Have you ever felt demotivated lethargic or like you couldn't bring yourself to
care about anything if you're like me then you've probably felt this way
before but was unsure as to why so bosses today I'm gonna share with you my
personal experience overcoming burnout in college and how you can use my
strategies to ensure you maintain proper physical and mental health in your own
academic journey now here's my story it was a Friday
night in March and I had survived another grueling week of intense
studying and exams in my master's in accounting program whereas I was usually
full of energy on a Friday night I found myself rather illiterate not having much
of an appetite which for me was pretty unusual as most Fridays in university
went my phone was exploding with messages to come and party and not
wanting to be the odd man out I got myself together and met up with my
friends as I was at the bar I started to feel even more tired and told my friends
I had to sit down my friends returned to the dance floor and as they returned to
check up on me they found me passed out on the floor I
woke up the next morning but instead of being in my bed I was in the hospital
with one of my friends by my side he filled me on and what had happened and
the only thing I could think of was that I had to get home to study as the doctor
came into the room she explained to me that my body was overworked and then I
needed to take better care of myself to avoid this happening again my prognosis
was simple burnout as they laid there in the hospital bed I knew I never wanted
to go through that horrific experience again but I didn't know how to change my
lifestyle to avoid burning out I felt like I always had so much to do and then
I couldn't afford to take anything out of my busy schedule but if I didn't I
was destined to end up back in the hospital or worse I spent the next week
at home recovering from this traumatic event when my friend Justin came to
visit Justin was a great student and an awesome friend and he always amazed me
as to how he could manage juggling so many of his life's responsibilities like
school work and exercise I then asked Justin you're like this so much more
busy than mine how do you avoid burning out what he told me changed the course
of my academic career in house forever Justin began to explain that building
good study habits is one of the ways he avoids burning out he explained that
there are two types of stood the effective and non effective studiers
the effective studiers allocate a couple hours to their notes and focus without
distractions the non effective studiers set no time restrictions on their review
but a lot of themselves to work with Facebook open
music playing and our phone by their side sadly the second scenario resonated
with me Justin said that he used the time he's safe to relax go out with
friends and be social all while obtaining some of the top marks in our
program this tip alone blew my mind so I pleaded to Justin to share some more of
his secrets Justin went on to explain that he used to constantly double booked
his commitments causing him to stress out which I knew that I too found myself
guilty of doing he then pulled out his iphone and show me that he now trucks
all of his classes work shifts and social outings on his Google Calendar
hearing the suggestion I began to kick myself as I was wasting time on useless
apps like Facebook and Instagram when I should have been using apps to organize
my schedule and ultimately help myself avoid burnout that I fell victim to
seeing his busy schedule on his Google Calendar I had to ask do you ever sleep
he laughed and told me that sleep is critical to his academic success and
avoiding burna justin highlighted how so many students in college like to brag
about how many all-nighters they pull each semester but in his research sleep
was not to be neglected not surprisingly he cited one study that showed that
students like Justin who obtained the best marks sleep eight or more hours per
night admittedly getting more sleep made sense but if you're like me then wanting
to get more sleep and actually getting more sleep can be challenging so I
inquired how Justin and Shirdi regularly got eight plus hours of sleep he
responded with one word no I was confused at first but then Justin
explained to me that say no is the key to protecting the time he needs to study
exercise and sleep in college it can be easy to get wrapped up in all the
parties and extracurricular events however these events can easily begin to
detract from your ability to focus on the activities that are the most
important the academic success in health justin explained that whenever he is
asked to take part in any activity that interferes with this pre planned study
exercise of sleep commitments in his calendar then he automatically turns him
down in order to preserve the time he needs to maintain
his health and mental well-being right at this point of his explanation
Justin's phone sounded and he was off to the gym fast forward two months and I
was back in exam time the same period that a few months prior had sent me to
the hospital luckily this time I was prepared I had all my study periods
blocked off in my calendar I studied without distractions
and ensured that I slept as much as I could that exam period I wrote for
challenging exams and to my delight I scored in the top 10% of my class but
better yet I had zero trips to the hospital which I can take my friend
Justin for thanks for watching if you want to learn more skills to become a
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