Happy Labor Day!! Hope you guys are enjoying your lasts days of summer (or your day off). Even though I hate to think of it school is right around the corner so I thought I would share how I get through the school year with good grades and still manages to have fun. So my school year usually full of not only homework but sports, church activities, babysitting, and what ever extra curricular activities I decide to do. And believe me I can be stressful. And with going into High School I feel like its going to get worse. So far my daily schedule for school days are going to consist of seminary in the morning (I’ll go into more detail about that later), then going to school (which I am taking all honors classes, yikes!), then having soccer from 3-5 (this is only during the soccer season), and then doing homework and then I have time for everything else before I go to bed and repeat. So here is how I plan to make it all work. First, make sure you get a good nights sleep. It wil not only help you to have energy for the day, it will help thing feel less stressful when doing homework because you will have been more awake in class and will have processed more information. Second, time management. Don’t schedule anything when you know its going to make you stressed doing it because of the lack of time you have. Instead, schedule stuff when you don’t have a million things going on. If needed take less harder classes or you might have to say no to some extracurricular activities. Thirdly, and this kind of goes with time management, keep a planner or calendar so you know what you have going on. Write in it you daily schedule as well as any homework assignments so you don’t forget to do anything (haven’t we all done that at least once). Lastly have fun, don’t do things that you don’t enjoy. It will make you not want to go to school or do activities because you will think they are all like that. If you don’t know yet what you enjoy I encourage you to try different things with an open mind so you can find out what you enjoy. Remember if it isn’t for you you can always say so and try something new. I hope that you guys have an amazing school year and continue looking at these posts that I will continue for more school advice or just chatting about life. Have a great school year! Posted By Madison Hellickson