Disclaimer: these help me personally, but each to their own! Just thought I’d share a few in case they help someone !
- make sure you have study snacks with you at all times! A hungry student is not a focussed student! Here is a great masterpost on study snacks
- be super early to every class! It helps to minimise stress overall and makes sure that you’re ready to focus and learn, rather than stressing that everyone saw you walk in late & sweaty bc you ran here
- In winter when it gets dark super early study somewhere where you can’t see outside so you don’t see when it’s dark and feel like it’s late even though it’s only 6pm!
- help other people!! There is nothing to lose by helping someone out with a project for a class you share or giving some pointers on their work. In fact you learn so much more by explaining the material to others!
- this might not help everyone, but if you’re at uni, break down the tuition cost for each lecture, tutorial or other class, and figure out how much money you waste if you miss this class that you want to skip. I don’t know what your classes and tuition costs are, but for me it comes down to about $40 a lecture. That helps me stay motivated to get my ass to class!
- seek out support. Every uni, college and school offer student support services. Use them!! Wether that’s the counsellor, support or advocacy groups, or free breakfast- use them!!
- remember the road to your goals is never linear! Failure is not final, even if you fail you finals!!!
