This semester, I’m trying out something new. I’m toting my laptop to almost all of my classes. Some students (and teachers) frown upon their use in the classroom, but I’m all for it. I take my notes on my laptop and to be honest with you, I find it to be a lot more organized and clear.

Here’s an example of what my notes look like during a typical class, like BRC 320 (Programming, Programs and Effects):

I have Microsoft Word 2008 on my MacBook, which allows me to take notes on my Mac as if I were writing in a notebook. See that blue looseleaf paper in the bottom left hand corner of the screen cap? That’s the notebook layout, which changes a Word document into a…. you guessed it, notebook. You can add flags to points that are important, like I’ve done on mine to signify important points that will be on the test. You can also doodle, which comes in handy for classes with graphs like economics. You can even do a voice recording that coincides with your points! Overall, I’m loving this new transition I’m making towards using my laptop as an organization aid for my classes. But I must advise to double-check with your professors before bringing a laptop. Some may prohibit them from their classrooms to prevent you from….

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Do you have any tips to stay organized and focused through the year? Post them here!

I’m so over this week already! I am od tired , I can’t shake my exhaustion and on top of it I’m behind on nearly every deadline . One days to do list runs into the next and the next and blah. Lets get to the weekend please.

Everyone who stayed up late thinking there wouldn’t be any school today.

Are in class participating like :

#EpicFail …. on the Oswego snow .

It started last night. I followed through with the advice and continued it from this morning throughout. Try it I promise you’ll see the rewards.

Jan 10, Day 17: if you are feeling really good, negative thoughts and words are not on the same frequency as you, so you don’t even have to try to stop them because all good things just pour out of you. So, the fastest way to be more positive is to watch how you are feeling, rather than trying to monitor your thought and words. You are the only one who has control of your feelings, so start to get in touch with how you are feeling, and then deliberately focus on intensifying a good feeling within you.
Jan 11, Day 18: When henry ford was bringing his vision of the motor vehicle into our world, people around him ridiculed him and thought he had gone mad to pursue such a “wild” vision. Henry ford knew much more than the people who ridiculed him. He knew The Secret and he knew the law of the universe. “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, either way you are right” ~ Henry Ford

Jan 12, Day 19: No one would ever deliberately attract anything unwanted. Without the knowledge of The Secret, it is easy to see how some unwanted things may have occurred in your life or other people’s lives. Its simply came from a lack of awareness of the great creative power of our thoughts.

Jan 13, Day 20: Trust your instincts. It’s the universe inspiring you. It’s the universe communicating with you on the receiving frequency. If you have an intuitive or instinctive feeling, follow it, and you will find that the Universe is magnetically moving you to receive what you asked for.
Jan 14, Day 21: The reason you have to love You is because it is impossible to feel good if you don’t love You. When you feel bad about yourself, you are blocking all the Love and all the good that the Universe has for you.
Jan 15, Day 22: All you require is You, and your ability to think things into being. Everything that has been invented and created throughout the history of Humankind began with one thought. From that one thought a way was made, and it manifested from the invisible into the visible. “Take the first step in Faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jan 16, Day 23: It doesn’t matter who you are or where you are, the law of attraction is forming your entire life experience, and this all-powerful law is doing that through your thoughts. You are the one who calls the law of attraction into action, and you do it through your thoughts.
Jan 17, Day 24: you can let your imagination go wild with a vision board, and place pictures of all the things you want, and pictures of how you want your life to be. Make sure you put the vision board in a place where you see it and look at it every day. Feel the feelings of having those things now. As you receive, and feel gratitude for receiving, you can remove pictures and add new ones. This is a wonderful way to introduce children to the law of attraction. “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attraction” ~ Albert Einstein

Jan 18, Day 25: Fear is the most debilitating emotion that there is, and every one of us can live a life without fear. The key to absolute freedom and joy for each and every one of us is to let go of fear. When you understand that fear puts on a frequency of attracting more fearful events and circumstances into your life, you will understand how important it is to shift yourself. People are in fear of being late, of losing their job, of paying the bills, of getting sick and the list goes on. But the fear of those things is actually summoning them to us. The law of attraction of impersonal and whatever we focus on with feeling is bringing it to us. When fearful thoughts come, stamp them out immediately. Send them on their way and replace them with anything that makes you feel good.
Jan 19, Day 26: When you say “I am,” the words that follow are summoning creation with a mighty force, because you are stating it with a mighty force, because you are declaring it to be fact. You are stating it with a mighty force, because you are declaring it to be fact. You are stating it with certainty. And so immediately after you say, “I am tired” or “I am broke” or “I am sick” or “I am late” or I am overweight” or “I am old,” the Genie says, “Your wish is my command”
Jan 20, Day 27: Every single person deserves to live a wonderful life, and they have the power to do that through the law of attraction. When you tend to your happiness and joy, something wonderful happens. You begin to overflow with joy, and every single person that you come into contact with is touched by your joy. One person in joy brings so much joy to the world through the magnificent matrix of our Universe. The power within each of us is unfathomable when focused in the direction of all good for all.

             Its been a fast, akward week adjusting back into the swing of Oswego life. The waking up for classes, wadeing through snow, buying tons of candy and ramen from walmart, and seeing old friends. Though all these things may sound great, getting throught the first week is only like taking a step out side in a hail storm. Dispite what lies ahead I am off on a good foot. I can manage my work load so that it doesnt snowball out of control if I stay on this yellow brick road I can make it.