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Balancing Academics and Social Life

• This article delineates the simple techniques
  adopting which every student can restore a
  harmonious balance between academics and social
  life both of which are equally important. With
  exams round the corner, another academic year
  coming to an end, balancing tuitions, friends,
  extracurricular activities and exams becomes a
  task for children. Not to mention the amount of
  pressure to perform well and to spend time with
  friends while we still can before we all go our
  separate ways or get buried with books all over
  again are how most students feel at the end of
  every year.

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• All of this tends to be overwhelming for students
  sometimes and makes them feel like a balancing
  beam trying to please everybody and themselves.
  In situations like these the stress levels are
  usually at their peak levels and students are at
  their wit's end trying to juggle all of this. It
  is times like these that spending time with
  friends relaxes and also calm's one down and then
  take a informed decision on what to do after 12th.

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• There are simple steps that students can avail
  off to prevent their balance beam from tilting or
  getting heavier such as these simple steps can
  eliminate the chaos that students experience at
  this time of the year.
• Step 1 Prepare a To Do List
• Step 2 Prepare a Calendar
• Step 3 Prepare a Time Table
• Step 4 Learn to Priorities
• Step 5 Formulate a Plan
• Step 6 Time Management
• Step 7 Refrain from Procrastination
• Step 8 Be Organized
• Step 9 Interact with Friends
• Step 10 Inform Each Other
• Step 11 Try and Stick to the Plan

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Prepare a To Do List

• Students can prepare a list of all the things
  that they need to do for instance a project that
  is due next month, a test due tomorrow,
  assignments that are due at different times
  during the week or a power point presentation
  that is due on Monday or if you have a party to
  attend too the following day while an assignment
  that is due the next day. Once they have listed
  out all the tasks with their deadlines they then
  need to sort out the tasks that are important.

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Step 2 Prepare a Calendar

• Once they have all the tasks along with the
  deadlines, then preparing a calendar comes into
  play. In the calendar you can make a note of the
  tasks that are due alongside the date. This will
  give you a clear view of the tasks that have to
  be completed and by when.

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• Step 3 Prepare a Time Table
• When you have a lot of tests or exams in the
  coming week, it is probably a wise decision to
  prepare a time table for the purpose of allotting
  time for each subject. That way you cover more
  portion within a small amount of time.
• Step 4 Learn to Priorities
• It is said, "Experience is the best teacher",
  meaning that what you learn via experience is a
  lesson learnt well and are sure to remember it
  too. In chaotic situations such as this you learn
  the skill of promising well as you are pushed
  into a corner and need to learn how to manage the
  entire tasks at hand. It is common sense that the
  tasks that are due later in the current week or
  tomorrow need to be completed first and as soon
  as possible. For instance, if you have an
  assignment that is due tomorrow and a party to
  attend to today, it's obvious you will have to
  cancel attending the party.
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• Step 5 Formulate a Plan
• You need to plan for the worst-case scenario. For
  example if you have a test due tomorrow but you
  have to attend a get together that you cannot get
  out of it is understood that you have to have
  finished preparing for the test or if you fall
  sick the previous day it would have helped if you
  were held way through your preparation.
• Step 6 Time Management
• I'm sure you've come across these words quite
  often so I assume that you know what they mean by
  now. Nevertheless, to jog your memory, you need
  to make use of the time that you have wisely if
  you wish to get all the tasks done in time.
• For instance if you had to go for a football
  practice for the match tomorrow and you had an
  assignment to submit tomorrow itself then if you
  have managed your time well and completed it way
  before its deadline then you wouldn't have to sit
  down with it immediately when you got home from
  practice thus you would have got the rest that
  you would need to perform well in the game
  tomorrow.

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