Saturday, May 9, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Actuary today!
This week is weird, a death on Saturday 18th, interview today and a birthday tomorrow. That's life..it continue with or without us.
I will start to continued writing here.
Take care!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Motivating Yourself introduction
great aptitude for patience
George-Louis Buffon, 1707-88
As young children, we have a great ability to learn and to see past setbacks.
As we begin to meet expectations created by our families, schools, and environment, the motivation of our early years shifts from our goals to pleasing others, and often our desire to learn suffers.
How can you motivate yourself?
With this exercise, try to
- recognize your sense of discovery
- take responsibility for your learning
- accept the risks inherent in learning with confidence, competence, and autonomy
- recognize that "failure" is success:
learning what doesn't work is on the same path as learning what does work - celebrate your achievement in meeting your goals
Fill-in-your-motivation, exercise | Text sequence, 1. definition
Good luck!
Managing stress through organizing tasks
- It is how people respond to stress
that determines whether they will
profit from misfortune or be miserable. -
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Croatian/American 1934 -


Scheduling with your school calendar
but no word was ever as effective
as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain
American 1835 - 1910
(This is the big picture, don't include too much detail)
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Pick up a copy of your school's term/semester calendar

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Develop a calendar of important dates for your classes:
Tests: May 3, 2009
papers:
projects:
readings:
mid-term:
and
final exams: May 3, 2009.
holidays: 6 to 10 April (Semana Santa)- 1st of May . May 15
breaks: March 16 - July 1 to 31
study days:
etc: May 22 final day of school
- Enter important dates for your social and family life
17th Parent's anniversary
April: 23th Alejandro's Birthday
24th Mom's birthday
28th Brother's birthday
30th Kid's day
May: 2nd Clark's Birthday
3rd Thesis Exam
9th Isadora's Birthday
10th Mom's day
15th Teacher's day
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Each week develop a daily schedule that includes routines and important dates. I have already download a schedule from http://www.diyplanner.com and is daily.
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Post this schedule in your study area
for referral and review, and to mark your progress: is on Lifehacker blog inside of A....s Stuff...and DESKTOP . -
Each evening develop a schedule
to help you organize the next day, include routines, errands and important appointments -
Review each day's schedule that morning
Goals/objectives & priorities:
it is a feeling that accompanies
important ongoing activity.
Paul Goodman
American, 1911 - 1972

How much time have you set aside to meet each goal during your week?
Does your time allocation reflect the priority of your goals? | I don't understand this question. |
Can you change your hourly commitments to meet your priorities?
| Yes, If I can, why not. |
Where do you have the most flexibility: weekdays or weekends?
Can you change one or the other? or both?
| Weekends. No, I can't change them. |
Can you change your goals? What are your options?
| For now I can change my goals because they are important. My options? I don't have, or maybe I have but the circumstances or the people around me don't let me options. |
Can you postpone any goals until school breaks?
| No. |
How will assignments and tests affect your time allocation?
| In no way can affect me. |
What can you change to meet your class responsibilities?
| To let my laziness and depression in a side and become more concise about my priorities. |
Learner's Weekly Planner
A schedule defends
from chaos and whim
Annie Dillard
American, 1945 -
Determine how you spend a typical week
As you enter the hours or parts of hours for each activity,
that amount is subtracted from each day's total:

Print this weekly schedule for reference and review (Printer: use landscape option to display table):




