Grandad's Gems - Grandad AO's Blog

  HOW TO STUDY, even when you can't. First of all I think we should address some of the few reasons why you haven't done any work. Please take in mind this is written for people who are in a good place mentally, if your mental health isn't good at the moment then it is a valid reason for you to put off work in my eyes. This may not be for you so I would suggest that you read the mental health piece I have written here about how to improve it.  1. You feel as if you shouldn't be doing work, you believe that because we're in a pandemic school should not be giving you all of this work to do right now and because of that, you refuse to do it, like a silent protest.  2. The reason you can't do work is that it isn't a priority for you. There are all of these other things you would rather be doing like being on social media, playing video games, exercising, going on walks etc. So you just keep putting your work to the side to do all of the things which you want to ...

WHY YOU NEED TO LEVEL UP! - THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF DEVELOPMENT I want to be clear that this blog isn't intended to make you feel anxious or negatively impact you in any way. My only wish is that it motivates you to want to level up! Now. Remember that dream.  That nightmare where you couldn’t keep up with your parents (or someone close to you) while they were walking and they just left you where you were.  Left you behind. Abandoned.  That’s exactly what’s going to happen if we don’t level up. The friends and family around us are all chasing their dreams trying to achieve greatness. This means they are constantly improving themselves, fixing their flaws, strengthening their weaknesses, dropping toxic traits. This is levelling up. We have to do the same. We have to learn about ourselves, we need to know our weaknesses & strong points so our weaknesses don't hold us back. That our toxic traits don't break us and the people around us down! Why not be the one to help your...