Being a student is hard work. Trying to figure out how to manage your school work with extracurricular activities can be difficult task at hand. Here I give you a few tips on how to have a stress free week at school!
Goals:
Specific goals provide both motivation and focus, identifying a target for our actions.
Goals must be crisp and clear, measurable by time and date.
Vague Goals:
“I’m going to be a better student this semester”
“I’m going to study more”
“I want a better GPA”
Specific, measurable goals:
“Every Tuesday and Thursday, in the 90 minute gap between my English and History classes every, I will review my Biology flash cards and generate new flash cards.”
“Every Monday and Wednesday morning, I will work out from 7:30 to 8:30.”
“I will review and type up my History notes each day after class."
Focus and Concentration:
Maintaining focus is a success skill which proves challenging for even the most capable students
When you are trying to seriously engage your academic work . . .
Goals:
Specific goals provide both motivation and focus, identifying a target for our actions.
Goals must be crisp and clear, measurable by time and date.
Vague Goals:
“I’m going to be a better student this semester”
“I’m going to study more”
“I want a better GPA”
Specific, measurable goals:
“Every Tuesday and Thursday, in the 90 minute gap between my English and History classes every, I will review my Biology flash cards and generate new flash cards.”
“Every Monday and Wednesday morning, I will work out from 7:30 to 8:30.”
“I will review and type up my History notes each day after class."
Focus and Concentration:
Maintaining focus is a success skill which proves challenging for even the most capable students
When you are trying to seriously engage your academic work . . .
- Find a place to study that you use only to study. Treat it as a place of action and attention, free from your usual electronic or social distractions.
- Eliminate noise and sound distractions.
- Close out all computer programs except the one(s) you need for the immediate task at hand.