Self-discipline
This kind of studying requires a lot of self-discipline. I have to take all of my spare time and channel it towards the goal of passing an exam that I will take more than a month from now. I have no accountability to anybody but me. I have no set schedule aside from watching the videos that only get posted once a week. I have to decide what to study, when, and in what order. I have to figure out what works for me and get other things work for me whether they want to or not. I have to take practice quizzes and tests and work random problems in the book and not get discouraged. I have to listen to cds in the car even when I really want to listen to music.
Some days I do better than others, and I’ve found that I do best on my busiest days, because those are the days when I have the greatest sense of urgency. For that reason, I do fairly well at the flash cards in the evenings, because I can only look at a few at the time before catching C as she goes head first off the couch (feet first, child! feet first!). If this particular trend continues, I will be a studying fiend once tax season starts.
