What "Kills" your study time
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DVINNY
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RIP - VTEnviro
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"Other" - passing the exam killed any motivation I had to study for it some more :thumbsup:
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EdinNO
There's no "psycho me won't let me concentrate" button.
That would have been my choice.
Ed
That would have been my choice.
Ed
TouchDown
Is it Friday yet?
When I was studying last fall, I told my wife that I was going to do the best I could to keep up with the family / husband duties. So, I moved my study time to evenings after the kids were in bed or on weekends when she would take the kids out of the house for a few hours.
My MAIN problem was that I didn't have a great place to study, I did most of it on the diningroom table (in clear view of the TV) and would get totally distracted while my wife watched TV in the other room.
I ended up going to the local University (to try and get in the studying spirit) and camp out in the engineering building basement where they had tables / chairs and vending machines (nice lamps, too).
The TV and internet were total distractions that I had to limit. After the 6 months of studying for the exam, I had to "relearn" what it was like to sit around and be lazy again. I think I've finally gotten back to mastering the couch potato routine, but it did take some time.
My MAIN problem was that I didn't have a great place to study, I did most of it on the diningroom table (in clear view of the TV) and would get totally distracted while my wife watched TV in the other room.
I ended up going to the local University (to try and get in the studying spirit) and camp out in the engineering building basement where they had tables / chairs and vending machines (nice lamps, too).
The TV and internet were total distractions that I had to limit. After the 6 months of studying for the exam, I had to "relearn" what it was like to sit around and be lazy again. I think I've finally gotten back to mastering the couch potato routine, but it did take some time.
RIP - VTEnviro
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I totally agree.
For a good month after the exam, I would basically spend every free moment doing something productive. And even when I "relaxed" it wasn't passive bumming around or taking nap. I read about 3 novels for fun, and I kept looking stuff up to learn professionally.
I've now reverted to a giant lazy turd with poor hygiene. :true:
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petermcc
all of the above.......
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^ Not the rowdy nights in the Upper Valley? :lmao:
jeb6294
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The library is about 5 minutes away from our house so I'd usually go up there for a few hours after work...that took care of most of the things on the list. It was quiet, I could have an entire table to myself to spread all my references out, and there were very few distractions (with the exception of the librarians).
Of course, I was also fortunate that my wife wanted me to do well too so she never gave me a hard time about being gone so much.
Of course, I was also fortunate that my wife wanted me to do well too so she never gave me a hard time about being gone so much.
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DrFranz
Man!! that's such a nice excuse... how come didn't I think of it? I guess I will have to sign up for the structural I exam... :lmao:
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cement
gray haired dude
get out of the dining room! my daughter would pester me non stop :true: about her algebra(that actually helped my study prep) I made a dungeon out of the guest room downstairs and got stuff done! I miss that place...
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royal flush
psycho husband *and* psycho kids!!! but the husband is worse...
Fudgey
Master of Disaster
Wine is the single biggest study buster for me.
What starts as sipping a glass as I begin to study in the evening turns into a full blown bender involving snorting "k" with the local stripper.
What starts as sipping a glass as I begin to study in the evening turns into a full blown bender involving snorting "k" with the local stripper.
