Assessing Personal Distractions – Staying focused

 Instructions For this assignment, you will participate in a video using the video capabilities in NCUOne or you can use your phone or another multi-media source. Also, keep writing – you have to include a minimum of 15 articles for your final assignment. Your professor will provide feedback for your introduction and central components and you must be able to tie this information together for your Signature Assignment. The video must include how you will commit to managing distractions while keeping a healthy work/life/academic balance. Also include your support network in the video, for example, your family, friends, co-workers, dog, cat, rabbit, or your hobbies like biking or walking. The things that help keep balance in your life. This video should remind you about your commitment to getting this done, and it should be both a wakeup call and a source of inspiration. Remember, a doctorate is no easy journey; therefore, this video must offer you the extra steam to remind you to take healthy breaks and to remember the important people (and animals) in your life! Length: 1 ½ to 3-minute video and 1-page reflection on your support network, how you plan to keep a healthy balance, and how you will manage distractions. Upload your reflection and video and click the Submit to Dropbox button. How are you preparing to help your family, friends, co-workers and others in your support circle understand what is needed to be successful in your program in terms of time commitment to your studies? I” have been speaking to them individually and as a group. I have been explaining to them the rigorous time and mental commitments that will be necessary for me to complete this program. One of the big things I have had to address is the nature of social obligations and engagements that I may have to give up so that I can complete my studies. For instance, I have said to them how I might have to give up several of my hobbies. Which are not limited to but includes: going to the movies, giving up my baking affliction for family members that request my services especially around the holiday season, spending quality time with my grandson, or cooking dinner with my best friend if my studies demand it. It has also dawned on me that I might have to give up commitments to long-term friends and relationships, or at least put these relationships on the back-burner for the time being. But my friends and family alike have been in general very supportive of me, and it is helpful having people to look out for me, to offer me mental and emotional support, and to give me feedback on my documentative works.”