so for me the back to school season like grief has five stages one denial two anger
three bargaining four depression five acceptance I'm hoping that you're at
the acceptance stage with me and if not these tips will hopefully help you get
there eventually and also a big thank you to Canon for sponsoring today's video foreign
regardless of which planning method you ultimately choose to use I highly recommend making your own
personal yearbook I know most schools usually have their own yearbooks at the end of the year
that you can buy but this one is 100 for your eyes only so you can keep track of your school
memories moments and thoughts from throughout each Academic Year and have them all in one place
so for instance I made a digital one last year for myself and the my thoughts on my classes section
helped me end up choosing to change my major so in this yearbook I also recommend making a photo
memory section where you can Capture Moments from throughout the year with your friends or at school
as well as a place where you can write down your top memories so a great tool that can help you out
with this is the Canon Ivy mini photo printer for the photos I'll be using in my yearbook spread in
my bullet Journal I'll just get the photos from my phone by using the Canon Ivy mini printer app
since we're usually on the go at schools chances are any photos we take will ultimately be done on
our phones so it is super convenient that you can just sync your phone to the printer via the app
and print the photos directly from your phone and you can even bring the printer with you to
school in your backpack for school projects the app allows you to edit each photo before
printing it out and add cute filters stickers borders Etc and it even has color adjustment
options and most importantly for any creative journalists out there or scrapbookers this is
for you the photo comes out with a sticker on the back so you don't have to deal with pesky glue or
sticky tape that usually is really hard to use anyways on photo paper so you just peel off the
back to reveal the sticky Underside press it onto the desired location and it is perfectly stuck in
place and smooth also know ink is required for the printer which is really great and you can
also use their collage option to combine multiple photos into one which I'll probably be using for
the monthly photos going forward and if you guys want to check out this printer yourselves be sure
to click the link in my description box and again a big thank you to Canon for sponsoring this video
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so once I know which classes I'm taking and who's teaching them I
always look up the professors to see if they have a website because that can be
really helpful and also if there are any reviews about the professors thank you
of course always take them with a grain of salt but in general there's usually some
useful advice or information about the professor's class or teaching style and
I write those down in advance even better if you have a friend or upperclassman who
you know already took the class before ask them for any advice about the format of the
class or difficulty and see if you can get any useful tips out of them I'm going to be a mom
so once I get the syllabus I see what general topics are covered as well as
the overall structure of the class this also might tell you whether or not you'll need some
of your old notes and if so be sure to get them out and have them easily accessible
so I've come to learn the hard way that schools generally change or reset their passwords in the
summer and just Public Service Announcement if you have a University ID that you have to know
in order to call customer service or to get your password reset memorize it because I didn't and
bad things happened so be sure to make a page or note in your phone which you can lock by the way
you can lock your notes which I did not know for a long time but just somewhere where you can easily
check with all your school website passwords ID numbers and other important information foreign
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so I'm going to talk about this topic in more detail in one of my upcoming back to school
videos about procrastination which will be linked here once the video is up on my channel but I've
recently realized that effort-based goals rather than result-based goals pretty much eliminated
my tendency to procrastinate so a way to do that is to take a look at the past year of your life
and in each General category pick your two top most priorities and then try to make the habits
or the goals a little bit harder or more than what you've been doing the past year foreign
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so now on to my favorite part of back to school which is of course shopping and before
I go shopping I usually check which stationary doesn't work anymore and I'll even often wait
until the first week of school when I get the required school supplies list because one class
usually requires grid paper another line paper another five ring binders three ring binders
Etc so it's honestly just easier to go once I have the full required list
foreign and also if you're ordering online be sure to check the dates of arrival and order
things far in advance if you need to because some websites can take up to one to two months for
things to arrive if not longer and you don't want to be left without supplies until then
so next I get apps I need for school and I clear my devices so I have
enough storage for them I just make them more organized for the new school year
and also at this time if you feel like you need a tutor be sure to check out your University or
school's website because chances are they might offer some free tutoring options which can be
really great so for textbooks I also recommend waiting until you find out whether they're
required or not also I don't automatically buy them for my University I first check other online
resources to see if I can find them there for cheaper in an online version since it can also
save you money also if you're in a school that has standardized tests at the end of the year I would
always buy the test prep books at the beginning of the year as well instead of waiting until the
end of the year since a lot of the time those prep books are actually better at explaining
things than the school textbook and can actually really help with you understanding the concepts
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so my first study strategy is largely based on the syllabus I first check for any extra
credit opportunities and thoroughly check them out because sometimes they're time sensitive
so I make sure that I do those no matter what at the beginning if I can of the semester so that I
have some cushion for exams I also prioritize my time based on what's most heavily weighed
so if there's a big project that's worth like 20 of the grade I will spend way more time on
that than discussion posts that are worth only one percent of the grade and in general my main
strategy throughout the semester is to try to keep my grades on each assignment as high as
humanly possible in order to give myself more room to breathe on the final exam or projects
my goal is for me to be able to get like an 80 on the exam and still get an A because my
grades on everything else were really high which reduces the pressure a lot and tests anxiety
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and for bonus tips if you can visit the campus beforehand and see where all your classes are
so you don't get lost and go to the wrong classroom numerous times like I did and sit
there on the floor for half an hour before realizing that it's the wrong place just
just don't I hope these tips were helpful I hope you guys have a great new school
year and I'm wishing you all the best and I will see you guys in my next video foreign