Zen College Life

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Believe it or not, if you are able to read this you are savy enough to build a decent website.  And with the whole world turning to the internet, there is no good reason for you not to have a personal website.  It doesn’t have to be extravagant, but it should be clean and neat enough that when someone googles your name your website comes up first.  If you plan on being a professional in any field, or even if you’re just looking for a little extra motivation (like I am with my 6 pack experiment), a personal website is a great way to keep family and friends updated, as well as gain credibility in your respective fields. Read more »

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Finals are just around the corner, and with them comes a whole new set of stress for many of us.  But it doesn’t have to be that way.  A little stress is great when harnessed for success.  Follow these tips and you are sure to be well on your way to success.  If you are an A student it’s time to make 100s across the board, if you are a B student, it’s A time.  Follow the tips here at Zen College Life and you are gauranteed to have greater success than you have had in previous semesters. Read more »

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That’s right folks.  8 months down the road and I have reached 100+ posts.  I don’t know about you, but I’m excited.  And to celebrate, I’ve compiled a fantastic list of resources to hack your life and make you an amazing well rounded person.  This may be my favorite post yet.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

If your life is anything like mine you probably don’t have time to read all of these at once, so bookmark this article and read a little bit at a time. Read more »

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I was recently approached by a student doing a paper on the Evolution of Zen.  She asked some pretty important questions, and I thought it would be a good idea to post them along with the answers here.  Maybe this will help us remember the importance and significance of everything we do in this life.  This one gets a bit deep.  Enjoy! Read more »

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I got back to Houston thursday, and I’ve gotta say, I’ve never seen anything quite this bad.  Trees were uprooted and thrown around, fences had all but blown away, power was out at every other street light, and damage was everywhere.  But there is one thing I noticed that I would have never expected. Read more »

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Inspiration Point by Mandj98

For many college students around the world, this week starts the fall semester.  As I’m sure many of you know, the first week tends to be a bit hectic and stressful, especially for freshman.  To help everyone get through the rough start and on to smooth sailing, I’ve decided to compile an abstract collection of motivational inspiration. Today the medium will be videos. Tomorrow? Who knows. Enjoy and have a great week! Read more »

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Now that we’ve taken care of all of the necessary details to ensure a successful start to our school year, we have a little time before class actually begins.  For me this ‘little time’ consists of 3 days (I start Monday).  I’ve taken care to ensure that most of my loose ends are tied, so this post is more for therapy than anything else.  I’m going to map out these next three days. Read more »

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“Beelitz lecture hall” By Ole Begemann (Some Rights Reserved)

Tips and Tricks

As promised, here is the list of tips, tricks, and college hacks that will help ensure you great success in your college career.  Not all of them will apply to everybody, but there are definitely a few gems here for everyone.  Enjoy!

• Go to all orientations. The fact is, you can never know too much about your school, and any knowledge you do have can only be useful.
• Be friends with your roommate. Being/Having a good roommate is the difference between your apartment/dorm being amazing, or very, very terrible. Read more »
  

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Creating a Successful Environment

Now that we have a vision and a plan to create that vision, it is time to create a successful environment.  This will ensure that you can make the most of your experience and master your academic career.  I won’t get into specifics here, at it will be different for everybody, but rather a general idea of what a successful environment is and isn’t. Read more »

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Planning and Organizing

Ok, so you’ve gone through the visualization exercise and you  have a realistic image of what college is going to be like.  You know what your finances will consist of, your academic life, you have chosen the best way to spend your free time.  You have a clear idea of the commitment required for your health and relationships.   You even have an idea of what type of community activities you might like to participate in.  Now it’s time to build that vision into a reality. Read more »

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