App 10: Our Choice

I uploaded the exercise we did in class on Wednesday. It was the chart we did that layed out what I have going down the stretch for my classes it was a great help to see what i had to so for they up coming weeks. The only thing that I adjusted was that I also put the game I have and practices so I truly know everything I have to do to finsh out the year strong.

App #10 - Our Choice

I have to say that with all of the work in these last few weeks of school, I am really stressed and have to manage school work, test, and five games in the last fifteen days.  Being so physically tired has made my stress level even higher than normal so I am following the stress management technique of One Day at a Time.  My stress reducing technique is to write down each thing that is stressing me and work on the list every day.  What is interesting is that my list rarely changes these days with such a demanding game schedule and so little time for work and sleep. I am using my calender from my D's Due and Do technique to keep my head together and focus on what is do and when. I have used this calender all month and seeing my assignments and tests placed on the same page as my games has really helped.

App #9 Stress Management



 The Stress Diagram and the Stress Reduction plan sure the two stress management techniques that I used this week.  I liked the stress diagram because it gave me a chance to think about not only what is stressing me out but also about how much each stress source is stressing me.  I listed more than five sources but each one is important to me.  The stress reduction plan was a way to think about how I should reduce my stress.  I found it interesting that some of my main stress sources are also the way that I relieve my stress. I think that by identifying what causes me stress and making sure I take time to relax is going to be a huge help in the next few weeks before the semester ends.





Stress Diagram

Stress Reduction Plan

Stress Management

I thought that the Stress and Anti-Procrastination chart was the most helpful technique we did in class on Wednesday. I applied it to my PPE, CRS, and WRT and I found that a big part of my stress was my procrastination. Once I realized the causes for my procrastination, my stress levels went down and I found that I was much more relaxed when thinking about school.

Procrastination App#8 Matt Walters

This week I used the anti-procrastination method of Time Wasters.  As you can see from my chart above, I am really good at doing things that prevent me from doing work.  I enjoy talking with friends, playing video games and being on my computer.  I can do this for hours and then I'm behind on my school work.  So I used this chart to help me see how I waste so much time. I also really liked the ten minute technique because when I'm at study tables after practice, I can only really concentrate in about ten minute periods before getting distracted.

SCOTT LOY'S PROCRASTINATION APP: # 8

The technique that help my procrastination the most is the D's Dues and Do's. I find that the reason for my procrastination in the first place is being unorganized. With the Dues and Do's list, I know when things are dues and I know what I have to get done that specific night. I another technique that keeps me on task is the ten mins techniques. It allows me to start projects and studying when I really dont want to in the first place.

APP#7 - Motivation

This week I did two different motivation stategies.  First I looked at my reason for being motivated in school.  I found that this made me think about why I was going to college and why having a college degree was important to me.  Then like Scott, I did the chart of my academic fears.  This exercise helped me realize what my worse case senerio would be in college and then made me realize what I needed to do to make sure that it didn't happen or if it did how I could deal with it.

Academic Fears	Worst Outcome	Best Outcome	Action Needed
Failing a course	I don't get credit for the class, hurt my GPA and need to take it again	Realize my mistakes, learn how to focus better, maybe class was not for me.	Do the work.  Go to class and study.
Academically Ineligible	Let my team down and let myself down	Focus on my work and get myself out of this mess. Learn how to be responsible for myself.	Study and know where I stand in every class.  Get tutored and see teachers for help.
Choosing the wrong major	Have to change major later on.	Now I know what I have to do.	Get help from advisor and CLS