Afternoon Routines

Some students are naturally able to find a good balance between
all the facets of their life: schoolwork, sports, activities,
friends, family, technology and all of the other aspects of life
that keep us busy from when we wake to when we sleep.


Other students struggle to fit their schoolwork in during the
evenings and weekend. Some students come home after school and
just sort of ‘wait’ until they feel like working. And what
happens is that they never feel like it so they just don’t get
started!


Some students start work not long after they get home, but they
drag their work out over the whole night doing work in front of
the TV, or the computer or their phone. It takes them the whole
night, but they hardly get any work done and they don’t feel like
they have had a break at all.


A much more effective way to approach home study each evening is
to keep your school work and your personal life separate. Don’t
do your work in front of the TV, don’t do it while on social
network sites or while using messenger apps, instead work in
20-30 minute blocks of time and during this time make the
conscious choice to actually remove or turn off things that are
going to distract you. As it is only for a short block of time,
it is bearable. Train yourself to have breaks from your
distractions for


the blocks of time when you do schoolwork.


By doing this you will learn to really focus and concentrate on
what you are doing for a block of time. You will be amazed at how
much work you get done and how productive you are during this
time. Then at the end of that half hour period you have a proper
break and really enjoy your free time.


You can find special software for blocking distractions on
computers and phones at www.studysamurai.com