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re-evaluate your priorities

12/12/2016

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Re-evaluating your priorities is a good idea to do at least once a year, but can be especially helpful if you are feeling stale or stuck in a rut.
Re-evaluate your priorities to optimize QOL in graduate school - Bailey DeBarmore
During this "New Years Resolution" time, it’s a good idea to take a step back from your coursework and evaluate where you are.

While the end of the school year may seem like the appropriate time to do so, I argue for December.

Why? You still have a semester in school to network, seek out internships, and talk with your advisor about your goals.

Another reason – when May rolls around, you are t-i-r-e-d and d-o-n-e. You’ve gone through 2 sets of classes, 2 sets of exams (4 with midterms), and you are looking forward to having the summer off from classes. 

Ask yourself:
  1. Where were you this time last year?
  2. Where did you think you would be now?
  3. Where are you now?

This time last year, I had been accepted to a doctorate program, and was wrapping up my Masters. What were my priorities, balancing work and career and social life?

Write down values and ideas that come to mind, that relate to your life, and then number them in order of importance. Family, friends, school work, love life, career goals, finances, health, wellness. Some topics may intertwine for you, like family and friends, some may be separate.
Re-evaluating your priorities - Bailey DeBarmore
Evaluate your schedule, time commitments, and responsibilities.
Now, look at your life over the past few months. Think about how your time has been divided amongst your priorities. Number them with respect to time. Do these numbers match your priorities? Are you spending all of your time working odd jobs for financial stress when spending more time with family would make you happier?
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For any mismatch, identify weekly/daily activities that relate to the priority. This is where you will intervene to have your priorities match up. Anticipate changes to your schedule and responsibilities.

If you don’t have mismatch, evaluate upcoming schedule changes and other responsibilities that may affect your current situation. What do you need to do to maintain your status quo?

Looking forward to next semester, I want to spend most of my time in my off-campus office working on my research. This term I was either on campus in class or at home – overall acclimating to the schedule and new town. Now that’s done, I can evaluate how my schedule will likely go next semester and reorganize to improve my feelings of satisfaction. ​​

​G'luck!

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