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Helga
, 11-03-2013 at 06:36 AM (1460 Views)
Sunday on the ice, it's -4°c and the sun is coming up. Just over 10 and my son is watching cartoons in the living room.

I am kinda struggling with school at the moment, mainly because I have way to much to do and I can't focus. I have three essays to write this month and I'm just stuck. I know what I want to write about I just don't know how I want to write about it. I also have these BA pages to go over and get to my teacher in two days. I finished it, my brother is going over it because of my Yoda syndrome. I am just so tired at the moment and don't want to work!

I have been very annoyed lately too, and I hate being like that. My son is the sweetest though, when he does something he's not supposed to and I get mad or annoyed he hugs me and tells me I'm the best mom ever, even though I sometimes get mad. I try to remember my vitamins, the last time I was annoyed like this it was because I needed B-12 and Iron.

My boy had dinner with his dad last night and instead of using the opportunity and study, I took a long bath and watched Dracula... Should have done something smarter than that with my time. It has always been a rule not to study when my son is at home, unless I'm reading while he is watching tv or something. I just don't want him to feel like I don't have time for him, now I kinda need to get to work though so I can finish all essays before exams start.

My son is learning how to play Ukulele, we kinda both are. He goes to classes and then he teaches me what he learned. We have learned a few chords and simple songs. It's a very fun instrument and he loves the teacher.

I took my dogs to the vet last week and Spock, who is 12 years old has arthritis and needs pain killers. She gave him the best examination he's had in years and said it's obvious that he is in more pain than he shows. He has always been tough and doesn't complain unless it really hurts. I gave both dogs a bath yesterday and bathing two dogs means cleaning the whole apartment. They rolled around on the floor to get the wet out, well mainly Sisko, Spock doesn't really do that anymore. But they look good and I hope the new painkillers will calm Spock down a bit. He is very anxious and the doc said it's related to the pain.

It's amazing how your mentality is linked to your physicality. 'Does the mind rule the body or the body rule the mind, I don't know' a songwriter once said. I don't know, I just know there is a link.

Oh well I guess I'm lucky my problems are of a simple sort.
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  1. TheFifthElement's Avatar
    It sounds like you're really busy, Helga. No wonder you're a bit frazzled. Re the essays, it might help to try and break them down and focus on one at a time. So pick one of your essays to do, and forget about the other two. Then break that one down further, perhaps into smaller sections and just write one section at a time. Then, once you've written the individual sections, you can look at the whole and fit it together and then, once you've got it into a reasonable shape, you can move on to one of your other ones. I do a lot of project work, and at any one time I can be working on something like 8 projects. I find the only way it is manageable is to break it all down and just focus on one bit at a time. Otherwise I can just burn hours worrying about the projects I haven't done any work on, and consequently I get none of them done.

    Also, you shouldn't kick yourself for allowing yourself a bit of leisure time. Maybe you need it. There's a lot to be said for devoting a little time to indulging yourself, in however a small way. I tend to do my best problem solving when I'm not thinking about the problem, but instead lolling in the bath or in the shower (I have my absolute best ideas in the shower), or on long train journeys or cooking or drying my hair. Down time is important.

    Your son sounds amazing as always. I am sure he will understand if you have to study during your time with him, and it will set a good example anyway. I have no choice but to study when my kids are around, but I've found them very understanding. They know when I am not at my books, they can have my undivided attention. Also, sometimes we study together and that's really nice too.
  2. qimissung's Avatar
    Well, you have a month to do it in. If you're like me, it's just the knowledge that you have to do it and there are three of them.

    Fifth's idea is a good one. Can you do one a week? Set aside some time during the day with some coffee and your thoughts? If you can at least bat out some pages that you like, you can then go back and edit and revise at your leisure.

    And yes, downtime is vital. I even read a study recently that said we need more of it than we actually allow ourselves to have. So you were right to relax.

    Anyways, good luck! Let us know how it turns out.
  3. Helga's Avatar
    I know it's not as big a project as it seems in my head at the moment. It's about 30 pages combined so it's not that big.

    I actually am trying to follow that good advice fifth, I sat down yesterday and took one and broke it down into small parts and it seemed easier like that. I just have to do something every day.