1. Take out contacts and put on glasses. THIS IS IMPERATIVE. Your eyes will get sleepy and grainy if you leave your contacts in.
2. Make coffee. Good creamer is a necessity. If no creamer is available, opt for milk and brown sugar, like they do in India.
3. Make sure you have a good internet connection, your laptop's power cord, and bright lights on in the room. A good smelling candle helps, too.
4. STAY HYDRATED. You'll feel better, plus it will give you built-in five minute breaks.
5. Put your phone on silent. This is not the time to text. In fact, turn it over also so you can't even see the screen. This is the time to work your butt off because your assignment is due in less than 24 hours.
6. Every couple hours, eat a high protein snack... while watching Kid President's Pep Talk. "Not cool, Robert Frost!"
7. BREATHE.
8. It's best to NOT put on your pajamas or comfy clothes. It keeps you in the "working" mind. I'm not saying put on your best Business Professional outfit, but stay in jeans and a sweatshirt. Don't even wear slippers.
9. Sit at a table. Not on your bed. Or on the couch. Or on a comfy chair.
10. Be open to your assignment moving in new directions, to your paper topic shifting a little as your research progresses, but be sure to keep it limited. Don't "Ride like the wind, Bullseye!"
11. At some point, you are REALLY going to want to brush your teeth. Do it. But resist the urge to clean the bathroom while you are in there. You don't really want to clean. You just don't want to keep working.
12. Persevere. Just keep going.
2. Make coffee. Good creamer is a necessity. If no creamer is available, opt for milk and brown sugar, like they do in India.
4. STAY HYDRATED. You'll feel better, plus it will give you built-in five minute breaks.
5. Put your phone on silent. This is not the time to text. In fact, turn it over also so you can't even see the screen. This is the time to work your butt off because your assignment is due in less than 24 hours.
6. Every couple hours, eat a high protein snack... while watching Kid President's Pep Talk. "Not cool, Robert Frost!"
7. BREATHE.
8. It's best to NOT put on your pajamas or comfy clothes. It keeps you in the "working" mind. I'm not saying put on your best Business Professional outfit, but stay in jeans and a sweatshirt. Don't even wear slippers.
9. Sit at a table. Not on your bed. Or on the couch. Or on a comfy chair.
10. Be open to your assignment moving in new directions, to your paper topic shifting a little as your research progresses, but be sure to keep it limited. Don't "Ride like the wind, Bullseye!"
11. At some point, you are REALLY going to want to brush your teeth. Do it. But resist the urge to clean the bathroom while you are in there. You don't really want to clean. You just don't want to keep working.
12. Persevere. Just keep going.
1 comment:
I've been having milk and brown sugar with oats to make porridge here in Spain, courtesy of the British family we're staying with.
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