September is about to end and for the whole month I have been guilty of procrastinating and taking too much time watching videos and movies. I suddenly became interested in finishing my modules for the AB English Degree course I have enrolled in when I went to the Philippines in June.
Distance Learning is not easy. It is very difficult. What makes it more difficult than studying in an actual school is the discipline one has to instill in oneself to read and read continuously. I should have researched on ways to prep myself for this kind of studying. I should have set a schedule and kept myself busy reading at least one or two lessons a day. I suffer now from cramming all these lessons into my brain. I am afraid of flunking it and do not wish to, for I am paying for this out of my own pocket.
As of now, I have completed only two modules for 4 of my subjects. I have a total of 7 subjects, each with 5 modules, equivalent to 21 units. My wife is pushing me to take the most number of units possible so I can finish the course in a year and a half. It sounded easy at the beginning, but now I realize this is actually more work than those free on-line courses I have taken at Coursera.org. At least with on-line courses, you have to check-in the website at least once a week and the material is mostly on video with additional reading. This distance learning degree course is basically reading a ton of stuff and working your way to finishing it in 5-6 months per term. Much more difficult if you tend to procrastinate and have a lot to do at work.
I procrastinate on purpose sometimes because I feel that I need to let my brain take a break once in a while, otherwise I might overuse and dry up those creative juices, whatever that means.
Anyway, writing this post can be another procrastination from what I should be doing, yet I owe it to myself to write what I feel about this busy life of studying in this lil’ ole blog of mine.