#organizedliving

Complete guide to succeeding in college~

Step one: find your why.

sit down with your journal or notes app, and spill your soul onto the paper. Why are you going to college? What do you want for your future? Why? Who do you want to be? Why? Keep asking, keep digging deeper.

research the steps to your dream job, its okay if you’re not exactly sure, but give yourself something to work towards.

schedule your classes and extracurricular activities to align with your dream future.

For example: i want to become a surgeon. So I’ve made a complete college plan that includes the courses required for my major and for medical school, as well as when i am going to volunteer, shadow, work, scribe, and take the mcat.

Step two: find your vibes.

From your color scheme to your mindset, customize your avatar. Scroll through Pinterest and tumblr for as long as it takes to make a mood board that fully embodies who you want to be.

Consider how you want your room to look, your makeup, your clothes and accessories, but also how you speak and the type of people you want to invite into your life.

Step three: Be the girl who over-organizes and over-prepares

Find the syllabus for each class and put in all your assignments, due dates, breaks/holidays, and professor contact information.

I personally use:

Google Calendar: exam dates, class schedule, personal schedules and events

Notion: big assignment tracker, professor info, entire plan for college, vision board

YPT: recording study time, analyzing your study habits, calendar that syncs with google, to do lists

My notion board:

Decide how and where you are going to take notes and do your practice questions. Computer, paper, or iPad? Which apps? What structure?

Personally, as a premed student, i use an iPad and the app Kilonotes, as i get to hand write with a stylus (helps you remember the information better than typing) but the notes are stored digitally- all in one place.

I wish everyone the best luck for this new school year/ semester ! Hope we all find our people, finds ourselves, and have fun !

ah, we’ve all heard about that girl, the ultimate it girl who wakes up at five in the morning, eats healthy, never misses a workout and, most of all, has her life together. except that girl is not a person, a list of wellness trends, or an aesthetic—it’s a feeling. it’s how you feel when you put yourself first and focus on both healing and improving yourself, but how can we really become that girl when we're basically starting from scratch? that’s when the that girl action plan comes into play!

while a that girl lifestyle is more of a long term thing, there I definitely short term things you can do NOW.

there will never be a right time, stop waiting and start doing.

with this short term plan you can change your mindset as soon as you start because, after all, if you feel mid you're not going to want to take care of yourself, right? so do whatever you can to align yourself to that girl ;

get yourself dolled up ; do your makeup, wear clothes you feel good in, have a fancy hairdo, whatever makes you feel beautiful curate your space ; make it intentional, relaxing and clear. clean, reorganize, decorate - make it a space you want to stay in!

it takes twenty-one days to build a habit, and ninety days to build a lifestyle.

while it's nice to feel like that girl for one day, in the end it’s more about the that girl lifestyle, which is built on strong habits. there’s no need to wake up at five am if you know that isn't going to work for you long term, instead try to focus on things which might feel small but will end up making a big difference.

set time aside for yourself ; connect with your best self by setting some time aside for yourself every day, whenever it fits best. spend at least an hour doing things that makes you feel great, whether it’s a skincare routine, exercising, meditating or reading. move your body ;  it’s said that a hundred minutes of moderate-intensity exercise a week is can improve your mood, boost your energy and increase the quality of your sleep, that’s only about fifteen minutes a day, so you can definitely make time for it! nourish yourself like you already are that girl ; take care of your body from the inside too, so stay hydrated, eat enough and healthy, take vitamins if you need it or make a meal plan if it’ll help you stay on track! stay organized ; have you ever seen that girl having a messy space? no, so do a bit of tidy up everyday, stick to a cleaning routine, do a bit of chores everyday, whatever helps you stay on top of it! a clean space for a clean mind. work on yourself ; whether its picking up a new hobby, doing a bit of self care every week, journaling or going to therapy - put in that work! there’s no use in being so physically attractive if your brain isn't.

after reading about the guidelines on how to properly be that girl, what will you implement in your action plan? i'll be posting my own soon!