School. Homework. Go to work. Making it to group meetings. Practice. Is there time for sleep??? I know i'm not the only one who's stressing. It can be hard sometimes to manage your time, especially when you have a million things on your to do list. For me, I cannot make a set schedule even if I wanted to. What I have found to be useful are planners. It can be a book planner or even an app on your phone, but trust me when I tell you IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!! As a college student you always on the go, whether its getting class or production homework out of the way, and as any other person can do, we tend to forget. We forget deadlines on projects, to post discussion questions (guilty here), and sometimes we even forget to eat! I was never the type to plan ahead for take note of when I had something to do and now i'm literally drowning in school work.
So after 3 weeks of driving myself crazy with school, work, cheer-leading, life, ect..... I finally decided to stop with "i'm going to remember mentality" and get on the ball with this. I am team Iphone :) ( Iphone does wonders), so do what most people do these days when they need something to make life easier. I looked for an app to download. I found some pretty good planner apps ( Ihomework,Task PRO, IstudiezPRO) that are designed to help out students. Amazing right?! Well, I downloaded all of those bad boys and let me tell you they really make a difference. As a full time employee, student, and student athlete I am on the go nonstop. My days can be hectic sometimes and the nights can be long but planning ahead and having a plan to look at helps me when i'm just too busy. Setting reminders on due dates for projects and upcoming events saves me a ton of stress. I can't explain how happy I am now that I know i have my app to keep me up to date and in check with everything that is going on in my schedule. I strongly recommend you give it a try! The last thing we need as students is stress. That what midterms and finals are for! Plan ahead and minimize the stress :)
Right on the money Nina, great post! Planing ahead and creating to do list is crucial for college students to keep track and manage time.
ReplyDeleteHi Nina! I totally love this post! Student planner's is literally your best friend. I think I will not be able to do anything if I did no have it written down in my planner. I believe everyone should have invested in a planner if you don't already have one. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI so wish i would've read this as a freshman
ReplyDeleteI should have read this back then. I wish i had that app too. This is very helpful for college students.
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