How To Use Your Time At School More Effectively

It's been a minute.

Honestly, starting a blog, I don't think I ever realized how much work it would be. Don't get me wrong, I love writing, and I love posting on here. I've always wanted to get into daily journaling, but was never able to keep up with it or trust putting how I felt on the inside, out on paper.

But, I digress, the point of me saying this is to plainly say that I love this blog and the outlet it has given me, but keeping up with it and having an idea every week is a lot. I'm currently in my junior year of highschool, and it feels like things just got real. I went from being able to manage my time well enough to not have more than 20-30 minutes of homework a night, to simply surviving every day, just to do homework. 

So, here are 3 ways to use your time at school more efficiently. 

1. Use your time at school for school.

This just means that while you're at school, use that time to get your assignments done. If you have a study hour or time between extracurriculars, use that time. I find that after a volleyball practice the last thing I want to do is more homework. I have a block of time between school and my practice, it's the time that the JV team uses to practice. I know how important it is to use that time, but I find the

motivation to use that time very hard to find.

2. Use your time wisely. 

I am not one who likes to get started on something, just to stop because I’ve run out of time. So whenever you are given ample time to get some sort of work done, use that time! Think about all our assignments because you may have an essay that will take an hour, but you may also have a spelling assignment that will take 10 minutes. In that case, when you’re given a few minutes, pull out your spelling assignment and try to get it done! It’s an awesome feeling at the end of the day to know how much you’ve gotten done throughout the

day.

3. Use your teachers 

If your teacher decides to give time to start the homework or says something you don’t understand in the lesson, ask! You may have anxiety about sounding stupid or other people thinking you’re stupid for asking the question, but you need to remind yourself that this is your education. This is your future that your anxiety is messing with, and I realize that isn’t a perfect fix for social anxiety about asking questions, but I hope it gave some perspective. When you actually understand  the lesson, you can do your work faster.

P.S. here’s my backpack for this year: