My Study Habits Essay

Every person has their own academic struggles. They can range from procrastination, to not studying, to even not getting enough sleep. I am guilty of doing many of these myself. I know that I’m going to need to change my study habits in college, I cannot afford to not study for tests like I did in high school. Out of the many bad habits that I need to change to succeed in college three really stand out. In college I need to read the assigned book, actually studying for tests, and conquer my terrible procrastination habits. These are the habits that I think that I most need to change for college.
During high school I never read the assigned book unless there was an in-class reading or I was able to somehow listen to the book. I feel like my dyslexia has a lot to do with this. One of the main reasons that I …show more content…
This, most of all I need to conquer because if I don’t, I will surely fail. During high school I would say I was the worst procrastinator. If I did not get an assignment done in school, there was a very slim possibility that I would get it done at home. Luckily I was able to get most, if not all of my homework done at school. But if I did have to bring homework home most of the time I would be doing things like playing sports, lifting weights, hanging out with friends, or playing video games and the homework would not even make it out of my bag. Because of this I would often scramble to get it done before class the next day. I know during college I won’t be able to do this. I know what I have to do to be able stop my procrastination habit. I need to put my phone some where it won’t distract me. I also need to go to a place where I won’t have video games to distract me. And finally, put my work before my friends. I am not saying I shouldn’t do things with friends, I just need to carve out a specific time during my day where I can do my homework so I can be with my