Pacing

I can say, I am picking up the pace now.

This week, pacing and task management are the key factors why I was able to follow through the modules effectively and submitted my output on time!

What was reiterated in the orientation videos that we should learn ahead and always find time to allot few hours in a day to review and continue studying was truly very important. For someone like me who needs night shift job to keep while studying at the same time, it is crucial to manage tasks and resources wisely.

For two weeks in the program, aside from learning how to manage my time at work and for studying, I have developed a certain tenacity and genuine interest in following through my readings and even research some more outside of my study modules. I became more conscious of my writing skills and I started researching on how to write competitively or cite correctly.

I find this website, EasyBib (https://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/how-do-i-cite-a/) very easy and convenient to use when learning how to cite a particular source. As our program requires plenty of writing, we have to understand the legal limitations of what we can do and learning more about plagiarism to keep us out of trouble (https://www.plagiarism.org/article/how-do-i-cite-sources).

What I genuinely love about the week is the self-learning and deep thinking experience with others through others. The experience will really help you open up to more ideas and will make you appreciate how others view things differently or similarly. You will enjoy the freedom of following the trail of your own thoughts and curiosity by fast researching online on your own space and time. Feels liberating.

Every week, the lessons are getting harder, readings increase in numbers and making time to study is becoming more tedious. It builds up the pacing that makes use of my adrenaline. Truly exhilarating!