100 Back To School Life Hacks
Hello my beautiful angel children! Back to school can be hard, so I wanted to see if I could make it easier for yo guys, so today we are going to be talking about 100 back to school life hacks that you can use at any time! Some of these I found online, others I invented, so please comment down below, follow my blog, follow me on instagram @afabulousstyle and lets get started!
1. Set your alarm as a song that you like, but that will also wake you up. I prefer loud pop or musical songs for this.
2. Take the time the night before to pre pack or at least pre plan your lunch, it will save you an insane amount of time in the morning.
3. The night before, fill a waterbottle half way and put it on its side in the freezer. Then when you wake up fill up the remaining space that isn't taken up by ice and then you have a nice cold bottle of water for the day!
4. Drink 2 large glasses of water in the morning before you leave for school.
5. If you are taking the city bus, driving, or walking to school, before school starts test your route to make sure its the right one.
6. Do your homework as soon as you get home, and then you'll have the rest of the evening to yourself.
7. Never listen to lyrical music while studying, it will make it so you can't focus. Listen to instrumental music or white noise, this will help you focus and feel more relaxed.
8. Make your bed first thing in the morning. Not only will it help you feel more productive, it will help you not want to get back into your bed and mess it up.
9. Tidy up your room every single day before you go to bed. It will stress you out if your room is messy in the morning.
10. If your locker is far away from your classes, don't bother using it unless you NEED to.
11. Make a playlist thats the exact amount of time you need to get ready.
12. Listen to music on the way to and from school, it will get you ready.
13. If you have the option, sit in the front, it will help you force yourself to stay focused.
14. Always keep a change on clothes in your back pack in case something happens.
15. Facetime or hang out with friends the day before school starts.
16. Work out in the evening after school and homework are done, and then shower.
17. Shower every day but alternate what days you use scrubs and wash your hair.
18. When back to school clothes shopping, don't look for whats trendy, look for what YOU love.
19. Try being a part of a school play sometime, whether its onstage or tech, its a great experience and great for making friends.
20. Have a complete spa night the night before the first day of school, face masks, hair masks, body scrubs, all of it!
21. Don't focus too much on either social stuff or academic, find a equal balance.
22. Switch up where you study. Go to a coffee shop or a park or anything really just don't always study in the same place.
23. Reward yourself for hard work. If you just spent 4 hour studying maybe watch some episodes or your favorite show, you did a good job!
24. You an erase highlighters with a tiny bit of lemon juice and a q tip
25. Use a mirror as a whiteboard. You can write assignments and such on your bathroom mirror with a white board marker and it will come off with water
26. Make a checklist on a whiteboard (or mirror) every day so you can get everything you need to get done, done
27. If your in a pinch you can use a stapler to hem skirts and pants
28. Use symbols such as *,&,$,@ and so on to represent certain points when taking notes
29. Use shortened words such as tho for though, ea for each, w/o for without, b/c for because and yrs for years when taking notes! It will help a lot as long as you have a key somewhere in that same notebook.
30. To keep an apple from getting brown, cut it and then put a rubber band around all the peices, tying them together until they are ready to eat.
31. Hanging storage containers that are labeled with the days of the week are very helpful so on Sunday night you can pick out your outfits for the week and not have to worry about it for the rest of the week!
32. Set up a homework station and/or bag. Its good to study in different places so have a bag of everything you need to study ready but also set up a homework station on your desk.
33. Look up the basic outline for a book report and go off of that, trust me its very helpful.
34. Use a caribeaner to store scrunchies or hair ties neatly in your backpack or locker!
35. Label your highlighters with things like "term", "date", "place", and "quote" in order to help with color coding and neater notes.
36. Look up "academic minds how I take notes sheet" and the perfect guideline for note taking will come up
37. Always have a school emergency kit with you, just in case something happens
38. Don't eat too late, this will mess with your sleep cycle and make it harder for you to wake up, try drinking water instead.
39. I bet you've heard this one before but make sure to set your alarm/phone across the room if you know you have a hard time waking up.
40. Write down your routines and display them somewhere you'll see them every day
41. Get at least 7 hours of sleep every night if you can
42. If your struggling with a concept at school try googling the subject with "site:.edu" and "type:.ppt"
43. Use study apps, that way you can always have study materials no matter where you go
44. Read your notes ten times, say them out ten times and write them again 2 times
45. Leave a few pages blank in the front of your notebooks for a table of content
46. Use the Pomodoro technique! Its where you study hard for 25 minutes, rest for 5, study for 25 minutes, rest for 5, study for 25 minutes, rest for 20, and repeat!
47. Get in the habit of remembering to always hit "save" every few minutes
48. If your teacher allows it, record the class in voice memos
49. Shoe organanizers work really well for studying supplies
50. Color code your time line of when things are due! Like have different colors for "due", "due in 3 days", "due in a week" and such.
51. Chew gum while studying and then chew that same flavor gum while taking the test or in class
52. Practice taking notes on stupid things like movies or books that your randomly reading
53. Mix your foundation with moisturizer every day to get a natural dewy coverage!
54. Before school starts have a movie night where you just spend the whole night watching cheesy back to school movie: Grease, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, anything you want! Just don't do it the night before school starts.
55. Practice writing in different fonts to make your notes look nicer and pretty!
56. Take time on the weekends to make your planner look super nice!
57. Write a rap or song while studying in order to help you remember things
58. Keep a mini deoderant with you, trust me
59. Blue ink helps memory so when writing notes, use blue ink
60. Color code the tops of your notebooks so you don't have to go through all of them every time
61. If you are a few words off on an essay just write in white ink in order to get the word count up to the requirement
62. If you have too many words in an essay try putting white dashes and hyphans in between words
63. If you are looking through a large document and need to find points surrounding a certain word, just do command and f and then type in the word!
64. If your on a mac book, a right click will bring you to an option that says speech, if you click it it will read the highlighted chunk of text to you. If this doesn't work you can also use google translate
65. WalframAlpha is a site that you can type any equation into and it will solve it and explain it to you
66. If you can't remember pi, think of the sectence "may I have a large container of coffee", count how many lettes are in each word, and you have the first few digits of pi! 3.1415926
67. Put your essays through google translate in order to proof read them
68. If your gym shoes smell, try putting some tea bags in them and they won't smell up your bag or locker
69. If you can't remember if its affect or effect use the word impact instead
70. If you loose an important tab, hit command shift t and it will come back
71. KeepMeOut and other apps like that you can get on your computer will block you from using certain sites while studying
72. In order to save your phones battery through out the school day, put it on low battery and turn on airplane mode when your not using it (which you shouldnt be in school)
73. Use any old mint container to store earbuds
74. Take a picture of your scedule and use it as your wallpaper
75. If you just want a summary of what they say on wikipedia, use simple wikipedia
76. If you tend to run late, try setting your clock to a few minutes early to make yourself get up faster
77. When running late use a bb cream instead of your whole foundation routine
78. Cold water with lemon is very energizing in the morning
79. When you run late make sure you choose one or the other to focus on; hair or makeup instead of rushing to finish both
80. Dresses and rompers are great options for running late clothes because you don't have to pick out a top and a bottom, its a 2 in one
81. Have a spare outfit that you'll always be comfortable wearing in a burrito in your closet
82. When running late focus on lashes and brows for makeup
83. Take some time in the evening to make smoothie bags with fruits of your choice so in the morning you can just throw it in a blender with some milk or water and have breakfast ready!
84. Get off your phone at night, it will make it so much easier to sleep
85. Text books can be expensive so try renting them instead of buying them
86. If you forget someones name ask them how to spell it saying something like "I've heard it spelled some different ways"
87. Join as many clubs and sports and such as you can if you wanna make a lot of friends
88. Make a group chat with people in your class
89. Blueberries, Almonds and dark chocolate all help with concentration
90. After school is over and your homework is done, try doing some drawings and such in your notebooks to help explain certain topics.
91. If you are a freshman in highschool listen to "15" by Taylor Swift on your way to school
92. Make your back to school room decor more practical
93. Don't overuse body spray or perfume. Just spritz a nice scent on your wrists, or neck, the top of you head, and behind your knees!
94. Be nice to your teachers! Say good morning, say goodbye and thank you, they will appreciate it!
95. Get in the habit of checking your planner 1st thing in the morning to see whats due and what you have to do
96. Use your finger to guide your reading, and if you want to be a faster reader, move your finger a bit faster
97. If you freeze a clean sponge it can work as an ice pack!
98. Make sure you are reading (seprate from homework) at least 30 minutes a day
99. If your really worried about people talking about you, leave the room but have your phone record thier conversation on voice memos.
100. Make yourself smile for 1 minute every morning in the mirror. It actually puts you in a better mood!
And thats all for now! Please comment down below, follow my blog and remember that no matter your race, gender, sexuality, or anything else, I love you lots!
- Greta
1. Set your alarm as a song that you like, but that will also wake you up. I prefer loud pop or musical songs for this.
2. Take the time the night before to pre pack or at least pre plan your lunch, it will save you an insane amount of time in the morning.
3. The night before, fill a waterbottle half way and put it on its side in the freezer. Then when you wake up fill up the remaining space that isn't taken up by ice and then you have a nice cold bottle of water for the day!
4. Drink 2 large glasses of water in the morning before you leave for school.
5. If you are taking the city bus, driving, or walking to school, before school starts test your route to make sure its the right one.
6. Do your homework as soon as you get home, and then you'll have the rest of the evening to yourself.
7. Never listen to lyrical music while studying, it will make it so you can't focus. Listen to instrumental music or white noise, this will help you focus and feel more relaxed.
8. Make your bed first thing in the morning. Not only will it help you feel more productive, it will help you not want to get back into your bed and mess it up.
9. Tidy up your room every single day before you go to bed. It will stress you out if your room is messy in the morning.
10. If your locker is far away from your classes, don't bother using it unless you NEED to.
11. Make a playlist thats the exact amount of time you need to get ready.
12. Listen to music on the way to and from school, it will get you ready.
13. If you have the option, sit in the front, it will help you force yourself to stay focused.
14. Always keep a change on clothes in your back pack in case something happens.
15. Facetime or hang out with friends the day before school starts.
16. Work out in the evening after school and homework are done, and then shower.
17. Shower every day but alternate what days you use scrubs and wash your hair.
18. When back to school clothes shopping, don't look for whats trendy, look for what YOU love.
19. Try being a part of a school play sometime, whether its onstage or tech, its a great experience and great for making friends.
20. Have a complete spa night the night before the first day of school, face masks, hair masks, body scrubs, all of it!
21. Don't focus too much on either social stuff or academic, find a equal balance.
22. Switch up where you study. Go to a coffee shop or a park or anything really just don't always study in the same place.
23. Reward yourself for hard work. If you just spent 4 hour studying maybe watch some episodes or your favorite show, you did a good job!
24. You an erase highlighters with a tiny bit of lemon juice and a q tip
25. Use a mirror as a whiteboard. You can write assignments and such on your bathroom mirror with a white board marker and it will come off with water
26. Make a checklist on a whiteboard (or mirror) every day so you can get everything you need to get done, done
27. If your in a pinch you can use a stapler to hem skirts and pants
28. Use symbols such as *,&,$,@ and so on to represent certain points when taking notes
29. Use shortened words such as tho for though, ea for each, w/o for without, b/c for because and yrs for years when taking notes! It will help a lot as long as you have a key somewhere in that same notebook.
30. To keep an apple from getting brown, cut it and then put a rubber band around all the peices, tying them together until they are ready to eat.
31. Hanging storage containers that are labeled with the days of the week are very helpful so on Sunday night you can pick out your outfits for the week and not have to worry about it for the rest of the week!
32. Set up a homework station and/or bag. Its good to study in different places so have a bag of everything you need to study ready but also set up a homework station on your desk.
33. Look up the basic outline for a book report and go off of that, trust me its very helpful.
34. Use a caribeaner to store scrunchies or hair ties neatly in your backpack or locker!
35. Label your highlighters with things like "term", "date", "place", and "quote" in order to help with color coding and neater notes.
36. Look up "academic minds how I take notes sheet" and the perfect guideline for note taking will come up
37. Always have a school emergency kit with you, just in case something happens
38. Don't eat too late, this will mess with your sleep cycle and make it harder for you to wake up, try drinking water instead.
39. I bet you've heard this one before but make sure to set your alarm/phone across the room if you know you have a hard time waking up.
40. Write down your routines and display them somewhere you'll see them every day
41. Get at least 7 hours of sleep every night if you can
42. If your struggling with a concept at school try googling the subject with "site:.edu" and "type:.ppt"
43. Use study apps, that way you can always have study materials no matter where you go
44. Read your notes ten times, say them out ten times and write them again 2 times
45. Leave a few pages blank in the front of your notebooks for a table of content
46. Use the Pomodoro technique! Its where you study hard for 25 minutes, rest for 5, study for 25 minutes, rest for 5, study for 25 minutes, rest for 20, and repeat!
47. Get in the habit of remembering to always hit "save" every few minutes
48. If your teacher allows it, record the class in voice memos
49. Shoe organanizers work really well for studying supplies
50. Color code your time line of when things are due! Like have different colors for "due", "due in 3 days", "due in a week" and such.
51. Chew gum while studying and then chew that same flavor gum while taking the test or in class
52. Practice taking notes on stupid things like movies or books that your randomly reading
53. Mix your foundation with moisturizer every day to get a natural dewy coverage!
54. Before school starts have a movie night where you just spend the whole night watching cheesy back to school movie: Grease, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, anything you want! Just don't do it the night before school starts.
55. Practice writing in different fonts to make your notes look nicer and pretty!
56. Take time on the weekends to make your planner look super nice!
57. Write a rap or song while studying in order to help you remember things
58. Keep a mini deoderant with you, trust me
59. Blue ink helps memory so when writing notes, use blue ink
60. Color code the tops of your notebooks so you don't have to go through all of them every time
61. If you are a few words off on an essay just write in white ink in order to get the word count up to the requirement
62. If you have too many words in an essay try putting white dashes and hyphans in between words
63. If you are looking through a large document and need to find points surrounding a certain word, just do command and f and then type in the word!
64. If your on a mac book, a right click will bring you to an option that says speech, if you click it it will read the highlighted chunk of text to you. If this doesn't work you can also use google translate
65. WalframAlpha is a site that you can type any equation into and it will solve it and explain it to you
66. If you can't remember pi, think of the sectence "may I have a large container of coffee", count how many lettes are in each word, and you have the first few digits of pi! 3.1415926
67. Put your essays through google translate in order to proof read them
68. If your gym shoes smell, try putting some tea bags in them and they won't smell up your bag or locker
69. If you can't remember if its affect or effect use the word impact instead
70. If you loose an important tab, hit command shift t and it will come back
71. KeepMeOut and other apps like that you can get on your computer will block you from using certain sites while studying
72. In order to save your phones battery through out the school day, put it on low battery and turn on airplane mode when your not using it (which you shouldnt be in school)
73. Use any old mint container to store earbuds
74. Take a picture of your scedule and use it as your wallpaper
75. If you just want a summary of what they say on wikipedia, use simple wikipedia
76. If you tend to run late, try setting your clock to a few minutes early to make yourself get up faster
77. When running late use a bb cream instead of your whole foundation routine
78. Cold water with lemon is very energizing in the morning
79. When you run late make sure you choose one or the other to focus on; hair or makeup instead of rushing to finish both
80. Dresses and rompers are great options for running late clothes because you don't have to pick out a top and a bottom, its a 2 in one
81. Have a spare outfit that you'll always be comfortable wearing in a burrito in your closet
82. When running late focus on lashes and brows for makeup
83. Take some time in the evening to make smoothie bags with fruits of your choice so in the morning you can just throw it in a blender with some milk or water and have breakfast ready!
84. Get off your phone at night, it will make it so much easier to sleep
85. Text books can be expensive so try renting them instead of buying them
86. If you forget someones name ask them how to spell it saying something like "I've heard it spelled some different ways"
87. Join as many clubs and sports and such as you can if you wanna make a lot of friends
88. Make a group chat with people in your class
89. Blueberries, Almonds and dark chocolate all help with concentration
90. After school is over and your homework is done, try doing some drawings and such in your notebooks to help explain certain topics.
91. If you are a freshman in highschool listen to "15" by Taylor Swift on your way to school
92. Make your back to school room decor more practical
93. Don't overuse body spray or perfume. Just spritz a nice scent on your wrists, or neck, the top of you head, and behind your knees!
94. Be nice to your teachers! Say good morning, say goodbye and thank you, they will appreciate it!
95. Get in the habit of checking your planner 1st thing in the morning to see whats due and what you have to do
96. Use your finger to guide your reading, and if you want to be a faster reader, move your finger a bit faster
97. If you freeze a clean sponge it can work as an ice pack!
98. Make sure you are reading (seprate from homework) at least 30 minutes a day
99. If your really worried about people talking about you, leave the room but have your phone record thier conversation on voice memos.
100. Make yourself smile for 1 minute every morning in the mirror. It actually puts you in a better mood!
And thats all for now! Please comment down below, follow my blog and remember that no matter your race, gender, sexuality, or anything else, I love you lots!
- Greta
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