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New Year’s fuss and Jingle Bells tunes urge us to have a fresh start to the brand-new year—by setting ambitious goals, taking care of our body and soul, learning new skills, and so on. As a college student, you are especially thrilled about what you can achieve this year. But the truth is we rarely succeed in these ventures if our environment—physical, digital, and mental—is cluttered and messy. If our lives are full of unwanted things that we don’t dare to get rid of, in the end, we let the clutter drag us down. This is not a way to succeed in college and boost your learning achievements!

Read more > “Decluttering Tips for College Students”

The educational and employment landscapes have rapidly changed in the past five years—but what about college specializations? If you are now contemplating where to apply and which major to choose, you are probably very much in doubt. Soft skills are in demand more than ever. In contrast, some hard skills are attainable through free or relatively cheap online educational programs or even substituted by automation.

Read more > “10 Trending College Majors that Earn Most Money in 2021”

It is the beginning of autumn! It’s the time for freshmen students to buy textbooks, learn about new dorm roommates, and simply get ready for college. Everyone facing this new experience does not really know what to expect. In order to make these years more memorable, you can engage in many activities which can expand your horizons and make your life more fun. You also should get ready to refute some of the myths about what it means to be a college student… And last but not least—how can one handle all that college homework and preserve your mental health? Let’s have a look at these tips prepared for you by BooksRun below!

Read more > “College Tips for Freshmen Students: on Your First Days on Campus, Homework, and Mental Health”

If you have just started your college degree, you must be feeling overwhelmed with all the never-ending tasks and assignments that your professors want you to submit before the deadlines! Traditional methods of organising your daily routine usually mean keeping a diary to write what you have to do and when. It is definitely a useful habit and will help you stay on top of many things. Nevertheless, taking into account your frantic state of mind at university, what happens if you forget to write something down and you miss a deadline? On top of that, it takes a lot of perseverance and diligence to keep your diary in an organised and readable manner. Given the fact that we live at the times of AI technologies and robotics, it is a shame if we do not benefit from something that makes our life easier! One of such examples brought to us by the technological revolution is the calendar app that lets you stay afloat even at the busiest periods of the year. 

Read more > “4 Calendar Apps for Staying Organized at College”


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A good pen simplifies your studying routine so much! It can improve the way you take notes, the way you remember things and as a result, it can even boost your grades. At the times when a lot of students type their notes on tablets or laptops, there are still a lot of students who prefer to follow their professor in a more traditional way: by taking handwritten notes. Actually, it has been proven that jotting down your notes on a piece of paper improves your retention ability, sharpens your memory and makes it easier to recall things at a later stage.

Read more > “5 Best Pens For College Notes”

It is clear to every student doing his or her studies at an American university that college books are a great expenditure in the budget. Moreover, there are certain degrees that require the purchase of textbooks that cost a fortune: it concerns science and business books in particular. Your wallet will start to feel the effect immediately! Through the analysis of your used textbooks’ publication date, condition and prices online, you can understand how much they are really worth. We outlined this information in more detail below, and we hope it should help you sell your used textbooks at the best price!

Read more > “How Much is My College Textbook Worth?”

If you are a new student to be going to college this fall, you need to understand what you have signed up for! It is a new chapter of your life and it is useful to find out about other people’s experience to get a better idea of what student’s life is like. Now at the age of Facebook it is popular among students to publish posts about their academic and extra-curricular achievements, personal problems, dorm friends, sports activities etc… It is interesting to read this information but very often it provides just an abstract from a certain person’s life. It is hard to understand the impact of this particular event on their overall life and their experiences at college.
Read more > “Top College Blogs”

Despite the fact that in winter we gained one extra hour from Daylight Saving Time, it looks like we manage to do even less than in the summer. Taking into account, we decided to cover some helpful tools and tips for organizing your time. This should make you more effective in managing your daily tasks as well as enable the after-holiday transition into working mode somewhat easier.

Read more > “6 Helpful Resources to Organise Your Daily Life”

Have you ever noticed that from time to time during the exam preparation period your mind switches to thinking about what you can eat? At the time when you are trying to focus, your mind is craving for food, in particular, sugary snacks that apparently boost your energy and improve your concentration. But you have probably noticed as well, that very soon you will be craving for chocolate again… and again. Eating lots of sugary and fattening foods during concentration times comes unnoticed which over time leads to such unpleasant problems as overweight, allergies, and high cholesterol.

Read more > “Brainy Foods That Will Help You Focus”

TV show host, actress, producer, business woman, philanthropist, publisher, chairman of Oprah Winfrey Network, spiritual leader… it is not a full list of accomplishments of the most powerful media personality in the world  – Oprah Winfrey. Her name denotes a business phenomenon, “Oprah Effect”, when her TV show has helped many businesses to raise their profit and many people to launch their TV careers. With her books, such as The Path Made Clear, Oprah inspires ordinary people to pursue their goals and live happier. Here we are going to have a look at what qualities help Oprah to enjoy such an overwhelming success and what can be learned from her success story.

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”

 Oprah Winfrey Read more > “What We Can Learn from Oprah Winfrey’s Success Story”

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