Let's start saving!

I know one of the biggest problems I have is saving money. I have a habit of spending money and not being able to account for where my money went. Here are some helpful tips on how to save money.

Tip 1: Create a monthly (or weekly) budget. Think of the necessities that you need and leave a little room for emergencies.

Tip 2: Reduce your eating out habits. I know I have a bad habit of always eating out. It's really cheaper to cook and eat leftovers than it is to keep eating out. Cutting this habit will save you a lot of money!

Tip 3: Think of things that you can go without having. Can you make your own coffee at home instead of going to Starbucks every day? Can you paint your own nails instead of going to the nail salon every week? Can you cancel the gym membership that you haven't used in 2 months? Try cutting some of these things out of your budget and only use them as a positive "reward" when you have the room in your budget for them.

Tip 4: Set small saving goals. If you save $50 for the next 12 months, you will have saved $600. If you save $100 for the next 12 months, you will have saved $1200. When creating your budget, figure out how much money you will be able to save every month and work toward that goal.

Let's start saving!

Being Productive in School

Everyone has a busy life and sometimes we forget to do things. Personally, I can have a million things on my mind and it causes me to forget things. Here's some helpful apps I use to keep me on track.

iStudiez Pro

This app is extremely helpful to me. I use it mostly for school. You  can add class schedules, tests, and even assignments to this app. 15 minutes before your class (or other scheduled event) starts, the app will send you an alert. You can also set up alerts for homework assignments. There is a place on the app to enter your professor's contact information, including office hours. Overall, I think this app is amazing and I have been using it for 3 years now. I highly recommend this app to others.







Grades 2

This app has also become very helpful to me. It was recommended to be by someone else. The first step to this app is putting all your syllabus assignments in to calculate your total points possible for that particular class. You then tell the app what grade you want to get in that class. Personally, I shoot higher. The app will then tell you what you need to get on each assignment in order to achieve that grade for the semester. Whenever you get an assignment graded, you add the grade to the app. The app then adjusts to tell you what grade you have now and what you need to get on the remaining assignments in order to obtain the grade you want. I think this app is very useful and I also highly recommend it.


Hope these apps help you!

Keep Calm and Drink More Water

I know that I do not drink as much water as I am suppose to. It's really hard when our society is so use to drinking other things like juices and sodas. So, I want to talk about water today and its benefits.

How water benefits you 
When you are dehydrated, you tend to have more ache and painful sunburns. You tend to have bags under your eyes and feel more fatigue. Being dehydrated also makes you have longer hangovers. When you are hydrated, you will have a healthier scalp, along with healthy nails, hair and skin. Being hydrated also helps with weight loss

How much water are you suppose to drink?

So, for example, say you weight 150 pounds. When you compute the equation, it means that you should drink roughly 9 cups of water a day. Some people like to add fruit to their water, and that adds a extra detox to the water. Drinking 2 cups of water after you wake up helps activate your internal organs. Drinking 1 cup of water 30mins before a meal helps with digestion. Drinking 1 cup of water before a bath helps lower blood pressure. Drinking 1 cup of water before going to bed helps to avoid stroke and heart attack






Other benefits of water 

So, this week, let's work on drinking more water!

Are your habits good or bad?

Listening to a church service on Sunday, the Pastor discussed habits. Have you ever just sat down and thought about the things you do on a regular basis? Do you do some of these activities without thinking about them first or even know that you are doing them? Are some of these activities good for you? Are some of them bad for you? This week, lets reflect on our habits and how they affect our lives.



What is a habit?
According to Merriam-Webster, a habit is "a usual way of behaving: something that a person does often in a regular and repeated way". Another definition of a habit is, "a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up". A habit can be anything from brushing your teeth, to smoking cigarettes.

What is the difference between a good habit and a bad habit?


Most times when we discuss habits, we have a tendency to think of them as only being bad. We rarely think of something as a good habit. During the church service, he discussed the difference between a good habit and a bad habit. He said that a good habit is anything that benefits you, and a bad habit is something that is toxic to you. A good habit may be something like studying, or eating well. Good habits usually have good consequences connected to them and are something that we need to keep doing.



How do we break bad habits? 

In order to break a bad habit, you have to first accept that it is bad for you. You then have to find solutions on how you can stop yourself from doing this bad habit. It has been said that it takes doing something continuously for 21 days for it to become a habit. After you find a solution to stopping your bad habit, you have to follow through and make sure you stop the bad habit from reoccurring.





What are some of your good habits that you are proud of? What are some of your bad habits and how do you think you could change them?