TIME IS NOW

Holy shit.

Fuck it.

I am fucked.

Can I get an extension?

Should I really be bothered with this?

Do I really want this to be my career?

If this was pretty much your entire vocabulary for this week, let me tell you.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

Week 5 is a killer and I know you must think that I say this every week (because I do) but week 5 really hits you and it hits your hard.

My most favourite thing about week 5 is that you normally have 2 or 3 even 4 assignments due, one from each subject and you are really just hoping that you are able to hold on to even a small part of sanity. But I think in week 5 you really do lose it all.

I swear my favourite thing about heading into week 5 is that you have so much faith in yourself you know that you have things to do and you try your hardest to get them done. So in true Uni posting fashion, I wanted to inform you all with a few tips that I use to help myself get through this week 5 and hopefully you will be able to use them too.

ORGANISE YOUR WEEK

You have to work, or you have commitments, or you need to do things with your day then what you need to do at the start of the week is organise your week (ideally you could have done this last week, or the week before or even at the beginning of the year but we all know that the whole reason we are here is because we are all procrastinators so let's get back to it) give yourself plenty of time to be able to complete your assignment. Know when you have hours to spend on doing your assignment and make sure that you actually use those hours.

GIVE YOURSELF A TIME FRAME

If you still have a few days before you have your assignment and you know that you need to do 2hrs of your assignment. Give yourself those two hours and a sole two hours and get what you need to get done. Turn your phone off, close all your open tabs and sit down and just start.

SET A PLAN

Open up your assignment information sheet, or whatever information you have been given about your assignment and workout exactly where your assignment needs to go. How many words? How many paragraphs? How many references? Do I need to include anything else? How do I spread my word count out over the paragraphs? Spend close to 10 minutes before you start your assignment and know exactly where you are headed.

JUST SIT DOWN AND DO IT

The worst thing for me personally is that I not only procrastinate my assignment but then I actually procrastinate doing it by doing my other study. So the one thing I tell myself is you need to sit down right now and do it. Search for your references. Type your words. Write your cover letter. JUST DO IT

So once again that is my little tips and tricks for how I tackle week 5 and now here is a quote to keep you going this week!