This article is not just for incoming freshmen. Although, freshman have the most to gain from this in the long run, I suppose. This advice is for any and all of you who are pumped up for this new semester.

First week energy is the best. You just wrapped up three months of study free bliss, unless you took summer classes, in which case you only got two weeks, but still. You are bursting with energy, recharged from the sun, and ready to take on the world, or at least the 18 hours you thought were a good idea back in April. How can we hone that enthusiasm into realistic goals? How can you use this positivity high to plan for the inevitable mid semester slump? Below is a list of my best advice for using that overflow of summer energy to start your semester off right, which I might know a little something about, since I started (and finished) 9 of them.