Top products from r/aftergifted
We found 4 product mentions on r/aftergifted. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Ballantine Books
2. How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Broadway Books
First off, grade equivalent scores are crap and don't work the way most people think.
>GRADE-EQUIVALENT SCORES
>The Grade-Equivalent score compares your child’s performance on grade-level material against the average performance of students at other grade levels on that same material and is reported in terms of grade level and months. If your 5th-grade child obtains a grade-equivalent of 10.5 on a standardized math or reading test, it does not mean that your child is solving math problems or reading at the mid-10th grade level. It means that she or he can solve 5th grade math problems and read 5th grade material as well as the average 10th grade student can read and solve 5th grade math problems. Your child is performing much better than the average 5th grader but most likely would not perform as well if tested using 10th grade material as they have not yet been exposed to 10th grade material. Caution should always be used when interpreting grade equivalents, especially when attempting to use grade equivalents as the basis for a grade placement discussion.
So don't feel bad about where you are now versus where you thought you were back then.
What can you do to keep from falling behind?
https://childmind.org/article/twice-exceptional-kids-both-gifted-and-challenged/
https://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/topic/105297/entryType/2
This site has some useful links; some of which are aimed at younger children, but if you have never learned to study there might still be useful information there.
I also recommend ”How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less”
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0767922719/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_I6bzDbZZXP07R
A lot of studying comes down to being organized, efficient, knowing when and where to get help. Remember that forming new habits takes time and you have to remain persistent.
If you have a friend, teacher, or parent who is willing to help, it can be useful to be accountable to another person. Have a once a week check-in on what you have done in the last week and what you need to do in the following week.
I'm sure people in this group could come up with a book full of thoughts on this topic, but hopefully, this gives you some things to think about.
Yeah, working full time and being creative can be tough. There's always something else to do, and if you spend a glorious hour creating, you end up feeling guilty that you "wasted" that time when you could have been cleaning the house or walking the dog.
I feel your pain. I spent an hour today watching a tutorial and trying (and failing) to draw a nice curved line in a drawing program. It feels like I'm wasting time and accomplishing nothing, even while the objective part of my brain knows I have to learn how to use the tools before doing something truly creative.
I will say this: doing something creative as an adult, while we have a ton of other responsibilities, requires commitment. You have to treat it like an unpaid, part-time job. You have to put time in, consistently. You won't get good messing around for hour hours one day a month, you have to put work in regularly, every few days if not daily, to build skills to get to the point to where you can do the interesting stuff. This quote by Ira Glass sums it up nicely. You will get better, but you HAVE to work at it.
I'm going to do something else kinda unorthodox, I'm going to recommend a book to you. Around the Writer's Block by Roseanne Bane. This isn't some touchy-feely, follow your muse writer's guide, but a book on time management for creative endeavors. It's directed to writing, but the principals are pretty universal. Figure out when you are most creative. Block that time out to do your art. Recharge your creative energy. It gives concrete advice on how to achieve nebulous goals. If you want to make art, and you are prepared to spend time consistently to improve, then this book will tell you how to make that happen efficiently.
Good luck!
Mindset talks about how people who were praised for being smart or gifted give up more easily than those who were praised for efforts- that’s an incredibly short summary. There are ways you can train yourself to apply more.
https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322
I recently read The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris. You may benefit from it.