"Organizing your Chaos: A Guide to Balancing School, Sports, and Life" by Otávio F.

Dear year 7 student,

I am from year 9 and I have this feeling that I am doing something wrong with my life. I am very worried about my future. I feel like I need to change something, but I can't and I don't know why. My grades are too low and my self confidence is terrible. Moreover, my parents want me to go to a very hard school that all my family went to. I feel like I won't be able to go there.

I was wondering about some ways to help me get better grades and increase my self confidence. And as I'm going to a new school next year, increasing my grades will automatically increase my confidence. But I am more worried about my future if I keep up like this.

My daily life is very busy, because I have soccer practice for 2 hours. I am thinking that I could use that time to study. I guess that's why I'm getting bad grades. Mom said that If I go bad in this trimester she would punish me for 2 months.

I would appreciate any help,

Anonymous. 

Dear Y9 student,

Your main problem is that your daily life is very busy, I know that you’re suffering from this and you can divide your daily life in different parts, like in the weekend you can do the school work and in the week. I would start by appreciating all the time that you have.

In that case, I think your problem is caused by you being under such pressure in school, that you can’t prepare or organize anything. If you continue having bad grades, this can affect your personal life and school life. Here is a better analysis of the reasons and conditions, causes and consequences. Having a disorga nized daily life can bring you a lot of problems in the future and now in the present. According to BEAUMONT, Having disorganization can make you feel unmotivated. “Clearing out clutter will give you the energy to focus on what you need to do. If you're feeling tired at work, try taking a few minutes to organize your surroundings by throwing away your garbage or filing your emails.” I know that having some sports in your daily life is very important, but having a lot of time doing this and not having time to study is a problem, so my advice is that you prepare yourself better for all the things . I would start by having someone or something that can help you remember in which time you need to do this and what you need to do. First, you need to organize yourself, like you can use some calendar on your cell phone, where you can mark all the important things that you need. In my opinion this advice should work, because if you know which day you will study or do sports, you are already prepared for something that will happen. If you follow my advice, like I said, it will bring solutions to almost all your problems and you will become a lot happier than usual.

My advice should work, because I did the same thing that I am saying to you and it works, and it can help me not just in the school life, it can help you in your life, like travel, sports and more things. In that case,  if it doesn’t work you can always try to do something at school, or try to focus more in the classes so you don't have to study so much. But I really hope it works and that it was useful. I wish you the best and that you feel better. My name is Otávio Ferraz and I hope I helped you.

Sincerely,

Y7C - Otávio Ferraz