How
to stay organized as a student
School life is
not as easy as mom’s and dad’s think they are.
During the 5
whole school days of the week, waking up as early as the morning crow, catching
the school bus not too late/ walking for about 1km to your school, attending
over a dozen classes a day and ensuring all your homework are done before you
go to sleep and get ready for another hectic day isn’t something most students
consider to be very serious about-most importantly- orderly about it. The life
of a student/pupil/ `school-goer’ is partly dedicated to school, academics and
education while the other half is for other things like hobbies, leisure,
outings and just to live life.
Although, many
students claim school takes ‘most of their time’, (I wouldn’t really argue
about) they use that as an advantage or excuse of being lazy, untidy and
disorganized. Some students are well-organized and some are not. I wouldn’t
necessarily blame those that are not because of, you know-the excuse I
mentioned earlier-yet it doesn’t still give way to the fact that being orderly
as a student, is both brilliant and beneficial. Those students that immediately they come home
from school throw their school items away and those ones that arrange them
properly are both students, right?, but
which one do you think will be easier to get ready for school in the morning?,
the ones who carefully arrange their belongings once they arrive from
school…..because they are orderly.
Moreover, being
organized as a student doesn’t only involve the way you arrange your belongings but also things like
scheduling your time, studying abilities, personal routines and many more I
will share with you later on.
Staying organized, as a student in particular,
boosts your brain functioning and concentration, aids with your personal care
routines, moderates health, to name a few. Anyways, here are some few ways you
can stay organized as a diligent, brilliant, and hardworking student. As
always, I keep it simple;
1.
You need a diary!
First
and foremost, purchase a diary of your own. Not your sis’, not your cousin,
Bella’s……YOURS.
When you guy’s hear the word diary,
you always think …..Girls, girls and more GIRLY GIRLS!!! But that really isn’t
what you should be focusing on. Focus on the benefit of having a diary or a
journal (to be less girly) which is really many.
Keeping track of what you
do in a day, every day, helps to guide you for the following day and the next.
You can also write down things you did that day and reflect on it the following
day or you can decide to discard a
previous `fail’ or `wrong act’ you didn’t like and promise yourself to be
better.
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Having a diary also helps you keep track of all your academic
results/ welfare and your grades-whether good/bad-and inspires you to push
harder.
2.
Form a solid routine
You’ve
got tons of daily, weekly and bi-monthly (even tri-monthly) skin care and hair
care routines you follow faithfully but do you have even one school routine you
think you follow?
Do you even know
what that is?
A school
routine is like a combination of different routines
to form a solid routine during the school days. This means…… add your firm skin
care and hair care and body care routines or whatever and fuse them into a
solid routine that can easily be followed during the school days.
Why is this necessary? Well, there is one thing we teen girls and students generally know;
we take lots of hours prepping for school and prepping for bed. This results to
going to school late and sleeping late due to messing up of other routines you
have. This can be prevented if you can just sit down for at least 30 minutes
and carefully plan and form a solid yet simple routine you can follow that
won’t affect you or your school in any way.
3.
Place sticky notes on your wardrobe
or fridge to remember things you are to do
ü
Mow the
lawn
ü
Wash
the dishes
ü
Buy Henry’s
feed
ü
Buy the
groceries from the store
ü
Do
homework; English and social relations
Putting sticky notes on the items you
see every day is a good way of remembering yourself to do things you unintentionally
forget or remember then forget again because you are to do something else!
Anyways, it is a very helpful way of
keeping yourself organized and up-to-date `with your life’ (I guess) and surroundings
so nothing else can affect your school life and education. You can place sticky
notes on the counter, on the fridge, on the wardrobe or even in the mirror in
your bathroom. You can put on the items you know you use and see every day in
your house; that will help to aid your memory and help you carry out the task
eagerly.
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Just
make sure your big bro doesn’t see any one that is “FOR MARY ONLY” if you know
what I mean?!
4.
Early to rise, early to prep!
Wake up
earlier than you even your family so you can do some chores and act as a
helping elf before you scurry to school.
Like I said before, most students
(mostly females) always have a lot going on while prepping. That’s why we need at least 3 hours! But
then, what if the bus is leaving 8:00 or your mom drops you at 7:45 but you wake
up around 6:00? You would just have to
go without that scarf you wanted to wear or the pink cheeks you were puffing
before you heard the honk of your mom’s car.
In order for you to avoid that, you
should wake up early or earlier than you usually so you can catch up with your other
tasks and not let your prepping routine consume your entire day. If you wake up
6:00 normally, try waking up 5:30 to spare you some extra time.
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You may even do some chores in the house or complete the homework you
failed to complete the previous night. This will help keep your organized and
prepared for the day.
5.
Use your nights well
As a
student, you have 5 nights on and 2 nights off, 5 nights to be used well and 2
nights to be used the way you want. Those 2 nights off are Friday and Saturday
night while the rest are school nights.
To be well organized as a student,
ensure that you pack all your things you will need for school every school night;
it can be to choose and iron your clothes or uniform, packing your books and
notes or polishing your school shoes.
Get ready all your school items for
the following day to avoid confusion in the early morning or to slow you down
when starting your day. Your school nights aren’t meant for watching TV,
playing games or handling your phone all night long.
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It’s necessary that you prepare your school items foe the following
day to increase your efficiency.
6.
Don’t leave your bed looking…….messy
Do you know that making your bed every morning immediately after you
wake up helps boost your metabolism for the day?
Well, I don’t know the `science’ to
explain it but it really does work! It’s all in the head I think; you know,
Psychology?! (Yeah, I try to speak science and I say gibberish instead!)
Making your bed after waking up psychologically helps to boost your
mind’s and brain functioning to kick-start your day on a good note. That’s why
it helps boost metabolism.
When your brain
is hyped, your whole body tarries along!
This petty thing does a great deal in
keeping you organized-as a student-and makes your entire mid familiar with being
tidy and orderly.
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That small habit can affect you massively! Trust me! Would you care
to try it out?
7.
Simplify your tasks
Clean the backyard
ü
Recycle
cans and take out the trash
ü
Rake
the leaves
ü
Water
the flowers
ü
Clean
the hoses and store them
Huge tasks are what most students
fear the most and we always reply with a, “No, I’ve got lots of homework to do
plus you can tell Mark to do it, he’s staying at home tomorrow” or a, “What,
That much? You know the holidays are over and you always say I should focus on
my studies really well. I’ll try to do them during the weekends”.
I know we’ve got a lot of things
going on as a student and lots of things to balance out but it doesn’t still
take away the fact that before you are a student, you are a son or daughter,
brother or sister to your loving mom and dad and other relatives. Obeying your mom when she orders you is
respectful and just. Giving her a bunch of silly and irrelevant excuses and
attitude isn’t fair and good.
If you want to avoid this, break down those
tasks that seem impossible to finish into smaller tasks you can do one by one
or day by day, if you are a really hectic student.
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Make sure you finish it quickly to keep your mom from yelling at
you.
8.
To-do-list? It’s a must!
Writing
a to-do-list is one of the easiest and commendable ways of keeping yourself
organized and orderly.
You have lots of things on your mind; some are
important, most are not. Yet, you seem to
remember the unimportant ones and completely forget the important ones.
The solution to this problem is a basic to-do-list.
This means writing down things you are to do
on a piece of paper, in a book or better still, on your phone and taking the to-do-list everywhere you go to remind
you.To-do-lists are the simplest ways of organizing yourself and prevent
messing up of your daily activities.
When you write a to-do-list you have
to tick all the items……OR ELSE……….
NOTHING HAPPENS!
It just gives a sense of fulfillment to tick
items off a to-do-list.
9.
Set rules for yourself
Curfews,
bed time, study sessions and whatsoever are ways of setting rules to guide you
as a student.
Setting rules-you must try to
follow-for yourself can help to guide yourself in maintaining a balanced school
life and your life outside school. Set rules for the things you are trying to
do away with like late-night chatting or early morning calls, and stick with
the rule.
Don’t try to go against your own
decision by violating the rule you set. It may affect your mental health,
physical health and eventually your academics.
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There are some things you can’t do without but once you resume schooling,
you need to learn how to sacrifice. Remember, there is a time for everything.
10.
Get enough sleep
All
these tips I’ve mentioned are going to be done properly in a well-rested and
energized mind and body.
That’s why you need your beauty sleep.
Sleep relaxes you after the day’s
hectic school work and tasks alike and it also prepares you for the following day’s
activities.
If you are not well-rested, you won’t
be able to plan your day efficiently and it may lead to you being a
disorganized student.
Sleeping well is a must in achieving the aim
of being a diligent and tidy student who is ready for the school work and has everything
on point around him.
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Don’t joke with your Z’s. If you can’t beat them during classes,
catch them at night.
Staying organized as a student is
really essential if you want to have a successful semester and no academic problems.
Being organized as a student involves being organized as person, so you have to
be a tidy person before you can think of being a tidy student.
Learn to plan all you do well, use
your time efficiently, stick to simple and solid routines, perform tasks at the
right time so it would not affect your school work and form an easy habit of
keeping your bed looking neat before you go to school.
Conclusion
Thanks so much for reading this post.
I hope you learnt something from this post, and it inspired you to be more
organized and orderly with your school work an items. Yes! School has begun again and it’s twice as hectic because you
enter a new semester or a new class. The work doesn’t get easier but harder and
that’s why it’s very important and necessary to keep yourself organized and
your surroundings in a haphazard manner to increase your level of concentration,
your personal health and keeps you feeling fresh and fit.
I know my posting is getting
irregular and is reducing, I’m really sorry for that. As soon as I resumed, the
wok started too (Because of the extra holiday). That’s why I posted once last week
and apparently this week too. I will try harder to be faithful with my posting.
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