New Years Resolutions.

Hi all, hope you're well and have had a good Christmas!

I've been back home from uni for the past two weeks, enjoying spending time with friends and family who I haven't seen in three long months! I have to admit since being back it has been too easy to slip into old bad habits. Before leaving to come home, I had made a manageable plan of how I was going to carry out doing lots of studying and still find time to spend with family and friends.

However, spontaneous plans with friends and just enjoying the comfort of your own home at Christmas has lead to me failing to study as much as I would have liked.

These are the books I am supposed to be reading over this Christmas break...

These are the book I have read over this Christmas break...

It is now coming up to the new year though, which has lead me to think about what 2014 holds. As a third year Psychology student, there has never been a more important year. This year I am due to graduate and decide what I want to do after finishing university, scary stuff! So I have come up with some new years resolutions for this year, and how I wish to carry them out.

Main Goal: Graduate University with a 2:1
This is the big one, the one all sixteen years of education has been leading to- a degree (hopefully a 2:1). I'm due to graduate in June/July time and if I achieve this it will be my greatest achievement to date, so I have come up with some sub-goals to help me achieve my main goal.

Spend more time studying
I'm not sure exactly how many hours I spend studying, but I know there are a lot more I can put in. I plan to get up early and study in the library before midday lectures and later ones, and to dedicate more weekend time to the library when it is the most quiet.

Do more academic reading
This is something I know I really need to improve on - I need to do much more reading. I plan to try to do academic reading each day, and aim for at least 50 pages per day. I plan to do more reading for exam revision and try to do more reading when I have less assessments.

Not procrastinate with assessments
I often start them early, but when I struggle I put them aside rather than asking for help. I plan to start them early, ask for help when I need it and try to finish them a day or two before they are due.

Get advice on postgraduate study/funding
I'm starting to worry about life after my degree. I know I want to have a career in Clinical Psychology but the path to it is so difficult and confusing I don't know where to start so I plan to get advice from the university about how I should go about getting into Clinical Psychology - and fast!

That is all my goals for now, I just need to stick to them! I hope you all have a great new year and good luck with any new years resolutions you may have.

See you in the new year!

Robyn