When I think of obstacles in school two come to mind. One of my obstacles is failing to study. In high school I could go without studying and still get good grades. So, I'm in that habit now. College is a lot more work and has harder material than high school. Compared to college, high school was a breeze for me. I actually need to study for college to do well on my exams now. It's hard for me to do, though. Studying isn't particularly a fun pass time. I get distracted and zone out when I start to study.
To overcome this, I'm going to try and study a little at a time. I'm thinking a little reading everyday won't be so bad. I mean, I can read over a hundred pages in a book I like in a day. Reading 10 or 15 pages should be a piece of cake. I have not brought myself to doing this yet, but I'm hoping I will soon learn.
The second obstacle is procrastination. This is a big one. I have always procrastinated in school. In fact, I can remember being up until midnight in 5th grade doing my book report. I thought I would break this habit upon coming to college, but I was wrong. If anything, it has only got worse. Last week I started my eight page paper the day it was due. Fortunately I had done the research for it already and just had to write the paper out. Procrastination has caused me to lose a lot of sleep over the years.
As for breaking this habit, I can only suggest I just quit. I'm not sure how else I could break myself of the habit. This is one I would surely love to quit, though. I always tell myself I wouldn't have to stay up so late if I would just do it ahead of time, but the deadline creeps up on me quickly. I think I have all the time in the world to do it, but in reality I don't. It is very important that I overcome these two obstacles now that I am a college student.
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