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A note to later you

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Put it on the board and read it out. Nothing to prepare.

A person sitting on the floor writing in a notebook beside a large weekly planner

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Before we finish, think about the next time you will sit down to work on something, perhaps tomorrow evening or later this week.

Picture yourself arriving then, maybe tired, and choose one small step you could clear for that person now, such as finding the right page or writing the first line.

If there is time, take that one step now, or write it as a short note to your later self on the corner of a page.

Leave everything else for later. One cleared step is enough to take with you.

That’s the practice.

Listen for Some students may feel everything is too much to start, so offer the smallest step, such as writing the date at the top of a page.

The skill of planning. Strategically designing roadmaps to actualise a vision.

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The skill of planning

Strategically designing roadmaps to actualise a vision.

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Adapting it

Ages 13 to 15
Give a concrete example from your own subject, such as opening the book at the next exercise.
Ages 16 to 18
Suggest ending a revision session this way, so that starting again the next time is a little easier.
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