As the end of fall quarter approaches, everything appears to become hectic for college students: all of our time seemingly disappears as we cram for final exams, pull all-nighters revising essays, and piecing together portfolios. As a result, our days may seem shorter, and we're left wondering if we'll even have time to eat and sleep.

Typically (at least in my experience) one of the first things I tend to cut from my schedule when on a time crunch is my quiet time with God. The first 30 minutes of my day no longer are a quiet, peaceful space of communicating with the Lord and being in His Word, but are subject to the hustle and bustle of a typical end-of-the-quarter workday.

While I may trick myself in the short term that I now have more time to accomplish things during the day, the lack of prayer and communication with God adds up, and I am left feeling unprepared as I further drown in assignments and exam cramming.

But with this being my third year taking college classes, I believe God has time and time again showed me the most efficient way to endure the end-of-quarter madness. This "way" can be as easy as you allow it to be:

Delete all social media apps from your phone!

It may seem like a lot or little to ask of, depending on the amount of time you regularly spend checking social media. But regardless of your typical amount of Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Snapchat (and whatever else) consumption, cleaning out your phone does plenty to help you have a successful end to the academic quarter.

On the one hand, you will have more time on your hands. You'd be surprised how much time we waste by casually scrolling through our varies social media timelines while on a study break, early in the morning, or before we go to bed.

Without social media on your phone, you can have meaningful study breaks without getting sucked into a 10-minute Twitter detour. (Again, ten minutes may not sound like much, but the little "detours" add up throughout the day).

But not all of your gained time away from social media should be for studying. The most important constant in my life as a college student getting through final exams, papers, and projects has been my prayer life.

Without social media apps on my phone, I don't have to worry about being distracted by notifications in the morning. I can go straight from getting out of bed to my morning routine of prayer and starting the day spending time with God.

And while some may argue that they can just keep their phone on airplane mode to avoid distracting notifications, I would argue that 1) the temptation to waste time on social media is still there, just a simple toggle away, and 2) if you are that defensive about keeping social media on your phone, there is a certain level of attachment that you should probably give over to God.

I actually have had no social media apps on my phone ever since school started, and am debating just deleting internet from my phone in general, as unplugging from the constant noise of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, and even LinkedIn has created more space for me to hear the voice of the Lord.

And if my personal testimony hasn't convinced you, may these words from the book of Hebrews give further understanding: "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith" (Hebrews 12:1-2b, NIV).

I confidently campaign that deleting social media apps has brought me closer to God, as the additional time away from these internet platforms has been returned to me in quiet, intimate prayer, bringing peace and a calmed mind as I endure the day-to-day scholastic demands of being a university student.