The power of a year-at-a-glance calendar

You know you need to prepare for exams, but you tell yourself, “I’ve have plenty of time”. But how much time do you actually have? It’s hard to get a sense just by thinking “My exam is in three weeks.” After all, three weeks sounds like plenty of time, right? Don’t be fooled. This is […]

Preparing the study mise en place

Do you ever find yourself watching cooking videos instead of cooking? I recently watched a video of Gordan Ramsey cooking a ‘curry in a hurry’ (a butter chicken dish). I was spellbound by the way Ramsey seamlessly cooked this dish. He was in flow and fully focused on the task of cooking the butter chicken. […]

Don’t like tidying and organising? Try this simple reframe

Do you have this nagging voice in your head that frequently says, “You should tidy your room”? If your immediate reaction to this thought is “Ugh. I don’t wanna!”, I get it. For most of my life, cleaning and tidying felt like something I should do. I didn’t see the point of it. I thought, […]

Overcoming the fear of using a diary (planner)

I often hear students say . . . “I don’t need to use a diary/planner. My memory is good!” Other students prefer to develop their own system. For example, a year 11 boy came up to me following a presentation and he held out his arms. They were covered in notes to self, strategies from […]