Lieu's Health and Time Managment Tips!

This week our TRIO workshop was Procrastination and Time Management so I find it appropriate to write this.  As we all know, college life can be pretty busy.  You need to make time for class, studying, club meeting, exercising, personal time (personal hygiene), eating, and of course the number one most important thing: eating and sleeping.  Most people in general think you can make up time for sleeping.  In reality, that is not possible.  Even if you sleep in for the whole day the next day, you cannot make up for lost time from sleeping.  You need sleep because that’s how your body recuperates from being up all day.  In fact, during sleep your body regenerates cells and damage you have done to your body throughout the day.  Did you know that people who work the night shift throughout their lives die 10 years earlier than someone who sleeps at night and works during the day?  I talked to a personal trainer once and he told me, the time that you need to sleep for your body to heal properly is between the hours of 9PM -3 AM.  So, what do you need to do so you can make sure you get enough sleep?  According to one of our TRIO students, Kevon Bremmer, plan out your daily schedules!  He showed me one of his daily schedules and it listed everything he had to do from the time he got up until he came home at night.  By doing this, it allows you to see what time you have available to do what you want and need.  At the same time, it allows you to physically see when you are wasting the most time during the day.  The key thing to remember is, you only have so many hours to do work in a day.  Plan it out efficiently and always make time for sleeping and eating.  Depriving yourself of these will only decrease your immune system and make you sick.  This will only waste more of your time when you are sick. 

Study Tips

Study Tips

• - Don’t wait until the last minute!
• - Change the scenery, go study somewhere besides the dorm room.
• Study or work in groups.
• - Make flashcards.  Even though it’s elementary it helps.
• - Get some sleep; don’t stay up all night doing nothing.
• - Go to Class!  Don’t think that because it is an easy class you don’t have to go.
• - Manage your time, plan ahead; keep a schedule of assignments and tests
• - Have Fun!

HOW TO RELAX DURING FINALS

With Exams coming up

relaxation is the key to success.  Here are some ideas to

get you started …

· Turn on your favorite music and just sit or lay with your eyes closed.

· Our campus is right on the water!  Go sit by or take a walk along the water, or go to the beach and watch the sunset.

· Exercise is an effective way to  relieve stress, and it doesn't have to be long or intense.  Another way is to get a group of friends together and go play a game.

· Sleep is always a good way to relax either inside or find a hammock and set it up outside.

Study hard for your exams and don't wait until the last minute!