Wake up
Breakfast
School
Lessons
Practical
Lunch
Lessons
Practical
Homework
Dinner
Sleep
Sounds Familiar?
Oh and I forgot one more thing.
EXAMS
More or less a Nightmare?
Yeah I feel for you.
Having done 7 years of primary school, 4 years of secondary school and 2 years of college (or high school for you Americans) the generation today gives at-least 800 exams during the two most important stages of their lives - i.e. childhood and teen-hood.
Quite a lot, isn't it?
No time for,
Going out
Movies
Trips
Adventures
Even reading a book!
Exams and exam related stress does take up a lot of time and energy of today's generation, leaving them with less to spend on there self-growth.
Keep reading, because for you 'Poor, Unfortunate Souls' (In Ursula's Voice) I am going to help you get out of that devious cycle. Hurrah! Below are a few tips that helped me get a little 'Me Time' everyday and also allowed me to go out every weekend during my schooling days.
1) Kicking Away Your Homework
Ohh No No Don't Please Kick Those Books Away..!!
'Kicking away your homework' doesn't mean ditching it and not doing it at all. But to be true to ourselves, we have cultivated a very bad habit of 'doing our homework tomorrow'. Now imagine coming home on Tuesday with 2 pieces of homework and completing them that evening. And doing so for the whole week.
What good has it done? Saturday morning when you wake up, you will find that you have no homework to do for the weekend! Hurrahh!!
Now you don't have to rush with 15 pieces of homework on Sunday night which are due the next morning.
Don't thank me just yet.
2) Get Cosy In the Bus
You can probably ditch the cushions if you really are travelling back and forth school in bus. But regardless of your means of transport, the daily commuting can be transferred to a little 'Me Time'.
This is what I do-
Read a book, with a cup of hot chocolate and headphones playing my favourite tunes.
Here is what you can do-
Play games on your gadget,
Ride a bike to school/college,
Read the latest edition of Teen Vogue, Seventeen or whichever magazine you prefer,
Or whatever really floats your boat!
Oh and don't forget the headphones.
Grab a cup of coffee or cone of Cornetto.
Find a reason to enjoy those 15 minutes.
3) Don't Pile It Up!
Oh no I don't mean the laundry. That's between you and your Mum ;)
You know you have an exam next Wednesday.
You know there are two units to revise.
And you also know that your teacher is not going to give you 'extra time'.
So why are you procrastinating?
Divide the work you are going to do each day leading up to the 'Big day'. Ideally an hour everyday is enough. By the end you will have everything done, instead of pilling and cramming everything for Tuesday night.
4) A Friend In Need, Is A Friend Indeed
Friend: 'Hey! Did you do your Maths homework?'
Me: 'What homework?'
Yeah we all probably know someone who always forgets their homework. And if you don't, then it probably is you!
Tell your best friend to give you a 'reminder' for the home works due in the next day if you are the forgetting kind. Or even better, keep a small diary or use your phone. And don't tell me you don't have one! It is the 21st centaury!
There are so many more little things you can do to make your school life better, after all these are your Golden years. Since I have left out a dozen, I might do a Part 2, but till then leave a few in the comments! Spread the word.
That is it for this week's blog post.
Have an amazing week ahead :)
Toodles
xXx
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