As a minimalist and someone who is currently in a big life transition window shopping is one of my favorite things. I love to browse through shops, get ideas and inspiration, and take photos of things that catch my eye–and sometimes buy something if I know I’ll use it right away or is what I’ve …
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How I Prepared for my Study Abroad
This post is sponsored by ClassTracker, and I received a copy of the planner in exchange for my honest review. There are also affiliate links featured in the post, through which I may receive a commission for purchases made through them. Thank you for supporting what makes The Wise Willow possible! Where did the summer …
Planning for a New Semester: Start off Strong!
I don’t know about you, but ordering textbooks for a new semester makes me feel ready to start preparing for the months ahead! This morning I logged on to one of my favorite textbook resources, Textbooks.com. I was able to find all of the books that were on my required reading list at a very …
How to Be More Productive as a Student: 5 Tips by Guest Blogger Melanie of Unicorners.co
Today’s post is a guest post by Melanie of Unicorners.co, and is perfect for students currently going through final exams (like me!) or students planning to take summer courses. I am so excited to have her featured on my blog, and I know you will love this post! 🙂 _____________________________________ We all have them: days …
Reflections from a College (almost) Junior
I am normally pretty good about posting on a regular schedule, but I must admit that I have managed to stray from that quite a bit lately. I wrote my last post about two weeks ago, and since then life has become a blur of assignments, end-of-semester planning, and reflections on where I have been. The …
Being a Bawse
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Advice from a Double Major
For this week’s post I decided that I wanted to focus more on my college life, seeing as the semester is already progressing to a close. It’s hard to believe that I am almost halfway done with my college experience as a whole! I’ve been a double major since October of this year (and an …
Minimalist Spending Tips for College Grads
During college it’s easy to get used to dorm or apartment living where the furniture and other necessities are already provided for you. Even though I have yet to graduate from college, I found myself starting to think about the investments that I am going to make and how to save for them ahead of …
The Szen Zone: Finding Positivity Among Challenges
It has been quite a while since I have done a book review, and I was sent a copy of Szen Zone in exchange for my honest review. I have been looking forward to writing this post, and the life got in the way. From Monday evening until today at 1pm I had a terrible migraine headache, …
My Busy Schedule Secret
As many of you probably know, my college schedule for the past two years has been anything but calm. Simply put, most of my days involve a multitude of sticky notes and lists about meetings, tasks, appointment times, and other to-do list items. My own definition of what it means to be busy has changed significantly since …