Category: Skills
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Skill Builder No. 23: Visually Organizing Notes
Activity from Planner How information is organized and presented profoundly affects our brain’s ability to process that information. It can affect how quickly we can understand the information or how well we can remember it! How many words start with “I” in the first sentence? What about the second? See the difference? Note taking tricks:…
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Skill Builder No. 22: Starting when Unmotivated
Activity from Planner How do I get started when I am not motivated? Or even worse, what if I don’t want to even start? You are in luck; we’ve got some handy and quick tricks for you to try. Read about each one on the next page, and then come back and circle the one…
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Skill Builder No. 21: Reading Tricks
Activity from Planner More techniques to help the information you read stick. Extended Activity More techniques to help the information you read stick: Pick one item from the list and plan to try it out this week! Add it to your weekly sheet, and consider putting a note in the book to remind yourself to…
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Skill Builder No. 20: Typing Notes
Activity from Planner Structuring typed notes or giving shape to large amounts of text can help you organize your thoughts while also improving memory recall and making them easy to skim or scan later. It’s a win-win-win! Typing tricks: Extended Activity Structuring typed notes or giving shape to large amounts of text can help you…
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Skill Builder No. 19: Movement Supercharges Focus
Activity from Planner Brief bursts of exercise improve energy, focus and stamina, adding fuel to your fire. Physical activity immediately boosts your brain’s dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine levels, creating the same positive effects as medications that treat ADHD — increasing the ability to focus and pay attention. 2-5 minutes of movement: Add a movement break…
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Skill Builder No. 18: Make a Change
Activity from Planner Want to make a change but waiting until you feel ready? Try to flip the script, do it first and then decide on your feelings later. Stop making decisions based on predictions about how it might feel. Think of it like trying on clothes at the store. You don’t know how they…
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Check-In #2
Activity from Planner Identify a day or week that felt particularly good and consider what you did that week that made a difference. How can you have more days or weeks like that? Write your answer below. Star the skills you’d like to review: Extended Activity How is it going? Take a few minutes to…
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Skill Builder No. 17: Self-care
Activity from Planner What is self-care? Is it sitting by the pool or getting a massage? Is it something only adults need to do? No! Self-care is simply evaluating what you need to be less stressed or more content. Self-care is self-awareness. Do one of the self-care activities. Extended Activity Self-care is a trendy concept,…
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Skill Builder No. 16: Reading Comprehension
Activity from Planner When you are reading, there are some physical tricks you can use to help the information stick. Pick one reading trick to try. Extended Activity When you are reading, there are some physical tricks you can use to help the information stick: Pick one item from the list and plan to try…
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Skill Builder No. 15: Starting a New Habit
Activity from Planner Have you ever wanted to make a change, but you get in the zone and forget you were going to do it differently? Sometimes succeeding in a new routine is about planning in advance. What can you do now to help yourself remember that you want to do it differently when the…