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I arrived in college with a naive idea of renewal. I moved away from home, my graduating class was spread out across the country, I had new curtains. It appeared to me as if everything was different and everything was new. Two weeks into the year, I began to feel the same dull acceptance that haunted my high school years. I still felt like I didn’t have time. True, I did have “more time” because I had less classes per day, but I also had more responsibilities. I still always feel rushed and time was still not working for me. Time management has always been a struggle for me. I cannot begin to count the times I have showered at 3 am, completely wrecked my sleep schedule, didn’t eat for days. Throughout this semester, my time management skills have remained constant, but my attitude and strategy have changed. Looking over my production schedules from project 2 to project 4, I can see that I have become more honest with myself on how much I can actually accomplish in a set time. I also began giving myself “buffer days”, so I can have extra time to work on what I have already completed or to catch up on something I missed. I’ve finally starting to become more realistic with my time and started to spread my time out. My strategy has always been to sit myself down and work for a crazy amount of hours. For project 3, I spent 14 hours working on it non-stop, then didn’t touch anything for several days. Although I have made this process work and I still complete my work on time, it drives me crazy. I temporarily lose my mind. So I have started to structure my time in smaller chunks so I can have better control of the final product. I also can’t do everything. I’ve realized that. When am I ever going to have perfect time management skills? Never. Just no. There will never be a day when I have a perfect system, especially if I want to be a doctor. I have to be organized, flexible, and use my time wisely, but there will never be a “perfect” way. My issue is that once I write something down on my planner or schedule, I am reluctant to change it. It is as if I have been shaping myself to fit the time, when I should be making the time work for me. My blog reflection posts also show this. With each passing project, I wrote about how I became calmer despite my limited time. I have accepted that I will always struggle with time, but I need to make it work for me now. Sometimes, I will need those 14 hour non-stop days. Other times, I will need one 20-minute session daily. It’s all about judging the amount of work I have and the time I realistically have. I learned in project 2 that communication and flexibility are absolutely essential to success in the medical field, so it is important for me to adapt to a new mindset.
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I arrived in college with a naive idea of renewal. I moved away from home, my graduating class was spread out across the country, I had new curtains. It appeared as if everything was different and everything was new. Two weeks into the year, I began to feel the same dull acceptance that haunted my high school years. I still felt like I didn’t have time. Although I had less classes per day, I had more responsibilities. I still felt rushed and time was still not working for me. Time management has always been a struggle for me. I cannot begin to count the times I have showered at 3 am, completely wrecked my sleep schedule, didn’t eat for days. My time management skills have remained constant, but my attitude and strategy have changed. Looking over my production schedules from project 2 to project 4, I began giving myself “buffer days”, so I can have extra time to work on what I have already completed or to catch up on something I missed. My strategy has always been to sit myself down and work for a crazy amount of hours. For project 3, I spent 14 hours working non-stop, then didn’t touch anything for several days. Although this process sometimes works, it drives me crazy. I temporarily lose my mind. So I have started to structure my time in smaller chunks so I can have better control of the final product.
I have also become more honest with myself on how much I can actually accomplish in a set time. I can’t do everything. I’ve realized that. When am I ever going to have perfect time management skills? Never. Just no. There will never be a day when I have a perfect system, especially if I want to be a doctor. Yes, I have to be organized, flexible, and use my time wisely, but there will never be a “perfect” way. My issue this semester was that once I wrote something down on my planner or schedule, I was reluctant to change it. I have been shaping myself to fit the time, when I should be making the time work for me. My blog reflection posts also show this. With each passing project, I wrote about how I became calmer despite my limited time. I have accepted that time will never be in excess, but I need to make it work for me now. Sometimes, I will need those 14 hour non-stop days. Other times, I will need one 20-minute session daily. It’s all about judging the amount of work I have and the time I realistically have. I learned in project 2 that communication and flexibility are absolutely essential to success in the medical field, so it is important for me to adapt to a new mindset.
How did the content change? Why do you think it is being communicated more effectively?
- I kept most of the content. I have everything that I needed
- I got rid of unnecessary phrases like "to me" and "throughout the semester". They were wordy and added unnecessary length to the paragraph
- I rephrased some sentences for clarification
How did the form change? Why do you think the form is presenting the content more effectively?
- I decided to split this into two paragraphs
- I realized that I was talking about realistic time goals, and then I quickly switched to talking about buffer days halfway through. This did not flow very well, so I decided to make a paragraph about realistic time and another for buffer days
- This helps the content because using smaller paragraphs is easier on the eyes. This also helps my ideas connect better
- Using less wordy sentences also helps with the flow and makes the overall message clearer
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