"Strive for progress, not perfection" - unknown
When you get stuck on a question, on an assignment, on a subject, the best thing you can do is make yourself keep going! Don't let it stall your progress. Find something you *do* understand, you *can* complete, you *will* finish. Then come back to what you had trouble with.
Walk away for a minute, an hour, a day if you know you've gotten to the point where you are too frustrated to move forward. Ask for help, if you need it, then pick right back up and keep going! It's okay to switch gears or pause for a very short time, just don't let everything come to a screeching halt when you have difficulty.
You'll have difficulty - more than once, even! - but don't let it define the rest of your studies. You've got this!
Thank you for this reminder Glenda! This is exactly what I needed to hear right now.
When it shows the time frame on the syllabus - let's say 4-7 days (pretend) - the longest projection, so the pretend 7 days, is that still projected in the 1 year timeframe? So 4 days is the quickest for quality and learning, and 7 days is suggested max to finish in 1 year?
That's a good question, Julie! No, the shorter time frame in those estimates is what will keep you on pace for completing the course in a year. The longer time frame is what will keep you on pace for your deadlines, and it will take a little over a year and a half to finish the course if you take the full time on all your deadlines. Extensions and bonuses on top of the regular deadlines will push graduation back closer to 2 years.
You can find more about all of this in the Deadlines and Extensions post at the top of the Announcements forum in each module, as well, but let me know if you have further questions!
-Glenda