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The First 3 Steps to Cure a Mid-Semester Slump

The slump is burnout. It’s when your fun-self is having a fantastic tantrum due to your courseload/workload avalanche. Meanwhile, your responsible half is lecturing you for fantasizing about running away, increasing the tantrum. You spin your wheels on useless stuff, you’re not having fun and you’re crazy tired. Sound unproductive? Oh yeah. You need to [...]

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Google Calendar is my BFF

I am suspicious that Google is the precursor for Skynet. Despite this,  I love Google Calendar like I love my real-life BFF. I’ve tried everything from the Hipster PDA, single sheet calendars and mini-planners. None is so simple and flexible as Google Calendar. It fits in my pocket, courtesy of Blackberry syncing. It lets me [...]

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Three Fall Semester Tips

It’s the first day back on campus, or for some of you your first day of college. Welcome to school everyone. Talk to strangers. Introduce yourself to whomever you meet and ask them questions. Try not to talk for more than 30 seconds at a time and ask new people about themselves. This is the [...]

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