PLANNING YOUR MONTH

PLANNING YOUR MONTH

The early bird gets organized

Start 2 days before the beginning of the next month . If you’re scrambling to organize everything you have to do for that month the day the month starts, you’re already behind.

PICK A LOCATION

It can be your planner, your bullet journal, or your bedroom/ dorm room wall. But pick a location where you will use your monthly plan, and see it often so that you’re acclimated with it.

COPIES???

What if the only monthly plan you made suffers severe water damage? Then you’re screwed for an entire month. I i m p l o r e you to please PLEASE make a copy of your plan. Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody has those days. Don’t let that DAY ruin your MONTH.

Start with your academics

Starting with academics not only keeps your priorities in line with where they should be, but it permits you to get all your ducks in a row for your classes. Find out when they are, if you don’t have the same courses every day, so you know what to be prepared for on which day

Follow up with assessments

Academics and assessments go hand in hand. Now that you know what day everything is for this month, and when you will be having your classes, find out what assignments you have in those classes. Knowing your assignments in advance allows for more preparation, and more consequent success

Prioritize those assessments!

If one assessment is your final grade for a mandatory course, and one assessment is a vocabulary quiz, the final grade assessment needs to be prioritized over the vocabulary quiz. Make sure you are highlighting the more important assessments, so you know their value!

Do the same with homework!!!

Homework is often seen as less important that assessments, but you still need to get it done. If you know in advance what assignments you will have, put those in!

Got projects?

Projects are the bane of every individual’s existence because you think you have all the time in the world to get it done, and then they due date sneaks up on you like the plague. Not only should you WRITE IN THAT DUE DATE but separate the tasks that you have to do for that assignment and assign it to yourself as homework.

Make your appointments!

Figure out what appointments you have that entire month, and preferably before the month starts. That way, you can ensure there are no conflicts and go in with ease.

Extracurricular obligations!

Find out what obligations you have for your extracurriculars before they sneak up on you. No one wants to be out of compliance for an extracurricular, but you don’t want it to conflict with your life either.

Fit in some F U N.

Don’t make your monthly plan just boring this, and plain old that. Incorporate some hang-out sessions with friends, or a personal day (maybe two). Everyone needs that R & R.

DO IT AGAIN

Repeat it the next month. Soon, you’ll be in a habit of planning. I promise, this will make your life s o m u c h e a s i e r.

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

Zig Ziglar (via writingdotcoffee)

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06.06.17 // I went shopping with my lil sis last Friday and I couldn’t resist the temptation. I end up buying more stationary (again), all of this was extremely cheap, I spent about 4,5 euros in all of this, so I’m really happy about it!

Winter Training

I’m officially back at college for winter training and my week of practices can be summed up in the following statement:

I’m cold.

In my defense I’ve never run in the winter before. We’ve been running on the roads for the past couple days because the track is still snowy and the only reason I’m still hanging in there is because I bring a box of tissues to practice with me. I can’t feel my legs and my nose runs constantly because I breathe through my nose when I run.

That doesn’t mean I’m not enjoying training though. The only day  struggled was with 800m repeats (and I always struggle with those). Yesterday we ran 150m (my favorite distance) and I was the only person on the team happy to be out there. I know tomorrow will be another hard distance day, but I’m staying strong.

In other news, my roommate from last semester is moving to a new hall to be closer to her friends, and I will be rooming with the best runner on the team next semester. I really respect her a lot and I think we have a lot in common, so maybe rooming with her will help motivate me even more.

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