You may remember my rants on the merits of organization and the downfalls of procrastination, but I wasn't the first person to make this recommendation. You have probably heard from one source or another that procrastination will come back and bite you. To be honest it may be true, but for the most part procrastination and college go hand in hand.
Let's face it, college is exciting. A lot is going on and you are going to be forced to push some school work to the last minute possible in order to squeeze in all the other fun activities that are available. And yes, sometimes these fun activities aren't anything special. Sometimes I would find myself lounging in my room with the notebook on the couch next to me, playing the newest videogame till 2 in the morning. Realizing only then that I should probably take a look at the notes I had accumulated.
A college professor, a screen writing teacher to be more specific, once explained to me, that by observing the world around us and learning from other people's stories we can accelerate our own learning curve without the necessity to fail on our primary attempts (learning through not only our experiences but the experiences of others as well). Of course this sound advice fell on deaf ears and I survived most of college by trial and error. Eventually I had a realization and subsequently success began to follow (or rather old habits that amounted to C+s and B-s and new habits that yielded A's).
In some areas however, this lack of experience and immense desire to wait till the last minute can be fatal. The following list is the three areas where you should not and cannot procrastinate if you want to have the best possible time in college.
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Semesters come and go, but the comfort and leisure with which you are able to experience each and every one can make all the difference. Everyone will tell you to avoid early classes, but in the following paragraphs I will explain how to make your schedule as simple as possible and in doing so make your life much simpler as well.
It is hard to stay clean and tidy in the dorms, even for the most organized of people. For a number of reasons, you just won’t have the same energy and drive to put things away or keep things in their respective places. I attribute the aforementioned to a number of factors that are not present in high school life.
