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God...sticking to my daily routine.
Ok this might sound crazy but for some reason I just can't stick to my routine. Every Sunday I promise myself I'm going to do certain things during the week but it never quite works out.
I know exactly what I want, I just can't stick to it.
Ok, let me give you guys my goals in life at the moment.
Its pretty simple, eat a better diet, go to the gym and do my schoolwork, but simple distractions such as computers, TV, friends, etc...they all get in the way.
I know that if I can just stick to these goals I can have a great summer with no worries...But I cant stick to anything. Argh! What shall I do?
Does anybody here have a really organised life and could give me some tips?
I know exactly what I want, I just can't stick to it.
Ok, let me give you guys my goals in life at the moment.
Its pretty simple, eat a better diet, go to the gym and do my schoolwork, but simple distractions such as computers, TV, friends, etc...they all get in the way.
I know that if I can just stick to these goals I can have a great summer with no worries...But I cant stick to anything. Argh! What shall I do?
Does anybody here have a really organised life and could give me some tips?
sounds exactly like me 
i tryed to do all that and more at the begining of the year but it just didn't work. i am prity organised now thou i found that changing one thing at a time works. pick the most important thing you want to change and just do that for the first month then add things on.
i started with gettin all my uni work done and gettin in to a routine of doing it at a certain time every day.
i tryed to do all that and more at the begining of the year but it just didn't work. i am prity organised now thou i found that changing one thing at a time works. pick the most important thing you want to change and just do that for the first month then add things on.i started with gettin all my uni work done and gettin in to a routine of doing it at a certain time every day.
Reply 3
There's no point setting yourself targets if so much stuff is going to get in the way because you'll get nothing done and stress yourself out - try to set aside a certain amount of time in the evening to do your schoolwork (i do mine as soon as i get in so i can watch tv/computer/phone the rest of the night) and just cut out bad food instead of madly trying to eat everything healthy all of the time. Make sure you leave alot of time for friends etc so you don't become obsessed with your routine... hope this helps.. good luck
I'm pretty organised. Here are my top tips:
1) Diet-wise, the best advice I can give you is to try and eat your five portions of fruit and veg before you eat anything unhealthy that day. E.g., chop up some banana to put on toast (with something like nutella, honey or peanut butter) and have a smoothie for breakfast, snack on satsumas throughout the morning then at lunch eat a sandwich with lots of salad (or just the salad on its own) plus some carrot sticks dipped in hoummus. That is your five a day wiped out by the middle of the day and if you can eat some veg with dinner, so much the better. You'll feel so much better knowing you've already gotten your vitamins, minerals and fibre and you will also feel much less tempted to snack on unhealthy stuff because you'll feel more full, and you won't want to undo your hard work.
2) With exercise, there's no point trying to stick to a routine if you're hopeless at keeping to it. Try and have an exercise quota that you fulfil every week rather than every day, for instance I try and go to the gym at least four times a week, but I don't have set days when I go because this gives me the flexibility to allow for days when I'm upset or tired, or if my friends decide they want to go out one evening. I don't bother going on the days when I feel really wiped out because I know I'll just do 20 minutes then give up. I'd rather get an early night and go another day when I know I'll do at least an hour.
3) I think we can all sympathise with the feeling of not having done enough school work. Right now I am meant to be writing up a lecture on skin function but TSR just seems so much more appealing (and yes, thanks, I am aware of the glaring irony that I am sharing my tips for an organised life). The only way I can find to avoid the computer and the TV is just not to turn them on. Everyone kids themselves they'll only spend half an hour surfing the net, or will just watch Scrubs then they'll turn the TV off but the reality is there is always a new post to read on TSR, a funny website to look at, someone else logging in to msn, a suddenly intriguing storyline on Hollyoaks just after Scrubs finishes etc etc. These things are the biggest time-eaters so just don't go near them until you have done at least enough work to salve your conscience a little. I try (haha) to have a rule that I don't turn the telly or the computer on til 9 in the evening, by which time I'm usually too bored of being good to be bothered with much more work, and I'm not constantly thinking "oh just half an hour more, then I'll do my work" - it's guilt free leisure time. Try asking your friends not to call or text you til this time as well so that you don't get into interesting conversations and waste the evening.
4) The best tip I can give anyone on being organised about anything is to make lists. I am the list monster. I make lists for everything - things I need to do, things I need to buy, work I need to finish, things I feel happy about, things I feel sad about, the list goes on. No pun intended. Every day write down a list of things you want to accomplish. If they are there sitting on the page in front of you, you won't forget anything, you're more likely to feel obliged to actually do them and you'll also feel more in control and proud of yourself when you can go over them at the end of each day and tick off everything you managed to finish. If there's still stuff left, just carry it over to the next day.
5) Lastly, don't go mad if you have one bad day or even a bad week. Sometimes everyone feels so unmotivated that they eat crap, do no exercise and finish no work. You're only human and it happens to the best. Just don't let it become habit - if you have a week where you've done little else but watch reruns of Friends, don't beat yourself up over it but resolve to do much better the following week. If you really can't monitor your own behaviour then it's worth giving your lists to someone who will give you a kick up the arse. I find mothers are particularly good at this; my own takes a great deal of smug pleasure in using the phrase "shouldn't you be revising?" at the most irritating moments, i.e. when I have just finished a stint of hard work and have taken two minutes out to put the kettle on.
I really hope this helps because I would like to remind you once again it was at the expense of writing up a lecture on skin, the most interesting organ ever. And for that I am eternally grateful.
1) Diet-wise, the best advice I can give you is to try and eat your five portions of fruit and veg before you eat anything unhealthy that day. E.g., chop up some banana to put on toast (with something like nutella, honey or peanut butter) and have a smoothie for breakfast, snack on satsumas throughout the morning then at lunch eat a sandwich with lots of salad (or just the salad on its own) plus some carrot sticks dipped in hoummus. That is your five a day wiped out by the middle of the day and if you can eat some veg with dinner, so much the better. You'll feel so much better knowing you've already gotten your vitamins, minerals and fibre and you will also feel much less tempted to snack on unhealthy stuff because you'll feel more full, and you won't want to undo your hard work.
2) With exercise, there's no point trying to stick to a routine if you're hopeless at keeping to it. Try and have an exercise quota that you fulfil every week rather than every day, for instance I try and go to the gym at least four times a week, but I don't have set days when I go because this gives me the flexibility to allow for days when I'm upset or tired, or if my friends decide they want to go out one evening. I don't bother going on the days when I feel really wiped out because I know I'll just do 20 minutes then give up. I'd rather get an early night and go another day when I know I'll do at least an hour.
3) I think we can all sympathise with the feeling of not having done enough school work. Right now I am meant to be writing up a lecture on skin function but TSR just seems so much more appealing (and yes, thanks, I am aware of the glaring irony that I am sharing my tips for an organised life). The only way I can find to avoid the computer and the TV is just not to turn them on. Everyone kids themselves they'll only spend half an hour surfing the net, or will just watch Scrubs then they'll turn the TV off but the reality is there is always a new post to read on TSR, a funny website to look at, someone else logging in to msn, a suddenly intriguing storyline on Hollyoaks just after Scrubs finishes etc etc. These things are the biggest time-eaters so just don't go near them until you have done at least enough work to salve your conscience a little. I try (haha) to have a rule that I don't turn the telly or the computer on til 9 in the evening, by which time I'm usually too bored of being good to be bothered with much more work, and I'm not constantly thinking "oh just half an hour more, then I'll do my work" - it's guilt free leisure time. Try asking your friends not to call or text you til this time as well so that you don't get into interesting conversations and waste the evening.
4) The best tip I can give anyone on being organised about anything is to make lists. I am the list monster. I make lists for everything - things I need to do, things I need to buy, work I need to finish, things I feel happy about, things I feel sad about, the list goes on. No pun intended. Every day write down a list of things you want to accomplish. If they are there sitting on the page in front of you, you won't forget anything, you're more likely to feel obliged to actually do them and you'll also feel more in control and proud of yourself when you can go over them at the end of each day and tick off everything you managed to finish. If there's still stuff left, just carry it over to the next day.
5) Lastly, don't go mad if you have one bad day or even a bad week. Sometimes everyone feels so unmotivated that they eat crap, do no exercise and finish no work. You're only human and it happens to the best. Just don't let it become habit - if you have a week where you've done little else but watch reruns of Friends, don't beat yourself up over it but resolve to do much better the following week. If you really can't monitor your own behaviour then it's worth giving your lists to someone who will give you a kick up the arse. I find mothers are particularly good at this; my own takes a great deal of smug pleasure in using the phrase "shouldn't you be revising?" at the most irritating moments, i.e. when I have just finished a stint of hard work and have taken two minutes out to put the kettle on.
I really hope this helps because I would like to remind you once again it was at the expense of writing up a lecture on skin, the most interesting organ ever. And for that I am eternally grateful.
Reply 5
Jennybean
I'm pretty organised. Here are my top tips:
1) Diet-wise, the best advice I can give you is to try and eat your five portions of fruit and veg before you eat anything unhealthy that day. E.g., chop up some banana to put on toast (with something like nutella, honey or peanut butter) and have a smoothie for breakfast, snack on satsumas throughout the morning then at lunch eat a sandwich with lots of salad (or just the salad on its own) plus some carrot sticks dipped in hoummus. That is your five a day wiped out by the middle of the day and if you can eat some veg with dinner, so much the better. You'll feel so much better knowing you've already gotten your vitamins, minerals and fibre and you will also feel much less tempted to snack on unhealthy stuff because you'll feel more full, and you won't want to undo your hard work.
2) With exercise, there's no point trying to stick to a routine if you're hopeless at keeping to it. Try and have an exercise quota that you fulfil every week rather than every day, for instance I try and go to the gym at least four times a week, but I don't have set days when I go because this gives me the flexibility to allow for days when I'm upset or tired, or if my friends decide they want to go out one evening. I don't bother going on the days when I feel really wiped out because I know I'll just do 20 minutes then give up. I'd rather get an early night and go another day when I know I'll do at least an hour.
3) I think we can all sympathise with the feeling of not having done enough school work. Right now I am meant to be writing up a lecture on skin function but TSR just seems so much more appealing (and yes, thanks, I am aware of the glaring irony that I am sharing my tips for an organised life). The only way I can find to avoid the computer and the TV is just not to turn them on. Everyone kids themselves they'll only spend half an hour surfing the net, or will just watch Scrubs then they'll turn the TV off but the reality is there is always a new post to read on TSR, a funny website to look at, someone else logging in to msn, a suddenly intriguing storyline on Hollyoaks just after Scrubs finishes etc etc. These things are the biggest time-eaters so just don't go near them until you have done at least enough work to salve your conscience a little. I try (haha) to have a rule that I don't turn the telly or the computer on til 9 in the evening, by which time I'm usually too bored of being good to be bothered with much more work, and I'm not constantly thinking "oh just half an hour more, then I'll do my work" - it's guilt free leisure time. Try asking your friends not to call or text you til this time as well so that you don't get into interesting conversations and waste the evening.
4) The best tip I can give anyone on being organised about anything is to make lists. I am the list monster. I make lists for everything - things I need to do, things I need to buy, work I need to finish, things I feel happy about, things I feel sad about, the list goes on. No pun intended. Every day write down a list of things you want to accomplish. If they are there sitting on the page in front of you, you won't forget anything, you're more likely to feel obliged to actually do them and you'll also feel more in control and proud of yourself when you can go over them at the end of each day and tick off everything you managed to finish. If there's still stuff left, just carry it over to the next day.
5) Lastly, don't go mad if you have one bad day or even a bad week. Sometimes everyone feels so unmotivated that they eat crap, do no exercise and finish no work. You're only human and it happens to the best. Just don't let it become habit - if you have a week where you've done little else but watch reruns of Friends, don't beat yourself up over it but resolve to do much better the following week. If you really can't monitor your own behaviour then it's worth giving your lists to someone who will give you a kick up the arse. I find mothers are particularly good at this; my own takes a great deal of smug pleasure in using the phrase "shouldn't you be revising?" at the most irritating moments, i.e. when I have just finished a stint of hard work and have taken two minutes out to put the kettle on.
I really hope this helps because I would like to remind you once again it was at the expense of writing up a lecture on skin, the most interesting organ ever. And for that I am eternally grateful.
1) Diet-wise, the best advice I can give you is to try and eat your five portions of fruit and veg before you eat anything unhealthy that day. E.g., chop up some banana to put on toast (with something like nutella, honey or peanut butter) and have a smoothie for breakfast, snack on satsumas throughout the morning then at lunch eat a sandwich with lots of salad (or just the salad on its own) plus some carrot sticks dipped in hoummus. That is your five a day wiped out by the middle of the day and if you can eat some veg with dinner, so much the better. You'll feel so much better knowing you've already gotten your vitamins, minerals and fibre and you will also feel much less tempted to snack on unhealthy stuff because you'll feel more full, and you won't want to undo your hard work.
2) With exercise, there's no point trying to stick to a routine if you're hopeless at keeping to it. Try and have an exercise quota that you fulfil every week rather than every day, for instance I try and go to the gym at least four times a week, but I don't have set days when I go because this gives me the flexibility to allow for days when I'm upset or tired, or if my friends decide they want to go out one evening. I don't bother going on the days when I feel really wiped out because I know I'll just do 20 minutes then give up. I'd rather get an early night and go another day when I know I'll do at least an hour.
3) I think we can all sympathise with the feeling of not having done enough school work. Right now I am meant to be writing up a lecture on skin function but TSR just seems so much more appealing (and yes, thanks, I am aware of the glaring irony that I am sharing my tips for an organised life). The only way I can find to avoid the computer and the TV is just not to turn them on. Everyone kids themselves they'll only spend half an hour surfing the net, or will just watch Scrubs then they'll turn the TV off but the reality is there is always a new post to read on TSR, a funny website to look at, someone else logging in to msn, a suddenly intriguing storyline on Hollyoaks just after Scrubs finishes etc etc. These things are the biggest time-eaters so just don't go near them until you have done at least enough work to salve your conscience a little. I try (haha) to have a rule that I don't turn the telly or the computer on til 9 in the evening, by which time I'm usually too bored of being good to be bothered with much more work, and I'm not constantly thinking "oh just half an hour more, then I'll do my work" - it's guilt free leisure time. Try asking your friends not to call or text you til this time as well so that you don't get into interesting conversations and waste the evening.
4) The best tip I can give anyone on being organised about anything is to make lists. I am the list monster. I make lists for everything - things I need to do, things I need to buy, work I need to finish, things I feel happy about, things I feel sad about, the list goes on. No pun intended. Every day write down a list of things you want to accomplish. If they are there sitting on the page in front of you, you won't forget anything, you're more likely to feel obliged to actually do them and you'll also feel more in control and proud of yourself when you can go over them at the end of each day and tick off everything you managed to finish. If there's still stuff left, just carry it over to the next day.
5) Lastly, don't go mad if you have one bad day or even a bad week. Sometimes everyone feels so unmotivated that they eat crap, do no exercise and finish no work. You're only human and it happens to the best. Just don't let it become habit - if you have a week where you've done little else but watch reruns of Friends, don't beat yourself up over it but resolve to do much better the following week. If you really can't monitor your own behaviour then it's worth giving your lists to someone who will give you a kick up the arse. I find mothers are particularly good at this; my own takes a great deal of smug pleasure in using the phrase "shouldn't you be revising?" at the most irritating moments, i.e. when I have just finished a stint of hard work and have taken two minutes out to put the kettle on.
I really hope this helps because I would like to remind you once again it was at the expense of writing up a lecture on skin, the most interesting organ ever. And for that I am eternally grateful.
You ROCK.
Seriously. Thank you so much
thats VERY helpful.Reply 6
wow @ jennybean.
The thing with me is that I always want to get things done over half term, and I hate wasting them. So yesterday I spent about an hour or so writing out:
-work I need to do
-workouts and when
-things I need to buy or sort out
-times to enjoy myself
And it's the first day and it's gone great. I woke up at 8am (forced myself) did my exercise, showered, ate, and throughout the day I've done a hell of a lot of work!
My goal for the rest of the evening is to finish them lol because I can't seem to actual settle and leave the work without thinking of more I want to add.
Anyway my tips would be:
-Write out what exactly needs to be done for your schoolwork the night before. Go over the exact headings, paragraphs, everything you need to do the next day so that you know what you have to do and roughly how long it'll take you. I surprised myself this morning by doing a lot of maths in 1 hour when I had estimated 3 hours lol.
-Just plan your day the night before. Know what you'll be doing the day after. Heck look at me. I'm disorganised 99% of the time, but last night was just a kick up the butt. I don't know how. Probably writing down everything I have to do this half term. Good luck!
The thing with me is that I always want to get things done over half term, and I hate wasting them. So yesterday I spent about an hour or so writing out:
-work I need to do
-workouts and when
-things I need to buy or sort out
-times to enjoy myself
And it's the first day and it's gone great. I woke up at 8am (forced myself) did my exercise, showered, ate, and throughout the day I've done a hell of a lot of work!
My goal for the rest of the evening is to finish them lol because I can't seem to actual settle and leave the work without thinking of more I want to add.Anyway my tips would be:
-Write out what exactly needs to be done for your schoolwork the night before. Go over the exact headings, paragraphs, everything you need to do the next day so that you know what you have to do and roughly how long it'll take you. I surprised myself this morning by doing a lot of maths in 1 hour when I had estimated 3 hours lol.
-Just plan your day the night before. Know what you'll be doing the day after. Heck look at me. I'm disorganised 99% of the time, but last night was just a kick up the butt. I don't know how. Probably writing down everything I have to do this half term. Good luck!
Reply 8
AntiLearner
wow @ jennybean.
The thing with me is that I always want to get things done over half term, and I hate wasting them. So yesterday I spent about an hour or so writing out:
-work I need to do
-workouts and when
-things I need to buy or sort out
-times to enjoy myself
And it's the first day and it's gone great. I woke up at 8am (forced myself) did my exercise, showered, ate, and throughout the day I've done a hell of a lot of work! My goal for the rest of the evening is to finish them lol because I can't seem to actual settle and leave the work without thinking of more I want to add.
Anyway my tips would be:
-Write out what exactly needs to be done for your schoolwork the night before. Go over the exact headings, paragraphs, everything you need to do the next day so that you know what you have to do and roughly how long it'll take you. I surprised myself this morning by doing a lot of maths in 1 hour when I had estimated 3 hours lol.
-Just plan your day the night before. Know what you'll be doing the day after. Heck look at me. I'm disorganised 99% of the time, but last night was just a kick up the butt. I don't know how. Probably writing down everything I have to do this half term. Good luck!
The thing with me is that I always want to get things done over half term, and I hate wasting them. So yesterday I spent about an hour or so writing out:
-work I need to do
-workouts and when
-things I need to buy or sort out
-times to enjoy myself
And it's the first day and it's gone great. I woke up at 8am (forced myself) did my exercise, showered, ate, and throughout the day I've done a hell of a lot of work!
My goal for the rest of the evening is to finish them lol because I can't seem to actual settle and leave the work without thinking of more I want to add.Anyway my tips would be:
-Write out what exactly needs to be done for your schoolwork the night before. Go over the exact headings, paragraphs, everything you need to do the next day so that you know what you have to do and roughly how long it'll take you. I surprised myself this morning by doing a lot of maths in 1 hour when I had estimated 3 hours lol.
-Just plan your day the night before. Know what you'll be doing the day after. Heck look at me. I'm disorganised 99% of the time, but last night was just a kick up the butt. I don't know how. Probably writing down everything I have to do this half term. Good luck!
Hehe, wow, I'm gonna do that tonight.
I dont think theres any point of starting up any work now...its too late and I need to do other stuff...such as chill and get rid of the drained feeling I've had all day (woke up at 1pm
)But I'll do what you just said, I'll write down everything I need to do the night before, great idea
Reply 9
jellybean - amazing
and... the skin is quite interesting!
and... the skin is quite interesting!
Jellybean are you my older sister Luly in disguise. She tells me things like that all the time, and she likes skin because she's doing a degree in nutrition.
I am so disorganised it doesn't bear thinking about however my BIG ORGANISED OLDER SIS says her no. 1 tip is......
A DIARY!!! (apparently a filofax is best). I don't need to explain how it works!
I am so disorganised it doesn't bear thinking about however my BIG ORGANISED OLDER SIS says her no. 1 tip is......
A DIARY!!! (apparently a filofax is best). I don't need to explain how it works!
ellabella
jellybean - amazing
and... the skin is quite interesting!
and... the skin is quite interesting!
ro-ro
Jellybean are you my older sister Luly in disguise. She tells me things like that all the time, and she likes skin because she's doing a degree in nutrition.
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH
My name is Jenny! j-e-N-N-y = JeNNybean, not JeLLybean. Winds me up so much after this really obnoxious guy called Bret decided it was funny to call me Jells.
Otherwise, thank you children I'm very touched. No I am not your older sister Luly and my degree is in veterinary medicine. Also, I don't like skin. Not in the sense that I don't like having skin but in the sense that I don't like having to learn its structure and functions. And I would also recommend a diary, one hundred per cent. Then you can never forget when stuff is due to be handed in, when you are meeting who and at what time. It also gives you a portable place to write down all your lists in, woop woop!
Reply 13
argh...i can't get off tsr and facebook...i've been 'trying' for the past two hours, was gonna start working at 1! then i decided to look at all my bf's photos on facebook, and it went down hil from there....
Reply 14
fairycakes
argh...i can't get off tsr and facebook...i've been 'trying' for the past two hours, was gonna start working at 1! then i decided to look at all my bf's photos on facebook, and it went down hil from there....
lol
I've been trying to get off msn for the past 15 minutes.
I just can't force myself to do my maths...I KNOW I don't understand it, there really hard questions and I can't do em
Reply 18
I think you just have to be disciplined with yourself. Think what you'll acheive if you do what you intend to (ie doing coursework when your supposed to and not when you're forced to cos its due in tomorrow!! ) Also if you do stuff when you plan to, your free time will be your own and you won't feel guilty cos your not doing something you're meant to.
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