In this episode of the Success Coach for Students Show, Kylie explains habit stacking, a simple strategy that helps students make new habits easier by connecting them to something they already do.

You’ll learn how to use the formula:

After I __________, then I will __________.

Kylie shares practical examples students can use for studying, organization, homework, planning, and other school routines.

If you’ve ever said, “I keep forgetting,” or started a new routine only to stop a few days later, habit stacking can help make the next step easier and more automatic.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What habit stacking is
• Why attaching a new habit to an existing routine can help
• How to choose a small habit that is realistic
• Examples of habit stacking for school and studying
• How to make good habits easier to repeat

Better habits do not have to start with a complete routine overhaul. Sometimes they start with one small action connected to something you already do.

Student Success Lab
Practical tools, lessons, and support for students who want school to feel more manageable. (Designed for responsible MS/HS students or students transitioning to college.)
 

Student Success Collective
Personalized tutoring and student success support for grades 6–12. (For anyone to check out)
 

The Student Success Snapshot
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In this episode, I talk about how to prioritize schoolwork in a way that feels simpler and more realistic. We’ll use a Must Do, Should Do, Could Do system to sort what needs your attention, choose your top priorities, and decide what deserves your time and energy first.

We’ll talk about how to:

•  separate what must get done from what can wait 
•  choose your top three priorities instead of treating everything as equally urgent 
•  consider deadlines, importance, and how much time a task will actually take  
•  choose one task and actually get started instead of staying stuck in planning mode 

Because time management is not really just about clocks and calendars.

A lot of it comes down to making better decisions about what matters first.

You do not have to finish everything at once.

You need to know what deserves your attention now, what should come next, and what can wait.

If everything is a priority, nothing is. Choose what matters most, then start there.

Student Success Lab
Practical tools, lessons, and support for students who want school to feel more manageable. (Designed for responsible MS/HS students or students transitioning to college.)
 

Student Success Collective
Personalized tutoring and student success support for grades 6–12. (For anyone to check out)
 

The Student Success Snapshot
Get practical student success tips delivered to your inbox. (Designed for parents, teachers, mentors.)
 

If this episode was helpful, please follow the show and share it with a student or parent who could also benefit. 

In this episode, I talk about how your environment can either support your attention or constantly compete for it. Phones, notifications, extra tabs, clutter, and even the random thoughts that pop into your head can pull you away from what you're trying to do.

We’ll talk about how to:

• remove the distractions you can control
• set up a space that makes it easier to start and stay focused
• keep distracting thoughts somewhere so you don't have to act on them right away

The goal isn't to create a perfectly distraction-free world.

The goal is to set things up so your brain doesn't have to work quite so hard to focus.

Student Success Lab
Practical tools, lessons, and support for students who want school to feel more manageable. (Designed for responsible MS/HS students or students transitioning to college.)
 

Student Success Collective
Personalized tutoring and student success support for grades 6–12. (For anyone to check out)
 

The Student Success Snapshot
Get practical student success tips delivered to your inbox. (Designed for parents, teachers, mentors.)
 

If this episode was helpful, please follow the show and share it with a student or parent who could also benefit. 

In this episode, I break down why students often underestimate how long assignments, studying, and everyday tasks will actually take, and what to do instead. You’ll learn how hidden steps, poor time estimates, and overly optimistic planning can make a manageable workload suddenly feel overwhelming.

We’ll talk about how to:

•  notice where your time is really going 
•  break big tasks into the smaller steps hiding inside them 
•  make more realistic estimates 
•  build in buffer time 
•  compare your guess to reality so your planning gets better over time 

The goal is not to fill every minute of the day.

The goal is to understand your time well enough to use it on purpose.

If you want more practical strategies for studying, organization, confidence, and learning how to manage school more effectively, check out Student Success Lab and Student Success Collective.

Student Success Lab
Practical tools, lessons, and support for students who want school to feel more manageable. (Designed for responsible MS/HS students or students transitioning to college.)
 

Student Success Collective
Personalized tutoring and student success support for grades 6–12. (For anyone to check out)
 

The Student Success Snapshot
Get practical student success tips delivered to your inbox. (Designed for parents, teachers, mentors.)
 

If this episode was helpful, please follow the show and share it with a student or parent who could also benefit. 

If school feels harder than it should, you’re in the right place.

Maybe you’re spending hours studying and not remembering enough. Maybe you keep putting things off, losing track of assignments, running out of time, or wondering why your grades don’t match what you actually know.

I’m Kylie Larsen, a 20+ year educator, reading specialist, and student success coach.

On The Success Coach for Students Show, we’re going to talk about the real things that get in the way of school success, and more importantly, what to do about them.

You’ll get practical strategies for studying, time management, organization, motivation, confidence, communication, and learning how to learn.

No long lectures. No complicated systems.

Just useful ideas you can actually try.

Because success in school is not just about being smart or working harder.

Sometimes you need a better method, a better strategy, or just a clearer next step.

So if you’re ready for school to feel a little more manageable and to become more confident in how you handle it, follow the show and start with whichever episode sounds like the problem you need help solving first.

Student Success Lab
Practical tools, lessons, and support for students who want school to feel more manageable. (Designed for responsible MS/HS students or students transitioning to college.)
 

Student Success Collective
Personalized tutoring and student success support for grades 6–12. (For anyone to check out)
 

The Student Success Snapshot
Get practical student success tips delivered to your inbox. (Designed for parents, teachers, mentors.)
 

If this episode was helpful, please follow the show and share it with a student or parent who could also benefit.