So here’s the day in MY life as a college student, things that I found worked and things that didn’t work for me. This may be good for you, it may not work at all. I just know that I liked hearing EVERYTHING that I could about how to survive day-to-day in school. So here we go:)

7:00–wake up. I didn’t have classes until 10, but I still tried to wake up between 7 and 8 every day so I got things done. Sleeping in on weekends is GREAT. But if I made myself get up at a reasonable time, life was so much better.
8:00–finished getting ready and had breakfast. I always ate something for breakfast. Skipping breakfast is BAD. I usually just had toast and milk or something like that. But usually skipping breakfast is a bad idea!
9:00–I had a rule that from 9 to 5 I was either in school or doing things for school. If I treated school like a work day, it worked out better for me.
12:00–I usually had lunch around this time. I brought my own lunch from my apartment to save money and be healthier. I usually had crackers and string cheese, baby carrots or another veggie, and whatever fruit I had bought that week!
4:00–I usually got home around 4:00. Some people liked to stay on campus to do homework and study, I liked coming home and grabbing a snack, then spending an hour or two studying and doing homework. It’s your personal study habits that will let you know what works for you!
6:00–I started making dinner/eating dinner at this point. Our roommates made dinner for each other a few nights a week, so sometimes I didn’t have to worry. It’s always better to start making dinner early, so you don’t hit 8:00 and then decide to cook some Ramen for the 18th time that week. I loved snacking and making fast meals was necessary sometimes, but when I planned out, shopped for, and prepared a healthy meal, I was happier and felt less guilty about a bowl of ice cream later!
8:00–by this time I was done with school and homework for the day, we would have ward activities or plans with our friends, sometimes I needed to do homework later into the day, but most of the time I got to watch a movie with my friends or go play a game with the guys. It is important to give yourself some free time!
11:00–I tried to get ready to go to bed by 11:00, be asleep by 12:00 every day. Sometimes, this didn’t happen and I would get to bed WAY later. Sometimes, I was able to get to bed earlier. This was just a good goal for me to make sure I got a decent amount of sleep every night.

So this was a normal weekday for me. I’ll be honest, weekends were totally different! But this is a schedule I generally stuck to, and hey, it got me really good grades and a fun time! Maybe it’s something you want to try out:)

Happy Wednesday everyone!

So you’re off to college? It’s going to be fun. But here are a few things that they WON’T tell you about the first week. These are things you need to know!

1. You will be homesick. You’ll have this moment (or momentS if you’re me…) of nostalgia about how great home is, how much you miss your bed, and you’ll reminisce about how fast your childhood flew by. It happens. Embrace it and find a way to cope.
2. You will be spending a lot of money. You’ll be stocking up on groceries, realizing you need this kind of container, buying books and dropping TONS of cash. Just accept that it’s better to get it all at the beginning, than get to a day before a paper is due and realize you don’t have a stapler.

3. Know the answers to the following questions: What’s your name, what’s your major, where are you from, how many people are in your family. These questions will be asked SO MANY TIMES the first week. Just know the answer and be ready to answer/ask these questions. A LOT.
4. People are going to make a snap first impression of you. This can be changed throughout the year, but people will spend five seconds talking to you and think they know you. So make your first impression a good one!
5. You and your roommates will play nice the first week. Be polite, but also be real. If you don’t want to share food or plates, nicely let them know. The rules you set towards the beginning will set a precedent for the rest of the semester. So talk about cleaning and sharing while you’re all being polite!
6. College is nothing like high school. The classes are harder, you will have to study differently, your free time is different, and your friends are different. Just accept the fact that things change, people change, and that’s all normal.

7. Try new things! Try foods you didn’t eat at home, read a book you haven’t read before, open yourself to new ideas and situations and embrace it! College only happens once!
8. Take pictures. You’ll want to remember this first week, I promise!
9. Make your goodbyes meaningful. I wrote notes to my family and friends. Things changed over the year and I’m so glad my family and friends had that note from me before I moved out.
10. HAVE FUN!!!! You will be stressed out of your mind, freaking out and sad, but try and have some fun! It’s the beginning of the rest of your life. Enjoy it:)

Remember, the first 16 days of anything are the hardest. You can do it! Good luck to all my dear college freshmen.

Happy Monday everyone!