<p>Hey guys! So we're all nearing the end of junior year and I'm getting restless. I feel like I've been working non-stop.I had summer reading between sophomore and junior year (the norm) and during winter break I had drivers-ed. Though drivers-ed is easy, we still had tests that I had to study for.. and I had to wake up early everyday. I know all this work is worth it but this stress has been getting to me. I went to bed at 8:30 yesterday with only doing a little bit of homework and I haven't just taken notes throughout my classes.</p>
<p>Give me something some inspiration or something! :) haha</p>
<p>Hang in there? Do something fun. My D games in between studying - homework on the sofa and she will stop and hit a few rounds and then back to the books. Can you take the weekend off from studying? You have to plan that - catch your homework up and then rest from Saturday morning until Sunday afternoon, then hit the books. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Inspiration? It’s almost over. But seriously I know how you feel, it seems like junior year’s almost over for me yet I still have ap tests and sat subject tests at the end of the year along with finals. Pull in there and stay strong! </p>
<p>Just think “it’ll all be over soon”. That’s all I thought throughout 2nd semester junior year especially having a horrible double literary analysis/research project. And it’s what I think now as a 2nd semester senior. At least we’re still alive. </p>
<p>Lol 2nd semester senior is definitely more relaxing. Just stay optimistic and keep working hard! I like to set short-term goals for everything and plan everything either on post-it notes or in a planner. Good luck!</p>
<p>Being a second semester senior hasn’t proven to be much more fun for me than as a junior (except I don’t have AP Physics this year) but it is less stressful, even with a similar workload. I found that having a job was actually really helpful as kind of a detox from all the reading and studying, while still making money and learning valuable life skills. It’s kind of like a break built into your day. Also take comfort in the fact that soon you can be done with SATs/ACTs and are almost to the homestretch. Good luck!</p>
<p>I prevented total burn out/senioritis my senior year (currently) by taking a TA period. It is right after my AP Calculus class and my AP Literature class so it’s nice to not have to think about Hamlet or integration and just focus on very mindless things like stapling papers or making copies. I really enjoy it. It lets my brain stop rushing about for an hour a day. </p>
<p>I very strongly recommend getting a job. It seems ironic but they really do help relax (as long as it’s a typical, low-stress high school job). </p>
<p>@alexmer @rosie416 The problem with getting a job is that I can’t… Well, I can, but I can’t. I just turned 16 and I can’t drive myself. My parents both work and won’t drive me (which is completely understandable). But ya. I do babysitting but I have the urge to do homework when the kid is asleep. I volunteer at the ICU but I do homework there too. </p>
<p>@preamle I don’t really know how I would fit that into my schedule. I squeezed a study hall into 1st semester because I have soccer everyday… Does that count? or would that be as effective?</p>
<p>@cmgrayson I do the same with working out. I do a thing where it’s 45 minutes of studying, 15 minutes of working out (there are 5/10 minute workouts on youtube). Would doing this not be as effective?</p>
<p>Just take some time to rest. A feeling of stress accumulation is a signal that you should chill and spend a few days out of busy schedule and stuff </p>
<p>@bozllie I had a similar sort of situation to yours in that I got a job at age 15 and couldn’t drive myself. However, I was able to get a job less than 2 miles from my house which I rode my bike to. When you volunteer at the ICU, do your parents drive you to that? I would certainly if possible let that and babysitting be times to destress, as long as it doesn’t mean neglecting schoolwork. You want to be kind of careful looking forward, because going into college burnt out is usually a recipe for low grades.</p>
<p>Yeah whatever you can do to break up the studying. Try to not study while babysitting? Don’t say you can’t because you’re going to have to do it if you are as burnt out as you are saying. Watch a movie with the kids you are sitting. Are you getting enough sleep?</p>
<p>@cmgrayson That’s a good idea. And surprisingly, I usually go to bed around 10:30 and get up around 5:30 to workout for an hour (unless I have a huge test… then I go to bed around 12 then skip working out). </p>
<p>I feel you. I’m in my senior year right now, and our school’s musical is approaching. Tutoring before school, school, homework and projects, musical, and work are all vying for my time right now. I’d like to return to junior year, in all honesty. I’m getting better at managing my stress. Prioritization is super important, and you should take full advantage of any moments where you’re super motivated to get stuff done. If you’re an introvert, like me, you also have to plan time to be alone (like, do homework in your room without anyone there). If you’re an extrovert (not like me - so I don’t really know), make sure you’re doing some light socializing, you know, going for coffee with a friend. </p>
<p>Personally, shopping on Amazon (without buying anything ) is super relaxing for me.</p>
<p>@runner019 I’m a major introvert. School is tiring partially because of all the socializing (no offense to my friends, lol. So watching a couple youtube videos here and there is a good thing? </p>
<p>Yup. Otherwise you just get more tired and worn out. You’re more productive if you take a break and then come back to everything later. Feel free to block out the rest of the world when you need to. </p>
<p>Ugh I know how you feel. I’m putting in so much work and not getting what I want out sometimes.
I do my homework right when I get home, so I have time at night to watch a TV show and then go to bed at 9 or 9:30. Sure, I procrastinate, but more so in days than minutes or hours (leave things to the last day, not waiting for six hours to do my math homework).</p>
<p>This is so weird, but it works so well for me: every night before I go to bed, I lie in bed and think about this perfect place. Mine is a huge spacious Boston apartment with vaulted ceilings and dark wood floors and a big oak tree outside that I can climb, and it is filled with cake decorating supplies and a grand piano. It calms me down.</p>
) is super relaxing for me.</p>