My problem is that sometimes, especially after school, I get bored and start to wander off looking for some other things to do other than studying or anything school-related. My proposed solution consisted of three different solutions and each solution fixes the problems that makes up the main problem.
The first part of the solution is that I should take a reasonably-timed nap after getting back from school. The time length of the nap can be adjusted depending on how tired I am, my mood, and how much work I have to do. The next part of the solution is to hand over my phone to my parents for them to hold on to until I am done with my homework. This will get rid of my habit of constantly checking my phone which is a huge distraction. The final part of the solution is for me to change
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activities everytime the timer goes off. The time length, again, can be adjusted depending on the previous results. This gets rid of some of the boredom because I constantly have to change activities which keeps the brain refreshed. For the first part of the solution, I would have to get a timer and set it to one hour.
The timer can be in a phone since the phone restriction doesn’t come into effect until I actually start studying. Again, the time length will get adjusted for better results. The nap should be able to provide me enough energy to keep going through the day and keep me energized while I study and do homework.
Now, after taking the nap, I will not begin studying right away since I’ve just woken up and I may feel hungry, etc. I will have about an hour to myself to do what I need to do before studying whether it’d be for me to eat, socialize, etc. When I do begin studying, I will hand over my phone for my parents to hold on to. It’ll prevent any potential distractions that my phone might cause. They will give it back to me as soon as I’ve finished my studies.
While I am studying, I will have a timer which is set to thirty minutes as a starting point. This time, the timer cannot be in a phone. The time will be changed depending on the previous results. I will change activities everytime the timer goes off to keep my mind refreshed and feel like I’m not doing the same thing for long periods of
time. I’ll be tracking my progress by how long it takes me to finish my studies and how many times I get distracted while I study. There is only one problem I can think of which is me. I might not follow my solutions such as handing over my phone, etc. Ultimately, I expect that I should be able to finish my studies and homework at a reasonable time, stay focused and refreshed throughout the session, and have enough time for myself for the rest of the day because I have enough energy from the nap I took, no distractions caused from my phone, and my mind is constantly refreshed because I change subjects every specific amount of minutes,.
School takes up a large portion of my time as it is, but I easily become distracted. When I arrive back home from school, my phone’s notifications are being checked, and all of a sudden an hour has gone by. While completing homework on the computer, I will open another tab and end up straying away from the assignment. In addition to that, my study habits could definitely be improved. Whether it be studying or doing homework, I always end up procrastinating. I would study the night before a quiz that I have known about for a week. Procrastination has been a thing I have done for years and I aim to stop doing
This insight correlates with the above insight in that I often use homework, which is productive, as a distraction for homework that is more pressing. In addition to using homework as a distraction, Facebook, texting/Snapchat, and side conversations are also distractions that occur on a regular basis. I found that during the time I reserve for more important things, such as homework or spending time with others, I will absentmindedly pick up my phone and become distracted for an extended period of time. It may start with simply replying to a text message and then somehow, I end up on Facebook and its an hour later. The detracts from my flourishing because I am not longer giving my full attention to the things that matter, completing assignments which is helping me work toward my greatest good, or contributing to building my relationships, for the same reason. Something that I have done to combat this form of spiritual apathy is to delete Facebook off my phone and keep my phone on silent, unless I am anticipating a phone call. I feel like for the few short days I have been implementing these things, I already feel more present in my relationships and tasks. I complete tasks faster because I do not have several “breaks” from the habit of checking my phone, and the time that I spending with my family and friends is of greater quality because if I lead by example of keeping my phone
Though there are many facets to the subject of sleep, our team has decided to focus on the vital role sleep plays in people’s lives, specifically college students, as well as the numerous methods that can be used to make sleep more effective. Research has consistently proven the importance of a regular sleep schedule. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute promotes this idea, and offers several tips for getting enough sleep while leading a busy life.[1] For instance, it helps to keep the same sleep schedule on weeknights and weekdays. Also, avoiding heavy exercise and artificial bright lights within an hour of going to sleep ensures a more restful sleep. This is especially true for devices like computers and cellphones, the light of which interrupts melatonin production, thus disrupting sleep. Avoiding heavy meals, alcoholic beverages, nicotine, and caffeine within a couple hours of sleeping helps prime the body for a more restful sleep, as well. In fact, the effects of caffeine can last
“When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.” This statement by Tom Hodgkinson perfectly describes the solution to the life of the average American high schooler, who wakes up early, rushes to school, and undergoes several grueling classes, only to later participate in extracurricular activities and return home to complete homework. Due to all these activities, only a vast minority of teenagers obtain the amount of sleep they need in a night; Tom Hodgkinson’s quote proposes a solution to this problem. By instituting naptime in high schools, students could simply nap to refresh themselves when the going gets tough, whether that be an excessive amount of homework, an extremely demanding test, or a sports practice that lasts long into the
The technological word we live in today is one of the major causes of sleep deprivation. Many high-school students and or college students tend to stay up later than average doing things such as studying on their computers or laptops, watching TV, or playing video games. Researchers have said “the flashing lights on the games and TV shows may be resetting the circadian rhythm, changing the body’s internal clocks” (Florence Cardinal). Although this doesn’t seem to uncommon to many since a ...
As I’m sitting at home on my bed trying to get all of my school work done on time for classes, I think of all the other things I could be doing or if I should even do it at all. I always end up playing with my puppy, searching the tv for something to watch, or go on social networks and put my homework aside to do later so I can think of ideas. Deciding on whether to even do it or not ends up with me wondering what would I do without a college education and how I need one to be able to pursue the career I want. I'm usually rushing right before classes to finish the assignments with the ideas I've gathered by then.
When I am on my phone at night, my mom will usually tell me to do something “productive.” Even when I say I finished all my homework, she’ll command me to read a book instead of using my phone or computer. Then she’ll go on about how she never had iPhones or laptops growing up and how she found other ways of entertainment, but I spare myself the usual boredom and do as she commands. However, I realized that reading a real book at night made me fall asleep a lot faster than playing on my cell phone at night. I’ll be reading my favorite book, The Outsiders, and only be able to keep my eyes open for thirty minutes or less, then have the book fall out of my hand while I doze off to slumberland or coo myself to sleep like an owl. Then on the nights I do not read, I’ll play on my phone, check Instagram, and watch some Netflix on my computer. On those nights, I find myself going to sleep a lot later than nights I read. So I was not quite sure if my drowsiness was due to how boring the book was, the lighting of my room, or the bright lighting from my phone. I decided to educate myself more on the negative effects of computer and cell phone use before bed.
Now after knowing the positive way and improvements of napping, you’d really want to start doing it. Napping can improve your health, the way you work, improve your ability to memorize after learning,
If the problem is that you spend too much time on one activity, mix it up. Try to motivate yourself by focusing on a side project. Sometimes, focusing
We all know the sound that is very familiar to us: tick, tick, tick. No, it’s not the sound of our favorite movie coming on; It’s time moving on. College students often find that time is the hardest goal to conquer. Time isn’t really a goal. Finding time to complete all of our task is a goal. As a student there are some basic principals of time management that you can apply.
Sleep has always been a popular subject among humans. There have been many studies that examine sleep and its correlation with a wide variety of variables, such as depression, energy levels, and grades. Students, as a group, are widely studied. As the world’s future leaders and thinkers, there is great importance placed on their achievements. In this study the effect of student sleep habits on perceived academic performance is investigated. Many things may affect students’ academic success among these variables are sleep habits.
Cell phones may be the top of devices those distract students in class. The ubiquitous problem originates from the cell phones. I’m also a high school student, I can see some of my classmates use it for texting every day in class instead of listening to the teacher. Students also use it for playing video games, listening to music, watching videos. And definitely, while you are playing with your phones, you will not be able to absorb the lesson that the teacher is trying to teach. It’s not easy to do two things at the same time, except you are super. Have you ever tried to draw a circle by your left hand and draw a rectangle by the other hand simultaneously? When you do two things or more at the same time, your brain will just focus on one thing and naturally ignore the other. As Peter Bregman wrote in the Harvard Business Review Blog Network that multitasking can reduce productivity by as much as 40%, increase stress and cause a 10-point fall in IQ.
A sleep with good duration but totally interrupted is never a healthy sleep. Healthy sleep habits can be defined in a number of ways. For example, Peters, Joireman, and Ridgeway (2005) have described “sleep patterns” in terms of four different factors: “self-rated satisfaction with sleep”, “sleeping during the day”, “difficulty sleeping at night”, and “oversleeping”. There are also two stages of sleep. Rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. REM sleep is associated with dreaming while NREM sleep is non-dreaming and has further sub stages. Both stages are necessary for brain learning and memory (Iqra, Asad, Tayyab, Abdullah, Rumsha, Marium, Fahad). Previous studies have narrowed the dependence of learning consolidation to the rapid eye movement stage of sleep, when most dreaming occurs. De Koninck and Associates reported that students who demonstrated a significant increase in REM sleep following an intensive learning period performed significantly better on examinations. The connection between REM sleep and learning is of particular importance for those students who consistently receive less than eight hours of sleep. They miss some of the last two hours of REM sleep. Those two hours tend to be the most important for integrating new information. Therefore, students who do most of their studying during the night before tests
Walking out of class I told myself I just needed to conquer this task and start right away. I knew it would be hard because a major form of communication in today’s world is social media. Before my start time I text my close friends and family letting them know what I was doing and how they could get ahold of me. I knew I needed to do this in order to keep my loved one notified that I was safe, and not ignoring them. Very hesitant at first, I had to pay close attention to not just open up my Instagram tab, or to reply to the text messages I was still receiving. After doing this for not even a couple of hours I realized I was paying such better attention to everything around me. The cars that drove by, the people I saw and even the beautiful buildings of the campus I am calling my new home. Even better, I was getting a whole lot more cleaning and studying done as well. I soon realized that this experiment was not easy, but a great thing for me.
The second thing you can do would be to take a break. You can take a break by hanging out with your friends, listening to music, or taking a nap.