5/7/2021 T2 Holidays Week 2
Books & Progress
I’m back on track, I’ve been setting more realistic goals each day and I’m building up to doing more work with each passing day. I’ve been writing in a journal all the things I have to do and any good ideas I have, apparently it’s meant to make you more productive and less distracted. I collected about 40 books from the free online library, Z-library, on productivity, self-improvement, and skill building. I’ve been working through them. I read a short book on memory, reading speed, and thinking ability, but it was quite basic. I also read one on improving at eSports, I always find performance psychology interesting. I’m currently reading ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’. I’ve been waking up early every day, which is rare. Reading books seems to make me more proactive.
I know how to improve my English writing skills now, by perfecting every essay I write through editing over and over until there’s nothing you can see to improve, then practicing in timed conditions, as well as comparing your responses with high level examples. That method is basically what I wanted to do at the start of the year, however I ended up sacrificing the quality of my essays for producing a higher quantity, but writing average responses over and over will only make you more efficient at writing average essays. You need to refine what you’ve already written to understand how to implement improvements in what you’re going to write.
Now I’m not sure what I should be focusing on. I kind of suck at everything, so I guess I’ll prioritise what’s going to be coming up on SACs first before brushing up my skills on other essay types. I’ve made good progress on the oral presentation, I’m discussing if Australia’s education system is failing (I think it is). I also read more of ransom, it still makes no sense for the most part.
Overall, I know that it won’t be easy going forwards since there are people who have more skills, more experience, and more talent than I do, but I am capable of working harder, focusing more, and improving through consistent effort and reviewing my progress, so I should be ok.
T2 Holidays Week 2 Goals:
- Finish reading ransom, and find resources to help decipher it
- Start reading ransom again
- Complete methods worksheets (still)
- Master methods Ch. 6 (circular functions) (or at least become comfortable with)
- Finish oral presentation script
- Finish Specialist ch. 14
- Review English vocabulary on Anki daily