Although it’s a little early saying this, mostly because this article is being written the day before classes start, I can already feel that my sophomore year of college will be a lot smoother and well-planned than my freshman year.

I’ve already been mentally preparing for tomorrow ever since I left Millikin in May, telling myself to make sure to be more proactive in my school work, to get up early and to make sure I go to all of my classes, things that I was not preemptive about during my freshman year.

Even though I had let procrastination get the better of me during my first year at Millikin, when I had first arrived to campus to start my college career, I felt very ready about what was to come. I wanted to be on top of my studies, so, during the first half of my first semester at Millikin; I kept pace with all of my classes.

Things went off very smoothly. I was going to all of my classes, as well as being on time. Pertaining to homework, papers, speeches and tests, I made sure to get a good start on my assignments, no matter if they were easy or not. However, as the first semester went on, my productivity declined a little.

Instead of making myself go to the library and study or work, I began to spend more and more time with my friends during the second half of my first semester at Millikin. I was still going to class and doing my homework, but I began coming in a little late to my first classes of the day from accidentally sleeping in.

Concerning my assignments, I started to ignore them until their due dates were fast approaching. Although the end of my first semester at Millikin turned out to be less productive than I had wished, I finished it off with a high GPA and I told myself that second semester with be more constructive.

When I had returned from Christmas break I still spend a lot of time with friends, but, I made good on my promise, and I made it to classes as well as being more productive with the homework I was assigned; however, like the previous semester, I eventually let my bad habits get the better of me.

During my second semester I didn’t try as hard as I could have. Instead of the feelings of accomplishment that I had felt during the first semester, I felt bogged down and rushed to complete the assignments that I had left for the last minute. Instead of walking to class to class with ease, I was rushing to get to the class that I was already a little late too. Even though the semester had been unproductive, I had managed to end up with a high GPA in the end.

So now, as I wait to begin my sophomore year of college, I am ready for the tasks that lay ahead, and to be more productive about them.