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soo as most of you may know, i finally moved back to school on wednesday!! it took me three days to clear off everything and organize everything. although i really do want to film a dorm room tour, my room is far from being home. i need some things to hang up and fix, some more storage units and well my roommates!!! haha, tomorrow thy are moving in so it will be a ton of fun!
so now that my short little update is over we can get down to buisness. back to school tips. wahhooo!! so basically i am probably one of the only people to be happy to be back to school, but since i a back and settled in i thought i would share with you some back to school tips ( college edition ). so without any more of my chitchat blah blah blah, here are some back to school tips.
1. personalize your room
so this may be really weird that this is the first one, but trust me it isn't! so personally, for me my room is where my life is basically. yes, i go to the library and my secret study room but my room is my safe heaven and reflects who i am and what i love. you want to make sure that your room is the way you want it and you are able to do many things in it ( studying, sleeping, relaxing & etc. )
** btw my room is the big pic on the left **
2. make sure you have all your supplies
soo a lot of people may be overwhelmed with moving into or back to school that they totally forget about their supplies. i do my school supplies shopping at staples and do it the first week of august. some of the must staple supplies that you should have for college are : notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, white out, a printer, and some post-it notes!
3. reconnect / make new friends
so if you are coming back for your second, third or fourth year of college, i'm sure you pretty much have your friend group all mapped out, but if your a freshman this can be an opportunity for you to reach out and make new friends. you might already know some people, but it is always nice to branch out. college is a fresh new page, you are in control of who you will be and how people will see you. also dont always expect that the first people you meet will be your bff's for the next four years, congrats if they are, but the likely hood of it is not so high.
4. scout out your classes
so this is really important, especially for freshman!! your starting a new school year with new buildings and a new atmosphere. all your classes (sadly) are not in one building, so it is best to take the day before classes start to scout out where the buildings are and where your classrooms are. i can not tell you how much i wished i did this last year, i looked like such a newbie, i even set the map of the school as my phone background for a week lol. it is always fine to ask where to go, but eventually you should learn your surroundings!!
5. try new things
last year i was so concerned with fitting in an doing well that i never actually set time aside for some new activities on campus. every college has so many different programs to offer to their students they vary from sports (varsity and club), greek life, accapella groups, differnt opportunities on campus and off, go into your city or town and explore!
with move in day approaching in well about two weeks, i have been on pintrest looking for some amazing diy's to display in my room! these jars are perfect for your makeup brushes, your pencils, markers, supplies and even perfect for a (fake) flower holder! i will be putting up a bunch of different ideas in the next up coming week feel free to put in a request or ask any questions!
1. a clear mason jar (could be an aladdin jar, a kerr jar or a ball jar)
2. acrylic paints (mine are martha stewart, but any paints work)
3. mod podge (optional)
4. glitter (optional)
chose your paint colors. then get out your jar and take off the top, you will have to unscrew the top and then remove the lid with your hands because it will stick to the edges of the jar.
after removing the lid, pour a good amount of the paint into the jar. i like this method better than painting it because to me it is less messier and it is honestly easier. what i did after putting a full coat on the bottom, i turned the jar upside-down.
after putting it upside-down, i noticed that some of the sides were not getting enough paint, so i put some more in and swirled it around to see if it would help, it did. but it did clump so i just set it upside down to dry and it is still drying lol.
next, grab your mod podge and get ready to repeat what you did from jar number one.
after pouring in the mod lodge i painted it around with a paint brush to make it go a little faster and to make the coating of the glue more even.
after i let it settle for a minute i took out my glitter and went crazy with it lol! lets just say i poured too much in. but what i did was i poured in (a lot) some and then put the lid back on and shook it around. there were some areas that needed more glitter so i put some more in and now it is still drying on my counter.
this is what the inside looks like, and that is what it is starting to look like on the outside!
for my last color, instead of doing the lime green, i used a satin dark blue! i loved this color and thought it would come out nice. it came out okay, but it looks more of a steel blue then a true deep dark blue. but i did end up liking the outcome of all of them!
my colors for the jars were inspired by my throw pillows for my bed in my dorm room this year!
dear reader,
it is finally hitting me. tomorrow is the day i have been dreading this whole week. it is move out day, probably going to be a sad day for many, but for me it is bittersweet. this year i have changed due to people, their actions, and independence. finally for the first time in my life, i wasn't hounded by a family member to study for a test, or to write a paper (and make sure it was flawless), i was on my own, well not really the first half of the year i had a roommate.
things have changed for me so dramatically, causing my emotions to be on edge. i have met so many people who have impacted my life in both positive and negative ways. no matter who you are, if i met you this year, you have impacted me and no matter the way you have impacted me i want to thank you, you each have made an impact on the person who i am currently.
it is still a rush of emotions saying goodbye for the summer. i know this sounds insane, since i have known these people for only a year, but its more than just knowing them. i have lived among them, have grown and developed with them. it is going to be a day of smiles, laughters, tears and tissues tomorrow.
thank you again to everyone who has came into my life, it has been a blessing to have met you. i really mean it when i say that you have made me into who i am. thank you so much to catholic university, the faculty, the class of '16, ryan hall girls, KTG girls, and most importantly to my best friends.
dear reader,
have you ever been in the midst of studying and realized that you have so much sh*t all over your desk. well, i dont know about you, but i am one of those people who can not stand to be surrounded in a mess, that is why i am currently leaving my room and studying elsewhere hahaha! so you may ask, lindsey what is on your desk?
on my desk:
my laptop : i always want to have a clear screen, i have needed folders on my desktop, but nothing too crazy! I also organize my computer in four desktops (apple usesrs have this setting, and boy oh boy do i take advantage of it!) this helps because i sort my schoolwork, my music, my social media and i leave an open desktop for anything i may need!!
my notebook : i currently use my new may designs book as my to do list book, because i have ocd and can not do anything without my to do list, this helps me spread out my day, i put the to do's in order and lets not forget my favorite pink papermate pen
my bracelets & watch : okay, i am one of those people who love bracelets sooo much, but i hate them when i am working. so to achieve the best of both worlds i take them off when i write!
water : i can not study without this, it is truely my power drink. h2o for life!
my agenda : this is my bible, basically my life! i need this to look at my homework schedule and plan out my days! without this, id be so lost!
my fine point pens : my life. literally the best for an ocd person who is obsessed with color coding! i could never leave anywhere without them!
tissues : for the past two weeks i have had the sniffles, and no its not allergies, it the last minute campus bug, its gone (THANKFULLY) for finals week; so ever got a sniffle grab a kleenex
notebook : my philosophy notebook has been with me for the past week because i have a final, yes a final, in it in like what two days!! must study.
magazine : an easy read to take a break from both the virtual world and the homework world!
dear reader,
well it is that time of year again, only for me & many other freshman college students, it comes a little bit earlier. yup, the end of the year or what is rather known as summer fever. over here in washington dc, the weather is beautiful; it is sunny, bright, warm (maybe not today) and spectacular. honestly it is doing no help with my cure towards summer fever... so many people have asked how i am overcoming my summer fever, and i just tell them that i am counting the days that i still have left in school and keeping myself organized. i have taken over my white board calendar in my room and have marked up everything that i have to do (in terms of school work), along with how many days we have left until the semester ends which just so happens to be only 19 days away.
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19 days until summer, until freedom, and until chilaxin.
19 days left to boost grades, to spend time with college friends, and to pack to go home.
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i honestly can not believe that time has flown by so fast, it feels like just yesterday that my parents dropped me off and helped me unpack into my room... but i only have 19 more days to get done what i need to get done before i can even think about chilling out! might i also add, that my laptop just broke again for the second time, in like a month. UGH. well it is now do or die, time to make my to do lists and stay organized and most importantly study!
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