Completing postgraduate study means you have to become a
master at time management as well as your chosen subject. It’s been a
particular struggle for me over the past few months to be organised, as I
travel to Sheffield from Pontefract, so the long train journeys don’t give me much
free time once I get home. It takes two hours out of my morning, and another
two hours out of my afternoon. On top of that I need to make sure I’m eating
well, getting enough sleep, and just generally keeping on top of everything in
my life!
The first thing you need to remember is that self-care comes
first. If your mind and body aren’t healthy, then the hours you put into your
uni work will be wasted as you won’t be able to concentrate and your thoughts
will drift. If you’re a commuter like me, make sure you utilise all the free
time you have in the day so that you’ve got enough hours to wind down once you
get home. Do your course reading while you’ve got that spare hour on the train,
or spend your mid-day free period in the library as opposed to the coffee shop
across the road. Also be mindful of what resources you have with you at what
times Some trains don’t always have internet access, so make sure you’ve got
everything you need to effectively study without the world wide web.
A masters degree can be tiresome and stressful – it’s
easy to get caught up with the intimidation of looming deadlines and a heap of
assignments yet to be completed. Break each task down step by step, leaving
plenty of time to go over it and check everything. If you think about all the
things you need to do in one big pile, it can just make you panic. Setting
yourself personal goals for each day/week will help you to cross things off the
list slowly, without leaving everything to the last minute in one big rush.
Finally, remember IT’S ONLY A YEAR. It will be over
before you know it, and until then the holidays seem to swing by pretty quickly
so there’ll be enough time for you to catch up on your sleep and Netflix binges
eventually. Just. Keep. Going. You’ll soon realise the hard work pays off when
it’s time for graduation day.
Sarah Baxter, MA Magazine Journalism
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