Good organization is important

Staying organized can be difficult for some, as a college student. I’m pretty organized but my roomie is a hot mess. Don’t get me wrong she is very nice, but she doesn’t know where she sets anything down losing things constantly, she is late to her classes most days, and leaves assignments behind getting scored a “big fat zero” because she misplaced her assignment to never turn it in. I think she needs an organization course or intervention.

I’ve tried to give her tips to get organized time and time again, but something always happens and there is always an excuse so now I turn to you. Maybe, just maybe, you need help in staying organized as a college student, and maybe you will use my tips to help you be more prepared in your day’s task.

Four tools that help you stay organized as a college student

1. List – list are great and their greater when you use them. If I don’t keep a list, then things just don’t get done as they should, something always gets left out!. You can write down things that need to get done or use you cell phone or computer for this to-do list.
2. Calendar – Just like making list, use a calendar on your wall, cell phone, or computer for important task that have deadlines. Don’t forget to set a reminder!
3. Microsoft Outlook – your best friend. If I get an important email I can set a reminder if needed, flag an item to set as a task for a specific day, and I can color code my email or task to set importance and urgency.
4. Keep a day planner – Important information such as contacts, calendar and task right by your side.
5. Your cell phone – Your phone is a lot like a day planner; contacts, task, and calendar your data and it’s always by your side. Many phones have other applications that can keep you organized as well, like calorie counters, dictionary applications, budget keepers and other like applications.

Keep it simple and find the best tools for you reeds. I’ve plenty more tools for staying organized up my sleeve to go over later. What are your favorite tools or applications to stay organized? Please share by commenting below.

My first big assignment as a real college student

I found out a valuable lesson this week, preparation when it comes to a big assignment is very important. I was assigned in my Business Statistics course to analyze a businesses quarterly statistics in regards to growth, revenue, and at the rate they lose their customers. I thought this would be easy because I used to work for a call center and we had quarterly meetings and these statistics were gone over with us on a quarterly basis. These statistics made perfect sense as an employee so I thought this assignment would be a piece of cake and I put it off until the last minute. I wouldn’t put this assignment off normally but I though I had it in the bag.

Boy was I wrong; this assignment wasn’t a piece of cake at all! This project involved a real businesses statistics; graphing their statistics, presenting these statistics in a way that would be understood, and it had to be accurate. I did get this project done, but I’m amazed I didn’t pull out all my hair doing this assignment in the little bit of time I had. This important assignment was worth 100 points, I hope to get a 80 points at least, and that’s asking for a while lot. My work looked good but I know it’s not as thorough as my peers project.

Learn from me, be prepared. At least understand the directions of the assignment before you decide to put things off until the last minute. This was a very stressful week for me and I just hope I did a good job in my professor’s eyes. I know I wasn’t prepared and I didn’t take this assignment as serious as I should have. I will be more prepared and thorough going forward, trust that!

Can you tell us a time in which you should’ve been prepared for an assignment? How did this effect your overall grade? Please share by commenting below.