Using Google Drive as an organizer for academics

What is this feeling?

I organized my Google Drive for my senior year of high school (next year) with a goal of maximum organization and productivity. It seems a bit weird to already be focusing on next year, but I want to make sure that it goes smoothly. All of my school work, whether physical or digital, will be stored inside the Google Drive with their corresponding folders. I have folders for every class, and then within those more folders for each unit of that class. This way, all the work for each unit is clearly labeled and easy to find. Additionally, I will put the dates of all the work in the name of the document, since it can get pretty confusing (quickly) when the document was assigned/created. Keeping dates also helps in case an issue comes up with grading or similar assignments. 

Although my school computer runs slowly, it still manages to handle Google Drive well enough, so I don’t have any issues accessing my work during at school. This is really useful when I need to reference notes or homework—especially for reviewing specific concepts, like a math formula I’ve forgotten.. This year I've noticed that I've frequently needed to reference past things from the year, but didn't have an organized drive with those things. I didn't even bother making a physical "drive" with binders and folders, since I am much less organized in real life. Plus, the papers get really heavy after a while and easily damaged. 

Having a well-organized and resourceful Google Drive with plenty of study material will make getting through the AP classes more bearable (Yes, I am definitely taking AP English Literature and Composition). This will also make studying for said exams more efficient and effective. It will be much easier to locate all the content I've received and use it to create new study materials based on what I already have. This year I found it hard to find all my damn history notes to study for the topics, leaving me all on my own to finding new study resources (because most of my notes were either lost in the abyss or damaged).

I know it will be difficult to stick to this organization--who doesn't want to just shove the work in your bag and forget about it? I need to have some discipline to take the time to scan my work or upload it to drive, even after being exhausted from working on it at 11pm. It's time to be like a real high schooler commit to this plan.

My drive also has other folders unrelated to school work like music, audio, videos, images, ROMS, save files, novels, and creative writing. Keeping other miscellaneous stuff like this organized also helps it from interfering with organizing the school work when it starts to get messy. 

 

We'll see how this turns out.

LUCAS

     Lucas realized that Claus was probably dead out there somewhere, so he set his sights on finding purpose in something else. As he stumbled around Tazmily and around the Nowhere Islands, he came across many magical magypsies that could do many magical things to him. Now, we won't name what exactly they did to him (especially in the hot spring) but we can name what the did to help him. They gave Lucas many useful PSI powers and mementos of their existence when they randomly died, even though they lived for like 400 years. They also gave Lucas useful tips to look for some magical substances that makes them feel amazing, like you had endless wealth and found the holy grail.

    Whenever Flint or Lighter tried to stop Lucas from absent-mindely going out, he'd angrily yell at them and tell them to stop thwarting his plans to find the magical goodness. He wondered why they couldn't see the vision of finding the magical substances. Like earlier when Lighter's house was burnt to a crisp and Lighter broke his foot, but refused to become enlightened and find the holy grail and instead returned back to building that stupid cabin. These actions were probably to keep Fuel safe but Lucas couldn't help but see the goodness of the hearts of the people. 

    Inwardly, Lucas is sad and depressed and wants to change to be like them. He's a cold soul who ruins everything! That's what we know him for! Deep down, though, Lucas wishes to fully find the holy grail.

    But it feels like he's been chasing this dream for lifetimes and he's wondering if it will ever end. It seems as though ever since he met those magypsies his life his life has been engulfed by this damn substance.

 How did he get here?! How long has he been here?! He's starting to question if it was even real! A real substance that could change your life?! What?

 WAIT A MINUTE....

THOSE DAMN MUSHROOMS!!!!!!!!

 He realized he didn't need to be depressed anymore. The whole world clicked now! And he realized that he was mad trippin' right about now.

Looking for magical substances?? LOL! He laughed to himself and realized that once he found the faithful little pile of shrooms lying on the floor and decided to snack on them, he began to significantly hallucinate. He'd been having a pretty good time, and none of what the magypsies told him was real. Damn, these were some good ass shrooms, Lucas thought.

As he looked at the people around him, he realized that none of them were real, but rather just bugs and insects from the forest he walked into. 

Lucas got up and left, feeling sort of sad that none of the things he experienced were real. He really was just a lost soul, but who cares, since now he has a bunch of shrooms that can help him escape.

AP English Lang: It's done

 That's right; today I took the AP Lang exam that is now fully digital at 8am. 

 

I'm glad it's over. It was undeniably a long test. By the end of my second essay, I was drained. For the sake of myself, I'm not going to talk entirely about the content of the test (don't worry I will once scores are out). My responses were kinda ehh.

 

It's actually hard to write a good essay in 40 minutes, especially when the clock is ticking and you've never seen the topic before. The challenge, for me, comes from thinking from the nooks and crannies of my brain for examples I could use for the argumentative essay or details I could use for the synthesis essay to further expand my argument and be "sophisticated". But really, it can be hard to come up with things to say (even if you know you've got them in you somewhere) when you aren't familiar with the topic. Plus, sometimes the prompt is a little vague, so I don't know if I'm really answering the question 100% correctly. 

Either way, what's done is done, so there's no use stressing over every aspect of how you did right now since nothing you do is going to change it. I'm glad it's done, and I'm also glad APUSH is over. APUSH, if you're wondering, wasn't that bad.

What does MeThinks?

 Me thinks that it's kind of insane that I've spent nearly 2 hours on LibreOffice today. Happy Mother's Day!

 

Before celebrating, I was intensely writing a few poems and stories on LibreOffice, which resulted in my Mac saying I was using it for 2 hours. Isn't that crazy, though? It's like the only time when my screen time isn't just RetroArch or YouTube. I find it insane that I was actually able to not get distracted by all the other stuff on my computer and write for a bit. Also, it might not even be completely accurate, since I was switching between LibreOffice to Google Docs. I can't make up my damn mind between those two. I love LibreOffice for its customization and looks, but also love that Google Docs is cloud based so I can access my document when I feel like using my Linux laptop. The font selection on Google is unmatched, though. 

 So, what should you take away from this? Be proud of yourself if your screen time usage is majority on something like books or productivity. Sure, you might not exactly be using the screen less (which is the most ideal thing), but at least you're being productive.