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Outside the Classroom: Staying on Top

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So…all my life I’ve been a major procrastinator. If you don’t procrastinate, you’re one in a million and probably an all A student. This semester I’m taking 18 hours. I promise I’m not crazy. I’m doing it because of scholarship reasons and because a lot of the classes I wanted to take were offered this semester, so it all just worked out. Over Christmas break, I was thinking about all the work I’ll have this semester and how badly I don’t want to be stressed out all semester. I decided that the best way to not be stressed is to be organized and not to procrastinate.
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First off, to stay organized I invested in a Jon Hart planner. I wanted a nice “adult” looking planner that I would use daily and that I could use for many years to come. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the Lilly Pulitzer planners, but I wanted something that’s more permanent. To help me stay organized, as soon as a teacher assigns something, I immediately write it down. I have the worst memory, so if I don’t write it down right away…chances are that I’ll forget it.

Second, I’ve done my very best at not procrastinating. We’re only in our third week of school, but I’m still finding it difficult to do my homework the day it’s assigned. The first week, I was really good about not procrastinating. No lie, it was the easiest week of my life. I had time to take a nap and hang out with friends and I wasn’t constantly stressing about homework and rushing to get stuff done. I know it’ll be a challenge, but I hope I can kick my procrastination habit and stay on top of my work.

Any suggestions to not procrastinate? How do you stay organized?

 

Packing…

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As excited as I am to get back to college, I am not excited for packing my whole room… This year I am living in a house off campus, which I’m super excited about, but because I am moving into a house, I need to take up a lot more of my things from home. Freshman year, I lived in a dorm and it was nice because all I really needed to take was clothes and school items. Sophomore year, I lived in my sorority house, which was a lot like a dorm, but I needed some more items, but luckily didn’t need plates and stuff like that. This year, I’ve had to take up furniture for my room and our living space, some bathroom items like a shower curtain, and some other things. Luckily, there is a total of five of us living together, so it was easy to split up what people should bring.

I’m not the best at packing, in the years before, I have always just taken the necessities and just stuffed it all in my car. This year, I need to be organized so when I’m unpacking, it is easy to put everything in its place. Luckily, I moved up all my furniture and other “big items” in June, so now I’m just dealing with clothes and school items. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but as I’ve started to put things together to pack, I’m overwhelmed.  Obviously, everyone packs different, but I’m trying to do it as simply as possible. This is a very short and sweet packing tips list. I know there is a lot more to packing, but this can help people get started and at least have a general starting point for when packing for college.

What are your packing tips you would suggest to friends?