I use a MintGreen academic planner from Walmart. The tabs down the side separate the months. Each month begins with a monthly view followed by a notes section. The days are divided by weeks, with Saturday and Sunday getting their own individual boxes.
I use 6 colors, one for each class, one for other school-related things, and one for everything else. Black, pale pink, turquoise, and magenta are for my classes, blue is for general school, and green is for everything else. I also use post-it notes for to-do lists to move from week to week and post-it tabs to mark the current week.
As a student, I prefer academic planners over standard planners, as learned last year. Even though I keep blog and work schedules in my planner, I still find using this one academic one to be the most beneficial to me. Some people do better using multiple planners, but I color-code everything. I don't need two planners-yet.
If you have any other questions, you can just comment!
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
What's in My Backpack?
I'm only in high school, so what's in my backpack reflects that.
The Backpack:
I use The North Face Women's Surge Backpack in TNF Black and Luminous Pink, which I can only find at Dick's Sporting Goods (aka not on The North Face's website). |
| Purchase here |
The Laptop Compartment:
In the laptop sleeve, I keep my laptop and a folder of all my important papers. I also keep my MintGreen agenda and a pencil pouch in that compartment.
The Main Compartment:
This is where I keep my textbooks and binders, should I bring any home. I also keep my extension cord and wallet there for easy access.
The Small Compartment With Lots of Zippers
In the mesh pocket, I keep my charger and I don't really use the compartment for anything else, other than occasionally my index cards, especially around midterms and finals.
The Front Pockets
I keep my personal products in the horizontal pocket because it's actually very deep. One vertical pocket has my calculator and the other has my external hard drive and phone.
There's a ton of room, but you have to know how to access it. I used to put all of my textbooks and binders in the laptop compartment because I did not realize that the section directly in front was meant to expand and hold more. Now I keep either a notebook or my smallest textbook in the laptop compartment, should I need to bring anything home. It's also helped with my back. My old Swiss Gear made my back hurt almost all the time, but my TNF has yet to cause me pain. Fingers crossed!
That's all I have today! I hope you enjoyed it! I'm sorry if I don't post regularly as I just found out I have mono. I'm very tired, especially since I'm still attending school, so posting is likely going to wind up on the back burner for awhile.
There's a ton of room, but you have to know how to access it. I used to put all of my textbooks and binders in the laptop compartment because I did not realize that the section directly in front was meant to expand and hold more. Now I keep either a notebook or my smallest textbook in the laptop compartment, should I need to bring anything home. It's also helped with my back. My old Swiss Gear made my back hurt almost all the time, but my TNF has yet to cause me pain. Fingers crossed!
That's all I have today! I hope you enjoyed it! I'm sorry if I don't post regularly as I just found out I have mono. I'm very tired, especially since I'm still attending school, so posting is likely going to wind up on the back burner for awhile.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
My Thoughts on White Feminism and Problematic Faves
White feminism: a form of feminism that ignores the needs of trans women, LGBTQIA, WOC, etc.
As a white person, my world view is limited, but I try not to practice white feminism. It ignores the needs of far too many women. I try to state my opinions without talking over these women. If you are any of these minorities and would like to write an opinion piece on a topic pertaining to you, either comment or email me.
Feel free to call me out if I'm being problematic. I'm still learning-honestly I'll probably always be learning, and I'll apologize for any of my harmful mistakes. For example, I'm neurodivergent but I still am ableist. (Neurodivergent means you have a mental disorder, learning disability, or anything similar.)
Problematic Faves:
I have lots of problematic faves, 5 Seconds of Summer being the most outstanding. I love their music, but they are sexist and just flat out rude. The way I see it is that it's okay to enjoy a problematic person's work as long as you can call them out and accept that they are being problematic. Being a semi-decent person doesn't cost anything, so please call them out. It's also okay if you don't catch every single mistake. You're human, you'll make mistakes, but try your best.
As a white person, my world view is limited, but I try not to practice white feminism. It ignores the needs of far too many women. I try to state my opinions without talking over these women. If you are any of these minorities and would like to write an opinion piece on a topic pertaining to you, either comment or email me.
Feel free to call me out if I'm being problematic. I'm still learning-honestly I'll probably always be learning, and I'll apologize for any of my harmful mistakes. For example, I'm neurodivergent but I still am ableist. (Neurodivergent means you have a mental disorder, learning disability, or anything similar.)
Problematic Faves:
I have lots of problematic faves, 5 Seconds of Summer being the most outstanding. I love their music, but they are sexist and just flat out rude. The way I see it is that it's okay to enjoy a problematic person's work as long as you can call them out and accept that they are being problematic. Being a semi-decent person doesn't cost anything, so please call them out. It's also okay if you don't catch every single mistake. You're human, you'll make mistakes, but try your best.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Wanderlust
One of my goals in life is to be rich enough to travel the world and look pretty dang fashionable as I do it. (That's no exaggeration.)
Some of the countries I want to go include:
Some of the countries I want to go include:
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Spain
- France
- Italy
- Germany
- Romania
- Australia
- Egypt
- Poland
- Japan
- Costa Rica
- Brazil (specifically Rio De Janeiro)
Other travel wishes
□ Take lots of photos that look so good, I frame them for my wall
□ Be able to have stepped foot on all 7 continents
Maybe I'll be able to start a page on this blog dedicated to my travels!
□ Take lots of photos that look so good, I frame them for my wall
□ Be able to have stepped foot on all 7 continents
Maybe I'll be able to start a page on this blog dedicated to my travels!
Friday, October 16, 2015
Back to School Round-up
Here's some of my favorite posts, along with any information I have on the subject.
Organization:
Class Folder Organization
Organized for the New Semester
Planners:
Semester Assignment Spreadsheet
I use the MintGreen academic planner. I got it at Walmart and honestly, it works better than some of the more expensive ones I've tried. I may blog about my planner organization in the next month or so. I'm not too sure yet.
Studying/Note Taking:
Retaining Class Information
Taking Notes part 1
How to Print Notes on Flashcards
How to Set Up Your Notes
Standardized Testing:
9 Week Study Plan
ACT Prep
Finals:
Ultimate Guide to Finals
Surviving Finals
7 Tips to Survive Finals
Organization:
Class Folder Organization
Organized for the New Semester
Planners:
Semester Assignment Spreadsheet
I use the MintGreen academic planner. I got it at Walmart and honestly, it works better than some of the more expensive ones I've tried. I may blog about my planner organization in the next month or so. I'm not too sure yet.
Studying/Note Taking:
Retaining Class Information
Taking Notes part 1
How to Print Notes on Flashcards
How to Set Up Your Notes
Standardized Testing:
9 Week Study Plan
ACT Prep
Finals:
Ultimate Guide to Finals
Surviving Finals
7 Tips to Survive Finals
Monday, October 12, 2015
On SEC Football
Important Information:
O1: I'm Southern, born and raised.
O2: But I'm not a football fan.
O3: At all.
I went to my second-ever SEC game this past Saturday. (The first time, I was like 5.) The atmosphere is like at any other sporting event, thank goodness, but I got so confused trying to watch the game. It's really fun, though, especially since it was a rivalry game. After the game, I slept for at least an hour in the backseat. Seriously, just watching sports is tiring. I don't know how they play for that long!
Also, I'm not a fan of the team I went to watch. I'm a fan of our other local SEC team, so I was hoping Georgia would win. My blood does not run orange. (Unless we're talking Auburn, friends don't let friends wear orange.)
Whoops, I went off topic there. The game itself is super fun to be at, even though I was confused most of the time. 10/10 do recommend, especially if you are tailgating sober (but I'm not 21, so I have no comparison, but it's my educated assumption).
O1: I'm Southern, born and raised.
O2: But I'm not a football fan.
O3: At all.
I went to my second-ever SEC game this past Saturday. (The first time, I was like 5.) The atmosphere is like at any other sporting event, thank goodness, but I got so confused trying to watch the game. It's really fun, though, especially since it was a rivalry game. After the game, I slept for at least an hour in the backseat. Seriously, just watching sports is tiring. I don't know how they play for that long!
Also, I'm not a fan of the team I went to watch. I'm a fan of our other local SEC team, so I was hoping Georgia would win. My blood does not run orange. (Unless we're talking Auburn, friends don't let friends wear orange.)
Whoops, I went off topic there. The game itself is super fun to be at, even though I was confused most of the time. 10/10 do recommend, especially if you are tailgating sober (but I'm not 21, so I have no comparison, but it's my educated assumption).
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