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Hey everyone its spring break!! *30 second dance party* Okay that is all the time I have for dancing because even though it is a week off from class, there is still plenty to do. Spring break, for me, is not a time to go on vacation and ignore my responsibilities. It is a time to catch up, clean up, re-organize, and get ahead.

With spring cleaning, here are some things you might have forgotten about:

-Clean out your make up. Anything over a year old should not exist anymore.

-Clean your make brushes.

-Go through soaps, lotions, shampoos, etc…

-Clean out your backpack, purse, pencil case.

-Clean our your binder, folder, notebook. (I usually do not throw anything away, but save it at home to save myself from carrying it with me for the rest of the semester.

-Wash your backpack.

-Clean out your drawers.

-Go through old clothes and donate if possible.

-Clean your jewelry

Some organization:

-Organize your binders. Make sure stuff is in a order that works for you. Example chronological order, or organize by topic, organize by item (tests with tests, notes with notes..) Do not forget the online ones! (Onenote, Evernote, etc…)

-Organize laptop/computer & USB. I don’t know about everyone else, but my laptop desktop and USB stick get extremely cluttered throughout the semester. I usually save everything to my desktop, and things that need to be printed off to my USB stick. Now is a good time to organize documents into folders, for example by class.

-Go through apps, On your cellphone, computer, tablet, etc. Any that you have not used in months are just taking up space.

-BACK UP YOUR STUFF! Documents on your computer or pictures on your cellphone are things you do not want to lose. Back them up! Either to online clouds (Apple cloud, Microsoft dropbox, or even online notebooks like Onenote and Evernote). If you do not like the idea of that, back up your stuff to CD’s. If something happens, at least your most important documents & memories will not be gone forever.

Now for some academic ideas: These are specific steps that work for me, if they work for you great, if not, I hope you do get some inspiration or ideas to help yourself out.

Make a list (in your bullet journal) of all the things you need to do.

Things due the week you come back.

Things due the week after that week.

Things that are past the due date.

Final projects, or bigger projects that are due sometime in the future.

I usually start with doing the things I need to have done the week I come come back.

Then I do the stuff that I should have had done, but did not. If there are homework assignments that are past the due date ask yourself these two questions: 1. Will they still be accepted for credit? 2. Will they help me in the course/on the final. If you answered yes to either of those, do it. If you answered no to both, let it go. If they are readings I suggest you do a quick skim of the text and take a few short notes.

Now it’s time to get started on the final papers & projects. Midterm week just finished which means the end of the semester is near It might still all seem so far away BUT it is not. Withing about 2 months classes are over and your final projects need to be finished! Get going and start those papers! Also many professors will look them over and give you feedback if you give them enough to do so (not 2 weeks before it is due).

If somehow you still have the time and motivation left to look at homework. Get started on the homework that is due after the week you come back. The more you can get out of the way now, the more time you will have to study for finals when the time comes.

Bullet Journal page ideas for spring break:

-Spring break to do list (Cleaning & academic)

-Countdown to graduation/last day of class

-New workout routine

-Things you need to buy/replace (make up, hair stuff, clothes..)

-Scholarships to apply for

-Now-End of the semester to do list. For specific things you have to do between now & the end of the semester. (Apply for graduation, buy gap & gown,  apply to transfer colleges, complete transfer paperwork, schedule classes for next semester, meet with your adviser, etc.)

If you guys have any more cleaning/organization/study ideas and tips that work for you please reblog and add them!

So my first task today is to successfully get away with studying while in Harry Potter so that I can be extra prepared for Comm which is right after it. Thankfully we're watching The Prisoner of Azkaban today, making my job a hundred times easier. 

I don't know what I'm feeling towards this Comm test. But I know that I feel like I have been able to study as much as possible.