{"id":1314,"date":"2013-11-11T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2013-11-07T17:31:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T22:31:43","slug":"hannah-november-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2013\/11\/11\/hannah-november-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah: November Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>The other day I was talking with some co-workers in the Student Services office. We all were busier than ever (even though Midterm month was supposedly only in October). We joked that there weren\u2019t enough hours in the day, but I think we were just looking at it the wrong way. There are enough hours in a day, there just aren\u2019t enough hours well spent. It\u2019s easy to overlook how much time we waste.<\/p>\n

In COM 101, our introductory communications course, we tracked our media involvement over a single week. It\u2019s safe to say a lot of us were pretty shocked by the results so of course the next three or four days we tried cutting back on the media, but now that it\u2019s been a year I\u2019ve noticed that the media has intercepted my free time once again. I\u2019m sure I\u2019m not alone when I say that between phone apps, Internet, and TV, I waste hours of my time each week.<\/p>\n

Long story short, the Self Control computer app (not all apps are bad) is in full use for me right now and I\u2019m reassessing how I want to spend my time. Goals aren\u2019t just for January. There\u2019s still so much I want to get involved on campus so I\u2019m figuring out how I can cut back on some of the unnecessary stuff, so I can spend my time wisely getting in things I\u2019m excited about.<\/p>\n

Goals are great! Everyone comes in to college with this laundry list of things, but it\u2019s easy to get sidetracked. Giving tours each week constantly reminds me how much COM and Boston University have to offer. I recommend everyone take the time to dust off his or her laundry list of goals and get back on track. We\u2019ve only got four years here and before we know it we\u2019ll be out in the real world.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also important to plan ahead. A lot of clubs and organizations that accept most of their new members in the early fall usually have more openings in January. Now is the time to reach out and see if you can get involved next semester. Plus with registration still a week away you can make extracurriculars fit with your classes.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t to say that it\u2019s not okay to spend the occasional evening in bed watching rom-coms, \u2018cause trust me, I still find a way to work that in to my schedule. It\u2019s a balancing act. A little planning goes along way. Set your goals and hold yourself accountable.<\/p>\n

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The other day I was talking with some co-workers in the Student Services office. We all were busier than ever (even though Midterm month was supposedly only in October). We joked that there weren\u2019t enough hours in the day, but I think we were just looking at it the wrong way. There are enough hours … Continue reading Hannah: November Resolutions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1315,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions\/1315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}