When you think of December, you think of Christmas. If you are a student in school, you think of finals before the break. If you have siblings, they would be coming home for break, and you would want to hang out with them and spend time with them, but that results in time spent away from your studies. If that’s the case, you can spend some of your time every day before the week of finals doing things to prepare for your finals.

Some of the things you can do before finals start organizing your materials in each class with their study guides if they have them. First, study and focus on your classes during the week, and then over the weekend, go over the subjects you seem to struggle with the most. For any English classes, if there is a pre-write that is given to you that you can use, I highly/ strongly suggest you use and fill it out because it will be extremely helpful. For math, you can only do a bunch of problems independently to understand what you are doing entirely. Understanding how to do each problem will be the only way to succeed in the final. If you happen to be a notecard person, quiz-lets are good to make and easy to do, or if you color code. One tip is saying material out loud to yourself or someone else and can be beneficial because you are speaking it as if you understand it, and it helps your memorization. Another thing to remember is that your break time is also essential, so you aren’t spending countless hours on every subject without a break. Because so much information could go in one ear and out the other, it is essential to break material apart. Some people may not be like that when they need or want breaks, but they can be accommodating, especially if you are stressed. Now, this isn’t saying that you need to spend a 2-hour break or a break every 30 minutes, but you should time your studies wisely.

If it is hard to focus on studying, music can either help or distract you and you, as the studied, needs to figure that out. Some people may like to study with people but do not have someone; YouTube is very resourceful. On YouTube, there are study session videos with breaks that can last for hours or just for small study sessions, but either way, if you feel like that will help you focus, you should try it out. Ensure you do not have too many distractions, such as your phone, as many notifications pop up or your friends send you random videos. Lastly, ask your teachers for help because they want to help you, and it’s important that you understand what you are doing in each of your classes.