School is stressful, but building a routine helps keep everything on track. However, certain habits can form very quickly causing you to hinder your productivity rather than help it. I know I have formed a few bad habits of my own over the last year, so I have decided to make a list of the top three worst habits I wish to break this semester. There are multiple ways to develop a bad habit to the point it becomes next to impossible to break. Hopefully, most of you can relate to some of your worst habits with mine and get some advice on how to break them while reading this article. With that said, here are my worst habits and different ways you can break them.

1. Sleeping in until the very last minute.

Now, I know we are all guilty of this one because there is no way you have never pressed snooze on that alarm at least once in your life. Personally, I have done this more times than I wish to admit. I end up waking at the last minute which causes me to rush around my room trying to get ready before I absolutely have to leave. The general problem is I am always putting my phone right next to me where it is easily accessible. Therefore, I end up reaching over and pressing the snooze button on my alarm a little too quick then go right back to sleep.

There are two solutions to this problem and on how to quit this bad habit. First (the easier of the two solutions), you can place your phone on the other side of the room. This will cause you to have to get up and walk for a little bit. Thus, causing blood to flow throughout your body and wake up those sleepy legs. For the second solution, you can be quite creative. Keeping the phone next to you instead of across the room, set an alarm with the option of snoozing it; however, there is a catch.

Most phones today have the option of setting up a pattern code in order to unlock the phone to turn the alarm on snooze or off. Turn this mechanism on and you will be forced to actually wake up in order to turn that stupid alarm off. You can be creative by setting difficult drawing patterns, have a key code, or solving a knocking pattern. Also, your brain will be challenged to actually wake up and think about how to solve the puzzle code.

2. Losing important papers (i.e. study guides and notes)

There is no question about this bad habit. I am usually a very organized person. There is a place for everything important that I need (not under the bed). Although, I am quite busy and this causes me to throw stuff onto the floor of my room without thinking of putting it in its proper place.

For this situation, I end up losing everything important I need for either studying or completing my homework. An example of this is when I had a big math test during finals week and the teacher gave us a formula sheet two weeks prior. He made it very clear that we would need this formula sheet in order to complete the test. According to my brain when I got home, I was going to just leave it on the floor and put it away later.

That is not what happened exactly. In less then two days, my floor had been completely covered in school supplies, clothes and a bunch of shoes. When it came time to study for the final exam, I was desperately looking around for that formula sheet. Eventually, I was able to find it after hours of unburying it. After this, I decided to really try and keep my school materials organized, so I came up with a solution.

If you have this same bad habit, go to your local convenience store and buy one of those magazine organizers. Label each one (depending on how many you bought) with specific categories for papers. For example, one of the organizers can be labeled 'Math Notes and Study Guides.' Keeping papers organized like this will help de-stress you and help make finding important documents easier.

3. All-nighters

Of all my bad habits, there is one that stands out the most to me. That would be pulling constant all-nighters. Sometimes, I will pull three of these in a row just to finish assignments, readings, and study for tests. Personally, I struggle with high amounts of anxiety and place a lot of pressure on myself. This is a very serious problem and I know I am not the only one who suffers from lack of sleep.

These all-nighters cause me to lose focus in class and do my best on assignments. It will get to the point where after I stay up for a few nights without sleep, the next few days are nothing, but me sleeping and going to school. I will forget to eat and do anything else. My solution to anyone suffering from this bad habit, like myself, is to take a step back and clear your mind for a moment. Even if it is just for a few seconds.

This will help you relax and be able to focus on what you need to do. Another part of the solution is to make a to-do list with a set accomplishment time. What this means is to set a time during the day in which you wish to have all your to-do list objectives completed. Recently, I have tried this method and found it really helps me stay organized as well as on track with what I need to do.

Overall, these are my top three worst habits I want to break this semester and have begun doing so. Hopefully, you have found some helpful advice and can continue on the road to breaking most, if not all, your bad habits.