If you’re reading this, your TikTok account has taken off – and you want your follower count to keep growing. But you’re a student. What kind of student has enough time for acing all tests and building a full-fledged career, TikTok or not, right?
Let’s not gloss over one simple truth: juggling studies and a TikTok career can be tricky. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible! Here are seven ways you can do just that – without going insane in the process.
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Reduce Your Academic Workload
If you realize that homework is the bane of your existence and you detest taking care of it, why keep doing it? You can outsource it and focus on what’s more important! Think of it as an investment in your TikTok career.
For example, EssayPro offers coursework writing service, among other things, at an affordable price tag. You can let the professionals take care of whatever assignment you have at hand. And while they do, you can take care of your TikTok account: create a content plan, make the content itself, find the challenges and hashtags, make the edits, etc.
This way, you don’t have to compromise and choose fewer classes, therefore prolonging your studies. There’s also no need to choose between graduating or growing your TikTok account: you can combine both!
Set Your Priorities Straight
Speaking of deciding what’s more important to you. This is the definition of prioritizing, and that’s what you’ll need to be doing from now on. Yes, you can find ways to use your time more efficiently (more on that below). But you can’t magically increase the number of hours in a day.
Time is a limited resource, and setting priorities is, in its essence, all about choosing what activities are more deserving of it. In case you’re uncertain how to make your choice, though, here are five steps you should take to make things clear for yourself:
- Create a general to-do list for the day/week/month;
- To estimate the importance of each task, ask yourself: What would happen if you didn’t complete this task?
- Rank each task based on its importance on a scale from one to ten (least to most important);
- Take into account the urgency of each task;
- Remove the tasks that are neither crucial nor urgent (you can add them to a “to-do-later” list if you want).
Find More Time in Unexpected Places
You probably waste some of your time during the day without even realizing it. For example, what do you do when you’re commuting to and from school? Do you just mindlessly scroll the feed? Or do you do something more productive instead?
The beauty of TikTok is that you can live stream from anywhere and at any time – and people will still love it! So, while you’re waiting for that bus or some sort of an appointment, why not treat your followers to a new TikTok?
Here are just some ideas where you can find this “gap time” for your uploading a new TikTok or just getting other tasks out of the way:
- Commuting;
- Waiting in line;
- Cooking time;
- Breaks between classes.
Master Time Management & Your Own Productivity
These two always go hand in hand: you have to learn to be your most productive self if you want to manage your time well. It’s a no-brainer – the more you get done within an hour, the more you can accomplish every day.
But how exactly do you achieve maximum productivity? Well, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution – every person is different, so what works for one person might be useless for another. However, there are still some general tips that you can try:
- Know your distractions. What breaks your concentration? For example, if it’s notifications on your phone, turn on the Do Not Disturb mode or just put it away somewhere you can’t see it.
- Take into account when you’re at your most productive. Some people are more productive in the morning; others – in the evening. Distribute your tasks according to the hours when you’re best equipped to tackle them.
- Find your productivity cues. Your brain is Pavlov’s dog. Once you establish a clear connection between one thing (e.g., music or chewing gum) and the need to focus, it’ll do that automatically.
Schedule Everything
Have you ever thought you were going to do this and that, but it quickly turned out that you’d simply not have enough time for all of those tasks? This is always a risk if you don’t estimate how long each task would require.
To take that into account, schedule everything. Here are three tips on doing it the right way:
- Make sure your estimate is realistic enough. To play it safe, take the time you think you’ll need for this or that task and multiply it by 1.5 or 2.
- Don’t fill up your day’s schedule to its fullest. There’ll always be some unexpected tasks to take care of during the day. Make sure you have a window for them.
- Remember about breaks and me-time. You’re not a machine; your body and mind need rest, whether you like it or not. So, put your well-being high on the priority list.
Keep in mind. Don’t hesitate to set notifications in your preferred calendar app. This way, your phone (or smartwatch, if you own one) will remind you about deadlines, study sessions, events; you name it. You won’t have to remember to look into your notebook or check your to-do list!
Create Content in Advance
Depending on the kind of account you’re managing, you might have a high bar set for your content. And that’s great! But more sophisticated content also requires more time to prepare it.
But the thing is, life is unpredictable – and student life is even more so. Regardless, your followers want consistency from you. They always expect new content from you, and they might be dissatisfied with your sudden disappearance.
So, create a long-term content plan. Then, make sure you stay ahead of schedule for at least a couple of weeks. Set apart some time once per week, for example, to shoot videos in bulk and prepare them for posting. (This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t go live or publish spontaneous TikToks, though!)
Procrastinate Strategically
Let’s make something clear: whether you want it or not, you will get distracted and procrastinate at some point. That’s bound to happen when the task at hand is somewhat intimidating or when you’re simply not in the mood for it.
But you can make your procrastination productive! If you don’t feel like doing one thing, take a look at your to-do list (and your would-be-good-to-do list, too). There must be something else you have to do anyway.
So, why not do that instead of scrolling your social media feed or watching another episode of a TV show? For example, if you don’t want to start working on that assignment, you can switch to a manual task and cook some food for the week ahead.
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In Conclusion
When it comes to this juggling act, there’s nothing impossible about acing it. All you need to do is keep your priorities in mind – and act accordingly.
Still, every person needs their own recipe for productivity and time management. So, go ahead and test these tips to see which ones are the real life-savers in your case. And focus on coming up with the time-saving habits that work for you!
