My Planner

This essay is too short so let me know if there are any places where I can elaborate. Also, I’m thinking of cutting the first and/or second paragraph. What do you guys think?

When I first read this question I started thinking about survival strategies I would use to survive in the wild if I was lost without supplies. The things that came to my mind were building fires, scavenging for food, finding water, climbing trees, making shelter, etc. I quickly realized that I didn’t actually have any of these skills or at least not that I know of because I’ve never been put in a situation where I have to use skills like these.

The only thing that I really have to survive is school--which, to be honest, is not an easy task. My go to survival tool at school is definitely my planner. Everyday when fourth period roles around I pull out my planner and record every assignment, activity, or meeting that I have coming up.

When Ms. Morford told us that all of the subbies were going to get a free planner, I couldn’t help but feel excited. I had heard countless stories of the huge workload at Uni and my subbie self was determined to stay on top of things and avoid procrastination. And what better way to do that then with my planner? I dubiously wrote down every assignment that all of the teachers gave us and took note of the list of things that Ms. Morford reminded us of everyday. At some point during the year I even started highlighting my different assignments in random colors to make my planner look pretty.

When Freshman year rolled around I immediately assumed that I would need a planner. After subbie year, using my planner had become a habit. I spent at least an hour trying to find the perfect because if the planner wasn’t right, it would mess up how I wrote all of my assignments down.

I know that my planner habits are extra. I color code each  subject and also all of my different activities. I write down every single practice I have. I even write down meetings I have at school that happen every week. I keep a to do list in my planner and I also put sticky notes in it when I run out of space. I know all of this stuff is over the top but I never forget assignments so at least it’s effective.

Not only is my planner useful, it also helps keep me calm. If I have a ton of assignments to do, the first thing I do is write everything down in my planner. I can see everything I have to do in one place and I can make a game plan. I know that if I have everything written down in my planner I’m not going to forget anything. If I’m organized than it makes everything I have to do seem more manageable.

I know that my planner can’t do my assignments for me but it definitely helps me feel better about everything that’s going on at school. Plus, whenever I have a feeling that I’m forgetting an assignment or something else I can just check my planner. My planner is just one thing that makes school a little bit less stressful.