Completing Coursework/Projects

[savi83]

For as long as I've known, I've always had trouble with completing coursework or projects. It wasn't that I was lazy, it was quite the opposite.

No matter how much I work on them, I found it hard to bring them to an end and call them finished. If there was a way that I could expand on a piece of coursework or project I'd find a way or I'll proof read it a million times, and rewrite it again and again.

The amount of paper I went through when I was younger was unbelievable. I'm so lucky that things have become more computerised, even with this thread I've rewritten it quite a few times to ensure I'm putting the correct message across.

 

[alwayzambi]

I'm with you, I'm on year of 5 building my portfolio site.
How has the trouble you mention affect you negatively? if at all

 

[OkRad]

I am the opposite. I have so many troubles, that I slam on them. A 21 page paper? Trust me, I will have it done in three to five days using all original source material and books and academic journals and not just JStor or internet.

In short, I freak! If I don't, then I have to juggle the food, the disruption of routines, everything gets knocked out of place.

I can live like that for maybe 7 days before all hell breaks loose and I stop eating so at least that monster is off my chest, but then it's the sleep and the routine....

I swear i would have three PhD's if I did not have autism and I know that you guys would, too , because every single person I met on here is so sharp and smart.......I am in AWE Of those of you who were able to make it through school and work. Literally, I kneel before you in awe and humility!!!!!!

 

[WittyAspie]

I have found deadlines to be a blessing in disguise. Knowing I have a time limit keeps me from putting too much effort into an assignment. It also helps me to evaluate the importance of an assignment. An essay worth 5% of my grade doesn't warrant the same effort as a research paper worth 25% of my grade. Keep in mind how much effort is expected and consider if there are other important uses of your time that you may be neglecting.

 

[alwayzambi]

Yes, giving yourself deadlines are the key to success, mind tricks. I have to be better at implementing that, I dont take my own self seriously I mistakenly think I live in a world with no deadlines. It's just a matter of willpower to do it.

 

[WittyAspie]

I also consider the quality of work my classmates will be turning in. Like the typical Aspie, I do not lack for book smarts. If I know that my work is already superior to what most other students will be turning in then I can stop worrying about whether or not I will get an A. This is especially true of the elective courses that I am less interested in. It isn't easy, but I have found that approaching every assignment with a realistic idea of what is expected keeps school stress at a manageable level. It also helps that I have a loving wife (NT) who is willing to tell me when I have spent too much time on a simple assignment.

 

[Southern Discomfort]

Well I was completely different. It was very hard for me to do coursework. I was overwhelmed most of the time, I didn't know where to start, what to write about, it was just a very confusing thing to me. I didn't want to do work at home, I viewed school as time for work, home as a time to relax. Trying to change that was very difficult and I would always leave things to the last day to do. Not a good attitude to have.

 

[alwayzambi]

Okrad I see you are autistic, have you finished school or no, like where are you
now with that?

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I understand, Southern Discomfort are you still in school, did you eventually change it?

Trying to change that was very difficult and I would always leave things to the last day to do. Not a good attitude to have.

WittyAspie, well well it appears that you were fortunate to learn some great copign mechanisms. I dont know you and could be wrong but from reading your response I sense you have managed the negative aspects of your aspergers condition..

 

[WittyAspie]

I have a very loving, patient wife. I didn't discover my AS until a couple years ago (I am 29), so I spent most of my life not knowing why I was different and coping the best I knew how. I have only recently begun understanding exactly how my AS affects me. My ability to function as well as I do is mostly attributable to my wife. I don't know where I would have been today without her.

 

[Southern Discomfort]

I understand, Southern Discomfort are you still in school, did you eventually change it?

Nah. I left college six years ago. I wasn't too sure about university if I could handle that. And now I'm think of changing career anyway.