What Dreams May Come

Hey! My best tips would be:

set a fake due date - obviously, this isn’t really going to trick your brain completely but if you were to be planning and put the due date 2 or 3 days earlier then you have a chance to remind yourself sooner rather than later. Perhaps this would trick you into thinking its the last day and then you’re going to be ahead. Sometimes I’m totally on top of due dates but other times I totally forget and need to have them written down - and if they are before the real day, then I’ll be more likely to plan to fit them in. It is also a good buffer that if you do forget or it runs on, you’re not going to be stressing.

add reminders to your phone/planner - similar to the above, but adding ‘start assignment 4 today’, ‘write introduction for history today’, etc should prompt you to do something. I have definitely only put in due dates and then forgotten until I’ve gone to that week and been hit with a glaring sign that I’ve an idiot for forgetting.

draft from the start - the moment you’re given the task, start making notes on it. Sometimes you’re studying that topic currently or will be soon. If you’re doing it now, make some notes. Throw down all your ideas somewhere. If you’re studying it later, familiarise yourself so you can pick up potential points. Having a plan (even if it is super brief) makes it easier when you come back to look at it. 

schedule in periods for working - sometimes I do assignments in one hit, other times I’ll do it over a period of a week/few days/etc. To avoid leaving it till last minute, I find spending maybe 30 minutes - an hour making a start a few days early so helpful. I’m then not pressuring myself to sit there till its finished. I can do a little until I’m content and walk away. It makes the whole process less daunting. This free printable might help :-)

learn to prioritise - I get it is so tempted to do something else from what you intended but you gotta discipline yourself!! In my study planner printable pack there is a priority breakdown which can really help clarify the order you should be doing things. Sometimes just writing it out can help keep that commitment to yourself. 

New in my Etsy shop :-)

I’ve been adding a few things that I’m hoping will be useful for those who use iPads or tablets for studying or organising! 

Links to download:

undated digital bullet journal planner

2018-19 vertical weekly planner

13 week tab digital lined notebook 

20 college and study stickers

money reminder stickers

birthday/event reminder stickers

colourful dot stickers

pastel 1-31 + icon stickers

Here is a list of Android alternatives to GoodNotes and Notability! :-)

The summer evening glow

Planets: Life

Mercury: What’s your full name? 

Venus: What’s your first language? 

Earth: Where’s your home? 

Mars: What’s your sexuality? 

Jupiter: Do you have any siblings? 

Saturn: Any pets? 

Uranus: What’s your hobby? 

Neptune: When’s your birthday? 

Pluto: What time is it right now where you are? 

Moon: What are you currently studying/hope to study? 

Stars: Experiences

Sun: Have you ever had alcohol? 

Sirius: Have you ever failed a class? 

Rigel: Have you ever gone on a rollercoaster? 

Deneb: Have you ever been out of your home country? 

Arcturus: Have you cried out of something other than sadness? 

Betelgeuse: What’s something you can never forget about? 

Aldebaran: What’s something you care desperately about? 

Canopus: Have you ever broken a bone? 

Bellatrix: Have you ever been forced to lie/keep a secret? 

Alphard: Have you ever lost a friend?

Vega: What’s something you’ve done that you wish you hadn’t? 

Constellations: Favourites

Centaurus: Favourite holiday?

Orion: Favourite month?

Cassiopeia: Favourite book?

Delphinus: Favourite study?

Hercules: Favourite instrument?

Gemini: Favourite song?

Pegasus: Favourite place to be?

Libra: Favourite colour? 

Phoenix: Favourite thing to wear?

Aries: Favourite movie? 

Cygnus: Favourite weather? 

Hydra: Favourite sound? 

Galaxies: Love/Friends  

Milky Way: Who’s your oldest friend?  

Andromeda: Do you consider yourself social? 

Black Eye Galaxy: Do you believe in love at first sight? 

Cartwheel Galaxy: When was your first kiss? 

Cigar Galaxy: How’s your flirting skills? 

Comet Galaxy: Have you ever had to leave a relationship because someone changed too much? 

Pinwheel Galaxy: Would you date the last person you talked to? 

Sombrero Galaxy: Do you have a crush right now? 

Bode’s Galaxy: Have you ever had a secret admirer? 

Sunflower Galaxy: Would you date/make friends with someone out of pity? 

Tadpole Galaxy: Would you deny a relationship/friendship? 

Whirlpool Galaxy: Have you ever cried over a breakup? 

Other stuff: Wishes 

Comet: What’s your big dream? 

Asteroid: What does your dream life look like? 

Meteor: What’s something you wish you could tell, but can’t? 

Nebula: If you could undo one thing in your life, what would it be? 

Shooting Star: If you could bring back one thing, what would it be? 

Pulsar: What do you hope to do in the next 10 years? 

Supernova: What’s one thing you want to do before you die? 

Quasar: If you could spend the rest of your life with only one person, who would it be? 

Wormhole: What’s something you wish would happen, but know won’t?