<p>Do you guys ever feel really burntout?
I'm only a freshman, but I'm a few years accelerated in my classes, and I do a ton of clubs, MUN, newspaper etc.
I'm also stuck taking the SAT this jan for a talent search, and that with midterms, mun conferences = papers to write, articles to write, and other competitions to study for,all along with regular school.
I know I have to work hard to be succesful and all, but sometimes all of this stuff really gets to me.
HS in general is fun, a hell of a lot better than MS, but there is a lot more pressure.</p>
<p>I’ve felt burnt out for the last 5 months…and I don’t even try. I’m telling you, it’s the lack of sleep and the knowledge that only a miniscule percentage of what you’re “learning” will be actually used.</p>
<p>YES. last two weeks before winter break were absolutely BRUTAL. I had 2 essays due and 3 major tests in the first three days of the first week, so I got less than two nights’ worth of sleep in 3 days. then two review days, a reading day, and sunday, all filled up with studying. then a week of exams. i was mentally exhausted afterwards. couldn’t concentrate on my last three exams [thank god they were just math and french], and the first week of winter break i slept for 12 hours a night and still had to force myself to get up in the morning.</p>
<p>No man. I just chill. I don’t see how funstuff’s burnt out when he doesn’t even try. My advice is just don’t procrastinate and, you’ll be O.K. If you’re burnt out freshman year, you’re screwed.</p>
<p>Also, i find that taking a small break from studying to clear you head does wonders. Sometimes i even study outside. It really helps you just chill out.</p>
<p>I often feel “burnt out” after blazing. You need to relax. Freshman year should be a cruise. You don’t have to do all the **** you are doing to be “successful”.</p>
<p>Ahh, I know that freshman year is supposed to be the easiest, but our school is full of overachievers that have all gotten accepted into Ivies and places like that by doing all of this crazy stuff, so I feel like I need to as well.
I would study outside, but I live in NY, and its always freezing. I think I’ll take your advice and start taking breaks more often and trying to chill more. Procrastinating is a big problem with me sometimes…maybe for a new years reso I’ll try to stop that.
Thanks for the advice :)</p>
<p>From the replies that I received from my topic “9th grade hasn’t been going so well…”, burnout is normal. Of course everybody has alot of things to do, which just adds to the mentality of “guess I’ll have to do it, ugh”, but keep in mind that HS will be the busiest, and also many times, the most irritating moment of your life, so you don’t get shot by burnout. Yes, many things are menial, but focus on one thing at a time. I’d rather be back in middle school right now, when I didn’t have much pressure–> smarter and more moral decisions. You should try to act something like that, because burnout gives you the feeling that you’ve been overworked, and that you shouldn’t follow good decisions, for fear of more work.</p>
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<p>brb law school/med school/grad school/job</p>
<p>I dont think you’re really burnt out. </p>
<p>Full of ennui and stopped giving a s*** months ago? Yes.</p>
<p>Honestly, high school (and life) is full things you have to do that you don’t want to and aren’t important. Writing that report of that Spanish person? Finding the roots of that polynomial? It’s best to find a way to deal with whether its a cookie after everyone or playing more video games.</p>
<p>However, probably the biggest contributor is your procrastination. That crappy feeling in the morning when you did little or no homework last night but you didn’t really do anything fun either, you just avoided the work? That feeling is a killer and you have to deal with that procrastination head on. Try structured procrastination (Google it).</p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>@ Funstuff: Of course, those things are hard as well. Relative to US only, not the people who practice them and learned them for 8 years to get PhD’s. Furthermore, we haven’t experienced much of the consequences in life yet, nor have we reached a good maturity (I blame this on the trends of something like, “Wow, you’re a freshie”, which are extremely dumb anyways). So we can’t work like machines and still be content and…well, sane. Plus, my comment’s purpose was to help the guy, not actually claim alot of true things, if that’s what you’re thinking. If you’re going to state another opinionated thought, like “truth is always good,” tell that to a 4 year old child that had lost his family members without knowing it.</p>
<p>thanks hitman, solid advice</p>
<p>I’m so ****ed at the lack of sleep that I’m considering just ending the day at 11:00 each day, barring crazy days where there are multiple tests or something. Can anyone vouch for this method?</p>