The adjustment to life in higher education can present challenges that may be met with productive and healthy lifestyle changes.  Students might need to develop new skills to implement change.

• General Stress Relievers

• When to Skim and When to Read

• Diet and Productivity

• 9 Steps to Boost Productivity

Using a calendar to time block and prioritize can help to narrow focus and manage time and obligations.  Specific resources are helpful, but ultimately the most useful tools are utilized organically by students.

• Time Blocking 101

• Variations on Time Blocking and How-To

• Time Management Strategies

• Maximizing Google Calendar

Procrastinating can be adapted to by using time management techniques.  Some students thrive under pressure and can benefit most from reframing procrastination and how it works for them.

• How to stop procrastination

• The Pomodoro Technique

• Positively Reframing Procrastination

Time Management

• Bullet journaling

• Google Calendar (accessed through your Emerson Google/Gmail account)

  • • Setting up GCal

    • Sync your Gcal to your 2EC (directions at 3:09 in video)

• Time blocking

  • • Cal Newport

• SelfControl app

• Forest app

• Meditation and mindfulness

Reading

• Audiobooks

  • • Audible

    • Youtube (search title + “audiobook”)

• Pre-reading

• Adobe Acrobat

• NaturalReaders

Writing

• Google Voice Typing

Studying

• Mapping

• Memory Cartooning

• Quizlet flashcards