The beginning of the academic year brings with it a lot of emotions, stress and even reluctance to go back. 

Whether you are studying to start your career in medicine or simply exploring what major you will be pursuing, everyone can relate to the summer blues.

However, the start of a new academic year is also a chance to revive your grades and an opportunity to do some much needed damage control. 

The best way to make sure you are on top of your academic game is not to work hard, but to work smart.

Here are the surest ways you can work smarter this academic year:

Create An Adaptive Schedule

When people are given advice to create a schedule, they usually just make a to-do list for every task and call it a day. However, this can be taken to the next level by using AI apps to create an adaptive schedule.

If you have been around on the internet, you are bound to find apps that will work for you by monitoring how you work and when you work the best. These apps will then create a customized schedule unique to you. 

Once the app starts learning from you, it will catch wind of every change in your productivity cycle and start refining the schedule even further. This can really help you stay on track and not get overwhelmed if you do happen to stray off the path.

AI apps can also help you be effiecient and save a ton of time spent into planning which you can use to be more productive.

Delegate Work

Once you have an adaptive schedule working for you, it is time to take it one step further. 

Delegating work can be the easiest way to work smarter this year. While it may seem confusing to delegate work, you can actually do a lot with the limited resources you may have at your disposal. The key is to be creative.

For example, if you have a huge paper to write and a group project to work on, you should check online to see what the prices for essay writing are for the type of paper you have to write. 

Once you are satisfied with the price, you can delegate the paper to a writer. 

You now have time to work on your group project. This group project assignment can also be further delegated by assigning each group member a specific task.

Try Different Productivity Techniques

Many people believe that there is no real process or science behind the way they work or what makes them most productive. 

People often leave it up to chance and hope for the best when it comes to being productive for long periods of time.

Instead of just hoping that you will do the work when the time comes, you can be proactive. One of the best ways to go about ensuring that you use your time wisely is to try different productivity techniques out there.

You need to see what works best for you as taking frequent breaks may work for some people while others can find it disrupting. 

Many people like doing the tasks they do not like first so they can get them out of the way while some take a sandwich approach.

The sandwich approach is essentially alternating between a task you like followed by a task you hate and then another task you like. 

Try out these techniques towards the beginning of the semester so you know which one works for you by the time you are getting ready to take advantage of them.

Conclusion

The idea that success comes to those who work hard is just not true anymore. Success comes to those who work smart and incorporate technology into their workflow. 

This is your sign to go forth and conquer the next academic year!