Must concentrate! Learn to stay focused!

After having an exciting Spring Break (driving home in a snow storm, getting rest and actually working on a film with REAL film), I'm now back on campus and am having a tough time staying on page with what I have to do to graduate. Either it is the senioritis kicking in or it's something that happens to every college student when they come back from Spring Break: they get lazy. There, I said it. When everyone gets back and there's only a little bit more than a month left, they start to get lazy and not want to do anything. These are the common things you're most likely to hear: "I didn't know that was due today!" "It's such a nice day today! I'd like to spend it outside." "I'm almost out of here! I've done it plenty of times before!". Those are what you'll expect to hear from various people. But the most important thing to remember is to not get side tracked and stay focused on your work and whatever you love to do. There isn't much time left, but here are some tips to help you get in the zone (no, I will not go by what that commercial says!):

1. Create a list of what needs to be done

This tip is just as it says. Make a list of what you have to do. It should go something like this:

1. Do homework for classes (you can be really detailed right here)

2. Do extracurricular activities tonight (once again, be really detailed here with whatever you do)

3. Prepare for this special event (ditto like the last two)

4. Put gas in the car (or something like it. I put this here because that's something that I have to do)

But a list is a great way of keeping track of what you have to do (and no strings to tie around your fingers too!).

2. Organize the hard from the easy

When compiling the list, determine which of these activities is hard to do and put the easy stuff at the bottom (that's what I do). So something like "gas in the car" would be easy and put at the bottom while doing classes or special events would go up on the list (because they can be hard!). Do it in a descending order.

3. Keep calm and stay on top of things

If you have a lot of things on your plate (five course meal, just kidding!), just remember to keep calm and take into effect the stress reducing techniques that I mentioned a couple of blogs ago and still manage to stay focused on whatever you're doing. It's as simple as that.

4. Do not daydream!

This happens to a lot of people, including myself (yes, I confess). We think a lot about something else and do not concentrate on the task at hand. Try to eliminate that and think about the dire consequences of daydreaming. Focus in a class instead of thinking about what will happen on Grey's Anatomy later that night.

So that's really all I have to say as I have to focus on the Exchange and the next blog I have to do. Doing it all from concentrate. Tropicana style! I'll see you around!