I am generally a very last-minute person. However, doing everything last minute is not ideal when you’re abroad when the last thing you want is for your last week to go by in a flash. That is why I value…
Tag: organization
Juggling Responsibilities, for Forgetful People
If I were to ever be picked up and interrogated by cops about what I did on a specific day at a specific time, I’d be in trouble big time. Most days, I can barely remember what I ate for…
Work-Life Balance on Exchange?
The term “Work-life balance” is increasingly used to describe a fully employed adult, who drudges through an 8-hour work day, but also is able to come home to spend time with their spouse and children. While I am FAR from…
Essays, (Research) Essays Everywhere
I am drowning in essays, every single word coming out of the pages of my novels and off of the multiple Microsoft Word documents I have open all at once. It…is…essay season! In all honesty, I don’t mind writing essays…
Google Calendar is My Life
Looking back on my (almost!) four years of university, I think I’m most proud of how much my time management skills have improved since high school. Part of it has been out of necessity — I’ve taken on far more…
Jump-start on Prepping for Exams
I know you just read that title and exclaimed, “Exams? Prep? Already?” But I checked my calendar and today is exactly three weeks until my first exam. Initially, I thought that sounded very far away from now as I still have final…
The Wonderful World of Bullet Journaling
For the past week, we’ve been talking about stress management. The thing is, stress and I don’t get along. At all. When stress strikes my first inclination is to climb under the covers and wait until whatever is freaking me…
The Frustration of Jigsaw Pieces: Perfecting Time Management Skills
As a child, I often tried to solve 1000-piece puzzles, and sometimes I lost patience and tried to jam a piece into the wrong area because it just didn’t fit. Obviously it didn’t work, and all I ended up with…
New Year, New Me (Hopefully)
Welcome Back U of T! The turkey has all been eaten, the sidewalks are icy, and the bookstore is busy again. It’s the beginning of a new semester which means it’s a fresh start – a clean slate to leave…
How Things got Bad – Then got Better
Such was the advice I’ve needed over the past few days. I’m convinced that the most recent 25 views or so have been me hitting “replay”. As suggested by my lack of (and tardy) posts, these past few weeks have…