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Labor day weekend is approaching fast! I have a few ideas to soak in the last days of summer and to keep the mind distracted from school. This weekend should be embraced, this is the opportunity to have some relaxation & fun before school. My school gave me this Friday through next Monday off for labor day & every second will be enjoyed. ~An idea for this weekend is to have one last taste of summer before school really starts is to enjoy the pool! Where I live the weather actually changes, so the pool is not open all year long. With this past winter being extra-long all this summer I've appreciated the heat and will soak up the sun over this weekend. I would suggest going with friends and family, have a genuine good time and have a moment to yourself, no need to post to instagram or tweet. ~Want a relaxing weekend? Try going to the park and taking a walk. If you don't want to do that try walking around your neighborhood. The summer breeze is the perfect weath...

Anyone starting high school may be nervous, and you have the right to be! You are about to enter a whole different environment. High school has different teachers and different students with the added uncertainty of not being familiar with anything. Now my tips may vary depending on your school and where you live. **TIPS** ~So for your freshman year is the most important academic year of your life. This year will determine your GPA for the rest of your high school career. If your wondering what a GPA is, it's your grade-point-average, the higher your GPA the better off you are so don't slack off! ~One thing that really helped me freshman year was to make a locker schedule to switch out supplies and lighten my backpack. ~Try exploring all possible ways of going to class, don't be accustomed to only one way & if you're not sure ask around. ~ Don't get stuck in hallway traffic! In my school its always a good idea to avoid the hallways that are near th...

If you read my last blog post (click here), I pack my own school lunch. The lunches provided by my school have no taste whatsoever & I am a picky eater as well so the two combined don't mix. So to all of my fellow lunch packers I wanted to share some healthier ways to pack lunch because let's face it if we really wanted to we could pack a whole bunch of junk-food in our bags and not care, right? Being healthy is always the goal that someone wants to achieve and here is a way you can approach this goal. An easy yet effective on like this(pictured above) is perfect! The veggie & dip is a great way to fill you up, you can pick and choose your favorite veggies and a dip with amazing flavor! Instead of a soda choose flavored or vitamin water. For a snack don't sacrifice your chips just choose a healthier version like these popped chips.  So on a personal level I'm not really the "healthiest person" and feel like it's too ambitious to tr...

With all these posts on my blog about school supplies & getting motivated , I thought why not share what I have in my backpack. With less than a week until school starts I have gotten all of my school supplies together and organized. Entering my Junior year of high school I will be taking on a lot of college prep classes, a combination of  AP (advanced placement) and IB (international baccalaureate). This requires hours of homework & studying and rigorous classwork and assignments. Also if you are under any assumption that I must be a super genius or something, that is far from the truth. I just take on challenges that I know I can handle and have the right time management skills to do so. Acknowledging that I will have this amount of work I want my backpack to survive the whole school year instead of getting through the first few weeks. So this year (since I'm a working girl now) I decided to invest in a good quality backpack. This year I purchased...

So I have less than a week before I go back to school and thought I would share easy and cute DIY's!!!We all know last minute school shopping doesn't leave many visually appealing supplies so I thought if you are in this situation here is an easy life-hack.  To make cute supplies you will have to: 1. Make sure the surface of the supplies are free of label or tags. 2. Take the wrapping paper and cut a piece that will fit the front and/or back of the supplies. *Tip* For a notebook, punch out holes before hand so it looks clean and not messy. 3. Start covering the surface using the glue stick and putting the wrapping paper on the glued area. *Tip* I like to go from left to right, it helps to smooth the paper as you lay it down to prevent air bubbles. 4. Option 1: Cut off excess paper and tape down the edges.     Option 2: Using liquid glue, fold excess paper and glue to the inside of the surface. And viola! You have new & cute school suppli...

Every year I have the mediocre mindset of the average teenager, get through school, tests and drama. Well this year I really want to focus on my problem areas that I have & work on improving them! ~Time management   I have been working on this since my freshman year of high school. Since I'm in college-prep classes the amount of homework assignments and projects are enormous. This past year I have mastered the art of using an agenda/planner. It has helped me to never over schedule myself. Still sticking to a plan in the planner is my problem. I usually procrastinate and end up stressing myself out (which is not the best). This year I want to stay true to what I plan for myself and have an even consistency with everything that I do. ~ Stressing Out Remember how I said that I have college- prep classes and that I have a procrastination problem? Well.... This is the very root of all my stress & it really shouldn't be I should be on top of everything but with...

It's the first of August and it's officially back-to-school time and most of us are planning what we're going to get for school. I have some tips you might want to check out to make your school shopping a bit easier and things that can help you stay organized throughout the year. Also click any of the pictures below for videos by Macbby11 aka Alisha Marie! One of the top things to buy for school are notebooks, especially the ones with built in pockets and dividers. Notebooks help me keep notes from class together verses loose papers all over the place. Also they keep all my class handouts and homework assignments in place. Another essential thing to buy when going back to school is an Agenda or Planner. Without this I would be lost! Between schoolwork, clubs and church I'm always busy and need to stay on top of things. I usually like to use small post it notes to remind me of an important assignment/event.  Lets say while you were shopping you scored an...