This is a major problem for IB students. Yes, including myself. To be precise, especially myself. I often go on an all-nighter to finish some (not one, some) work and also study. Once you survive IB, you'll probably get used to this habit of "no sleep, no problem" and became an evolved human being that can survive without sleep, as you can see from one of the IB student in the Chat Box I provided. Can we avoid this? Yeah, totally. How?
It's called managing your time wisely. Time management.
If you're thinking that, "oh, that's easy, so I just need to make my personal timetable and everything will go right by itself, right?" I hope that's how the world works too, man. I really do. Sadly, it's not. You have to put in your effort and self discipline into it too.
So, how do we do this time-managing thingy?
Well, first off, of course, know your tasks and prioritize them. Know which one is more important. Not saying that you should take any work lightly though, maybe you can prioritize the one that is near the due date, or if the due date for the work is still quite far away, you can study for the upcoming test, even though you shouldn't be studying only for tests or exams. Every free time, just make sure you revise because boy oh, boy, there are lots of things to revise. If not, finish the work so that in future free times, you can do other things.
But wait, don't force yourself to study or do work if you feel extremely tired
Aside from managing your work, you must also manage your relaxing time. Yeah, seriously. I know people often say, "Oh, I'm in IB, there is no relax". Come on. It's called "hyperbole" or "overstatement" or "exaggeration". As long as you're not relaxing TOO much, then it is fine. That is why you need to manage your time, so that you know when to stop relaxing and start working. Vice versa. See, it's all connected.
It's called managing your time wisely. Time management.
If you're thinking that, "oh, that's easy, so I just need to make my personal timetable and everything will go right by itself, right?" I hope that's how the world works too, man. I really do. Sadly, it's not. You have to put in your effort and self discipline into it too.
So, how do we do this time-managing thingy?
Well, first off, of course, know your tasks and prioritize them. Know which one is more important. Not saying that you should take any work lightly though, maybe you can prioritize the one that is near the due date, or if the due date for the work is still quite far away, you can study for the upcoming test, even though you shouldn't be studying only for tests or exams. Every free time, just make sure you revise because boy oh, boy, there are lots of things to revise. If not, finish the work so that in future free times, you can do other things.
But wait, don't force yourself to study or do work if you feel extremely tired
Aside from managing your work, you must also manage your relaxing time. Yeah, seriously. I know people often say, "Oh, I'm in IB, there is no relax". Come on. It's called "hyperbole" or "overstatement" or "exaggeration". As long as you're not relaxing TOO much, then it is fine. That is why you need to manage your time, so that you know when to stop relaxing and start working. Vice versa. See, it's all connected.
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