Tuesday, September 24, 2002

And Trouble Draws Near

Nothing much happened today but I am feeling the stress of meeting essay lengths (just tell me the minimum prof, I'm not ever going to top the maximum in my lifetime!) and deadlines. Haven't been sleeping too well, but of cos that is to be expected.
I'm not too good dealing with stress actually. And being the slacker that I am, I actually mentally plan my studying/ researching around my "entertainment" time. I'd be laying out my books and indecipherable lecture notes etc on the bed (you wont even see the sheets at all!). I convince myself that I'm a *master of multi-tasking* and I read my notes simultaneously with the TV on. Actually come to think of it, it's not really multi-tasking, more like dual-tasking.

I prefer to brainstorm ideas from reading secondary literature, and it takes forever to even plough through one of them thicker-than-the-actual-text books. Right now, I'm worrying myself sick with a presentation on Machiavelli's The Prince. It's a very thin book but you would not believe how much harm it can actually cause. If you read this with Sun Tzu's Art of War I think one can really take over the world.

posted by Sharon K at 9:41 am