#summertime mood

[90sagony]

[90sagony]

Take me to a warm beach please. Thank you.

[shikastudies]

Summertime baby

Now, that it is officially summer! I’m definitely not going to be lazy the entire summer, but I do have a little bit of schooling to do. I have decided to take a course over the school year to lighten my workload for the next year. Here’s how to stay productive with a job, volunteering, and just any things you want to learn or work on over the summer. 

1.) What are you doing? Firstly, you must know what you’re going to be doing, for me I am doing online physics, I have a job, I will be volunteering, and I have to learn Java over this summer as well as finish all my AP summer assignments yet I still have to study for my SAT Math Level 2 exam. So my summer is jam-packed, I know what I am doing so this makes my life easier as well. 

2.) Rearrange your schedule! So normally I don’t wake up till 8/8:30 which has been kinda nice but if I want to start working out, I need to get up earlier. So now I am trying to start sleeping around 10/10:30 and then waking up around 7/7:30. This is actually pretty hard for me and requires that I make myself a set schedule for when I do what on which days and how much time I allow myself for such topics. 

3.) Where? When? I had no motivation the first week to do any physics, so every Sunday or so, I find myself at the library where I am able to work quietly in the study rooms for many hours and I do not have any distractions or noise or yelling when I am doing work. Or sometimes I like to go to a coffee shop or my local Barnes and Noble where I am able to just have everyone be quiet and I am able to get different books to help me there.

4.) Why? Without a why or a reason for doing what you’re doing, it’s very hard to stay motivated. Mine is to get out of high school right now, I have had a good experience but I’ve had senioritis ( a supposed affliction of students in their final year of high school or college, characterized by a decline in motivation or performance) since sophomore year. So I am doing everything that I can to make sure that I will be able to graduate to the best of my ability. 

5.) Make it fun! I started to do detailed bullet journaling which is very stress relieving and honestly just makes me excited to go through and fill it out. I have had a very stressful and exhausting junior year, so this summer I am definitely trying to de-stress myself and just be able to enjoy the sun while it’s with us. Giving yourself incentives, finish half of your to-do list and you can watch a movie! 

Remember although your education is important, you should be living your life out because this summer will go by very fast and for me, half is already over and I am just waiting for me to have my summer back!