Jory

Hey everyone! I hope you all had another fantastic week of school. I can’t believe it’s already Friday! Did this week fly by for you, too? I don’t know about anyone else but I am already knee deep in projects and homework, so I thought I would pass along a few tips to keep from becoming overly stressed during the school year.

1. BREAK : take a 15-ish minute break from studying or homework every hour or so. At first it will seem like you’re breaking more than you’re working but after a while you will notice that you are getting more work done in that 45min or not looking at the clock at all!
2. SLEEP : always make sure to get a good nights sleep. This doesn’t mean getting 11 hours of sleep one night and 6 the next, but try to maintain a sleep schedule you can keep up with so your body isn’t confused. Once you fall into a schedule it will make it so much easier to focus and get things done during the day!
3. PROCRASTINATION : don’t do it. I know, it’s hard. I’m completely guilty of waiting until the last minute to do everything, but, same as sleep scheduling, if you get into the habit of getting things done on time you won’t even realize yourself doing it. I would suggest aiming to work ahead of you class in any way that you can, but let’s not get carried away here. We’re college students 😉
4. RELAX : do I even need to explain this one? Take some personal time to just sit and do nothing. Or watch a movie. Or hang out with your friends. Or go for a walk. Or anything you want to do!

For the sake of this already lengthy post I’m going to stop there. Hopefully you see the main idea that I’ve been trying to get across here, which is habit. As weird as it sounds we are creatures of habit. So whether it be time management, organization, multitasking, etc… as long as you get into a groove you’ll be able to manage all of your work and other activities.

…. and if all else fails go to PetLand and talk to kittens like my roommate and I did 🙂

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