🌻 Hi, everyone!
Sorry for the delay of this post, but I was out of town which ended up messing things up a bit (not to mention that I am still an extremely procrastinating and essentially idealistic being). But here I am, on the last day of June, ready to give tips that I hope will help you a lot to stay productive during the holidays.
I know that, when most of us think about vacation, we think about rest and in the laziest ways to spend it. But it is exactly during this weeks the best moment to make new habits and learn new things, as we do not have scary deadlines and we have the freedom of making more than thinking about school stuff. So, if you want to keep - or become - productive during these holidays, here are some tips so that everything ends up well:
Understand what you want and do research about it
It can look like an obvious and simple thing, but not always it is. Lots of times, we feel the need to do something but when we question ourselves about what to do, we do not have the answer. Or, if we do have, we simply stare at it, "trying" to find a solution. So, take a paper and a pen or open Word (or Pages) on your computer and write all the activities you want to do during vacay. Feel free to write all thousands of things that come to your mind and then, see which ones you can really proceed with and, if necessary, ask for someone else's opinion. After it's done, look up for the availability of, for example, the culinary class you want so much to do, as well as its price and if you depend on your parents' money, time and car, if your parents will have the time available.
Do a schedule
After you have all the things you want to do decided, make a simple schedule. It isn’t necessary to time every little thing, nor you need to choose the time to do all of it. Just make it clear how many hours per day/days per week you want to dedicate to something and, if some activities have set time, let them well demarcated so you don’t end up planning a date with someone at your culinary class time set. Again, show it to someone close to you so you can be sure these are realistic goals and so they can understand you will have some priorities at certain times. If you want to study in the living room, for example, it’s nice to see with your family the best time to do it so you won’t be disturbed.
Don’t procrastinate!
After all the planning – my favorite part -, we can end up feeling tired, feeling like we have already done enough, but no! It was only the first step. So don’t allow yourself to be lying down all day so that at the end of it, you remember you seted a goal of studying three hours a day. I suggest, then, you to stick your schedule in your bedroom and write the things you need to do in a paper, planner or bujo so you can remove it along the day and see what you still have to do. If necessary, write close to each activity the reason why you’re doing it or stick motivational quotes in you bedroom wall.
Remind yourself you are on vacation
It isn’t because you have all the 24 hours of your day for yourself that you should think you will take on the world during this short time. You don’t need nor should spend every single second of your day with a work to do – it is stressful and, come on, you are on vacation!. When you go back to school, you won’t have the opportunity of simply don’t go to class and spend some days doing nothing. If you don’t rest a little during holidays, you will go to school incredibly tired and it can even mess up with your school performance. So don’t forget to eat ice cream with your sister or go to the bowling with your friends and even, one day or another, don’t do what you should do because you simply don’t want to.
If fail, try again
I’ll be honest: I’m two weeks late with this productive self and so many other things – in part because I was out of town so there wasn’t much I could do about it -, but it isn’t because of it I’m going to give up. This is going to be the third time I try to keep my bujo and not because it doesn’t fit me, but because, during the year, I ended up having so many school activities and, when I had time to have fun, I ended up doing lazy person things instead of relaxing doing a collage in my bujo – but I still try. If you know that something is right for you or you really want to learn x thing, keep trying. One day or even one week gone wrong doesn’t mean you should stop and give up.
Here are some ideas of what to do during vacation:
