The trip from Syracuse to Potsdam is a good three hours no matter which roads you take or what time it is. This is a big chunk out of my day to go see my girlfriend. While its totally worth the drive, it gets in the way of my work sometimes. This forces me to complete my work before friday when I want to leave. This doesn't always work out and my work gets put on the back burner. This week when I found out our tech assignment was about motivation, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try these strategies since I was planning on surprising herthis weekend by coming up. Since I am a linear learner, I like things to be laid out in front of me. Since I've missed the previous two Fnd Drawing classes due to spring break and sickness, I was pretty far behind the rest of the class. During my class I went up to the professor and asked her exactly what needed to be done for next weeks class so I could be caught up. I needed tofinish two full drawings by next week while the rest of the class needed to complete one. Since I needed to do one of the drawings at home, I told myself I needed to get at least half of the first drawing done before I left for Potsdam.
As you can see I got that part of my plan done. This was half of what I needed to do before I left for Potsdam. The other half of my task to get my reward has to do with my HUGE Design History test on Monday. I wanted to get a good amount of studying done before I left so I could enjoy myself without having to worry about it. I used the Link method to associate words for some designers that I needed to study.
This system is very helpful when memorizing a big list of things. Since I got both of those things done by Friday after my drawing class, it was time for my reward. I packed up my bag and headed up to Potsdam. I am sitting with her at this moment knowing I got done what I needed to before I left. This is such a great feeling and it makes for a no stress weekend. I will apply this strategy every time I am planning on going up to visit her.
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