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The biggest challenge in my college career is having self discipline and proscation. I lack self discipline, I have trouble getting my school work done on time . I always try to wait till the last minute to turn my assignments in. I know I am able to manage my time better, but I think I have all the time in the world and I do not . I want and need to get into the habit of doing my school work early and turning it in early. I'm back to my highschool habits and in high school we had five days to turn in assignments and I would take advantage of it because of it I got into a bad habit of pushing my school work back. I have time I just do not know how to use it. I did some research for some tips on how to make better use of my time and

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