March into Spring: Motivation

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It's that time of the year where the school year is beginning to draw to a close, and exams are right around the corner. If you are anything like me it feels like the last leg of a marathon and it's very hard to find the motivation to keep up the hard work. So i'm going to give you 5 tips to stay motivated!

1// Stay super organised. Honestly it helps so much, if all of your notes are organised and put into folders split into topics, it makes revising and studying so much easier. You will feel better about tackling your revision if everything looks pretty, and is in order and easy to use!

2// Know what grades/marks you need. Go to your teachers and find out how many marks you need at the end to reach your target grade, i.e 200/300 for a B. Then work out how many marks you already have from coursework/exams, to see how many you need in your final exam. This works to relieve pressure from you during exam season, and will kick you up the butt to either work harder/or to focus on the priority subjects. 

3// Make summer plans. Make sure you and your friends/family make lots of fun summer plans now, it gives you something awesome to work for. This will keep you super motivated to just do it, because when you are all done and have put all the hard work in, you can spend summer doing all the fun things you wanted to do!

4// Time Management:  organise your time well, do not waste time at school, make sure you are always working on something. If you have 'nothing to do' read your textbook and make revision notes/read around the subject, go back over old lessons. Just make sure you are using your time wisely, it will only benefit you, also when you're done with the day, you will feel super productive. 

5// Lastly do not work yourself to the bone. If you work 24/7 all week running up to your exams, you will exhaust yourself before it's even begun. Make sure to sleep well, eat well and generally look after yourself. Take time off in the evenings to watch a film, read a book, take a walk and same with the weekends. Make sure you're not lazy, but don't work yourself too hard, it will work against you!

Have any tips to staying motivated?