{"id":6711,"date":"2022-04-06T12:15:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=6711"},"modified":"2022-04-06T12:15:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:15:56","slug":"end-of-semester-pep-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=6711","title":{"rendered":"End of Semester Pep Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Mia Shelton<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">owards the end of the semester, it\u2019s easy to let motivation slip.\u00a0 Papers become mundane, quizzes feel silly, and worksheets are a struggle to complete.\u00a0 It\u2019s understandable and happens to everyone at this time of the year. One thing to remember, you are not alone in feeling unmotivated.\u00a0 Let this be your pep talk to inspire that gorgeous brain to keep going.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find time to set aside for things you want to do. Work around your schedule and use down time as a reward for completing pesky assignments. \u00a0 After studying for an hour, take a break to watch an episode of your favorite show.\u00a0 Reward yourself to promote work time.\u00a0 If you want to hang out with your friends, use that as a reward for completing assignments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biggest tip, eliminate procrastination as much as possible.\u00a0 It\u2019s easy to put things off to the last minute, lived and learned.\u00a0 Splitting up a large essay throughout a week period can help you work smarter, not harder.\u00a0 Instead of writing the essay the day its due, spacing it out over a duration of time can help ensure sleeping at decent hours. Inviting friends to the library can help keep everyone accountable of completing assignments and make it more fun!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setting up study hall hours and student tutoring can help keep students on track with assignments, especially with mundane ones that no one wishes to complete.\u00a0 This can help ensure your work is completed and provide support through tough assignments.\u00a0 The writing center will help you through all the steps of writing a paper.\u00a0 While these are constantly thrown out as options, they are truly helpful.\u00a0 Having a work buddy helps make assignments less daunting and manageable.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s easy to let assignments pile up and you shouldn\u2019t be ashamed! Completing late assignments might be daunting and scary.\u00a0 Remember that professors are here to help and are willing to work with you as long as you express that you care.\u00a0 Professors don\u2019t want to see you fail, so don\u2019t feel ashamed to reach out for help.\u00a0 Asking for help is never something to be ashamed of.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember, many are in the same boat as you.\u00a0 Stay motivated and encourage those around you.\u00a0 Remember to keep compassion for others and promote kind behavior.\u00a0 You never know what someone is going through.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get it done together! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mia Shelton owards the end of the semester, it\u2019s easy to let motivation slip.\u00a0 Papers become mundane, quizzes feel silly, and worksheets are a struggle to complete.\u00a0 It\u2019s understandable and happens to everyone at this time of the year. One thing to remember, you are not alone in feeling unmotivated.\u00a0 Let this be your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-6711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-wellness","category-lifestyle","tag-summer2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}