Self-care
Mental Health
Fitness
Motivation
Tips
Motivation in your studies: this is how you can do it!
- Enjoy previous successes
- Motivation board: Visualize goals and success
- Small steps for big tasks
- Share your success and your goals with other people
- Take a break
- The motivation to start
- Solutions for motivation robbers
- Group work – get inspired and motivated
- Find your own strategy to stay motivated
Time management
Tips
Time management for students: 10 strategies and tips to maximize your time and build your focus
- Use a daily schedule template to plan your day
- Understand how you’re currently spending your time
- Set proper goals to measure your progress
- Break large projects into small, actionable tasks
- Beware the Planning Fallacy
- Follow your body’s natural energy highs and lows
- Take breaks at the right time
- Beat procrastination with the 5-minute rule
- Optimize your study time for Flow
- Build better habits and routines for long-term success
Book recommendations
- Folz, K. (2020). Zeitmanagement bei der Abschlussarbeit: Perfektes Timing für die Bachelor- und Masterthesis. essentials. Springer Gabler.
- Blatter, I. (2019). Arbeite klüger - nicht härter! So holen Sie das Beste aus Ihrer Zeit, ohne sich auszubeuten: Methoden und Tools für ein neues Zeitmanagement (2. Aufl.). humboldt.
- Knoblauch, J., Wöltje, H., Hausner, M. B., Kimmich, M. & Lachmann, S. (2019). Zeitmanagement (4. Aufl.). Haufe-Lexware.
- Alessandra, A. J. (2005). Time management: eWorkbook. Electronic & Database Publishing Inc.
- Haynes, M. E. (2009). Time management: Get an extra day a week (4. Aufl.). Axzo Press.
Exams
Tips
9 tips on how to overcome test anxiety
- Be prepared
- Get to know the situation that makes you anxious
- Work on your self-confidence
- Teach someone
- Outsmart yourself
- Establish a consistent study routine
- Lose the cheat sheet
- Try relaxation techniques
- Think about last minute tips against panicking
Book recommendations
- Abromeit, J. (2014). Prüfungsangst und Lampenfieber besiegen. Haufe-Lexware.
- Schuster, M. (2014). Optimal vorbereitet in die Prüfung: Erfolgreiches Lernen, richtiges Prüfungsverhalten, Angstbewältigung (2. Aufl.). Hogrefe.
- Fehm, L. & Fydrich, T. (2013). Ratgeber Prüfungsangst: Informationen für Betroffene und Angehörige. Hogrefe.
Social Life
How to Make Friends in Your First Year of College
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