{"id":454,"date":"2019-04-08T14:53:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/?p=454"},"modified":"2019-04-08T14:53:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:53:15","slug":"end-of-semester-student-survival-tips-e-s-s-s-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/?p=454","title":{"rendered":"End of Semester Student Survival Tips (E.S.S.S.T.)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8211;Andrew P.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The end of the semester is quickly approaching! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, you couldn\u2019t really tell by all of the assignments you\nhave left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019re tired, overwhelmed, and still not sure about your\nabilities as a writer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What were the last three months about? (Stress mostly). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a cheat sheet for surviving the rest of the semester\nand not fall victim to all of the assignments due at once:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Coffee is your friend. Invest in it, cherish it,\ndon\u2019t be afraid to get fancy with it.<\/li><li>Use your resources! Go to the WaLC, Purdue Owl,\nfriends\/classmates to workshop with, writing apps like Grammarly to help with\nproofreading at 2am.<\/li><li>Don\u2019t be afraid to talk to your instructor about\nthe assignment.<\/li><li>Find your groove. Music, quiet corners in the\nlibrary, scheduled work time, group time or solo time. Your groove can affect\nyour writing process and the result of it.<\/li><li>Minimize outside distractions. Take a break from\nthe news, social events, social media, tv shows, or even your friends who have\nmore free time than you do.<\/li><li>Make time for all elements of your writing\nprocess. This goes for outlining, research, drafting, free-writing,\nproofreading, and revision. We\u2019re not perfect writers, they do not exist. It\u2019s\nfine that you do not produce perfect writing the first time you sit down to\nbegin the assignment.<\/li><li>Break when necessary. Take 10 minutes to\nstretch, check your text messages, watch a cat video, or listen to a song that\ngets you pumped.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And with that last tip, here is a song that will get your\nHYPEEEEEEEE! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy! ^_^<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PaXTSFKQR3Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=2346&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;Andrew P. The end of the semester is quickly approaching! But, you couldn\u2019t really tell by all of the assignments you have left over. You\u2019re tired, overwhelmed, and still not sure about your abilities as a writer. What were the&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/?p=454\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7rnlz-7k","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":710,"href":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions\/710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheewrite.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}