Mar

9

Study habits can be hard to break…

Filed Under Babbling, School, The history of me 

As I mentioned yesterday, I have interesting study habits that I can trace back to my freshman year here at UCF.

Back then amidst my roommate Rob singing Vanessa Carlton like a pirate, he got me hooked on a few things: Good Will Hunting, biscuits and gravy, and having a bowl of Ramen while you study.

Whenever he’d sit down to turn on one of his movies–that I usually had to leave halfway through for class–like Cider House Rules, Toy Story, or The Legend of Bagger Vance, he was usually working on his screenplay called “Adam.” Ironic that he was living with a guy of the same name, but he started it before me. A prelude to meeting me, it was his subconscious setting him up, I’d say. But whenever he sat down to work on his old laptop there, he’d head over to the microwave and pop in a bowl of ramen. It was the all purpose work food.

As I started to work on my papers and assignments, I’d be waiting with a bowl of ramen right after him. He’d have his in, and then mine would go into the microwave. I couldn’t focus for some reason or another without having a bowl of ramen. The aroma of his made me hungry, and it just became that staple for me. Even after he and I weren’t roommates, there was something about sitting down with that warm bowl of ramen that just begged writing and work from me.

Even to this day, I keep a 6 pack of ramen in the closet. Whenever I sit down and things just don’t come out? It’s a nice safety to keep around to know that I’ve got that fuel if I need it.

So, seeing I haven’t had an open response entry in a while and things have been quiet, I’ll ask the question:
What special vices do you have that help you study or focus?

Let’s keep that answer legal, clean, and legit, folks… I’ve already done enough of the cursing in the past few days… Haha! Have a great day and will catch you tomorrow…

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