NO MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

Partying all week, city hopping or just chilling at a café... Student life can be pretty fun and exciting. However, for some students it means nothing but stress and pressure. Since we are now heading towards the end of the semester, my guess is that you’re either on top of all the work or drowning in it and feeling overwhelmed, or somewhere floating in between. Either way, we can all use some extra guidelines and tips and tricks. If you seek extra help, it’s good to know that BUas offers a lot of options to help you out as well.

It can be very overwhelming to keep track of your schoolwork. Most of the time you have group members who expect things from you, tons of deadlines around the corner and of course you want to obtain good grades. Trying to escape the overwhelming stress can cause procrastination which leads to sleepless nights, because being the perfectionist you are, you still want to deliver quality work. Obviously, you can’t keep doing this forever. Does it always seem like your classmates have everything organized and you don’t know how they do it? Maybe they are following these easy tips (and now you can too). It’s time for you to get your sh*t together.

tiPs and tRicks

When moments of high stress levels sneak up on you, the only thing that helps is to know exactly what you have to do to release that stress. Creating an overview of all your deadlines can really help to keep your vision clear, so that you can feel motivated and calm again. Here are some ways to create an overview of your deadlines.

Annual calendar

You can create one yourself or buy one, either way, annual calendars are excellent to get an easy overview of how busy you actually are. Highlight all the days on which you have a deadline, hang it on the wall, or someplace else where you will be constantly reminded and your first step of being an organized student is done.

Draw a calendar wheel

This is basically the same concept as the annual calendar, but this looks much cooler. Draw a circle and divide it into 12 sections, and again highlight your deadlines. Maybe you can create something to point at where you are, so you can keep track of time. Get creative with it, why not?

Take the time

Something that can really help with starting your day stress-free is writing down your tasks for the day. Some students prefer online agendas and others need the satisfaction of writing their tasks down on paper. Just take 10 minutes to write down some goals and a to-do list while sipping your morning coffee and you will be all set. It is really that easy, just 10 minutes and you are ready to start the day with confidence and motivation. Also, at the end of the day, you get to enjoy the satisfaction of crossing tasks off of your list. Look at you being all organized and on top of stuff, who would’ve thought!

If it is too much for you to take 10 minutes of your day, that’s okay too. Make sure to at least plan some time once or twice a week to look over your tasks, check when the next deadline is and write down what you have to do for that. At the end of the day, you owe it to yourself to stay away from all the stress that student life can cause. We all experience negative emotions due to all the pressure sometimes, but it is crucial to find ways to reduce this stress. Maybe just try it, plan out a week of studying and see how it goes. And don’t forget to take some time for relaxation as well! You need and deserve time to be lazy and if you create a plan for yourself, I’m sure you will see that you have more free time than you think.