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Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from The Marble Jar Channel and today's video is the last in a 7-part series to help you Get Organized for College.  This video is all about how to plan well for classes and deal with large projects or papers.  Plan for Classes In this final video, we are finally going to talk about how to plan for and organize each of your classes at the beginning of the semester.  The nice thing about college classes is that the professors generally have done most of the planning before the class even starts.  Once you get the syllabus, you will have a good idea of the all of the reading, assignments, and workload for each class.  The first week of classes for me is a planning week.  I spend at least a couple of hours per class on that first week planning everything out for the semester.  So what does that mean?  I will map this out based on the organization tools that you have already set up. Digital Notes - For each cl...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from The Marble Jar Channel and today's video is the sixth in a 7-part series to help you Get Organized for College.  Even though this targets college students, it could be helpful for anyone who is struggling to organize life!  This video discusses how to build good habits, start the day off right, and focus on self care and mental health wellness. So far in this series, you've set up some great systems to handle your communication, calendar, tasks, notes, and files.  And you've learned some tips on how to be more productive.  And although taking care of your schoolwork is important, it's also really important to take care of your environment and your mental health.  Let's start with Habits - What we do today, we do more of in the future -- both good and bad.  You sleep in -- your body will want to do more of that in the future.  You get to class on time -- that sets you up for more of that behavior.  The...

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from The Marble Jar Channel and today's video is the fifth in a 7-part series to help you Get Organized for College.  Even though this targets college students, it could be helpful for anyone who is struggling to organize life!  This video covers productivity hacks -- ways to manage your time, be more efficient, and actually get things done. We've landed on Week 5 of this series.  By now you have tamed your communication streams, figured out a calendar, instituted a task management system, and started a filing system for all of your notes and papers.  This week I'll share some thoughts about planning and getting things done.  Let's get started.  Everyone's brain works a little differently, but almost none of us has a brain that wants to sit and study for 8 hours straight.  The most important thing is to befriend your brain and figure out how to get as much productivity out of your brain as you can.   Y...