Tips on Coping With School

Hi again, 

At this time of year, the pressure is on. School becomes harder to cope with because it's the last leg until finishing.  Today, I'm going to be sharing some tips to make it easier to wind down after a long day at school.

TREAT YOURSELF

I don't suggest you eat a big bag of Haribo's every time you come home from  school but you could set a treat for the end of the week or end of the day if you need more motivation. What I like to do is have a relaxing bath on a Friday (I have showers through the week and relax in the bath on Fridays). I like to use a Lush bath bomb and put on a face mask and really wind down. Looking forward to this time really helps me get through some of the most stressful days at schoo, because I know it helps me relax and become calm. If you're not a fan of baths, you could treat yourself to going out for a meal or just buying some junk food for the weekend. The treat is your choice and whatever you fancy at that time.

READ A BOOK

Now this may just remind you of school but I find reading a book (of your choice and not a Shakespeare play) so calming. Reading before bed does give you a better nights sleep, instead of scrolling through Instagram or watching a YouTube video. It's also a way to subliminally revise or just extend your knowledge. I like reading reviews on stories and then buying the book - I never buy books which aren't the right genre for me or I won't be interested in. 

WATCH A MOVIE

I love watching films and my old favourites are the ones I always go back to when I feel stressed. It's always good discovering a new movie but at the end of the day, I'm always going to back to High School Musical and Wild Child when I feel down but obviously movies are such a personal choice so choose the ones you know and love.

BAKE 

As you know if you've read my blog befor I love baking. Whenever I feel down or need a pick me up, I look in the cupboards and find some ingredients to bake a cake or some cookies. I find it therapeutic to bake and the bonus is obviously eating the product at the end!

PLAN DAYS OUT

These days could be with family or friends but setting aside a day or evening to go out and have fun with friends, gives you something to look forward to. Having a plan of something fun to do, will make the week better because, you'll be excited to go before and happy that you went afterwards (does that even make sense?)

Obviosuly, you still need to work with a revision time table and, again, that is very personal with times and days which you will revising. If you want a post on how to create one, let me know as I know it can be quite overwhelming!

Love, 

xmollymaex 

Rant About My Mess Of A Life

Hi guys,

Today's a motivational post to hopefully motivate you and me. (Jks it's a rant, what's new?)

I haven't been inspired to write anything these past weeks because I've (supposedly) been revising for exams. I don't even feel inspired to revise at the moment, despite my future being in the hands of these exams. It seems the closer I get to the end, the less I care. Maybe it's because of the amount of exam series I've sat over the past three years? Or maybe it's because everything I do isn't fun anymore. 

Revision is so tedious that it hurts my brain. Going over things I've already learnt for an unpredictable exam isn't what I like to spend my time doing. Yes, I know I procrastinate a lot and don't go out much but I would rather sit in an empty room than revise for an exam that I've sat 10 times. Despite the topic changing, everything else is the same. I want a change. 

Maybe I'll start caring when it comes to the end? Hopefully, anyway. I know I need to start motivating myself because, trust me, I want to do well. But it's so hard to break away from the internet and sit in front of a textbook. Revision isn't my idea of fun. 

People view me as smart. Really, I just wing my way through life. I'm not as smart as I once was and that doesn't bother me. I prefer non-academic subjects because, if I'm honest, I'm lazy and don't want to put the effort in. It's not the right mindset (that's what my school tell me) but if I enjoy a subject, I will want to do well. I want to succeed in interesting subjects but subjects aren't interesting anymore. And I don't know how to make them interesting.

I love writing this blog and lately I've been slacking. The pressure from school which I felt, despite not doing anything to make it go away has made it quite difficult to write or have time for this blog. In the coming months, these posts may be hit and miss but as soon as one is uploaded, it will be locked in my Instagram bio and I will post on my story. I don't post all the time on Instagram because I'm too vain for my theme but I'm trying to become more active on there. If you need me, you can contact me, just look on my profile or comment on my posts and I will respond. 

Thank you for sticking by my mess of a life and for reading this far down my rant😂

Love always,

xmollymaex