Time management as a Med student
To be honest, I don't think I have a really healthy time management in my studies and to my hobbies, and most especially my health. I admit that I have a habit of cramming my academic tasks often, since I consider myself as a lazy person. However, preparing for quizzes and tests is what I can confirm that it is quite different from actually performing well. If I have a quiz or exam coming up next week, I would usually start studying right away or in advance rather than doing it very late or the last minute. I still remember during my first semester midterms, I studied my exam only the day before, and the result led me to realize that I should prioritize studying earlier instead of procrastinating if I want to have high marks on quizzes or tests. It sounds a bit of confusing that I have a much neater schedule when it comes to studying compared to doing activity tasks or assignments. There are quite many challenges that I have faced as a medical student, and yes, my greatest foe is time itself. I often get frustrated that whenever I'm bored, time is very slow, but when I am having fun, time flies fast. And especially when thinking getting rest, you have to think of the time and its benefits.
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| "Dang...studyhon diay nako nih tanan..." |
Even if I may be horrible when it comes to my time management towards my studies, I manage to at least stay consistent onto one routine that I have developed to myself. And that is by motivating myself to study. Studying may be seen as a tiresome task to do, but at some point, in my life, I would often find myself enjoying studying and romanticizing studying. I would always go to the city library after lunch or much earlier than that hour, just so I can study there. The reason why I would much prefer to study in the city library instead of my house is because I feel more concentrated and find myself the motivation of studying the material. Whereas in my house, I would get easily exhausted and would take a very long break, which would then lead into me not continuing studying at all. Another practice is that I would listen to any upbeat pop songs that came out in the late or early 2000's and play it on loop, (I always listen to fire burning by Sean Kingston or insomnia by Craig David.) I don't listen to any relaxing music because it makes me sleepy or lose concentration quick and I am also not a fan of having multiple songs playing, as it also makes me distracted very easily, thus I prefer only having one song and play it on loop.
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As for my sleep schedule, it's still not good. Often times I would sleep early and wake up at 1 or 3 am just so that I could continue studying. But on regular days, I would sleep at 3 or 4 in the morning due to my very bad screentime and habits of studying very late. I also find sleeping difficult since I think I have insomnia and tried forcing myself to sleep sometimes, which sometimes makes me more stressed later when I wake up. So as of the moment, I am still trying to sleep early and minimize my screentime more, so that I could have enough energy and rest for the next day.
