Gearfire - Tips for Students

The Frugal Student: Get Microsoft Office 2010 for $80 The Frugal Student is a weekly column on personal finance for students, brought to you by Chuck over at The Thrifty Lifestyle. Check out TheThriftyLifestyle.com for more frugal tips! Money is often tight in college, and so students have developed many creative ways to save money. Unfortunately between productivity software like Microsoft Office and media software like Photoshop, computer software is often a big expense for students. Luckily software...

Tattoos, Piercings and Other Things That Seem Cool...

Ok, before I start this post, I want to mention that in pretty much every industrialized nation in the world, it is illegal to discriminate in the workplace based on physical appearance. That means that an employer can’t pass you over for a job because you have an eyebrow piercing. Know your rights! But that said, people hire people, not resumes. If you look good on paper, but look aggressive and offputting in...

Miscellaneous Thoughts From A.Y.

I’ve had the window of this post open for days, and as the hours tick past I’ve been going back and forth and jotting down ideas and realizations about high achievement, focus and miscellaneous ideas that are big enough to be useful, but not big enough for their own post. Most of these are just for entertainment value- I hope they make you think and/or smile! Every minute you spend doing one thing is one minute...

Are You Working, or Working WELL?

I loves making YouTube videos for ya’ll. I’m sure by now you’re well aware of the whole “efficient vs. effective” way of thinking. As in, it’s not enough to just do things- you must actually be doing the right things, and frequently in order to make things happen. Well, I didn’t know that- or rather, I knew it, but I didn’t start applying it- until recently. I filmed this video...

Unconventional Way To Find a Summer Job #2442

One of the reasons I don’t write more here on Gearfire is because a lot of my best ideas are small ideas. Like, I’ll be walking down the street, and I’ll think of a small little way to improve student life, and I’ll want to write about it but I don’t think a 1 paragraph post is substantial enough to satisfy people. But I have A LOT of these moments, so I’m throwing self doubt to the wind...

How to Make Waking Up Easier

This is a complete different point than waking up. This post will focus on how to get awake when you woke up already. You know that slow morning feeling right? Overslept while you have a test? You need to get awake instantly? Here are some tips to get awake.6 tips to get awake when you woke up. Illuminate yourself. Open the curtains, turn on the light. We have a biological clock which is triggered by light, use it! Get...

Quick Tip: How To Wake Up On Time By Fooling Your ...

If you are a chronic snooze button hitter in the morning, I want to propose an idea to you about why you keep sleeping in, even though you want to get out of bed at a particular time: It’s because you might have formed a habit of hitting the snooze button multiple times. So now, your body has just developed a particular wake up routine, which is a good thing! Routines when it comes to sleep are important in maintaining...

Powernapping Tips

On my last post, I wrote about how to use a powernap. It can solve your problems, help you handle big problems. But the question which rises is of course: How to powernap. I’ve been testing this a lot (because I like naps) and I think I’ve found the perfect way.How to powernap Feeling tired? You are going to consider taking a powernap. Well thought! You will feel more awake, sleepiness is in the past with a...

Exam Prep for the Dorm Kids: Making Personal Space

I’ve never had trouble making friends. I love being around people, and I like to think that I’m fun and interesting enough that people like to be around me. But as my exams came rolling around, I quickly realized that I no longer want to sacrifice my grades for a social life. Don’t get me wrong- I can unequivocally say that I made the right choice in the on-campus residence I picked here I the University of...