Intellectual Wellness

Signs of Intellectual Wellness

• Development of good study skills and time management.
• Ability to challenge yourself to see all sides of an issue.
• Becoming a critical thinker.
• Development of your own ideas, views and opinions.
• Exposing yourself to new ideas, people and beliefs that are different from your own.
• Becoming aware of who you are and what you value.

Enhance Intellectual Wellness

Improve Study Skills

• Review study materials within 24 hours of class to keep it fresh in your memory.
• Take notes while you read and while in class, and focus on more than what is written on the board.
• Form a study group session with other people in your class.
• Study in a quiet environment that will not distract you.
• Color coding helps trigger memory — keep one topic per color.
• Find innovative ways to study that work for you.

Improve Time Management

• Make a "To Do" list that allows you to cross off completed tasks as you go.
• Prioritize tasks in order of importance and tackle the most important first.
• Learn to say "no" to social activities sometimes — remember what is important to get done.
• Cut work hours. Money is important, but working too much can cut into your study time.
• Multitask within your limits.

Remove Objectivity

• Learn there is more than one way to do something.
• There isn't always a "right" answer, but sometimes multiple answers.
• Stay open-minded to new ideas, insights, thoughts, expressions and values.
• Expose yourself to difference.

Improve Critical Thinking

• Be actively engaged in conversation, readings and classrooms — think about what is happening.
• Ask questions to yourself or others as you reflect.
• Challenge the norm; don't take an answer for what it is without agreeing upon it yourself.
• Find patterns and connections to examples that relate to your life.
• Keep your brain active, thinking, and questioning. Try fun brain teasers.