It's almost the end of the semester, and you have a lot of work. What if you feel stressed about making a plan?

Hello, classmate.

I understand your anxiety. You've been in similar situations before, whether it was in school or now.

You're nearing the end of the semester and facing the CET-4 exam. You're feeling restless and anxious, but you're letting it affect you. You know you should be studying, but you're using your phone to relax. This anxiety and guilt are a vicious cycle.

This is a normal situation. Everyone procrastinates and feels anxious sometimes. The key is to recognize that your relaxation methods are ineffective. Don't relax by checking your phone. It doesn't relax your body and mind. It only distracts you temporarily.

You should try these methods.

1. First, you must analyze the things that are currently making you anxious. What are the main points of uncertainty and worry? For example, you need to know how many sets of written test questions you have gone through for the CET-4 exam.

You need to identify how many more sets you need to brush. Then you need to decide whether your weak link is reading comprehension, listening, or writing.

Identify the specific weak links. The more specific, the better. Then you'll know what to do and won't be anxious blindly. Oh, it's easier to start dealing with problems.

2. For relaxation, leave your dorm room and go outside. Take a walk in a grassy field or go to a park with green trees. Breathe in the fresh air and relax.

3. If you can't go outdoors, do some mindfulness meditation. It will help you relax and adjust. Search online for guided meditations.

4. Start that fourth-level review, even if it's just a few questions a day or ten minutes of word review. Just get started. You've got this. Even if you only set aside ten minutes a day for review, you've completed your task. You'll find it gets easier, and you'll be amazed at the transformation.

You can make a change. Break away from the inertia of the original vicious cycle. Change is not difficult.

5. You've got this! Good luck!

I am confident that this will help.

Hello, my child. I am certain my answer will be helpful to you.

I can see your inner anxiety and unease. You don't know how to deal with the heavy learning tasks and how to arrange them, do you? Of course you're feeling stressed. When there is a lot to do, we feel overwhelmed. The more there is to do, the less time there seems to be, and our abilities are limited, so of course we feel anxious.

You can adjust your learning strategies to get more positive feedback and confidence in your learning. As you do this, your anxiety will ease, your state will improve, and you will complete the learning tasks you want to complete one by one.

My advice to you is this:

Prioritize your learning tasks and complete the most important ones first. Put the rest aside for later.

From your description, it's clear that the CET-4 oral exam is the most important one to face. The CET-4 exam is a bit further down the line, but you can do this. Every day, you have to complete your homework. Use the public course on art appreciation to complete your writing assignments. After you finish your homework, practice your oral English.

Practice some TEM-4 exam questions. Start with speaking for five minutes. Once you get into the swing of it, you'll want to keep practising.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to relax. In fact, you should put relaxing time on your daily task list because our brains need to be relaxed as well as tense. If they're too tense, they'll want to rest. Having a balance between tension and relaxation is in line with the operating mechanism of the brain. That's why Mr. Li Dazhao said, "Play hard when you play, and study hard when you study."

This is the truth. I strongly advise against watching videos to relax because it's very difficult to stop watching them, and time will pass unknowingly. It will undoubtedly trigger new anxiety.

You can relax more effectively by going for a workout, chatting with friends, or just being in nature.

In short, you must put aside things that are less important for the time being, focus on the most important few things at the moment, and give yourself time to relax so that you can deal with your studies in a better state.

Form a study group to motivate yourself to study in a supportive group.

The Hawthorne effect in psychology proves that when we are in a supportive group, we will have more strength and motivation to learn and grow. Group members empower each other by seeing, encouraging, and helping each other, ensuring that everyone can move forward and grow with vitality.

Find some classmates who love learning, have a method for learning, and are interested. Form a study group. Encourage and support each other. Discuss with each other. Make progress together. This will give you more strength to persevere with your studies and improve your efficiency in completing your learning tasks.

3. Create a learning plan that you can complete on your own to motivate yourself to learn.

You can do many things to make a study plan. Your situation is different, so you need a specific and targeted plan that suits you.

First, you must do some self-analysis.

First, you must do some self-analysis.

You must analyze your own actual learning situation when making a learning plan. Don't set goals based on what others have set. If you do, you'll either give up halfway through or lose interest and confidence in learning.

You must analyze your own actual learning situation first when making a learning plan. Don't set goals based on what others have set. If you do, you'll either give up halfway through or lose interest and confidence in learning.

It is essential to recognize your strengths and weaknesses in learning and clarify them. This is the first step in creating a learning plan that works for you.

Know your own learning style. Everyone learns differently. Some have a strong memory and find it hard to forget what they have learned. Some have a good understanding and can understand what the teacher says the first time they hear it. Some are fast but often make mistakes. Some are slow but very careful.

For example, in mathematics, some people have a strong understanding and are good at applied problems, some are good at mental arithmetic and can calculate quickly, some have a good memory and can remember formula definitions more easily, and some are imaginative and good at finding patterns in figure transformations. Therefore, geometry is a better subject for you. You can do a comprehensive analysis of yourself.

Next, assess your current learning situation. Compare yourself with the rest of the class to determine your position. Rate your performance on a scale of "good," "better," "average," "poor," or "very poor." Also, evaluate your development trend by comparing your performance with your past performance. Rate your performance on a scale of "great progress," "some progress," "same as before," "regression," or "great regression."

Second, reasonable learning goals must be set.

Learning goals are the direction of learning efforts. Reasonable learning goals motivate people to forge ahead and achieve their goals. Without learning goals, people are lost and unsure of what to do.

Learning goals must be appropriate, clear, and specific.

Appropriate means not setting the goal too high or too low. If it's too high, it's impossible to achieve, which leads to a loss of confidence, procrastination, and resistance. If it's too low, it's effortless to achieve, and there's no motivation to complete it. A moderate goal is the ideal solution.

Set your goals at the right level. If they're too high, you'll lose confidence and motivation. If they're too low, you'll breeze through them without putting in the effort. Set goals that are challenging but achievable. This is the best way to stimulate your internal motivation.

Clarity means that learning goals should be easy to compare and check. The goal "I will study hard in the future and strive for greater progress" is not clear. It does not say how or what to improve. The goal should be changed to "I will carefully prepare for both math and Chinese classes."

You will achieve a middle to upper level of math in the class. This makes it clear, and in the future, whether it is achieved or not, it can be checked.

The goal must be specific. It should be easy to achieve. For example, how can the goal of "an average to above-average level of mathematics" be achieved? The answer is clear: do 10 arithmetic problems and 5 application problems every day, memorize each mathematical formula without a doubt, etc.

Furthermore, you must arrange your time in a scientific manner.

Once you have determined your learning goals, you must achieve them through scientific time management. You must meet the requirements of "comprehensiveness, rationality, and efficiency."

When scheduling time, consider both study and rest and entertainment, both in-class learning and extracurricular learning, and the time allocation for different subjects.

You should find the best time to study every day. Some students are most suited to memorization and thinking in the morning when their minds are clear. Others learn better at night. Complete the more important learning tasks during the best time. Also, arrange subjects that are more arts-oriented with those that are more science-oriented in a cross-over manner. For example, review Chinese for a while, do a few arithmetic problems, and then review general knowledge and foreign languages.

Arrange time efficiently according to priority. Put important or difficult learning tasks at the front to complete first, as this is when energy is high and thinking is active. Put the easier tasks off until later. Complete smaller tasks in sporadic time to make the most of every minute.

When scheduling, pay attention to the following two points:

1. Focus on the important points. Give priority to the weaker subjects in your self-analysis and ensure that you have enough time for them.

2. Be flexible. Don't over-schedule. You can't achieve an ambitious plan if you try to fit too much into too little time.

You must implement your plan. A plan is useless if you don't follow it. Check the implementation of your plan regularly to ensure it doesn't fall through.

Make a plan checklist. List the tasks you will complete and the progress you will make at what time. Use a table format. Put a "√" in the box when you complete an item. Give yourself appropriate rewards.

The above is for reference only. Best wishes!