Willpower and Balance in College
College is not a simple task. You know that. Most of your school mates probably find school to be overbearing, overwhelming and extremely stressful. Many students drop out due to poor grades, finding the independence to prove too stressful for the. A lack of social life and not being able to balance the workload with sports, intramurals and various clubs and organizations doesn’t help matters. If most students were simply able to put their schoolwork ahead of their other priorities they would be feeling less stress, be more relaxed and find they will enjoy their time at school more than they previously had.
The absolute first thing that can dramatically make a difference in your life while at school is sleep. Sleep plays a critical factor in the brain’s development, helping it rest and be ready for a full day’s school workload. If the mind is relaxed and at ease, you can retain and recall information much than you could if you go to class with less than 8 hours sleep. Sleep-restricted individuals have a shorter attention span, impaired memory, and a longer reaction time. Sleep is vital to your brain to thin through any problem or challenge.
Balancing your workload at college is by far the most important and vital step to being successful after you graduate. The bad thing is that the colleges themselves don’t make this easy. A large percentage of student bodies have commitments to their school other than just schoolwork. Universities and colleges have dozens of clubs, from sports clubs, to reading clubs, to movie clubs, debate clubs, even cooking clubs. With all of these clubs, it’s easy to be distracted from everyday schoolwork.How do you fight that? Willpower—plain and simple. You have to set a schedule and stick to it. You must learn to always put schoolwork first. If clubs take more time than studying for your classes, then you have to make some adjustments. Balance is key. See our post on Time Management and Stress Management.
Then there are the students who feel lost when they arrive at school because the independence is too much for them to bear. Suddenly, the realization of having to cook, clean, be on time, be responsible, do their laundry and homework all comes drowns them with worries. Some students dread even going into their rooms because they know the burden that are waiting for them there.
And for other students, the problem is simple homesickness. Some may have moved too far from home and some may just miss the love and support that they were always shrouded in, but it often becomes too cumbersome.
How do you beat this? Again—willpower and balance. You have to remember what’s most important.
The best way to be a great student in school is to work hard, put your studies first, be rested for your classes and find a way to be happy at school.
Works Cited
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/35985.php
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