It is important to remain organized, especially when you’re in college and your semester has just begun. Admittedly, college life is all about how well you can manage things, everything from your personal life and professional life to your social life, your assignments, you internships and your life in general. It can be tiring and hectic. Here are a few things you can do to remain a tiny bit more organized.

1. Get a planner. If you’re not one to refer to a notebook planner, then simply download an app. There are plenty apps available on the net. A planner will help you enormously to keep track of your assignments, classes and everything else you may need to remember.

2. Make a schedule, especially for chores. Laundry needs to be done? Room needs to be cleaned? Food supplies need to be bought? Schedule it. Set a day every week to do your laundry, to clean your room and even to go grocery shopping. You’ll be happier this way, trust me.

3. Figure out what your syllabus is, well in advance. Have a copy with you and keep going through it. It is not a good idea to be running around the campus trying to figure out what to prepare when your exam is the next day.

4. Also, make notes meticulously. I know that the lectures are boring, and it’s difficult to pay attention specially when you can just play something on your phone, or filter the picture for your next Instagram upload. But when your end Semesters approach, you’ll be thanking yourself for paying attention in class and making those notes.

5. Keep track of your assignments. It’s surprising, how easy it is to forget which assignment is due when and which one is for which subject. So make a list with clear and well demarcated columns and rows for subject, topic and due date.

Follow these simple things and see yourself have a much more easy ad organized life!