Thursday, March 15, 2018

Links I Love (03/15)



  1. 10 Ways to Be Environmentally Conscious on Campus (Her Campus)

Most people who know me know that I'm fairly big on sustainability  and eco-friendliness. I try to recycle often and use less plastic. I'm also trying to cut out palm oil because of the destruction caused within the rainforest. However, I'm going to end up being at a cross-roads in college, trying to navigate helping the environment while on a small budget, and this article was a big help in new ways to do it.

This one is just plain #relatable. We all acknowledge that middle school was a rough time, but at least we can laugh about it now. It's only funny because we all did it.

This one is pretty self-explanatory. Sales = happy me!!

Also if you know me, you know I'm obsessed with college packing lists, college dorm hauls, and college move in day vlogs. This one is probably my favorite because I'm staying in the South for college, so I'm not going to need bulky winter clothes, just a few pairs of jeans and a couple of sweatshirts. I think that it's just more realistic based on my {very} southern life.

This also relates to the previous link, but this one is for everything else. Most of my family who went to college were commuters, so they don't have a lot of advice in way of what to bring to college. This way, I get practical advice from someone who's been there in terms of how to decide if it's really worth it.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Spring Cleaning Part 1



With spring (and college!) just around the corner, spring cleaning has taken on a whole new meaning for me. Especially with having divorced parents, duplicate items abound.

I've taken a bag to goodwill about every 3 weeks for the past couple of months, but progress on that front began to stall not long before my birthday. I did manage one final bag in the past month, though.

I forgot to get some true before pictures of my room, but it's honestly such a mess. The sad thing about it all is that I've been taking small stabs at cleaning, but I never made a big enough improvement to actually make much of a difference. At least, until this week. My goal is to stagger out the cleaning here until it's finished by the end of spring break, but I'm attempting to make the biggest difference before it even starts. Two weeks seems like more than enough time, especially when it's broken down into little chunks like this.

Cleaning Schedule:

Sunday March 11: Deep clean bathroom
Monday March 12:  N/A
Tuesday March 13: Go through dresser and closet, making piles for goodwill, poshmark, and keep. I'll have to make a list of the clothing I need before college as well. I can't survive on two pairs of jeans and 4 pairs of shorts.
Wednesday March 14: Closet drawers and the miscellaneous containers on the closet floor. I honestly don't even know what's in most of them, which is probably a bad sign…
Thursday March 15: Vacuum floor, wash mirrors and windows
Friday March 16: N/A
Saturday March 17: Shelf beside the dresser
Sunday March 18: Catch-up day
Monday March 19: N/A
Tuesday March 20: Top shelf
Wednesday March 21: take recycling
Thursday March 22: N/A
Friday March 23: N/A
Saturday March 24: Clean off next shelf down
Sunday March 25: Continue cleaning off those two shelves
Monday March 26: Clean off bottom shelf
Tuesday March 27: Catch up day
Wednesday March 28: Under bed
Thursday March 29: Deep clean room and bathroom
Friday March 30: N/A
Saturday March 31: Take everything to goodwill
Sunday April 1: DONE!

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