I was having some chat with an old fren, and then we came across the topic of time management and work time line. hmm.... not bad ye...this is a common problem faced by MOST of the people i guess.. except those exceptional ones :)
Ok, the summary is, everyday or everytime we know we have work to do, and some are really important task that has to be finished earlier, some we are assigned with dateline. but either way, is the better to finish things as soon as possible but never wait till last minutes, but of cos sometimes reality might just drag you from reaching the goal fast.
What ever it is, everything comes back to your own attitude, your own disciple and self management. This is your life, if you cannot handle and control it, then no one could. think about it :)
having said that, actually it is not that hard to tackle these kind of problem if only you ALLOW yourself to handle it for yourself. and it's very simple, again! it's upon yourself, if you cannot do it, don't blame other people but look at the mirror and ask yourself. :)
1.) human nature ! majority are the same when it comes to work. specially people like US nowadays, we have full of entertainments and hi tech gadgets at home. we don have to go outside to look for fun and entertainment, but just by sitting infront of your computer, you can spend the whole day there..... am i rite :)
Just think about it, have you ever come across that everytime when you want to start to do your work, and at first you are so full of WILL and CONFIDENT that you will complete your work NOW and THEN,,,then you walk to your computer and switch on it, after you enter to windows, you see the MSN icon or some are AUTO sign in, and then " Teng Deng " your fren Nudge you or greet you " hi " ... :)
OK, now,,,, your spirit of completing your TASK begins NOW, if you reply " sorry busy " and LOG OFF, then you are able to continue with wat you first plan = Finish your project now......
ok,,,,if you reply him/her " hi,,,how are you today " then she will reply you again,,,and then ....then...then.... then thats the end of your PLAN . . why i say that,
according to survey and experience, 80% of human nature is, we tent to adapt on situation very quickly, which mean, your WILL power goes according to what you first do when your WILL is still on FIRE. Once the fire burns and you start to do your project or assignment, then you will continue to do it until after 4 or 5 hours non stop. NOW..... on the other way, if you start by CHATING or Playing GAMEs, then your WILL or FIRE will burn at the CHATING or GAME way,,,,so you will end up playing games or chating....
and this is very dangerous, you will sure CHEAT yourself by saying, i am doing work at the same time,,,,just REPLYING my fren in MSN. NO..don't think tat way, you are just cheating yourself, you are not just REPLYING but you are actually wasting your time in chatting.
Talk about gamers, it's the same way. When you first come to your computer, you are still on FIRE to do your work, then you tell yourself,,, " let me relax by just playing a round of GAME" , then here goes your WILL of work,,,is on playing GAME. sometimes,,,, "YES " you really play one round and you switch to project. Believe me, your WILL is not as good as IF you start do your work from the beginning. let's you have 100% will power, after one round of game,,it will decrease to 60% or 50%,,, then this 50% to 60% will decrease very fast and then to 0%...then you end up tired and think lots of excusses to yourself by saying,,, " i still left 1 hour only, i'll do my project tomolo lah " or " you will ignore the project and go wondering around "
why like this, HUMAN nature, let's start from the beginning.
when you first came to your computer, if you strait to your project which means your brain is still fresh and you are still on FIRE, then the fire will keep on burn on the path way of completing project,,,and you won't think of game or msn... your body and mind will automatically focus on project,,and you wont feel tired,,,cos your train your mind from the beginning.
then if you play games of chatting first,,then your mind and brain is told to having fun and relax,,,cos chatting and gaming is FUN and Relax.,,so you see... you tell your brain to relax and fun at the beginning when HE is still fresh and on FIRE of waiting for you to order him wat to do,,,so since you ask HIM to play game first,,,,so very fast,,,he tells your body to relax and fun. Then you end up do project less.
Believe me, try to clock and calculate your total working hour, lets say you spend 5 hours in front of your computer with all the chatting software on, and you are chatting with fren and together you are doing work. if you can... let's calculate your total working hour, im sure you chat more than your work. let's say 3 hours chatting and 1 hour work, 1 hour browsing around internet for research and for nothing.
So, how to tackle and avoid these problems from occur? simple, like i said, strait to the point and disconnect yourself from all the Messenger or GAMEs. Sure you can complete your work well and smooth. TRY
Also, remember, of cos you are allow to play and fun, specially those who loves to play games. then set your time, when to work,,when to play game.
I told this many times to fren, and i will say again now,,,,cos is really effective, and not much people are using this method, cos they think im crazy and stupid. :) well it's ok.
The technique is,
Everyday, PUNISH yourself to do project/assignment in 2 hours times, if you can go more, then 3 or 4. When i was taking my degree course, i gave myself everyday 4 hours to do my project and assignments. During this 4 hours, im totally disconnected, but just focus on project. until i totally complete all subjects, if cannot finish but already 4 hours, i will stop. TOTALLY stop, and never think of project on that day, cos my mission is complete, and my promise to myself is complete,,,soo i enjoy the rest of my time through out the whole day. Then will do the same thing again tomolo, on SUNDAY,,,im totally OFF...no project or assignemtn in my mind,,then i can enjoy my Kuala Lumpur shopping with my good fren Syahman Othman :)
Believe me, 2 to 4 hours, FULLY focus on your project, just produce what ever you can,,,such as print outs research, reading, research, sketch, conceptual sketchs, what ever you can ..as long as it is for project use. I tell you,,,,more than enough to complete all you want for the project. yet you have a very good and complete Journal to submit. TRY...
ok... talk more later, need to go class :)
long gas-ed
Moses
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