How to be a successful student

Most students struggle with motivation and not wanting to do their homework. This blog post will help you motivate your self, and how you can be a successful student.

Do what you are supposed to do

The first and most basic tip is to do what you are supposed to do. When you have homework, sit down and do it. If you have a hand in, hand it in. If you have a test, study for the test. Got it? This is where most people fail, so try to push your self to do what you have to do.

Do your homework

Except for your classes, your homework is where you will learn the most. Never thought about it that way? Your homework is not what your teacher forces you to do, it is a way to easily learn what you have to know for your test anyway. You should always do your homework, read what you have to read twice, and do your tasks properly. After each homework try to think through; what did i just read, and what did i learn from it. If you think about doing your homework as learning instead of a punishment, you will be able to motivate your self to do it.

Be on time

The time is very important in school, you always have a deadline. Your homework is always for a certain date, and you should do it in time. Don’t get behind the schedule, if you get behind you will have to do more homework anyway. Another important thing about being on time is to start working with a project in good time before you deadline. As soon as you know about a test or a presentation, you should start working on it (even though it is tough). If you are ill, and you can not do your homework, you should do it later. Doing all your homework on time will make it easier to focus on what you are learning in the moment, and not focusing on what you should have done two weeks ago.

Think of learning as fun

Learning something you did not know already is fun, right? This should be your spirit at school. Be open to what you learn, and try to enjoy the wisdom. You are getting an education, be grateful for it. Learning is fun, and we all know it. Remembering it when doing boring school work is the difficult task.

Motivate yourself with results

If you manage to work hard and doing good, you should get some results. Your grades should be good, and this is what should motivate you. Keeping your grades high, always working to improve yourself as well. If you get a good grade, be happy. If you get a bad grade, don’t be mad or sad. Instead, think about what you did wrong, and do it better the next time.

Work hard

Follow all the tips above, and work really hard. If you do, you will be successful in school, and you will be able to motivate yourself. Good luck.

How to get it done

It does not matter if you are trying to finish your workout routine, homework, or book. These simple tips will help you finish it.

1. Having a plan
When you start something it is important to have a plan. Know exactly what you are going to do before you do it.
Lets say you are working out, then plan what your are going to do. Write down a list of your exercises in the right order. A list like this will help you to not think about whether you should continue, or give up. If you start working out, dont stop until you have finished the routine you planned.

Lets say your are doing homework, plan what to do. A little today, some tomorrow and some friday. Know what of your homework to do, make a table where you divide your homework for each week between the days.

2. Pushing yourself
No matter what you are doing, if you are struggling to finish it. You should simply try to push yourself more. Don't accept that you want to finish working out to watch tv. Be a little hard on yourself, and tell yourself to finish it. Scream to yourself if you have to, be the master of yourself.

3. Be consistant
You should make finishing what you start a habit. Don't just do your homework once, do it every time. Then you will get used to it, and it will no longer be difficult for you to get it done. You can also give yourself rewards when you actually get something done. Tell yourself that you have to finish this, in order to move on to what you want to do next.

4. Do the worst things first
If you have a list of several things you are going to do, it can be smart to do the worst thing first. Picking the most boring homework first makes it easier to do the rest of your homework. It fools our brain to think that we are doing less homework, and making it easier to get the job done.

Try to follow some of these tips, then you can see for your yourself if they work or not. I hope they do, and that you will finish whatever you are trying to finish.

How to write touch

What is touch?

Writing touch is when you write on your computer without looking on your keyboard. You know where every letter is, or at least your fingers know. When you write, your hands are still, but your fingers move back and forth. You use the correct finger to hit each letter on your keyboard.

Learn to write using the touch method

Why to learn touch

Everybody should learn to write touch because it is so fast. The speed of writing touch is so much faster than not writing touch. Computers are being used more and more these days, everybody needs to learn to write touch. The touch method is especially useful for students, and people writing on computers in general. If you could use half as much time on writing on your computer, imagine what you could do with that time.

How to learn touch

The easiest way to learn to write touch is probably taking a course, but this is not the method i will be talking about. You could probably find a course, but it would take unnecessary time and money.

It is best to learn touch by yourself, simply writing on your keyboard. If you decide to learn touch, you need to be disciplined. It is not easy, and will not be fun until you actually succeed. 

The first method to learn touch is simply learning alone. Sitting at home on your computer typing. Forcing yourself not to look at your keyboard. Doing this could work, although it might be very difficult and take a lot of time. You should understand some of the basics to touch writing before doing this. Your index fingers should be placed at the f and the j. There should be knobs on both of the letters, allowing you to easily find them without looking. The rest of your fingers are placed on a letter each horizontally. Then when you want to write a letter, you move the finger closest to the letter to click it, using only that finger.

The basics of writing touch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing

If you understand these basic rules, you should be able to learn writing touch on your own. You should be persistent at it, spend a couple of weeks trying to learn. Don't give up.

Taking a free online course

The best method to learn writing touch is to take a free course online. There are plenty of courses available, and there will be links to many of them below. Online touch courses can vary, but they are a lot better than trying to learn touch on your own. You can often have different levels of writing, allowing you to practice certain letters at a time. When i learned touch, i used a website to learn it. I did not spend too much time on learning it, and i believe that any person can learn touch, even if you are old or young. Good luck on learning the touch method. I hope you succeed. 

Online touch courses:

http://sense-lang.org/

http://www.typeonline.co.uk/

http://www.microtype.com/LearnToType.html