16 Mar 2020

As you have probably figured out already, teachers are absolutely obsessed with scheduling due dates of assignments within days of each other. They live for our collective stress!

While having such an insane assignment schedule could overwhelm you to the point of a breakdown, here are some easy life-hacks on how to get your stuff done without compromising your sanity.

 

Know your strengths and favs

Hopefully by this point you know what your best and favourite subjects are. If you do, smash out these assignments first. 

If you hold them off til' the end because you think it'll be easier, chances are that you'll rush an assignment you would've otherwise nailed.

This is because you've procrastinated the subjects you don't enjoy as much and by the end of it, you just want the nightmare of assignments to be over.

Play the game and chip away at your best and favourite subjects first.

Don't leave it too late

Leaving your assignments too late will bite you on the bum before you know it. Be strict with yourself and even create your own deadlines if you have to.

Leaving it too late is a completely avoidable problem so start on day one and you might even have time to spare afterwards. I know this is far easier in theory than in practice, but you’ll thank yourself later. Trust me.

Draw up a plan

Open up your google calendar, excel spreadsheet, notepad - whatever makes sense to you in your head - and make up a game plan.

Designate times to work on each assignment and set tasks for yourself. Make a scale of what subject you enjoy the most compared to what will take you the longest.

Make it look pretty with colours and highlighting. Get your plan to the point that you’d feel so bad disrespecting it because of how good it looks.

Once you have a map of what you need to do, it won’t as overwhelming as it once seemed.

Don’t lose hope

Assignment periods are undeniably intense. They make us reach peak levels of our stress and honestly, it can feel like you’re never going to get anything done.

It’s so easy to let that stress take a hold of you and immobilise you into not doing anything. However, everything is able to get done. You just have to keep your wits about you and know that the world isn't going to end because of your hectic exam schedule.

When in doubt, remember, don’t stress what you can’t change!