You sit at your desk and slowly, grudgingly, pull your textbooks from the backpack you've carried since freshman year. You read just three pages before you feel your mind start to wander. Then your phone pings, and welcoming the distraction, you answer the text you've just received.
Somewhere around your fifth Buzzfeed quiz, you decide that homework can wait and pull up Netflix to finish that episode you started during your free period today.
You have Senioritis.
If you’re lucky, you will first experience this phenomenon during the second semester of your senior year after your college applications have been submitted and your workload begins to lighten. If, however, you're like the majority of high school students, you began to notice a decline in your motivation somewhere around sophomore spring.
Having survived this inevitable slump, I compiled my four favorite tips for getting it together.
1. Start with the easy stuff.
It will make you feel accomplished and give you the confidence to tackle more challenging tasks.
2. Work out!
After a long, stressful day, I like to take a spinning or barre class to regain my focus.
3. Make your "To Do" list your best friend.
This past fall, I was juggling a lot, from schoolwork to an internship, and field hockey season to college applications. The exhaustive list of deadlines I kept on my laptop made certain that I never missed a thing.
4. Remember to have fun!
Studying is so much easier if you know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, be it a night out with friends, a solo Netflix binge of that show you've been meaning to watch for forever, or a box of your favorite chocolates.
