Study Plan vs Reality

So we are supposed do a weekly study plan, setting out targets for ourselves to achieve each by the send of week. There's a slim possibility I may have been slacking in this department having missed a few Study Skills classes, but for those I have done: how have my targets reflected in my studies?

I knew previous to this course that I wasn't one for making plans or for following them, I'm whimsical by nature and this hasn't changed - it very likely won't, either. It was easy to assume that doing these target diaries would not be much use to me, but this hasn't really been the case...

The goals I have been setting have been, for the most part, assignments due in or assessments being sat that week. These targets are fairly obvious - fail to meet them consistently and fail the course - but writing them down helps keep everything in focus, and prevents work being conveniently forgotten.

Targets not set by the course have been met with varying degrees of success. It occurs to me that I never actually look at these diaries throughout the week they cover, as stated above I don't have a rigid plan on how I will use my study time, so that's hardly unexpected. However, when writing my targets for a new week, these things shine. Not only do I put down work that must be done, but I look back on the last week and modify my goals, either reiterating previously unfulfilled goals to steering my targets towards sources that I have enjoyed studying from.

Though I may not follow my target diary as a study plan per se, writing and reading them back does draw my focus towards which parts of the course my progress is lagging behind in.