We are nearing the end of the year, and we still have so many tasks to manage and complete. There are efficient ways to complete each of these tasks within compact amount of time. But this is only if you know the correct ways and the steps to accomplishing tasks. I have used Divide By Four in two of my classes, for both Preparing for Exams, and Working on Projects. They have worked well for me because I knew the four exact steps that I had to make in order to achieve my goal for the two tasks. In my CFS 255 class, I have an exam this upcoming wednesday for three chapters, and I divided the process of studying for it into four exact steps. This made my studying more efficient and I was able to spend a good amount of time on it. I have an ongoing project throughout the whole semaster in my HTW 221 class, and I was able to divide it into four equal parts, which helped me greatly. It helped me to know exactly what was it that I needed to do, and let me stay focused on what I was supposed to be doing.
For preparing for my last CFS 255 exam, I divided the task into four different steps. The steps are all related to each other, but I was able to perform them in a shorter amount of time, mostly because I did not procrastinate. If I know exactly what I need to do for the hour, I will get right to it, without hesitation or laziness overwhelming me. It is different than just studying without thinking and planning because if I do not plan ahead of time, I usually procrastinate till the very end, which will make me not be able to study efficiently. If I do not plan ahead, I will not see the end of the process of studying and it will just put too much pressure on me, which will make me become less motivated. Dividing the task by four, took away the procrastination and put motivation in me.
I was also able to use this strategy in working on my year-long project in HTW 221. As the semaster is nearing the end, our projects are also nearing the due date. By using this strategy, I was able to see my project as just 4 different parts. Because I planned it out this way, I was able to see it as a whole, and I knew exactly what it was that I needed to do. I just needed to find the right topic, then get to researching and writing down the information, then just organizing them into a paper. After I divided them into four different steps, they sounded very straight forward as easy for me. I usually take projects as something complicated and I usually do not know where to start. But by using this strategy, I knew exactly where I needed to start, and was able to go on to the next step as soon as I was done with the prior step.
I was able to get done quickly and easily without any obstacles or procrastination distracting me.
Dividing a task by four is not a hard step, nor it is something that takes a long time to do. Little bit of thinking is involved in this process, and it makes the tasks become a whole lot easier for you to handle. It is like cutting up a 200 pound rock into four pieces so that you only need to handle 50 pound of the beast every time, just for four times. It makes you see the task as a whole, but at the same time, if you only look at one step before taking another step, the task becomes so much easier so that it makes you become motivated, and deter procrastination. This strategy is something that I would like to continue using in the future that it helps me complete any task with ease and not put too much pressure on me. It makes a heavy burden into kit-kats.
Dividing a task by four is not a hard step, nor it is something that takes a long time to do. Little bit of thinking is involved in this process, and it makes the tasks become a whole lot easier for you to handle. It is like cutting up a 200 pound rock into four pieces so that you only need to handle 50 pound of the beast every time, just for four times. It makes you see the task as a whole, but at the same time, if you only look at one step before taking another step, the task becomes so much easier so that it makes you become motivated, and deter procrastination. This strategy is something that I would like to continue using in the future that it helps me complete any task with ease and not put too much pressure on me. It makes a heavy burden into kit-kats.
AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM GOING TO MISS DOING TECH ASSIGNMENT EVERY WEEKEND........
I love your kitkat idea B-Mayne!~ I have used the same strategy: divide by 4 for biology and chemistry and I gotta say it really worked. I knew exactly what I had to do, where to start, and how to finish and tie things together. This is when I learned that organization helps a lot towards academics. I hope you learned similar thing like me. I'll miss your creative style of blogging since this is the last tech assignement that you will be done. Good job B-Mayne!
ReplyDeleteI also used Divide by Four strategy for my other two courses. It's such a neat little strategy that helps you achieve your goals in time and in successful manner. I'm using this strategy in my other courses as well and so far they are working great. I love how we don't have to worry about finishing the entire project in one night but rather complete each section one at a time and it's so much more manageable. I will definitely keep using this strategy.
ReplyDeleteReally, the Divide By Four strategy was a good strategy to finish my work quickly and effectively in an organized way. I also used the strategy, and I would love to use it when I have an exam or a project. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteDivide by four strategy is a good strategy because we are familiar with the strategy as we have learend tons and tons of things about task management, and plus it sort of motivates us to study harder and work harder as we get through the steps. Only 2 more weeks of hard work and it is summer guys! lets work harder!
ReplyDeleteI always love the pictures you put, they are so unique haha. I also like how you referred the divide by four as the kit kats, very fun! I guess everyone used the divide by four strategy as their task management, which I understand since it is very much useful and effective. I will continue to use it!
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