Explore. Clubs. Extra curriculars. Sports. Anything. When you get to freshman year, start exploring. Even if you're a sophomore, junior or senior. Start exploring because you need to be involved in something other than your school. (But don't overdo it!! Max of 2-3 extracurriculars)
Do your homework/assignments as soon as you can.
Get a planner/calender. Update it daily.
Exercise. Dance. Jog. Jump. Do whatever you want but exercise atleast 3 times a week.
Sleep earlier. Before 11 preferably.
Whatever you do, don't back answer a teacher.
Allow yourself to relax but don't overdo it.
Choose your friends carefully. Keep 2 or 3 close friends.
Don't just blabber everything about anything. Think before you speak
Don't involve yourself in any sorts of drama. Clear everything out before it even starts cause it's definitely gonna backfire if you don't
Choose your friends carefully. I mean, very carefully.
Time is investment, use it to your advantage.
For exams, solve past year question papers!!!
Have a doubt in something? Go ask your teacher (it will save you the trouble)
YouTube has a wide variety of videos for you to learn from
Study everyday. Just for an hour. It's more than enough.
Read. Read. Read. Write. Write. Write. Anything.
Honestly, get a study group. (I mean it. Don't study together in the same place. Just send important questions and ask doubts.)
Study things that were thought in previous classes. You will be behind the class but it definitely helps during exams/tests.
Most of all, try to enjoy. You won't get back your highschool years. I realise that now.
I did a similar post a few months ago. The mistakes that I made during my junior year. You can find it here.
Hope this helps! :D
Signed up for more extra curriculars than I could handle
Not giving myself enough breaks
Sleeping late
Had increased screentime
Didn't give midterms it's dues importance
Lost my notes a couple of times so I had to rewrite them and thus, wasted time.
Thought too much about what people think
Had increased anxiety levels because i wasn't doing anything productive
Didn't study from the start
Got overconfident in the subject which was easy and ended up getting the lowest in it.
Gave too many f**ks about unimportant matters
Didn't give too many f**ks about important matters
Didn't manage my time
Got alittle too ambitious and ended up backfiring
Implemented every single piece of advice i got from teachers (didn't turn out well)
Unhealthy diet and reduced my meals
Didn't exercise.
(For both my reference and yours. I have definitely thought about how I can improve in my last and final year of highschool based on this and thought that this might help someone else too.)
Study until you think you are perfect and then study some more because you are never perfect.
You're not always going to be motivated. So you must learn to be disciplined.