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Advanced Pomodoro Techniques for Students: Boost Focus and Study Smarter

Katie Azevedo May 19, 2025focus, homework, productivity, study skills, time management

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The Pomodoro Technique is a popular time management strategy for increasing focus and motivation during tasks. It’s perfect for students, professionals, and anyone who has work to do and not a lot of time to do it.  The classic Pomodoro Technique …

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How to Use Parkinson’s Law to Get Schoolwork Done Faster

Katie Azevedo March 3, 2025focus, goal setting, procrastination, productivity, time management

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Have you ever noticed that an assignment due in one week takes one week to complete, but a same-sized assignment due in one day only takes one day to do? This isn’t just a “you” thing. It’s due to a psychological …

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How to Use Background Tasking to Boost Productivity in School

Katie Azevedo February 3, 2025ADD/ADHD, focus, productivity

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Multitasking doesn’t work. In fact, every time you think you’re multitasking, you’re actually just rapidly switching back and forth between tasks. When this happens, you can’t give your full attention to either task, which obviously decreases your efficiency. But did you …

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How to Stay Focused in a Boring Class

Katie Azevedo October 7, 2024ADD/ADHD, executive function, focus, self advocacy

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. There are many reasons why a class might feel boring. You could have a low-energy teacher, it could be a topic you don’t find relevant, or you may be in the wrong level course for your ability. Regardless of the reason, …

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9 Ways to Keep Your Back-to-School Motivation Alive All Semester

Katie Azevedo August 19, 2024college tips, focus, goal setting, motivation, study skills

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. You’ve got to admit that the back-to-school season has a vibe to it. It’s kind of like New Year’s Eve, minus the confetti. For many students, September means crisp notebooks, new pens — and the motivation to do this year better …

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How to Read Books When You Don’t Like Reading

Katie Azevedo July 15, 2024ADD/ADHD, focus, motivation, reading comprehension, study skills

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. It’s no secret that books contain some of the most valuable information in the world. From Greek mythology to religious texts, and diaries (Anne Frank!) to textbooks, our world relies on books to pass information to the next generation. If you …

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Why You Have No Motivation For School

Katie Azevedo March 11, 2024focus, goal setting, motivation, study skills

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Motivation is one of the trickiest subjects I cover here on the blog. That’s because motivation is complicated and is influenced by many factors. Some of these factors you have control over, and some are less controllable.  Low motivation in school …

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How to Stop Procrastinating When You Don’t Even Know You’re Doing It

Katie Azevedo January 16, 2024focus, motivation, procrastination, productivity, time management

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. We usually know when we’re procrastinating. We usually have a strong sense of I should really do this thing right now but I just don’t want to. Where things get tricky is when our procrastination habits are so ingrained that we …

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How to Not Fall Asleep When Reading: 9 Tips for Students

Katie Azevedo October 9, 2023focus, reading comprehension, study skills

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. We’ve all been there. We’ve all saved our reading homework until the end of the day because we had to do the “real” homework first, but then we start falling asleep after just a few pages. Why does reading do this …

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What to do when you just can’t focus

Katie Azevedo June 19, 2023executive function, focus, motivation, procrastination

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The ability to focus is at the core of nearly everything you’re asked to do in school. You can’t read a book if you can’t focus. You can’t follow along with a science lecture if you can’t focus. You can’t solve …

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