Pseudo's 99 Lives

Study times:

1230-130
130-230
230-330

3 hours today.

3 hours total.

Labels: study

Several things:

1. Graduated from Regis University with my Doctorate of Physical Therapy.

2. Returned to Alexandria, Virginia.

3. Pursuing a career as a Navy Physical Therapist. Interview with a Navy PT next week.

4. Studying for the License Exam. This is where I have to get serious. I've been procrastinating. I don't know why but I have. Now I made a schedule for myself:

600 Wake up and run
700 Shower and eat breakfast
800 Study
1100 Break
1200 Eat lunch
1300 Study
1600 Break
1700 Make dinner/prep for dinner/errands
1800 Review/eat dinner
2100 Play
2300 Sleep

This gives me 7 or so hours of sleep, which is normal for me anyways. An hour for running. 5 hours for errands and meals. 2 hours of playing in the evening. A few hours of review. A total of 6 hours of studying.

The problem is I'm not even starting at the right time during the day. I'm not even studying. I'm moving things around: papers, books, and files on the computer or 'organizing.' This is, in my case, procrastinating under the guise that I am doing something important. Well no more. At 2100 everyday I am going to come here and write down how much I have studied.

What is going to make me actually do this? Clearly I should be motivated enough just to do well on the exam as I can't work without it. For whatever reason this is not enough. So we need external motivation. Additionally we need a set date to take the exam.

June 20th.

I might have to change that but it is 5 & 1/2 weeks from now. Perfect amount of time to get myself together and get going. That said, motivation:

I have spent a few days getting my Warhammer high elves army together. I still need about $400 worth of stuff. Right, so I have a total of 38 days until the test. 228 hours. So let’s say every one hour of work is worth $2. This adds up to about $456 if I study 228 total hours. Every hour I study gives me $2 as a present for passing the exam. If I don't study I not only FAIL and have to take the damn thing over again but I won't be able to put my army together.

Sounds pathetic but for some reason I can not conceptualize the need to study. It is not from laziness but I start to feel panicked when I think about the test and do things to avoid it. Ironically this causes more stress and an increased feeling of hopelessness. It would seem that I am merely running away from a problem only to be chased off the edge of a cliff. Well, if my senior year high school English teacher taught me anything then I need to know that I can fight this beast off and win. I just need to dig my heels in, turn around and fight!

I am going to make an Excel spreadsheet documenting my hours and at 2100 I will post them here.

Let's do this.

Labels: License Exam, motivation, Navy, procrastination, Regis, Schedule, warhammer