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Organizing your backpack in school supplies shmoop it's the beginning

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of english and your essay on macbeth is due you're

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feeling pretty good about this one Good thesis Strong conclusion

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Great use of quotes Good title Yeah well actually you

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might want to rethink that one but hey at least

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you're doing better than this girl over here Yeah you

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Because even though your title might not be a cz

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well which in as you think it is at least

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your paper is on your desk ready to go But

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this girl this girl isn't this organized No sir She

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was sure she put her essay in her backpack this

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morning He just needs a minute to find it or

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two Or uh maybe a day Yeah Look we've all

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been that girl We've all frantically search for missing homework

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assignments before just like we've all tried to convince our

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teachers that our backpacks demanded a ritual sacrifice of math

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homework during the full moon before our dog ate it

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Yeah but just us and give us some credit At

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least we don't have the typical route but for the

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most part we'd like to think we're pretty organized We

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should all be so lucky Let's check back with our

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disorganized friend Is shall we though Is it time to

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admit you have a problem Well let's go through our

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handy dandy checklist Where do we put it Ah here

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we go Look at that organization pays off You might

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be disorganized if you have a messy locker folders or

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desk And yet check Check check You might be disorganized

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if you bring the wrong materials to class House That

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calculus book working out for you in p e huh

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You might be disorganized if you have a bunch of

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supplies out at once Well you probably don't need your

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chemistry book out for history or your gym shoes or

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your trumpet or your ceramic unicorn collection And you might

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be disorganized if you can't find your assignments in your

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messy black hole of a backpack Uh any of this

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sound familiar Well here's The bad news Your ceramic unicorn

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collection might be gone forever But here's the good news

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We can help fix your organizational issues Give this a

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shot one today Set aside a time where you organize

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you your desk bag locker room and whatever else needs

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Organizing no cheating on this It's got become part of

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your daily routine I want to get used to it

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It'll be second nature like breathing Who thinks about that

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right But organizing your materials Daly is a good addition

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to your routine You stay ahead of the mass Your

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work it's turned in regularly And hey it feels pretty

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great knowing where everything is right One another idea Color

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coding was a good one Color coding improves organization increasingly

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earth production and improves homework completion Find stuff really easy

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Each subject gets a different color folder And as long

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as you're organizing a daily which you are right you'll

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stay on top of your work There are plenty of

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tips out there to help you stay organized Maybe it

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helps you to keep a day planner Or maybe all

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you need is a friend Check in and monitor your

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progress Friends It really will be there for you Taking

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steps toward organizing your life is easier than you think

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And once you d'oh you might even find that ceramic

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unicorn collection again So there you go All is well

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that ends well Sarah groups run plane

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