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306 APPENDIX Band looked through this cool Web site my teacher suggested. In con-
clusion, I finished my goal but need to be better disciplined.Friday
Today I got started right after my class let out at noon. (I don’t
want a repeat of yesterday.) Although it was difficult starting the
paper, I encouraged myself through positive self-talk to get started,
and I did. I did not finish my goal tonight. I had an engagement at
7:30 p.m. and decided to leave the library at 6 p.m. to ensure that I
would make it on time. After the engagement, I decided to go to sleep
early. Tomorrow I will get an early start.Saturday
Although I was lazy, my roommate woke me up around 8 a.m. I
ate breakfast, did my household chores, and watched some football
with one of my housemates. I finally got to the library at 12:15 p.m.
Where did all the time go? Anyhow, once I got started, I got into a
pretty good rhythm. I cranked until 4:30 p.m., when I decided to
reward myself by playing basketball on the outside courts on campus.
Although I only played an hour and fifteen minutes, by the time I got
back to the library, it was 7:25 p.m. By the end of the evening I was
up to nine pages. A good accomplishment, considering I wrote six
pages today. I still feel short, however. What I will do is plan out how
long it should take me to complete each task and use that as a dead-
line. I have to be more focused tomorrow.Sunday
After church I did other homework, as well as other stuff, includ-
ing eating, relaxing, going to a meeting, and talking to my mom on
the phone. I estimated that it would take me 5 hours to write three
pages, complete my bibliography section, and make slight revisions.
In the evening, I allotted 5 hours to complete these tasks. The time
frame and deadline helped tremendously. In fact, it only took me 4
hours to finish everything, because I wrote the conclusion pages
quicker than I thought. This is great, because I cannot afford to miss
another deadline and I have class tomorrow.Monday
Today’s goal: although I delayed getting started, my homework only
took an hour and a half. This was within my estimated time frame.
This is good because I have other assignments to do.