This post is a sort of open promise to myself and those that care about me, but at the same time, I’m asking for help from anybody with fulfilling my promises. I made a lot of mistakes in college last year, and I want that to change this year. There was three main things, my health, my sleeping pattern, and my nonsensical leaving of things to the last minute.

My Health

It’s no secret to anyone that knows me, or has even just met me, that I’m not exactly in the best physical shape… To put it bluntly, I’m overweight. Not massively overweight, but enough to make a difference, sometimes making physical tasks a bit harder than they should be. I lost a fair bit of weight after my Leaving Cert, thanks to working in a factory, then Penney’s, so I got some exercise during work, but then I got a job in an internet café. Worse possible job for my health! 12 hour shift, and nothing available to eat and drink but crap from a vending machine. Anyway, I should’ve realised at the time that that was going to be a problem, and done things to keep a somewhat healthy lifestyle, but I didn’t, and eventually ended up back at square one. Then came college, where I feel victim to the typical student diet of take away and simple to cook unhealthy food. So one of my goals is to get into a healthy lifestyle, and lose weight. So, here’s my first request: Can anybody give me a source for simple to cook dinners for someone who would somehow manage to burn Corn Flakes when getting my breakfast and has a pretty fussy taste? (Ok, I’m not really THAT bad at cooking, but you get the idea – it’s far from my strong point.)

My Sleeping Pattern

There’s only one way to describe my sleeping pattern of last year, and that is screwed up. (Well, actually, there’s plenty of ways I could have described, I just decided to go for a less offensive way ) I’d stay up as late as 4am, for absolutely no reason, often completely on my own, with class just 5 hours later, and I’d generally then miss that class. I could’ve done better in class if I got a grip of my sleeping pattern. I guess it’s not really something I can get help with, it’s just a matter of me copping on and going to bed at a decent hour. And in turn, that would help my health to a certain extent.

Time Management

Ok, this has been a major problem all my life. I always leave things to the last minute. Maybe it’s coz I need that sense of panic to get the creative juices flowing, but in fairness, I shouldn’t need that. I should be able to break up work into sections and goals and spread it out over time. Everyone should be able to do that, right? Timetabling work hasn’t really been something I’ve tried before, and I don’t know if I will try that approach, coz there’s times where I just freeze, and end up doing a half-assed job, because I can’t think properly, and does anyone really know what they’re gonna be doing at 8pm the next day in college? I know I wouldn’t. How do you do it? How do you eliminate distractions, and focus on the goal at hand? It seems like it should be so simple, but it’s not, and I’m gonna put up my hand and say I need help with it.

And the rest…

There’s lots of other little things, but they all tie into the above three. Once they improve, the rest should fall into place. All of it seems like common sense, and maybe all I need to do is stop and think about what I’m doing, and what I should be doing. It’s not rocket science, but it ain’t easy either, so I’m opening the floor in the comments to any tips anyone has for putting structure in my life, and getting things done the way they should.

Now to see if I actually get any comments…
On a side note, I should really finish this design. Comments are the one thing I didn’t touch at all yet…