Tip # 29 My boyfriend’s in the same class and…
If your boyfriend is in the same class, that’s fine, but don’t let that distract you so that the relationship encroaches on academic work.
Don’t let love make procrastinate in completing your assignments. But when you’re spending too much time in each other’s company and it’s beginning to make you procrastinate in doing what your teachers and team leaders expect of you, arrange dates with your boyfriend ahead of time wherein you absolutely CANNOT get together.
Strike a healthy balance. Succeeding in human relationships is just as hard as succeeding in school work. Besides, you don’t want to blame your sweetheart for your poor performance in Biology, do you?
Tip # 30 An ideal student, but he’s doing way too much
The ideal student not only excels in academic work, but also in extra curricular activities.
He’s a member of the basketball team, the president of the science club, the chief debater on campus, the volunteer who offers his services twice a week to accompany seniors to their doctors’ appointments. He’s the all-around and wholesome American boy, the envy of all parents, the lad who makes the girls swoon all over.
Little do you know how much pressure he has fulfilling all these roles. It has everything to do with image. How does he keep a healthy balance? He can’t. That’s the straight and honest answer. It’s called STRETCHING YOURSELF TOO THIN. Often we forget that we’re in school primarily for intellectual pursuits.
Sports and humanitarian work come in second. But the admission that you can’t do it all is the first step in avoiding procrastination. Don’t fall behind your school work because you’re being pulled in all directions.
And don’t use your extra activities in school as the excuse for your procrastination. No one is going to earn your diploma for you.
