how I STAY ORGANIZED for my COLLEGE CLASSES + how you can too (from a straight-A COLLEGE SENIOR)
Summary
TLDRIn this back-to-school video, college senior Lauren shares essential organization tips for college students. She discusses the importance of a five-subject notebook or the Notability app for note-taking, using a journal to log assignments and due dates, and color-coding for class organization. Lauren emphasizes the value of planning weekly tasks realistically and establishing a study cut-off time to maintain mental health. She also highlights the benefits of a consistent morning routine and setting personal goals for a successful college experience.
Takeaways
- 📚 Use a five-subject notebook to keep all class notes in one place for easy reference.
- 💻 Consider using an app like Notability for digital note-taking and organization across semesters.
- 📅 Maintain a journal to log due dates, assignments, and other class requirements to stay on top of responsibilities.
- 🎨 Implement color-coding for each class to quickly identify and organize tasks and notes.
- 📈 Plan weekly tasks in advance to avoid last-minute stress and ensure a manageable workload.
- 🚫 Set a strict study schedule and avoid all-nighters by being realistic about what can be achieved each day.
- ⏰ Establish a specific cut-off time for studying each day to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
- 🌅 Develop a reliable morning routine to start the day with intention and set a productive tone.
- 💡 Create habits that are hard to break to ensure consistent organization and productivity.
- 📈 Reflect on personal productivity patterns and tailor study times to when you work best to maximize efficiency.
Q & A
What is the main topic of Lauren's video?
-The main topic of Lauren's video is college organization tips to help students stay organized and reduce stress during their college career.
How is the video content divided?
-The video content is divided into three parts: school supplies, organization, and time management.
What is the first school supply Lauren recommends?
-The first school supply Lauren recommends is a five subject notebook, which helps to keep all class notes in one place.
What is the benefit of using a five subject notebook according to Lauren?
-Using a five subject notebook allows students to have all their class notes in one location, making it easier to find specific lectures and reducing the need to sift through multiple notebooks.
What app does Lauren recommend for digital note-taking?
-Lauren recommends the app Notability for digital note-taking, as it allows for storing all notes in one location and creating dividers for each class.
Why does Lauren suggest getting a journal for college students?
-Lauren suggests getting a journal as a place to organize thoughts and to write down all due dates, assignments, and tasks from the syllabus to stay organized throughout the semester.
What is the significance of color coding in Lauren's organization system?
-Color coding is significant in Lauren's organization system because it allows her to instantly identify work for specific classes and helps in visually managing tasks and assignments.
What rule of thumb does Lauren give for planning tasks in a journal?
-Lauren's rule of thumb for planning tasks in a journal is not to put more than five tasks for one specific day to avoid being overwhelmed and to manage time effectively.
Why is setting a specific time to stop studying important according to Lauren?
-Setting a specific time to stop studying is important to avoid burnout, maintain mental health, and ensure that the work done is of high quality and not rushed.
What is the role of a morning routine in Lauren's organizational strategy?
-A morning routine plays a crucial role in Lauren's organizational strategy by setting the tone for the day and helping her maintain a consistent work and study schedule.
What does Lauren suggest as a final tip for staying organized in college?
-Lauren's final tip for staying organized in college is to create habits that are strong and consistent, which will help in maintaining sanity and staying accountable throughout the college career.
Outlines
📚 College Organization Tips
In this paragraph, Lauren, a college senior, introduces her video on college organization tips. She emphasizes the importance of these tips in reducing stress and preventing mental breakdowns during college. The video is divided into three parts: school supplies, organization, and time management. Lauren shares her personal experience and recommends a five-subject notebook as a central place for all class notes, which she refers to as her 'Bible'. She also suggests using the Notability app for digital note-taking and color-coding classes for better organization. Additionally, she recommends maintaining a journal to log all assignments, due dates, and other academic responsibilities to stay organized throughout the semester.
📅 Time Management and Self-Improvement
Lauren discusses her time management strategies, including setting a strict study schedule and not studying past a certain time in the evening to maintain productivity and mental health. She also talks about the benefits of creating a reliable morning routine, which she believes is crucial for staying organized and productive. Lauren shares that she has been in college for six years without missing a semester, attributing her success to setting clear goals and establishing strong habits from the beginning. She concludes by encouraging viewers to implement these strategies to make their college experience more manageable and enjoyable.
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Keywords
💡College Organization Tips
💡Five Subject Notebook
💡Notability
💡Journal
💡Color Coding
💡Time Management
💡Syllabus
💡Morning Routine
💡Accountability
💡Procrastination
Highlights
College organization tips can save students from unnecessary stress and mental breakdowns.
A five subject notebook is recommended for keeping all class notes in one place.
Using tabs in a notebook can help organize notes for different classes.
Notability app is suggested for digital note-taking and organization.
A journal is useful for organizing thoughts and tracking assignments.
Writing down all due dates and assignments at the beginning of the semester can prevent stress.
Color coding classes in a journal can make it easier to see what work is left for each class.
Planning weekly tasks can prevent last-minute cramming and all-nighters.
Setting a maximum number of tasks per day can help manage workload effectively.
Establishing a no-study time in the evening can improve mental health and study quality.
Creating a reliable morning routine can set a positive tone for the day.
Accountability with self-set goals and routines can make the college experience smoother.
The video includes a comprehensive back-to-school series for college students.
The speaker will be vlogging their fall semester and an upcoming trip.
The video concludes with a call to action for likes, subscriptions, and notifications for future content.
Transcripts
hi hello how are you welcome or welcome
back to my channel this week we're
talking about college organization tips
because if I knew any of these tips
before I even started my college career
I would have saved myself so much
unnecessary stress and several mental
breakdowns so today I'm going to show
you how I stay organized during my
college career if you don't know me hi
my name is Lauren I am a college senior
and I do college slash organizational
slash productive videos here on the
channel this video is going to be
divided in three parts school supplies
organization and time management I have
a whole video on time management so you
can click on the little I right here we
all love going shopping for school
supplies it's very satisfying and it
feels like you're starting fresh you're
a few school supplies that I've used
previously in other semesters that have
worked for me and hopefully will help
you the first one is a five subject
notebook so here's a little trick for
you usually when you go to college some
professors get over having one specific
journal for their class you can always
buy a separate Journal but I think
ultimately what really helps is just
having everything together being a
full-time student is four classes and if
you're going to go over time I have
classes I really recommend buying a five
subject notebook or you can have all the
notes of every single class just in one
place so it's kind of like your Bible
where you take it everywhere you study
you don't have to sift through like five
different notebooks to like find a
specific lecture that you're looking for
so having everything in one place and
all the class notes in just one location
is gonna be super helpful you can even
put like little tabs to help you out
this is what I first did when I started
in college and it really really helped
me but if you have the means and you
have an iPad I totally recommend
downloading this app called notability
you just store everything in one
location you can create little dividers
inside of the notes that you have per
class so I have notes in here from three
semesters ago that I can still reference
and that are actually helpful for other
classes so if there's a class that there
are notes that you want to reference
from last semester you can totally do
that here you can always keep the five
subject notebooks from other semesters
but this is a great way to store all of
the notes that you can possibly have in
college you can even color code all of
your classes and have all of the notes
per class be one specific color so if
you're looking for a specific app to
organize all of your notes I totally
recommend notability this is not a
sponsor I just love this app and I've
been using it for like two years now
something that I recommend you guys
getting is a journal so it doesn't need
to be fancy you can literally just go to
the dollar store and buy like a cheap
little Journal it's literally just a
place where you can organize your
thoughts this is where I go into my
organizational aspect of this video
because big thing that I do to organize
myself is to look at all the syllabi for
all of the classes that I have that
semester and just pour all of the due
dates all of the assignments all of the
discussion posts everything that you
need to do in this journal whenever
something is coming up and every single
quiz and any due date that is prominent
on canvas or in the syllabus you see it
because you wrote it at the beginning of
the semester and it saves you so much
stress so much time if the professor
ever changes something then you can
always go back and change it but at
least you can see that something is
coming up and you can just double check
on the syllabus in case the professor
changed it forgetting that an assignment
is due is a lot harder so it keeps you a
lot more organized color code I will
never get over how satisfying color
coding is every single semester I will
sit down and color code all of my
classes so I've mentioned this before on
my channel but I will sit down either on
campus or here at home and I will pick a
color for every single class that I have
every single time that I have to write
something to do on my journal or that
specific class it's in a specific color
and I can instantly tell what work I
have left for what specific class if you
write it all down in one color you can
get it done and it's still organized but
I feel like with new color code you can
easily see like oh okay I already
finished all my work for ENC 1101 and I
have this class left because it's all in
this purple color so I know that all the
purple ones that haven't been crossed
out are just from this class and it's
easier to navigate your Journal that way
and obviously it just looks more
aesthetic if I'm being honest so once
you have everything written out for the
entire semester you can go then like
week by week as the semester goes on and
plan out all the things that you want to
do so if you have something to do on
Friday that's pretty big you can start
working on it on Monday and just little
by little the progression of that
assignment until it's due on Friday so
this is where you should plan your week
out look at all the things that you have
to do and just plan it out in a way that
is manageable for you and that is easy
for you to get done because I think
there's another big rule of thumb that I
learned in college and I suffered so
much because I thought that I wasn't
getting things done but I just was being
very unrealistic with how many things I
put on mine to do this so A good rule of
thumb and I think everybody says this is
to not put more than five things in your
journal for one specific day so if you
have more than five things to do in your
Journal that's something you should look
out to see if you can actually be able
to do it that day and manage it if it's
five little tiny things that take like
three minutes to do then that's probably
understandable but it's things that you
know you're like cutting it close that
you're probably gonna do an all-nighter
I recommend just reevaluating your week
and seeing what else you can fit
somewhere else this is why it's so much
easier to like sit down every week and
plan it out because till this day I have
not done a single all-nighter in my
entire college career and I'm going to
be a senior this coming fall so the
biggest thing that prompted that was
planning out my week and seeing like oh
I have too much on Monday let me
separate it to Tuesday you get in the
rhythm of doing them and you'll think
yourself later especially the transition
into college can be very difficult so if
you have these rules of thumb just to
start off it's a lot easier to navigate
your classes and your assignments which
leads to my time management section so
this is more of a self-improvement
section that can also help you with your
organization one of the best things that
I did for myself this past semester is
to set a specific time where I stop
studying so for example I don't study
past 6 PM I feel like every single time
that I do that I'm just setting myself
up for failure my brain is like slowly
deteriorating as I do these assignments
and it's like 11 o'clock I'm really
really cramming I know that I put too
much on my to-do list or I know that
I've just been procrastinating it and so
here I am it's 11 o'clock I'm tired and
the work doesn't even turn out that good
at the end of the day this could have
all been avoided if I just really put a
strict rule to myself where I don't
study past 6 PM now this doesn't have to
be 6 PM there's work and there's classes
and there's night school and insert any
other thing that you need to do so it's
not always going to work for everyone to
set a specific time at 6 PM however set
a time that works for you something
where you're like okay I know that I can
only start studying at 5 PM because I
have stuff before then plan a specific
time like okay I'm not gonna study past
nine or ten because it just gets to a
point where like what are we doing here
like the work is not valuable as much
anymore you're not putting your best
foot forward and I think it's really
important to know your own self I know
like okay I work very well at night and
so I only study at this time or I only
study in the morning whatever works for
you just setting a time after this
certain time I have the day off I can do
whatever I need to do run errands relax
Etc so it's just way better for your
mental health and at least it's like
giving you some motivation to like study
for like another 20 or 30 minutes
because you know that at 6 PM you have
to stop or at 7 pm you have to stop or
whatever I found is really helpful I
actually saw this on Tick Tock so it's
honestly a lifesaver I love it and my
last tip for today is creating a
reliable morning routine this doesn't
only apply for college one of the best
things that I did was create a stable
morning routine and I have my morning
routine video so you guys can see it on
the eye right here but that's basically
what I do right now is my morning
routine and it still helps me keep
working and edit and film and do all
these things and plan I started off my
day with intention and I know that
you've probably heard of this before but
it really does help and I think this all
boils down to just habits and creating
habits for yourself that are so strong
that it's hard to break it where it gets
to a point where like now if I don't
have my morning routine it feels off it
feels weird so it's all just like
getting yourself used to things I know
it's easier said than done but these are
the things that really really help me
stay organized in my college career
ultimately what I'm trying to say is
that keeping yourself accountable with
all these things is hard but is so worth
it I've been doing college for six years
now my first two years Associates and
then I did another four-year bachelor
program and I have not missed a semester
since 2018 so it's been a long road and
I'm here to tell you that setting these
goals for yourself from the very
beginning is just gonna make the time
Breeze by you know what you're doing you
know what's missing when something is
going wrong like setting a morning
routine and color coding your classes
and doing all these things look
arbitrary from a distance but are the
little things that keep you sane to be
honest yeah it's pretty crazy anyways
why did I say it like that do you guys
love my little mic I busted it out again
very long cord it's just the mic that I
use on top of my camera
it's cute right I just love holding
something while I'm recording it just
adds more Charisma I don't know this
video is the beginning of my back to
school videos this year and I'm super
excited to Vlog this fall semester for
you guys I'm actually going on a trip
pretty soon so I'm excited to Vlog that
as well a lot of things happening in
August so I'm really excited and I
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