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Old 10-11-2009, 08:33 AM   #3 (permalink)
silicon toad2000
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you said that you get the hours you want, is the hours you want more than the hours you need? can you shed a couple of hours work and still pay the bills?

how much time is wasted in transit, are you making the most of that time reading and studying?

can you get your lectures in audio form? do you work a job that will allow you to listen to your lectures? or listen to them in transit?

have you tried filling out a time diary? include everything, toilet, shower, sleep, dressing, transit between lectures and transit between jobs, study and dance. Then analyse it.

Are your sleeping habits making your study time less effective, would you get the same outcome form 1 less hour of study and one more hour of sleep? if so then you will also be able to improve the effectiveness of your dance training.

Have you had your eyes checked? my optician says that glasses to professionals and students are like sneakers to a runner or swim suits to a swimmer. He has a point.

Hows your nutrition? is your nutrition helping you to be as effective as you can be? Drinking enough water, the brain is mostly water and it doesn't take much of a change from idea to begin to effect your effectiveness at thinking and learning.

Do you have a support network that can help you with anything?

The sad truth is, once you are making the most efficient use of your time possible and are making the most effective use of your time possible... there is no more, then it is purely a matter of prioritisation.

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