To study or to sleep?
Since I am a full-time employee and works on shifting schedule, I mostly did not able to have enough sleep. Being busy with lots of things in the company, when I got home, I am usually so tired and regularly get 4 hours of sleep everyday. I only get a full bed time during my rest day. So, when I am in the company, I always grab a chance to have a power nap whenever we are on break to keep me up on my work activities which requires full attention. I tend to multitask. While working on a powerpoint presentation, I am also doing leg work at the same time. Sometimes, it works but there are times that the quality of my work did not match to what I expected. Then I realized that multi-tasking has a negative effect on performance.
I have to stay up because after 8 hours of work, I have to focus now on my readings to be able to catch up on our forums and several tasks. But since I am not getting enough sleep, I can’t think straight. The best way to complete your tasks is to focus on the most important aspect of it. Short tasks usually can be completed and did not require intense concentration. This could avoid wasting of time. However, there are other prioritization factors such as work habits and work ethic. These two are significant ideals for us to focus on our tasks. It is important to have a full attention.
As a future educator we should be able to balance the activities given to the student, yes we teach them to be critical thinkers but we also need to consider their personal limitations.
Marie Paz's Journey 