A little over a year ago, I wrote a post I called “The Longest Winter,” about how the challenge of keeping yourself motivated during the long, cold winter months was made extra difficult due to the disruptions of pandemic life. I focused on how the uncertainty with which you had been living might have made …
One of the most challenging of study skills to apply consistently across all subject areas is making sure you show your work. Though you are most likely to hear these exact words from your math teachers, the idea behind them can be applied in many different ways, depending on the subject and the type of …
In my previous posts about the Olympics, both summer and winter, I have focused quite a lot on the challenges athletes face as they strive to live the Olympic motto, set goals and work toward them, and achieve success, whether that involves winning a medal, having a career-best performance, or making it to the Olympic …
Showing Resilience, Win or Lose – at the Olympics and in Life Read More »
Just as I started my first post about the summer Olympics a few short months ago, so I will start this first post about the winter Olympics by explaining that the first three words of the title are the Olympic motto, and that they mean “faster, higher, stronger” in Latin. Though I wrote about resilience …
Faster, Higher, Stronger, and Resilient – Winter Olympics Edition Read More »
In my previous post about setting priorities, I focused on the importance of setting reasonable limits on how you spend your time, so that you will be better able to balance your studies with your extracurricular activities and your social life. In this post, I will focus on setting priorities within your study time, so …
Setting Priorities Also Means Setting Reasonable Limits Within Your Study Time Read More »
Last year at this time, I followed up my posts about goalsetting and using time wisely with a post about setting priorities. In that post, I emphasized that the more able you are to set your own priorities, both with your time in general and with your schoolwork in particular, the more able you will …
Setting Priorities Means Setting Reasonable Limits-In All Aspects of School and Life Read More »
No matter the goals you have set for the new calendar year, or those you are about to set as semester exams are behind you and a new grading period begins, switching your focus from setting your goals to following through on them most likely means making at least some adjustments to how you have …
Using Time Wisely to Follow Through With the Goals You’ve Set Read More »
You may recall that a few months ago, I wrote about the launch of my membership site, and then put out a renewed call for members at the beginning of the new school year. In this post, I am again putting out a renewed call for members, in hopes that you will make joining my …
Keep Practicing Study Skills in the New Year with Study Skills Your Way! Read More »
Last year at this time, I wrote about New Year’s resolutions, and how you can include study skills goals in them, even though the new calendar year falls in the middle of the school year, and could fall at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a grading period, depending on how …
Goal Setting in the New Year with Study Skills Your Way Read More »
With Christmas Eve mere hours away, I decided to keep the title of this post short and sweet. I hope it finds you already enjoying and making the most of your time with family and friends, and that you are returning to traditions you missed last year, creating new ones in the face of the …
