![]() Exercising may tire your muscles a bit, but it will rev up your mind, which is why you're not supposed to exercise too close to bedtime. If you're in the library and can't imagine putting your head on the table to snooze, then get up, peel off your sweatshirt, and go for a brisk, 10-minute walk somewhere cool. Sometimes a 20-minute power nap can be all the motivation you need to zap a little life back into your system. The Solution: You have a few options here, none of which revolve around No-Doze. You need rest, and your drooping eyelids are keeping you from steady focus. You've worked all week you want nothing more to do with studying. You're imagining that cozy pillow underneath your head and the quilt tucked just right under your chin. The Problem: The only thing on your mind right now is sleep. Set a study goal like this: "I need to learn 25 different facts from this chapter / 10 strategies for the ACT / 15 new vocabulary words (etc.) during the next hour." Then, set your reward: "If I do it, I can download six new songs/listen to a podcast/watch a movie/shoot some hoops/go for a run/buy a new bag (etc.)." You may be the only person monitoring your progress, but if you give yourself a reward for good behavior, just like your elementary teacher used to do, you'll be more likely to offset the boredom by anticipating something fun. The Solution: Reward yourself with something you do like after a successful study session. In fact, right now, you'd rather throw yourself from the second story instead of having to read one more tidbit about this boring, useless subject. Your brain is wallowing in a thick cloud of "Who cares?" and "Why bother?" so focusing on the subject is getting more and more impossible with every passing second. ![]() The Problem: The junk you have to learn for school is horribly, exhaustingly boring.
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