College Resolutions

So while my last few school years (read: probably all of high school) didn't go all that well (laziness gets the best of me sometimes), I've decided I won't let that happen in college. So it might still be wishful thinking at this point (I originally planned on getting a score of 1.7 on my A-levels and instead ended up with 2.5... whoops), but this time I'm willing to commit to a schedule and actually work for my grades. Maybe it's different because I'm finally going to learn stuff I actually want to know about, unlike in school, and I have tangible goals to work towards. (I mean, when I learn a programming language in college I can actually use it and do awesome stuff! But learning Freud's theory of psychosexual development... Probably not so much.)

Well, anyway! On to my resolutions/goals for the coming semester and maybe even beyond:

1. Keep organized: I gave up bringing a binder to school in my senior year because all my notes and papers would end up somewhere deep in my bag anyway, never to be seen again. My notebooks were overflowing and falling apart by the end of the year, and you can imagine my despair when it came to collecting notes to study for finals (hint: I didn't even try). So this time round I'll try to take notes in class and keep them neatly organized so I can easily find them again whenever I need them. I've started a BulletJournal recently (will probably make a post about that sometime too), so maybe that will also help structuring my days and tasks and everything.


2. NOT cram: My mistake in high school was that if I would study for an exam, I would probably do it two days before. But most of the time I wouldn't... Which reflected in my grades, whoops. I've heard a few people recommend that you should revise two hours for every unit of a class you're taking. I have four classes this semester so that makes eight hours a week. Time to channel my inner broadway star.


3. Keep a steady sleep pattern: Lately there hasn't been a day I went to bed before 2 a.m. and you didn't see me out until 1 p.m. which sucks a lot because while I hate getting up early, I love being up early and getting stuff done and whatnot. Also with my daily commute of ~2 hours I'll definitely have to get up much earlier than that. (I'm lucky my classes start at 10 though. I wouldn't survive if I had to get up earlier than 6.)


4. Eat clean: Right now I will stuff myself with junkfood one day, and be way too full the next to even look at anything remotely edible. That won't do. Also, I'm going to try and not spend too much money at the cafeteria. So that means having a proper breakfast at home and packing myself a healthy lunch every day~


5. Be nice: I wish this didn't have to be a point, but unfortunately I've neglected this a little during school. So in college I'm going to try and be as sociable as possible (without being a doormat, of course), make lotsa friends and get on the good side of my professors~

That's it for now, maybe I'll think of more later~!

What about you guys? Tell me about your resolutions and how you're keeping them up!

Besa

HELLO WORLD!

I figured this time I might even have something to write about so this blog won't die after two weeks. So, hi!

So most of you probably know me as xuniap, or besasam, or any variation of those (I definitely have too many aliases...) - anyway, if you don't, I'm Besa, I'm 17 years old and live in Germany, and I'm going to start college soon and that's kinda the reason why I made this blog, to document how that goes? Maybe. We'll see.

ANYWAY -- I'm going to attend RWTH Aachen University and study computer sciences and it's all really exciting. Two more weeks to go - then I'm officially a college student! SO EXCITING! (I might or might not have already downloaded videos of lectures from my uni. Ahem. I LIKE TO BE PREPARED.)

So, the way my schedule looks right now is pretty nice, I'm going to have four different classes (programming, computer engineering, analysis and discrete maths), plus tutorials, and a french course I'm taking besides that (hey, I like to make the most of it while I'm there), and I'm just really excited to learn new things and meet new people. Yay college~

Ah well! That's it for now. I'll write next time something exciting happens~

Until then!

Besa