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anxiety
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if you have a ton of things that you
need to read and you want to learn to
read faster all you have to do is chew
some gum this will help you speed up
your reading by doubling or even
tripling your reading speed so what it
really does is switches the brain
signals attention from your mouth eyes
and your ears and gives you something
else to focus on this first study hack
is very weird but I'm telling you it is
gonna change your life if you're
studying in your room the best thing you
can do is to keep your shoes off why
might you ask because your mind
associates having shoes on with being
busy so you'll be less distracted if you
have your shoes on so if you love
studying for the last minute which is
just terrible I know but don't worry I
got you the best thing you can do is to
study the first and last 20% of your
syllabus yeah you remember that paper
that you always throw away in the
beginning of the year do not throw it
away there's a reason they gave you that
because I will literally tell you what
material to focus on so just focus on
the first and the last 20% of the
syllabus you're gonna get at least a
seat if you study so study have to
remember things more effectively is to
use color so when you use colors your
mind is just capturing all those facts
all that knowledge and it associates it
with
color so what you've taken notes with
different colored pens your visual
memory will actually kick in trying to
help you remember what you already wrote
down if you're easily distracted by
absolutely every little sound as like
just invest in some awesome noise
cancelling headphones trust me this will
help you out so much your throttles
canceling headphones and silence of the
world invest in getting a space for
yourselves I highly recommend you guys
to invest in a desk any kind of desk
will do I personally have a standard
desk which is amazing because any time I
got tired I literally will just stand up
and it helps me focus and I'm not like
complaining about my back or my legs
aching it's like the best thing I've
done for myself I would HIGHLY advise
you to work at a desk and not work on
the floor don't work on a couch and
don't work on a fit anything that is
just asking for sleep avoid my very
first procrastination hack is with your
work space make it a place where you
have everything you need to survive
basically anything that you just sit
down and then you're like oh wait I
think I'm hungry and then you go and eat
or you sit down and then you're like
then I'm kind of thirsty too so then you
go a drink or oh my gosh my lips are dry
so then you put on some lip balm all
those little tasks in between will take
up so much of your time that you won't
even realize because you're just kind of
like well I mean I'm thirsty that's like
a human thing well I mean I'm hungry
that's like a human thing
and so you'll validate everything but
don't I recommend you to have a snack by
your side also any kind of tea I also
like to keep a little stretched plushie
by my desk along with all my essentials
my pens my markers my computer tissues
the girl needs tissues sometime that
homework be making me crops set up your
ideal workspace also don't forget to
stay comfortable put on your PJs take
off your jeans anything that's
constricting will not help you think so
just put on a nice sweater
some nice sweatpants and get to work
girl in an ideal workspace I also
recommend to have some type of wipe
board so that you can write down your
ideas or your thoughts throughout
studying on my whiteboard I usually like
to put my schedule laid out so I can see
the whole week at a glance and it gives
me less anxiety and I'm like okay I'm
gonna be productive I know what I'm
doing because if you don't have a set
plan that
literally when everything will fail make
sure to study in a well-lit area this is
key don't cram yourself up in a little
room with like a tiny little lamp
designate a location in your home or a
place where you have light your near
window and you can once in awhile just
kind of gaze out your phone may be your
best friend but it is your enemy when it
comes to studying turn this bad boy off
I would even suggest you to log off of
all your accounts put your phone on
airplane mode text your friends and
family hey guys I'm gonna be hibernating
for a little bit you'll be more
productive you'll be happier at the end
of it and you'll get better result one
of my favorite apps for productivity and
this video is not sponsored just letting
you know but it is an amazing app it's
called for is and it pretty much just
starts your day off in two 25-minute
increments and anytime you just leave
this little app thing it's gonna tell
you go back to four is because your tree
is gonna die so the idea is that your
tree is growing as you are being
productive it's helped me a lot and I
want my tree to grow also try to study
within 25 minute increments so after 25
minutes you can rest for five minutes
instead of going on social media or
doing anything that will distract you
just take a nice little walk for five
minutes or stretch or even refill your
teeth another thing that I do to not
procrastinate is just to block out your
weeks so for instance have an ideal work
week schedule that you want to follow
include everything that you want from
working out to studying to hang out with
friends can see how you can tailor your
schedule to it so realize what are the
days that you want to block out for
studying for exercising for just like
focusing on a few things at a time when
creating a list literally just start at
everything that pops into your head just
everything that you need to do just jot
it down this is a really good exercise
to not only move into the next step of
prioritizing but also to just release
any kind of stress and anxiety that you
already have towards the day be it's
very different when you have everything
bottled up in your head then when you
have everything written down it looks
much more manageable on paper the ones
you write everything down color coded
into categories this is my personal this
is my school this is my job another app
that I really love is called wonder list
I pretty much just go throughout my day
and anything that I need to jot down in
case I don't have my planner I'll just
jot it down into wonder list I can
create categories I can move
it's absolutely amazing it saved me in
so many different ways highly suggest
you to get it you need to plan your day
to be successful I think the biggest
like you tell yourself is I don't need
to write that I'll remember it and then
you go home and you get overwhelmed
because you're like oh my god what do I
start on first throughout the day just
write every single thing that you need
to do once you get home what you're
gonna do is you're gonna break it down
definitely get a planner that inspires
you you can go to the traditional route
and just get one that is already you
know set in stone and just write in it
or you could go with the more creative
route which is the bullet journal Rob's
really cool method of organizing your
life and it's creative and it allows you
to kind of journal your thoughts which
is really really nice and relaxing
definitely get creative you know buy
some fun tapes buy some fun stickers
invest in really nice highlighters
markers Muji pens are amazing just like
a ton of stationary things that will
inspire you at your workspace erasable
pens have been my dream I'm telling you
I have never gone back now you have a
long list of to do so what do you do
that the biggest thing is to break it so
you're gonna break your tasks into
smaller tasks you start with the
smallest thing that you could do like
right now if you just write down study
for a final I guarantee you're not gonna
do it that task alone is so overwhelming
there's so many different parts to it
instead of writing study for final you
can actually break it down by putting
study chapter one through two it'll do
that one day then the second day you
could put study chapters two to three
and then the third day you could do
review chapters one through three that
way you're creating a plan to tackle a
very large project and minimizing the
effect that it's gonna have on your
brain but when creating a less ask
yourself if this is the one thing that I
get done all day will I be satisfied and
happy if the answer is yes then you know
that's one thing you should do the
answer is no then you should go back
into your list and see what is of higher
priority I will always say being
reasonable and also taking care of your
mental health requires you to prioritize
only three things a day three things
that you're gonna be really happy and
satisfied at the end of the day if you
complete it and don't overwork yourself
or saturate yourself with things because
I'm telling you it's not gonna be as
effective as you would be if you just
tackle three priority things so after
your top three priority things that
you've completed then you're gonna ask
yourself is there anything that I can
complete in
this is called the two-minute rule if
you see something that needs to be done
right away and you can literally do it
in two minutes you can do it immediately
for example let's say you have this huge
paper you have to write it will probably
only take you two minutes to write your
name at the top to write the class the
page number and then just a title let's
say you want to start eating healthier
it will literally just take you two
minutes to probably eat one Apple the
hardest part really is just start once
you get past that little mountain you're
gonna go so you need motivation I feel
you I totally understand take a shower
showers can be so relaxing and being
clean is actually proven to help you
increase concentration and productivity
and it just makes you feel like your
life is in check I would say create a
vision board vision board pretty much is
all of the things you want to accomplish
you need to understand what motivates me
like what is getting you to get up every
morning go to school work really really
hard and Excel you need to have some
type of motivation if you don't have it
it's gonna be really really hard for you
push through procrastination and
laziness so I would say even if you
don't have any goals just sit down look
at your interest and ask yourself you
know what would I want to accomplish
just starting small like I would want to
get an A on this exam and I will take
myself to my favorite ice cream shop and
I'm telling you food always motivates
you at least it does for me one of my
final tips is to organize your desk or
your workspace or wherever it is you are
honestly a tidy space equals a tidy Maya
if everything is unorganized and just
chaotic your mind will even be more or
an organized and chaotic so just take
some time to clear out your space become
a little bit more minimalistic when it
comes to decorating and just have things
that will only inspire you so I
understand the stress and anxiety that
comes with exams finals and just
anything that has to do with school so
one of the things that you could do is
actually just play with a pet having a
pet and playing with a pet have actually
shown signs of her leaving stress and if
you're less stressed I promise you're
gonna perform a lot better in any exam
if you're looking for some good music to
actually focus and help relax you I
would recommend either lo-fi hip-hop or
a really weird hack is to actually use
video game or movie soundtracks
I know so this type of music is designed
to not break your concentration and to
literally just be background music to
whatever it is you're doing whatever it
is you're listening to so another stress
and anxiety hack is to just start I know
that sounds super simple but honestly
just realize that what you're feeling is
resistance towards the task at hand what
is the smallest thing that I can do
right now when you're doing a long
assignment set a 30 minute timer and
literally just go at it and once you
start and get over that fear of whatever
it is you're resisting your anxiety and
your fear of everything will just kind
of go away you'll chill
it just feels better once you start I'm
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