From our phones and iPads To our PC’s and game consoles, electronics take up most of our
lives. Life without them would be so much different, I mean, we wouldn’t have online schooling, so
that’s a win. But, that ain’t gonna happen so we gotta learn to control our time when using
electronics in a non-productive way like gaming.

From our survey, Calling All Gamers:

35% of the people who took the surveys played video games from 1-2 hours which is a reasonable
amount.

26% played 3-4 hours, so when ya’ll go time to go outside or work ahead on
assignments. What surprised me the most that during weekdays, 8% of kids are able to play 5-6
hours and another

8% of kids can play for more then 6 hours! Geez! Where are ya’ll finding this
time. I’m kinda jealous. Now weekends, from Friday through Sunday, the results weren’t as
surprising.

35% play 5-6 hours, which was the moist chosen answer but there were more kids
playing more then 10 hours then there were 7-10 hours.

We got to change this and start being productive! Here are some tips to get done!

1. Take a 5 minute break after every 30 minutes but stay away from electronics and be active, I
see you sitting on TikTok, go run up and down the stairs. It will help your blood flow, helping
your brain focus!
2. Get some sleep! Don’t stay up till 3:00 am cause you procrastinated on
homework by watching Criminal minds on Netflix and then only started your homework at
midnight. Try to go to bed and wake up at the same time as the night before
3. When taking notes, knowing their will be an annoyingly big test afterwards, hand write it so you
can remember it better. Don’t be lazy, get them fancy rainbow pens and start writing like the
tumblr girl you were always meant to be.
4. Find a quiet, organized work space where you can focus, away from your little brother running
around in his underwear with a nerf gun.
5. Ya like jazz? No? Well too bad. If you like to listen to music, try to listen to music with no words
so it doesn’t distract you like lo-fi or classical.
6. Stop trying to multitask! Don’t do your math homework while also scrolling through memes on
reddit. Prioritize your homework and do that and then worry about finding the perfect meme.
7. Make a to-do list or set up an online checklist and follow it in order, doing one thing at a time.
Microsoft planner is great because you can even seclude little reminders and organize your
work.
8. When playing games try to set a timer for an hour so you don’t get distracted and end up
looking at the time and seeing that it is already 4:00 am!!
9. When studying for a test, don’t be lazy. Make flash cards or make a quizlet. Notice how I said
MAKE a quizlet, not find one. Making the quizlet and typing up all of the information you need
will make it so much easier and faster for you to remember.
10. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!!! Get it done, you won’t regret it.