How to lock in for the last few weeks of the semester
The end of the semester is on its way.
As each semester draws to a close it can feel harder and harder to motivate yourself to keep pushing all the way to the end.
It can get particularly hard to put your best foot forward when you've got exams or assessment, or you're absolutely loaded with group assignments. On top of that you need to try and keep on top of all the course work, from readings, to tutorial questions and lectures. Keeping on top of assignments is motivating in and of itself. They have a direct correlation to what mark you'll end up with for each subject. But working through all the things you need to get done, all the reading, tutorial questions and lectures doesn't always feel like it will directly affect your mark. However your tutors and subject coordinators will be looking at your assignments to see the direct correlation of what you've learnt.
Or maybe you're the complete opposite. Being on top of your course work is excellent, but leaving your assignments to the last minute can not only be stressful but can make things that shouldn't be hard, really unecessarily hard. The moral of the story is to put your best effort in across the board.
To help you get through these final few weeks we've collated our top 10 things to remember.
- Avoid the urge to procrastinate
- Get some good sleep
- Find a nice quiet place to study
- Create a study playlist to help you focus
- Get rid of anything distracting (yes that includes your phone)
- Mix up your study method
- Write out practice test questions
- Find a study group
- Take breaks
- Maintain a healthy and balanced diet.
