How to stick to your reading plan
A lot of the time, we make plans on how we’re going to read, where and maybe even when but after a while we don’t follow it, or sometimes we don’t even follow it at all.
If you’re like me and you like creating plans, that’s great, but the koko of the matter is keeping to your plan.
Here are 7 ways to stick to your reading plan
1. Write down your plans
Whatever it is that you want to do, write it down. There’s something about writing your plans down. You can always look at it, tick the tasks you’ve completed, look at tasks you’ve not yet completed and so on. WRITE DOWN YOUR PLANS.
2. Consider other activities when making plans
You are a student, so you have MANY things on your plate, assignments, projects, service activities, and even house chores. So, when you’re making your plans, make sure that they don’t interfere with your other activities or you’re just wasting your time. I have said my own.
3. Make reasonable plans
Stop putting impossible tasks in your reading plan. Please set realistic goals. For example, you cannot finish an entire textbook in one week talk less of one day. Set plans that you can finish.
4. Keep your plans to the bare minimum
You’re not going to be able to do 20 things in one day, don’t deceive yourself. For example, you cannot climb the mount Kilimanjaro, cook fried rice, mop the roof and finally finish your economics degree in just one day. It is not possible. That’s a lot of things to do in 1 day; you can start with reading 5 pages each day or 1 chapter of that recommended text each day. You need to take things easy and start small.
5. Assign a time to each task
You are more likely to do something if you assign a time to it. For example, from 8–9, I will wash my clothes. That way, when it’s 8 o’clock, you know it is time to wash your clothes. Also, when you set a time to each task, you get to know the things you won’t be able to do and therefore prioritize.
6. Start small
First of all, we all know that the reason we don’t stick to our reading plan is because it looks too big and we’re afraid we won’t complete it. You have a test in the next 2 week and the note is 100 pages long. Most of us will be scared by that number BUT if we told ourselves “I’ll just read 1 page”. The truth is we know that we can not afford to read one page but the fact that we said “I’ll read just 1 page” makes us more likely to open the note and read it. Most times we end up reading 2 or more pages. Telling yourself that you will start small actually makes you START which is the goal here.
7. Give yourself a break
God rested on the 7th day, you as his child also need rest. If you do not rest or take breaks, you will breakdown. I advise you to use the POMODORO method. You can check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNBmG24djoY
If you’d like to know how to get a good GPA this semester, check out my post:
“How to increase or get a good GPA”
https://ayooluwaposiolomo.medium.com/how-to-increase-or-get-a-good-gpa-143d1bf2cb95
Edited by: Ebun Oluwatuyi
