3 Ways to Improve Your Life

by Andrew Fear / March 18, 2013
MARCH 18, 2013 Category: Student Life
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Andrew Fear is an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, surrounded by mystery (or so he would have you believe). Born in the Sunshine State, Andrew has been telling stories since high school. Communicating messages and stories through written and spoken mediums is something Andrew is extremely passionate about---and this inability to squelch his inner story-teller is why Andrew moved from the management world into the exciting and invigorating world of marketing and promotion nearly five years ago. This is Andrew's first year with CollegePlus! and he is thrilled to be working with such a dedicated and innovated group of people...

By Andrew Fear

Juggling is hard. Keeping all those balls in the air is a ridiculous feat of concentration, practice, and dexterity.

The same can be said for the figurative juggling that takes place when pursuing dual credit. And it can be exhausting.

Diet and exercise are the last things you want to think about while studying, working, and force-feeding your mind new information. I agree that it would be so much easier to let your body veg while your mind is working overtime, but what if you could increase your retention, productivity, and energy, just by augmenting a few daily habits? What would happen if you started fueling your mind and body with fantastic ingredients that help you rip through textbooks, consume huge amount of information, and blind your co-workers with brilliance?

Does this sound like an infomercial? A wee bit. But the advice is solid (and free) so stop hating.

Here are a few steps you can take to start being brilliant right away:

1. Eat a Solid Breakfast

This is huge. But when I say breakfast, I don't mean a banana and coffee, I mean a protein heavy breakfast that will get your body primed for an awesome day. The ideal breakfast would be eggs, some type of meat, and black beans. Seriously, black beans will save your life one day. But don't take my word for it...try it for a week and let me know how it goes.

2. Get Some Sun

Sun, fun, and frolic, the wind in your face, etc. The short version? Go outside. Walk, run, kick a soccer ball around, do SOMETHING. If you can get outside on a daily basis you'll be getting a steady dose of vitamin D, improving your cardiovascular system, and best of all...YOU'LL FEEL BETTER. So get off the couch, leave the library, walk outside, and enjoy a little bit o' nature.

3. Have Fun!

This is not a joke. Fun is important. Do you know why? Endorphins baby. Don't know what endorphins are? Google it. So you've heard of workaholics, right? Well there's such a thing as studyaholics and it's destroying the lives of American (and Chinese) youth. So schedule a meeting with "Fun" a few times a week and watch your productivity skyrocket.

(Sitting in a dark room playing video games by yourself doesn't count, FYI.)

So try these three simple steps and feel free to live a happy, brilliant, and balanced life.

 

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