Tag: routines

Why You Need to Create an Afternoon Routine

Why You Need to Create an Afternoon Routine

“How much time do you have in the afternoon and evenings to complete work,” I asked Chris. He was struggling in most of his classes and I was trying to figure out why. “Oh, lots of time. I don’t really do anything after I get 

How to Make the Most of Short Winter Days

How to Make the Most of Short Winter Days

One fall, my roommate and I got in a doozy of an argument about . . . Daylight vs. Standard Time. He was going hiking the day the clocks turned back. I warned him that the sun would go down an hour earlier, so he 

How A Nightly Routine Makes for a Better Tomorrow

How A Nightly Routine Makes for a Better Tomorrow

For those of you (all right, most of you) who are too young to experience the joy of sleep training an infant – it’s tough, but so necessary. For those not in the know, babies wake up during the night. A lot. Sleep training is 

How to Improve Your Teen’s Executive Functioning

How to Improve Your Teen’s Executive Functioning

After I explained the directions, my student Jane always asked what we were doing. She brought the wrong notebook to class. All the time. Her backpack was a mess and her planner was empty. Twenty minutes into an activity and she had just started it. 

5 Ways to Make Your Teen’s Back-to-School Awesome

5 Ways to Make Your Teen’s Back-to-School Awesome

An e-mail arrived from my mom titled “Your Last First Day of School.” It was my senior year of college and I was about to head off to the first day of classes. But I would leave a few minutes late and wiping my eyes.