea! Listen to Orbital! And remember that it’ll be over soon, and you’ll still have a whole week before xmas.
