It so far, (I am in my second year), has been the best time of my life. The people I have met, the things I have learnt, are just some things I will never forget. But I wish there were things I knew already. Which is why I am writing this entry. To help you prepare! Or if you are, or have been in uni, let you agree with me, or disagree, whatever.
BE ORGANISED! Really, it is the best advice I can give. Have everything ready and planned. And start doing this early. Start with your room. You will either still be living at home, in one of the 'dorms' or in off-campus living. Most likely you will not have a lot of room. I love shops like Typo, Ikea and Smiggle for organizing rooms and desktops.
Make sure you have a shelf and a desk. Even if they are tiny ones, they will help. In your bookshelf make sure you have one shelf dedicated to uni stuff. And also on your desk, allocate and area for uni stuff too. Keep all your uni things together, it does help in the long run. I will be putting up another blog of how how I set up my stuff, which is a work in progress at the moment. But what I am planning to do is use cute book dividers for my book shelf to split up each section. I don't have room for a desk but I am adding little containers where I slip in my exercise books into each shelf section easily and not get mixed up. Also have holders for your pens, pencils, scissors etc. The cuter dividers and holders and things you get, the more motivated you will be to keep it all neat.
Organise your computer. Whether it be a laptop or a desktop, make sure it is as organised as kept organised as your room. Have a folder marked 'uni'. Inside that folder have 'Semester 1' or whatever semester it is, then have individual folders for each subject. You can also divide them into categories for, lectures, seminars, tutorials, assignments if necessary. Or if you are REALLY organised, by week.
Keep your wardrobe organised. Some mornings you won't have time to search through your wardrobe for the perfect outfit, so organise it so it is split into categories. You can categorize them into whatever sections you want, but have separate sections for going out, uni, casual, etc. Also, buy a shoe rack. They do help heaps.
Keep healthy. I know this sounds like something you should already do but you really need to be prepared for how much time you won't have anymore. Organise a time when you can go to the gym or go for a jog. And load up on vitamins. Buy in bulk and just keep them somewhere you will remember to take them. And throughout the day keep a bottle of water and a small snack with you. Sometimes you won't have time to eat between classes, meetings etc.
Save some money too. The amount of times at the start of each semester when I don't have enough money for textsbooks, happens to often. And these text books can cost a lot. The least I have ever spent on a brand new text book was around $48.
Organise your timetable. Pin it to your wall. High light it. DO NOT LOSE IT! Make sure you have at least 2 paper copies and one of your computer.
I wish I had done all of this stuff straight from my first semester, but I didn't. I must admit I was a little lost in the first few semester. I never realized how being organised can impact you. I will probably write a few more boring blogs about preparing for uni and what to do, but for now...
Stay happy,
AccidentlySarah xx
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