How to Manage Activity – Tips for Those Who Study at School

Studying at school is a time to learn new things, to try out different roles and professions, to find things to your liking. At school age our interest in learning about ourselves and the world around us is almost inexhaustible, and it’s very important to maintain this interest.

But how to find time for hobbies, if the school takes away a lot of time and effort? We tell you how to find time for really important and interesting things, and not to make grades worse.

Why don’t I have time for anything?

There are many reasons, and here are some of the most common:

• High demands. Each teacher considers his or her subject to be important and tries to give maximum knowledge in it. This usually results in more homework and more time spent on it.

• It is difficult. Everyone is different and absorbs information differently. Focusing “on the average pace” makes it difficult for many students to learn: those who grasp on the fly just get bored, and those who need a little more time find it hard to keep up.

Time Management

Good time management is an art. But knowing how to do it helps to break free from the bundle “school – home” and add more interesting things to your life.

To learn how to properly plan the day and distribute effort, you need to know the main tools of time-management: The Eisenhower matrix, Pareto’s law and a strong motivation. Despite the complicated and scary names, these tools work very simply.

Eisenhower Matrix.

Divide matters into four groups:

1. Important and Urgent.
2. Important and non-urgent.
3. Unimportant and urgent.
4. Unimportant and non-urgent.

This will help to fight procrastination and prioritize. The principle by which tasks are distributed helps to determine the place of the task in the daily schedule and the amount of time to spend on this task.

For example, if the to-do list includes to write my essay for Tuesday and an additional optional task for Friday, and today is Monday, the important and urgent task is the essay, and the optional task is unimportant and non-urgent.

Pareto’s Law

Pareto’s law says that 20% of effort yields 80% of the result. And in most cases this is true. Of course, striving to do your homework perfectly is laudable, but one hundred percent meticulousness is rarely required. Do not forget that the purpose of homework – to consolidate and repeat the past material.

No one expects a student to produce a work of art or suddenly discover a new theorem. The result of homework is a neat notebook with a completed assignment and an understanding of the new topic.

Motivation

Think of how long time drags on if you have to do something you don’t want to do at all. The same thing happens with homework. If there is no motivation to learn, anyone will put off doing assignments and procrastinate in every way possible. Try to give a detailed and reasoned answer to the question: “Why do you need to study.

Useful habits

Often we lose time without noticing it. For example, we get distracted by social media or TV, suddenly decide to clean up, and procrastinate in all kinds of ways instead of dealing with the task at hand. You can develop a useful time-saving habit, and even get your parents involved – after all, a personal example is quite inspiring.

Homework first, then rest

After school you always want to have a rest, go for a walk, watch TV, look through TikTok, but you don’t want to do your homework. The habit of first breaking up with all the affairs, and then relax and do what you want, not only save time, but also serve as a great motivation not to get distracted and finish things sooner.

The “90/30” method

Its essence is to set aside exactly 90 minutes to do things, which must be followed by a half-hour rest. After the cycle repeats. The main condition is that in these 90 minutes to be engaged directly in affairs: housework, cleaning, reading, not distracted by anything else. For greater efficiency, distribute things from the most important and difficult in the first cycles to less important and easier in the subsequent ones.

The principle of 9 cases

Here’s the bottom line: you set yourself a goal for the day to do 9 cases – 1 large, 3 medium and 5 small. The distribution of effort depends entirely on you, the main thing that by the end of the day all nine cases were performed. Using this method, you can gradually learn to properly allocate time and increase productivity.

You can instill the skill by having a family competition. Every night you come up with nine things for each family member for tomorrow and discuss the results of the day, share your impressions, tell how you managed to cope with your list. Gradually you can add new conditions. For example, whoever completes their tasks faster and better will get a prize.