Homework help and midterms.
Do 30-minute assignments take you two hours?
Tag: Studying
Managing anxiety during finals week.
If you look at your list and the amount of time you have and you can’t fit everything in, start outsourcing.
Putting the brakes on procrastination.
Break up with procrastination as something you are really close to or that is a part of you; instead, think of it as a thing you do, sometimes.
This too shall pass.
Pawn it off on us. Any assignment, even a small one, you purchase through us can help you get another two or three hours sleep one night and help you tackle the next day refreshed.
Exams!
Do not use a highlighter or mark things for later. If you read something you want to remember, write it out (by hand) on your notebook.
Tools for coping with anxiety
If you find yourself unable to stop thinking about a past or future event and becoming increasingly emotional, this video can help.
What if I’m really, really screwed?
The advice here is always to choose sleep and a good meal over perfection. If it all falls apart and you really, REALLY have to stay up all night, here are some tips to get through it without feeling terrible.
I can’t get started! (Part 2)
The trick with making sleep nonnegotiable is to make “go to bed on time” the stress trigger. If you work better while feeling a bit under the gun, start telling yourself at Noon that bed is only eleven hours away. You’ve only got eleven hours, move move move move. All that stuff you say to keep yourself awake and moving at 1AM? You need to start saying it 1PM. You are the one creating pressure for yourself, not the time of day or night; you can pour it on just as easily at 4PM.
I can’t get started! (Part 1)
Procrastination is a friend and an enemy. First of all, calm down, it really is OK to procrastinate. Some people work better under a bit of stress and sometimes those people have to manufacture it themselves. It’s fine! There are two situations you have to look for, though. 1) You procrastinate too much (it leads to lost sleep, lost fun, self-recrimination, and poorer work.) 2) You’ve lost all motivation and are replacing it with plain old stress.
Maybe you don't need a counselor
Sometimes students are stressed out and they go to counseling services for help, but the help doesn't come. The counselor is fine, but nothing is getting better and you're starting to wonder if you were ever in need of the extra dose of emotional support. Consider this, maybe it isn't a counselor you need, but a tutor.