How to Cope With Stress at School
The school year can be hard on anyone. Academic stress can build upon self-esteem issues, your family, friends and even yourself. When not taken care of, your performance suffers, your morale suffers, and life just suffers. Instead of being on the brink of a constant freak out, grab life by the horns and get to relaxing. It may be easier than you think.
Learn to manage your time more efficiently. With piles and piles of homework staring at you, sometimes being told to "calm down" or "relax" seems like a big joke. To cut through the heap of work you have to do and to make it seem more manageable, start planning out your time accordingly. Conquer a little bit every night so you're never left with a tower of work to climb by tomorrow. Start with the hardest things first. You don't have to finish the entire task now, but just getting the ball rolling will make it seem so much more manageable when you go to finish it in a few days. Take little opportunities to get work done. If you're waiting for the bus, whip out those flashcards. When you go to review tonight, that 5 or 10 minutes of prep will help you finish that much sooner.
Get organized. If your locker looks like a tornado blew through it, or your study desk at home is really just a horizontal closet without hangers, it's no wonder school stresses you out. It's just too hard to figure out what you have to do, much less do it. So take 15 minutes to put everything where it needs to be and organize it so you remember. When you don't spend all night searching for your syllabus, you can concentrate on the actually important stuff.
Everything you need should always be within arm's reach, not everything you have. If you never use white out, it doesn't need a prominent place on your desk. If you always use highlighters, make sure they're in your top drawer. Be logical about the importance of the materials you're using. If you don't need 'em, don't let 'em clutter your studying area (and your brain).
Study Earlier, Don’t Procrastinate.
