Stop being productive and have some time off!-hear hear!
May 4th 2010 by admin in 1, 4
Everyone feels that they can get more done if they spend all their time doing so. Skipping things like watching TV and playing video games may be positive as instead of sitting on your rear end you could be at 100% productivity and get some extra things done, like extra revision projects.
However this could blow up in your face if you misuse this. Sooner or later, you could end up skipping breakfast or lunch in the hope of getting an extra hour in, or sleeping a few hours later to finish off the project. This will straightaway be more costly to you as you will lose concentration and sleep, which will cause you to crash out and get nothing done the next day.
I am currently getting ready for my upcoming exams, but I have to take careful precautions revising for them. I know people who do “all-nighters” and revise the entire night. I’ve done it before, but never the night before an exam. If I tried to do it before an exam, I will fall asleep in the exam room, so while I would have 100% productivity revising the night before, I would have 0% or even minus productivity. I’ve also skipped lunch, in favour of revising and have paid dearly when I flop over the desk not being able to continue. I may spend hours revising and just stop when it feels like there is a rock in my head stopping me from absorbing any new material.
The blog by Enigin is perfect because you have to be careful and you could lose productivity by overworking. In terms of revision, it is better to take long breaks, eat well and healthily, so eat lots of fruit and drink lots of water, and try not to revise during the night all the time, definitely not before an exam.