Top 9 tips for study motivation for Leaving Cert
1. Ask yourself what it is all for? What are you really after? What tangible real thing will a good Leaving Cert allow you to get? Is it moving out of your home…
My biggest productivity hacks for the Leaving Cert
1. Go to bed and get up at the same time every day, even on weekendsMany of you asked how to be less tired during 6th year on Snapchat (six25points).…
How to make the most of midterm?
"How can I make the most of days off and the midterm?" More independent study, eh? More sitting on your own staring at a book and feeling guilty because you…
Mindfulness as a Way To Curb Anxiety
‘With neuroplasticity, extraordinary change is possible.’ - Rick Hanson The human brain is fascinating to me and while I love that we are all very different, I love too the…
Repeating the Leaving Cert: Lessons Learnt
We interviewed Caoimhe, who is currently repeating her Leaving Cert having missed her Primary Teaching course by only 15 points. Our aim was to get the lessons she learnt from…
17 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Was 17
“I know one thing: that I know nothing.” - Socrates 1. Before you start anything, you need to have absolute clarity of purpose This means you need to have…
Wellbeing and Supplements in Sixth Year
There is a huge focus on health and wellbeing in social media at the moment. Much of it is marketing supplements. We have teamed up with Tomas Conefrey, the Superintendant…
The Night Before Results
I remember going to bed that Tuesday night like it was yesterday. After a long stretch of things not going my way, I was sort of ambivalently welling up in…
9 Tips for Study-related Anxiety
How to deal with study-related anxiety? 1. Don't hate yourself for feeling anxious Our brains are amazing at one particular thing: getting us out of dodge alive. This is why…