Work Consistently

Cal Newport gives advice on reducing stress and insurmountable workloads in his book, How to Become a Straight-A Student. He says, “Smart students avoid these issues [of being overwhelmed by work] by working constantly on assignments, in small chunks, every day.”(Newport 84). Using Newport’s strategy, I am able to keep a small workload at all times. I have found that working on assignments consistently and avoiding procrastination until the last minute has drastically reduced my stress level and allowed me to do other things I enjoy instead of focusing only on school. Also, Newport states that you if you should find yourself all caught up on your assignments, you should work ahead (Newport 84). Though this may sound very hardcore and reserved for students that have no life outside of school, it actually allows me to be less hardcore and be relaxed about my schoolwork while everyone else is having stress attacks because they didn’t work ahead and binged on movies instead. Are you a procrastinator? Can you imagine how good life could be if you were always caught up and never overwhelmed by your work? If you like the sound of a stress free life, then stop making excuses and get your homework done.

Newport, Cal. How to Become a Straight-A Student. New York: Broadway, 2007. Print.