A journey in working from home: the great collapse
Here I am once again. I crash, I put it together again and have a solid run for a bit, then I crash again. That鈥檚 just how it goes.
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It takes me quite a while to get into the swing of things, so having my situation change so dramatically due to COVID-19 was always likely to end in disaster, and it has.听Four assignments, over 8,000 words, two days. Of course I can鈥檛 blame this all on the Corona virus, it also comes down to motivation and planning, but being at home seems to have made all my time blend together.
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You may be wondering why I鈥檓 writing this if I鈥檝e got so much work to do, well I should clarify that I鈥檝e actually managed to submit all of them. It cost me though. The reason I鈥檓 still talking about collapse even though I pulled through is that the stress from those two days has totally wiped me out. Now I鈥檓 struggling to find the will to do anything. Not a great way to start the second half of semester one.
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So the crash has happened, and now it鈥檚 time to pull things together. Last semester I was AHEAD for once and it was great. I鈥檓 going to do all that I can to get back to that point. I thought it might be of interest for you to follow my journey in working from home, as I struggle against my procrasti-nature and figure out my routine for these interesting times. Along the way I鈥檓 hoping to find some really clever tricks for dealing with isolation, motivation and relaxation.
Note: You might like to check out some strategies for studying online here.听