Hello everyone! I hope everyone is having a good day! Today we are talking about how to plan and be organized for school. As a fourth year student in university, I have had much experience of studying and preparing assignments. Luckily for me I'm a very organized person, which helps a lot in my studies. Here are my tips to help you become a better student:
1) Keep a Calendar: My biggest tip for students is to have a calendar, a large calendar where you can see all the dates of a given month. This gives a visual of the time in between assignment deadlines and can help you keep track of when to start an assignment.
2) Make lists: Lists help to stay organized because it reminds you of what you need to accomplish. I love making daily lists because it gives me a visual of what I need to do that day. This prevents you from forgetting outstanding tasks.
3) Do assignments early: Doing and finishing an assignment early is essential component of staying organized as a student and I have found that this really helps me to maintain my stress levels to a minimum.
My idea is that when you finish an assignment early, you have more free time because you don't have the weight of an outstanding assignment. Procrastinating not only creates more stress, it limits your time doing more enjoyable things.
4) Break down an assignment: When you have a visual of the time frame of an assignment, you can plan ahead. You know what's due, when to start and it can also help you break down an assignment. What I like doing personally is to have daily goals or what I must achieve everyday (making lists).
For example when writing a paper: I normally would plan a two week timeframe and within that timeframe I would dedicate the first week to reaching for my paper. My daily goals would be reading 2 journals a day (And I would write this on my calendar). My second week would be dedicated to writing and proofreading. Each day I would set a goal for one or two paragraphs.
When I'm studying: I break down what to study and set daily goals on what to cover each day.
When you break down an assignment, it turns the larger project (which can seem overwhelming) into small managable segments.
5) Planning ahead: This is one of the most important components of staying organized. When you plan ahead it creates room for flexibility and less stress. You know what to do when to do it. This also gives you time to balance your everyday life, and sometimes you just want a day to relax. Planning ahead and knowing when to finish your assignments enable you to do so.
I hope these tips help! How do you stay organized? Do you have any tips or tricks for students out there?
Thanks for reading!
Sincerely,
