I think learning by H.E.A.R.T. is a wonderful idea. Each of these areas is something that I've had to learn to try and take care of since I've come to college. I would also definitely say that time, to me, is the most important. When I came to OU my freshman year. I was taking 17 hours with a part-time job, and on top of that, I had almost no time management skills. That led to me having to make the classic choice: give up one, life, grades, or sleep. I chose to give up on sleep, and it didn't work very well. My lack of sleep basically led to me falling completely behind in the five other areas. Needless to say, I wouldn't recommend it. Through that, I learned the hard way how to manage my time, and I think it left me with what I would say is one of the most important principles of time management. Before you try to manage your time, make sure you actually have enough time. If I had known that coming in to college, it would have saved me a lot of headaches (and caffeine).
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More recently though, I've been working on my ability to pay attention. Being a full-time student has worn on me, and it's been getting harder to focus in class and at work. The struggle is real. I did see the gorilla though! Anyways, it's definitely something I want to work on, and maybe this will be able to help me out.
