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Spring Cleaning Ideas

Mar 02, 2020

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/cleaning/g3345/spring-cleaning-tips/?slide=7

11 Resolutions of Keep

Jan 02, 2020

If you're anything like I am, you have mixed feelings about New Year's resolutions.

It seems like a natural time to make important changes. It's like a universal pressing of the "reset" button. Maybe that's why 41% of Americans make New Year's resolutions in the first place. But here's the thing -- only 9.2% of us are successful in achieving them.

We suspect it has something to do with the nature of the resolutions themselves -- which seem, much to our joy, to be evolving. Lasy year, for instance, we reported that according to a study by the University of Scranton's Journal of Clinical Psychology, the top 10 resolutions of 2015 included things like losing weight and falling in love.

And while this year's top 10 resolutions, according to a survey conducted by the Statistic Brain Research Institute, are similar -- "self improvements," "find the love of my life" -- we noticed a new one on the list: "Learn something new on my own."

1. 11 Resolutions:
2. Designate an electronics-free zone.
3. Write something every day.
4. Keep up with Google.
5. Improve your design skills.
6. Take breaks.
7. Listen to one podcast per week.
8. Ask for help.
9. Embrace emerging technology.
10. Use your vacation time.
11. Read more.
12. Move to the next level of your career.
13. Original article found here: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/new-years-resolutions-marketers

Study Tips for Finals

Dec 03, 2019

Wondering how to study for finals? With a a little strategic planning, you can get the most out of your study sessions. Discover study tips that will help you create a game plan, retain information, stay focused and walk into your tests with confidence.

1. Understand your goals.

"Students follow a series of requirements, and it becomes very easy to feel like you're simply jumping through a series of hoops as opposed to understanding why that class and that test are relevant to you," says Colin Gruenwald of Kaplan Test Prep. "You have to ask why you're going to invest the time and energy to do well on a test. Why do you intend to be the student who gets an A?"

2. Prioritize the tests that matter the most.

"It's a mistake to consider all of your finals equal if you're materially better at one subject than another," says Gruenwald. "Some students think that they should commit equal time to studying for each test. They're taking away from their opportunity to really commit time where they need it."

3. Clarify the content and format of your exams.

"Find out what the test is going to cover," says Ted Dorsey, author of Tutor Ted's Guide to the SAT. "Ask what the format is—multiple choice, essay, or both. Once you begin studying, bring any questions you have to your teachers. Most teachers will be happy to help you."

4. Aim to begin studying at least one month in advance.

"Everyone knows that studying a little bit over a long period of time is absolutely, undeniably the right way to study, and yet we are all terrible at actually putting this plan into effect," says Gruenwald. "The best time to start studying is at the beginning of the class. Set aside a little time each week to sit down and organize your notes and think about what's going well and what's going badly. Three to four weeks ahead of time is the latest that you want to create a study plan for yourself. Cramming is toxic."

5. Create an action plan.

If you don't define what you do while you study, you set yourself up for endless hours in the library spent mindlessly scrolling through Facebook in between taking notes that won't actually help you remember the material. Georgetown professor and study expert Cal Newport recommends creating a detailed action-based plan that abandons "studying" as the verb of choice.