#time saving tips

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Creating social media posts takes more time than many business owners expect. Each post may need an idea, caption, graphic, hashtags, and scheduling. When this happens several times a week, it can become overwhelming.

A monthly content package helps by preparing posts ahead of time. This gives the business a clear content plan instead of relying on last-minute ideas.

An affordable social media content package can be useful for businesses that want steady online activity without a complicated marketing process. It keeps things simple, organized, and easier to maintain.

Key time-saving benefits include:

Less weekly brainstorming.

A planned content calendar.

Faster review and approval.

Fewer missed posting days.

More consistent brand messaging.

Monthly planning also creates better content variety. A business can share tips, answer common questions, explain services, and post helpful reminders. This keeps the page useful instead of making every post feel promotional.

For business owners, the biggest benefit is having a repeatable routine. When the content is already planned, social media becomes easier to manage.

Y'all, I cannot stress this enough - Excel is literally the cheat code for surviving college. Here are the game-changing tricks that turned me from a stressed mess into someone who actually has free time.

1. AutoFill = Your New Best Friend

Stop. Typing. Everything. Manually.

Type "Week 1, Week 2" then drag that little corner down. BOOM. Excel fills in Week 3, 4, 5... forever. Works with dates, numbers, literally anything with a pattern.

Mind = blown 🤯

2. Flash Fill is Actual Magic

Got messy data from your research? Type how you want the first cell formatted, hit Enter, then Ctrl+E. Excel reads your mind and formats EVERYTHING the same way.

I'm not even kidding - it's like having a personal assistant.

3. Grade Tracker That Does Math For You

=AVERAGE(B2:B10)

Paste this bad boy into a cell and never manually calculate your GPA again. It updates automatically every time you add a new grade.

You're welcome.

4. Pivot Tables Sound Scary But They're Not

Select your data → Insert → Pivot Table → drag stuff around until it looks good.

Seriously, that's it. You just turned 500 survey responses into a professional-looking chart that would make your professor weep tears of joy.

5. Color-Coding That Happens By Itself

Conditional formatting = automatic highlighter that never runs out.

Set it once:

🔴 Assignments due this week

🟡 Due next week

🟢 Already done (the dopamine hit is chef's kiss)

6. Templates Are Everything

Make these once, use them forever:

Assignment tracker

Study schedule

Budget spreadsheet (because ramen gets old)

Copy, paste, customize. Never start from scratch again.

7. Keyboard Shortcuts That Hit Different

Ctrl+C/V - Copy/paste (basic but essential)

F2 - Edit without the annoying double-click

Ctrl+Z - Undo your life mistakes (in Excel)

Ctrl+T - Make any data look professional instantly

Real Talk: This Actually Works

My friend Sarah used to spend HOURS organizing her lab data. Now she's done in 15 minutes and her reports look like she hired a graphic designer.

Another friend Mike? His group project financial projections that should've taken days happened in literally 20 minutes with AutoFill.

Start With One Thing

Don't overwhelm yourself trying to learn everything. Pick the hack that solves your biggest current problem:

Drowning in deadlines? → Assignment tracker

Research data chaos? → Pivot tables

Broke college student life? → Budget template

The Tea ☕

Excel skills aren't just for your college survival - they're career gold. Every internship, every job, every "wow this person really has their life together" moment starts with knowing how to make spreadsheets work FOR you instead of against you.

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How to Take Screenshots for Windows Laptops or PCs

Taking a screenshot on Windows computers should not be confusing or difficult. And yet, I find the several procedures you have to go through to be confusing and frustrating. To make capturing Windows 10 or 11 screenshots simpler, I will show you some simple steps you can follow.

Before start taking any screenshots, you will need to know a few things and I will go over those first.

Clipboard

Clipboard is like a bank where you are depositing some of your Windows computer’s activities for later use. In order to access Clipboard, you need to turn it on first.

Search in the Windows search box for Clip and then go to Clipboard settings and turn on history:

Clipboard – Clipboard Settings – Clipboard History

To open clipboard and copy from it, use the Windows button + V

Files or File Explorer – This PC – Pictures – Screenshots

Search for Files and then open the Pictures folder.

Files or File Explorer – This PC – Pictures – Screenshots

You will see the Screenshots folder where screenshots you take will be saved.

Microsoft Paint (Image Editing Tool)

You will also need an image editing tool such as Microsoft Paint. Search for Paint and click on the first match for the Paint app. MS Paint will open the screenshot image once you transfer it from the clipboard.

Other image editors should work the same way, although I have never tried anything else but MS Paint. MS Paint is the default image editor on Windows computers and most users stick with the default editor that comes with their PCs.

5 Ways to Take A Screenshot on Windows 10 & 11 PC

1. Print Screen (Entire Screen)

    PrtScn or Print Scr

Press PrtScn or Print Scr on your keyboard. This button sometimes may be associated with a function button. This means that you have to press these buttons together.

Once you do so, it will take a screen shot of the entire screen and put it on Clipboard. You may not see any activities on the monitor, but the print screen is there. Bring up the Clipboard (Windows button + V) and open an image editor like Microsoft Paint. Then click on the Clipboard and this will transfer the image to the editor.

You can edit (edit to get a specific part of the screenshot) and save from the image editor and go from there. Also, you can use any other image editor.

 2. Windows key + Print Screen (Entire Screen & Saves Automatically)

      Windows + Print Screen key

This method saves the screenshot automatically and you can get it from the Screenshots folder, which I mentioned earlier.

Press the Windows + Print Screen key. You will notice the screen gets dim for a second. Once you obtain the full screenshot from the folder, you can edit it to your preference.

 3. Alt + Print Screen (Active Window)

      Alt + PrtScn.

The difference between the #3 method and #1 and #2 is that here you are only screenshotting the active screen. Your Active Window is the window which you are currently working on or your primary main window.

Once you press Alt + PrtScn, you need to use the Clipboard to retrieve this screenshot and edit it by using an image editor like mentioned above.

4. Snipping Tool

Access via the search bar

This is an old method to take a screenshot and Microsoft has been saying it won’t be available in the future, but looks like it’s still hanging in there for us to use, including in the new Windows 11. 

Snipping Tool is not listed in the list of apps, so you have to search for Snipping to access it. You will see 2 options: New & Mode. Click on Mode and you will see 4 options:

Free-form Snip – Lets you draw and cut a screenshot Rectangular Snip – Rectangular screenshot Window Snip – Active Window screenshot Full-screen Snip – Full-screen screenshot

Choose one from above and hit New and you will get your screenshot. Snipping Tool saves one copy in the Clipboard or you can save manually from File.

5. Snip & Sketch

Windows key + Shift + S

This is the newer screenshot tool Microsoft is trying to get everyone used to. You can access it using the command Windows key + Shift + S, located in the alphabetical list of apps, located in the notification panel, or just search for it.  

When you have the Snip & Sketch tool up, you will see 4 options, which are the same 4 options as #4 Snipping Tool above. Once you take a screenshot, it saves in the Clipboard. Use MS Paint or another app to transfer from Clipboard and then you can edit and save.

These are the ways you can take screenshots in Windows. I have a video showing step-by-step all of the above, which you can watch here to visualize the above instructions.