Studies have shown that at least 30% of today’s teenagers are stressed out and depressed about their day to day life. This results in an unhealthy obsession to finish the syllabus in time, leading to rash eating and erratic sleeping. No matter how much time a teenager makes for himself or herself, it seems that there is never enough.

These simple every day habits, if incorporated properly in your own routine, will save time. In addition to that, it also puts the individual in a routine cycle that includes proper timing for all kinds of activities, including relaxation and playing. Let’s check out some of these habits:

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1. Start with A Healthy Breakfast

It is very crucial for a teenager to maintain a healthy diet, in spite of all odds. A healthy dietary routine helps to include proper time management aspects in the life of a teenager. In addition to that, having proper meals saves a lot of time which would otherwise be lost in finicky eating.

2. Stay Fit and Agile

In order to maintain a fit body and mind, it is very important that a teenager includes some form of daily physical activity in their routine. A few examples of this sort of physical activity can include light yoga, jogging in the morning, playing a sport regularly, etc.

3. Establish Early Sleeping Routine

It is advisable for teenagers to maintain a proper sleeping routine. Studying or staying up too late is very counter-intuitive in nature, as it causes immense exhaustion and fatigue. However, if you sleep early at night and wake up early in the next morning, you are fresh and primed up for an entire day of studying.

4. Make Time for Introspection and Yourself

Meditation is also a fun exercise that teenagers can try for themselves. It relaxes the body and mind, improving the blood flow to the brain. This increases memory capacity of an individual. It saves a considerable amount of time, judging by the fact students who meditate tend to have a lot of unfettered free time in their hands than students who do not.

5. Keep Away from Addictions

Substance abuse and smoking are quite bad for health. Almost every teenager has experimented with either one or both of these. Why? It is so because of the ways of the world and how people live in the 21^st century. Drugs are a waste of time, so if you want to save time, that’s the last you want to be.

6. Regulate Spending Time Online

These days every teenager has a computer or mobile device with internet access to it. This addiction of staying online in social networking websites can go quite far. So be considerate with your internet usage. Limit your online interactions and focus on spending the time more productively.

7. Stay Healthy

Saving time would not amount to anything if you fall sick. Around teenage, every person’s body seems to change. So, it is the perfect time to introduce personal hygiene to teenagers. Maintaining a proper health plan and following it seems to work quite well.

8. Make Time for Creativity

Teenage is the ideal time for expressing creative ideas. So, do not be alarmed by taking some quality time out of each day, and devote it to garner new skills and creative outlets. This keeps the person interested in co-curricular activities in school and saves time which would have been wasted otherwise.

9. Organize Study Hours

Organizing and making a detailed study plan is the way to go for any teenager who has been boggled by stress. This creates a set of goals for the individual to achieve. Depending upon how proficient you are, you can set targets for yourself.

10. Do Not Spend Too Much Time with Electronics

It is important to incorporate some form of physical activity in a teenager’s life. So, during his or her play time, send him or her outside. Playing outside and not in front of a computer screen, is a much better way to save time and get some work done in the process.

These ideas might look simple and plain, but incorporating them into a teenager’s daily routine will work wonders. It is much better to make sure that you are following a loose routine first before adding too much to your plate. These ideas or everyday habits will be able to change a teenager’s perspective towards his/her studies and motivate them.