Friday, January 3, 2014

What To Do When The Workload Becomes Too Much

By Hedrick Lepsch


You have missed a week of work due to an illness or some emergency. Your homework from classes is stacking up and you realize that what was seemingly overwhelming before has now become impossible. So what do you do when the workload becomes too much to handle?

As a college student, you suddenly have the responsibility of making sure that you do your homework, attend class, stay social, and remain healthy. These responsibilities may seem overwhelming, but maintaining them will allow you to live a relatively stress free existence and perform better in general.

It is important to be able to block out some things and focus on the important issues at hand. Remember that you are much more efficient at focusing on one single thing when you go into your work load than you are when you focus on many.

To get the motivation to workout you need to persuade a friend or a roommate to become your daily workout companion. Tell them about your depression and your need for a cheerleader to motivate you to go workout. While exercise is not a cure all, it will help counter balance your negative feelings and help make your life seem manageable again.

The physical benefits of exercise are vast, and are especially important in your college experience. AS you exercise regularly you will find yourself more able to meet the expectations of each day, and you will gain more control over your body. AS a student, you will need to perform many different tasks, and adding exercise to your schedule will help you to complete everything that you are asked to do without becoming overly tired, or stressed out.

Be willing to negotiate rather than fail. Sometimes you can call people up and let them know that you are behind. It is better than thinking that you will somehow; magically get ahead of things eventually. You need to take things on with a realistic approach and be willing to make thing easier on yourself. This is the main goal.

Prioritize. You need to make sure that you have your priorities straight. Too many people do the easy things first and then get burned out when it comes time to get the hard things done. Be willing to set aside the things that don't matter as much. Those will be the killers in the end if you let them slow you down.

Exercise is also extremely useful mentally. Exercise can help you to perform your work more successfully, and can actually increase your ability to use your brain effectively. It can increase your ability to concentrate and will allow you to respond more effectively to questions in class and on homework.

Make sure that you have a clear plan and focus each day. There are a lot of things that you could be doing but if you have a strategy you will be much more likely to get back on top of your workload and you will find that you are much more efficient at the end of the day this is one thing that people learn when they get their business administration degree.

All you can do in the meantime is try to find some meaning in the meaninglessness of the illness. In time you will finish your computer science degree or your business administration degree, as well as see the other side of depression.




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