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How to do a Brain Dump

How to do a Brain Dump to reduce anxiety and prioritize tasks

Katie Azevedo October 23, 2019good habits, mental health, productivity

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. One of the most helpful mental and productivity strategies I have ever learned is how to do a Brain Dump. I did not invent this strategy, or its name, but there’s no doubt I use it more than anyone. On top …

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personal operating system for students

What’s a Personal Operating System (and Why Every Student Needs One)

Katie Azevedo June 2, 2025executive function, goal setting, good habits, organization, routines

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. A personal operating system is a set of habits, routines, processes, tools and self-maintenance strategies that we use to manage our lives.  Just like a computer needs an operating system (OS) to run programs and process information efficiently, students need a …

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weekend routine for students

Weekend Routine for Students: 5 Ways to Reduce School Stress (Without Doing More Work)

Katie Azevedo March 24, 2025good habits, routines, time management

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I often see students take one of two approaches to their weekends: They either ignore school completely until the stress and workload catch up with them, or they spend their weekend frantically catching up on everything they didn’t do during the …

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21 Productive Ways to Use Your Time Between College Classes

Katie Azevedo December 16, 2024college tips, good habits, productivity, time management

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The benefit of a typical college schedule is that you have chunks of time between classes each day. Top-performing college students utilize these blocks of time strategically. In other words, top-performing students use their time between classes in ways that stressed-out …

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100 best organization tips for college students

Katie Azevedo August 22, 2022good habits, organization, routines, study skills, time management

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The following is a complete list of the 100 best organization tips for college students. Many of the tips apply to students in high school too.  However, college students will need next-level organizational strategies to stay on top of their game. …

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productive things to do when you don't have homework

10 productive things to do when you don’t have homework

Katie Azevedo November 22, 2021good habits, homework, organization, procrastination, productivity

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Days without homework are the best. Whether it’s just one homework-free night, a weekend with nothing due on Monday, or even a whole vacation week with no long-term assignments hanging over your head, the feeling is liberating. While you should take …

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tips for anxiety at nighttime

10 ways to handle anxiety at nighttime

Katie Azevedo January 19, 2021ADD/ADHD, mental health, routines, test anxiety

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Anxiety and anxious feelings have a way of appearing at the worst moments, like at night, when we want to sleep. While it’s normal for our brains to run through events of the day, trying to make sense of our world, …

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How to do hard things

How to do hard things: 6 tips for completing difficult tasks

Katie Azevedo August 3, 2020good habits, procrastination, productivity, self advocacy

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post about how to do hard things is one of many resources in my anti-procrastination series. I’ve included links to the other resources throughout this post and at the end.  Every post in this anti-procrastination series begins with a list …

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8 back to school tips

8 back-to-school tips every student needs – seriously

Katie Azevedo August 16, 2018good habits, grades, productivity, study skills, time management

The internet is full of back-to-school tips — some of them good, and some of them straight up weird. (One list I saw suggested that students add ā€œhot glue gunā€ to their school supplies list. Even the crafter in me is thinking whyyyyy!?) Most of …

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how to pick and use an assignment notebook

How to pick and use an assignment notebook

Katie Azevedo September 8, 2017executive function, homework, organization, productivity, routines, time management

You’re here because you want to know how to pick and use an assignment notebook. But I’m going to start by giving you the best assignment notebook tip ever: write it down. Write down assignments. Write down due dates. Write down appointments. Write it all …

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