It has come to that time of a new month where I will inevitably reevaluate my habits over the past month so far. My choices to distract myself from Uni through time-consuming activities have come at a cost to the ever climbing workload I continue to push to the side. This work feels daunting, however, in reality, there is no viable reason for me to feel afraid of completing the tasks I have ahead of me. Over the past few weeks, there have been times I have questioned my own progress in this course. I have questioned my decision to study this course in the first place, why am I doing what I’m doing and why do I feel like it’s necessary to put time and effort into these projects. Often it is the completion of an old project or the continuation of a new one that gets me thinking about the things I really enjoy in this course. It is the spark that comes from a flow of learning within a certain project that gets me back on the path of realising its importance.

The acknowledgement of this importance has come to surface itself over the past few weeks of really looking into problem areas of my study habits. These problem areas such as productivity and time management, are things that have improved greatly since cutting out distractions that only serve to put a hold on any progress I have made over these weeks. The progress has honestly been quite incredible and the way I have been able to bounce back to a state of clarity after recognising these problems has been really eye opening. As I sit at the beginning of April, I actually feel like I’m in a really comfortable place. Seeing progress is a slow process, but like any new habit or skill, it takes patience and practise to see the real results. I have made similar statements in the past about improvements, however, I’m certain that I’m heading in the right direction this time. I always get to a point in most things where it begins to get hard, visible improvements are far in between and I lose focus on the task ahead. It has taken many hours and days of forming the wrong habits, so it is only acceptable that it’s going to take time for new habits to settle into my life. I look forward to tackling the inevitable bumps in the road that await me on my journey of forming new habits. For now, I will continue to set goals for myself each week and focus on my course work, something that I have been putting off for a while.