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Finding Motivation & Inspiration Amidst High School Burnout

Written by csadmin on . Posted in Class Burnout, Soft Skills.

High school can be a significant stressor in a student’s life. Juggling coursework, extracurricular activities, and social commitments takes a toll on even the most dedicated students. For these reasons, it’s not uncommon to experience burnout and lose motivation. However, finding ways to reignite your inspiration and make it through to graduation is crucial. This blog explores effective strategies to help you stay the course when feeling burnt out.

1. Reflect on Your Goals

Take a step back and reflect on your long-term goals. Remember why you are pursuing an education and what you hope to achieve. By reconnecting with your aspirations, you can regain a sense of purpose and reignite your motivation to do well in your current classes.

2. Break Down Tasks to make them More Manageable

Feeling overwhelmed is a leading cause of burnout. Instead of looking at your workload as one big mountain, break it into smaller, more manageable chunks. Create a to-do list and prioritize tasks based on deadlines and importance. Tackling smaller tasks and checking them off your list will provide a sense of accomplishment and give you some momentum to keep moving forward.

3. Seek Support and Communicate

Don’t hesitate to contact teachers, counselors, or trusted friends and family members when you feel burnt out. Share your struggles and seek advice or guidance. Sometimes, discussing your challenges with someone who understands can provide fresh perspectives, renewed motivation, and actionable solutions that will eventually help you overcome school burnout situations.

4. Explore Interests Outside of Academics

High school burnout can stem from a hyper-focus on academics. While it may seem like the wrong time to add a hobby, engaging in extracurricular activities outside of school can provide much-needed inspiration. Consider joining a club, playing a sport, engaging in community service, or exploring creative outlets like writing, painting, or music to ignite inspiration.

5. Take Care of Your Physical and Mental Well-being

Burnout can be a sign of neglecting self-care. Make sure to prioritize your physical and mental well-being by getting enough sleep, maintaining a balanced diet, and exercising regularly. Incorporating stress-relief techniques such as mindfulness, meditation, or journaling into your daily routine can also help stave off burnout. By taking care of yourself, you can enhance your resilience and make it easier to stay motivated.

6. Set Realistic Expectations

Sometimes burnout arises from the unrealistic expectations we set for ourselves. Setting realistic goals and acknowledging that it’s okay to make mistakes or experience setbacks is important. Embrace the learning process and understand that setbacks are stepping stones toward growth. Then, take the time to celebrate the small victories you achieve along the way.

7. Change Your Environment

Sometimes a change of scenery can do wonders for your motivation and inspiration. If you’re feeling burnt out, try studying in a different location such as a library or coffee shop. When working from home, consider rearranging your study space or adding elements that inspire you, such as motivational quotes, plants, or artwork.

Experiencing burnout in high school is normal, but it’s crucial not to let it derail your goals. At the Rose Academies, our flexible scheduling allows students to find balance in their academic journey while experiencing the support needed to carry on through more trying times. If you find yourself burnt out on the traditional way of doing high school, consider trying something new with a Rose Academy education. To learn more, continue exploring our website. We are always enrolling!

summer back to school

How to Beat Back to School Blues: Easing the Transition

Written by csadmin on . Posted in Class Burnout, College.

If you’re feeling some anxiety about the end of summer and going back to school, you’re not alone. Many students feel some dread about getting back in the classroom. The good news is, that this feeling is likely temporary, and you’ll be back into the swing of things in no time! But, if that idea isn’t quite enough to give you comfort, below are our top, tested ideas for beating the back-to-school blues.

Fun School Supplies

While taking notes might not feel exciting, getting a fresh notebook and set of pens might. Or, take the time to refresh and customize the supplies you already have. Get rid of old notes so your remaining pages are clear, throw away dried-out pens, or illustrate a new cover for your notebook. Revitalizing your supplies might even make you more excited to use them.

Reconnect with Friends

Even with the best intentions, it can be difficult to keep in touch with friends from class over the summer. Plan a time to get together before school starts back or during one of the first few weekends once school starts. Reminiscing on your past high school memories can help get you in the mood to make new ones.

Set Goals for the Year

“You get out of it what you put into it” applies to many experiences in life, including high school. Going into class with a goal in mind is a good way to set yourself up for success. Maybe you want to raise your GPA by a few points this year or set up a good study routine. Imagining a few accomplishments for the year can help get you in the mindset for going back. 

Plan Something Fun

If you’re not looking forward to going back to school, plan something else to look forward to! Maybe it’s seeing a new movie after your first week of classes or getting together with your friends for a back-to-school bash. Anything that helps ease the transition from summer break to study dates.

At the Rose Academies, we want you to feel ready for back to school; and maybe even look forward to it! Our teachers and staff understand it can be a transition to get back into the swing of things and are available to help answer your questions, plan a successful year, and know what to expect for the year ahead. 

Our final tip for beating the back-to-school blues is to learn what makes a Rose Academies’ education different with a visit to our website.

How to Catch Up in High School: Strategies for Students

Written by csadmin on . Posted in Class Burnout, Flexible Scheduling, Online Learning.

At the Rose Academies and across the nation, to say the last school year looked a little different is quite the understatement. If you’re looking to catch up in school and classes that fell through the cracks or the concepts you didn’t quite grasp, we’re here to help. If your life and schedule look different now than they did before, we offer flexible scheduling options to meet your needs. And, if you’re afraid graduation has become out of reach, we can help you get back on track.

 

Over the last year, the students at the Rose Academies had the unique benefit of a curriculum built to accommodate online, hybrid, and overall more flexible learning than traditional high schools. At this time, we are offering full time in person learning with three different sessions throughout the day to meet your needs. Our AM session from 7am-12pm, Midday from 12pm-5pm, and Evening from 5pm-10pm. If you got a job during Covid, we can help with flexible scheduling options that can give you the opportunity to continue employment while still working towards graduation.

 

If you’ve fallen behind by a few credits, or received too many bad grades, we can help there too! Make up credits and improve your GPA by taking only the classes you need with a schedule built around your specific needs. You can even make up credits here and transfer them back to a traditional high school if you choose to do so. 

 

Enjoy your own, regularly sanitized desk space during your chosen session, flexible scheduling, and a curriculum that is self-paced but not self taught. At the Rose Academies, your learning experience is designed to meet your personal goals efficiently and effectively, bringing you ever closer to graduating confidently. Learn more and catch up in school by enrolling today, and continuing to explore options on our website at www.go2rose.com.

 

5 Tips for Avoiding Class Burnout: Plan Frequent Breaks

Written by csadmin on . Posted in Class Burnout, Tips.

Summer break is just around the corner! After an unusually stressful year of school, we understand the temptation to run far from your online class screen or catch a few more z’s before logging in for classroom participation, but we’re not quite there yet. It’s important to finish the year out strong and ensure your grades don’t start to slip just before you’re home free. Class burnout is real and after the year we’ve had, chances are you’re feeling the effects. To lend a hand, below are our top five tips for avoiding end-of-year academic burnout and to help see you through to the end.

#1: Take Time Off

Wait, isn’t that what summer is for? It may sound counterintuitive when we’re encouraging you to stay the course through the end of the school year, but running yourself ragged so close to the end is a sure way to burnout. Instead, do your best to plan breaks for yourself to truly recharge – maybe even away from a screen. Going outside, even for just fifteen minutes, has both mood-boosting and cognitive effects. If you pair it with movement, like going for a walk, dancing, or doing a few yoga sunrise salutations in the sunshine, you’ll super-boost those benefits.

#2: Make Fewer Decisions

This year has left many things out of our control and demanded more of our ability to make decisions all at the same time. We are constantly being bombarded with options and choices whose results range from insignificant to paramount. All of that constant decision making takes a toll and could certainly be a culprit contributing to feelings of burnout. One way to mitigate these effects is to purposefully take some decisions out of the equation. Finding simple actions that work for you, like wearing a similar outfit each day or choosing to eat the same thing for breakfast each morning, can start to relieve some of the minor demands of decision making and make room for the more important ones.

#3: Get Plenty of Good Sleep

Speaking of making decisions, maybe you decide to make sleep more of a priority by choosing a bedtime and sticking to it. Sleep is one of the most effective medicines for healing the symptoms of burnout. You may have heard before that pulling an all-nighter to study for your final is likely to cause more harm than good, and that applies to burnout too. Sacrificing sleep for productivity is more likely to leave you crawling to the finish line than effortlessly jogging through it. Find the routine that works for you and get the rest you need to do your best work during waking hours.

#4: Meditate

You’ve seen the claims by now. Meditation is the cure for all that ails you! While you may not be reaching nirvana every time you mindfully inhale and exhale, meditation can still be incredibly effective to help refresh and recharge when you need it most. Even if your mind wanders (ours all do!) or you don’t feel like you’re “doing it right”, taking a few five-minute breaks throughout the day to focus on your breath and check in with yourself is a good first step to keep class burnout at bay.

#5: Keep Things in Perspective

You’re almost there. It feels big now. These next few weeks come with a laundry list of assignments and exams that feel overwhelming and near impossible to complete with the level of energy you still possess; but in reality, it’ll all be over a month from now. Take the time to take care of yourself, and remember that it’s just one small step in your awesome marathon of life. If you find it helpful, take the time to set some goals or exciting plans for the upcoming summer. There are good things on the horizon and your strategies to overcome end-of-semester class burnout are sure to turn this last sprint into a stroll.

To learn more about what makes an education at the Rose Academies charter schools so different from your typical high school experience, we invite you to explore our website at www.go2rose.com or send us a message.