Take a break from your homework

The semester is starting to get long. Week six is almost over and fall break is approaching with cheetah speed, but I am so tired of all the homework. 

There is so much and it never stops coming. 

But even if you are buried in homework and fall break doesn’t seem long enough to get it all done, plan out at least a day to relax and take a break from work. 

On a break, you can recoup energy to work on homework for the rest of the semester. Depending on what you do, you may be physically exhausted, but your brain won’t be dead from thinking about essay writing or test preparation. 

A change of pace helps me reduce my stress level. When letting myself relax instead of worrying about the next thing, I give my brain a much needed breather. 

Planning a fun event during the weekend motivates me to get annoying assignments done, because any time I would use to procrastinate is taken up by the fun activity. 

Besides, you are in college. When in your life will you have the freedom to abruptly take a trip or go do something? And who knows, you might learn something too. 

In order to have the best stress-free break, it is important to get as much homework done as early as possible. This requires planning and realizing that while you are on vacation, you won’t want to do that last piece of homework, because there are so many other things you could be doing. So, get the important things (those with deadlines) finished before you leave. 

If there are projects that you can’t accomplish before departure, look at your vacation time and mark out a specific time to do the homework. 

This could be in the car if someone else is driving, or in the early morning before an activity. Be sure to allot more time than you think it will take you. 

Better to get done ahead of schedule instead of feeling like you are constantly behind. Also, don’t let yourself get behind on other stuff in life. 

It is no fun to come home and have a messy desk, or worse, no clean laundry. Give yourself the gift of a (moderately) clean place to come back to and tidy up before you leave. 

As the semester drags on, take a break to call your parents or old friends, go for a hike, take a trip to city, go to an event with a club or another school related trip. Get enough breathing room in your studies and take a break for just an hour or two in the next couple weeks. 

You don’t have to leave Chadron, but at least leave your dorm room. Fall break is there for a reason, take advantage of it. 

Give your brain the respite from advanced thinking it needs by getting away from college work.