Easter Holidays

Timetable Troubles?

Ease your mind in 20 mins

The Easter holidays are nearly upon us; two weeks of fun and games, right?

We want you to have a chance to relax over Easter, it is important you recharge your batteries and have a chance to be you. However we do not want you to forget about your work.

We have all been there (even teachers in the past when we were young, and yes, we were once young) where we get excited about the holidays and enjoy ourselves having a thoroughly fun time, when before you know it, Sunday evening before college starts again is upon you and nothing has been done. We have all sensed that panic at one time or another, and it isn't pleasant. What we want to do is to help you get the best of both worlds- Relaxing with your friends and keep on top of your work.

My suggestion? Bullet points. On the Friday you break up go through your art journals and write down a bullet point list of everything that needs to be done by hand in. Daunting? Do not be put off. There will probably be more on your list than you first thought, but do not worry. Better you know now than the day before deadline!

Next, take that list and put it in the order of what needs to be done. If there are things that can be done at any point, put them to one side on the list, written in a different colour if you so please. Once that is done, take 3 coloured highlighters, and being realistic, highlight the things you want to get done in the first week, in a different colour the things you want to get done in the second week, and then the final colour is what you can do back at college in the time you have before your exam/hand in. It is important that you are realistic with your choices, as there is nothing more off putting than a list that doesn't look achievable at the onset. Think carefully about what you can achieve at home and what you have to do in college because you need the resources. If you have to leave a stage until back in class, will that through the rest of your list off? Will there still be things you can do?

Giving yourself a list for the week is a less daunting "timetable" than doing a regimented day by day or even hour by hour one. This offers you the flexibility to be spontaneous with your friends, as well as reminding you of the tasks that need to be achieved. You might find you work best ticking one thing of the list everyday, or you might find that you prefer to have more intensive full days of art where you achieve half the list or more. Either way, enjoy what you are doing. Stick some music on, sing a long and have a happy time beavering away. I look forward to seeing your progress when you get back off holiday.

Happy Easter!