Put It In Writing!

I hope all of you that were facing problems when it came to getting down and studying embraced the little suggestion that I had in the previous post. If it didn’t work, no problem – I have another one I’d like to share. This method has proven to really help me out every time I have felt like I simply cannot urge myself to study. Often, when you don’t revise the language every single day, the amount you have to study just keeps piling up and before you know it, you’re in big trouble.

I always keep a journal where I write down everything that I exactly plan on doing or would like to finish in a day or in an evening. Writing on a piece of paper rather than typing something out always helps much more because writing it by hand sort of confirms it and makes it solid that you absolutely HAVE to revise the vocabulary of at least 20 words in a particular amount of time. This way, you don’t end up wasting an entire day JUST doing 20 words and can quickly finish whatever you have allotted yourself for the day and have the rest of the time to yourself!

This is an extremely useful trick. The more specific you get, the better. Allot yourself an hour’s time and a 15 minute break in between and I’m pretty sure at the end of that hour, you’ll know those 20 words by heart. The accomplishment of finally finishing what you had scheduled for the day will make you feel great about yourself and you will look forward to studying as per your routine the next time.

Hope you all ace the language courses at ELTIS-SIFIL!