Improve: Recent Episodes
Amy Xavier-Gomez
In my podcast Improve, I am going to be giving you guys some advice on how to have a more organized lifestyle. Along with me are a few of my friends who I will be talking and interviewing. We will be covering a few topics like school, work, sports, routines, mental health, and more.
Here are the links to the three articles that helped me with all of my information for this episode -
https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/learn/index.htm
https://medlineplus.gov/mentalhealth.html
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/supporting-someone-mental-health-problem
Questions that I answered and topics I mentioned -
What is mental health? - 55 seconds
Difference between poor mental health and mental illness - 1:24
Physical aspects of having a mental illness - 2:25
What are the possible signs/symptoms? - 3:02
Self-diagnoses - 3:50
How it can develop in a person? - 4:22
How common is it? - 4:47
How to help - 5:22
-When having a busy schedule, how do you manage to study for tests, do homework, do sports, etc? (47 seconds)
Olivia talks about how she is able to manage all of her tasks under a tight schedule. She offers her take on ways you can still finish work with the limited time you may have.
-Do you ever make hard choices? So having to decide between doing certain things.
Although Liv may be good at managing her time, there are some tough things she has to decide. Whether it's choosing between doing homework or going to a basketball game, she let us know how to prioritize.
-Do you have a plan or a routine that you go by? If so, how do you start one?
Now she has a very maintained and good routine. Olivia does everything in order and is able to keep it that way.
-When you are distracted, does that give you a huge setback on what you need to get done?
Whenever I get distracted, I somehow am able to still complete my work. Although, it is not the same case for Olivia. She talks about how using her phone is the biggest problem she has and if she is wanting to get work done, she needs it as far away from her as possible.
-Any advice for someone who gets distracted easily?
Now we go more in-depth about technology usage. We both struggle with using our phones way too much. Unlike me, Olivia is has a way of fixing that problem/habit.
- What helps you stay focused?
Olivia goes into detail about the things she does of staying on task and only focusing on what needs to get done. She gives some pretty helpful advice on how she doesn't get distracted on her phone or TV.
Do you ever tell yourself you need to start to be more organized, but don't know where to start? Well that's why I'm here. My podcast, Improve, is going to be full of tips and advice on how to have a more organized lifestyle and routine. I will be going over the topics on how to study for tests, how to focus in class, ways to get better grades, and many more suggestions.