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 In order to start your morning off well, you need to end the previous night well. These tips will help you create a restful wind-down routine to get you prepared for bed. Set an Alarm Like I mentioned in my morning routine blog post— check it out if you haven’t already — you should set an alarm for what time you go to bed. This is to keep yourself conscious of the time so you don’t look up from your screen to find 5 hours have passed and now it’s 2am and you still have to go to school the next day. Prepare for the Next Day Once that alarm goes off, signaling it’s time to get ready for bed, stop whatever it was you were doing and begin preparing for the next day. Write down your to-do list, set out clothes so you don’t spend time in the morning debating what to wear, and pack your bag for the next morning so you can simply grab and go. Mindfulness You should also journal, pray, meditate, or something else during your night routine— this is especially great when you’re anxio...

 What are your mornings like when you have school? Do you wake up peacefully and achieve everything you want to do before you leave, or is a mad scramble to pull yourself together to avoid nearly missing your ride? I bet you want to be the first student. These tips will help you become them. Waking Up The first thing to keep in mind is waking up on time. And in order to do this, you need to go to bed on time. Depending on your age, it’s expected that you sleep between 7 to 10 hours every night. Sleeping too little or too much can cause mental and/or physical health issues that start your day badly. Therefore, if you know you need to wake up at a certain time, subtract the amount of hours you need to sleep from that time to know when you should be sleeping. Then set an alarm 30 minutes to an hour before then to start winding down with your night routine. For your wake up time, it’s best to wake up with enough time to accomplish everything you want to do with some time left ove...

 Hello everyone! Judging by the fact you’re reading this post, it’s likely that you might relate to the idea of having old papers crammed into your bag and not being able to find the one assignment you needed or completely forgetting about a test until the night before and having to pull an all-nighter to study for it. You probably wish you were more organized in your school life. Here’s how you can be. A Planner First things first, you need a planner. Whenever you find out about a homework assignment, project, or test coming up, you need to write it down and consistently check the planner so you don’t forget about it until it’s too late. This planner can be physical or digital— if digital, I know people really like using a combination of Google Calendar and Notion. With this, you can break down big assignments or study time into smaller chunks you can do day-by-day instead of cramming in everything all at once. You can also use organizational apps like Notion, Trello, Evernote...

 Hello everyone! Now, I know you probably don’t want to start thinking about preparing about having to go back to school already, but trust, it’s good to start thinking about certain details so you don’t have to scramble for everything all at once. Therefore, today we’ll be diving into what to pack in your school backpack. The Backpack Itself If you already have a backpack that works great, you can scroll past this section. But if not, pay attention to what you need for it. Make sure the bag is big enough to hold everything but also comfortable enough to lug around all day. I currently have this issue in my backpack— the straps didn’t have strong enough padding and they worn thin from use. Now the lack of support puts the wight of my materials into my back and makes it uncomfortably heavy to wear. Also, my bag has a bunch of tiny pockets in the front that aren’t very practical to use, meaning that even though my backpack is technically more than big enough to fit everything, it fee...