Mid Week pick-me-ups

So it's finals week, and it's a lot less stressful than I had imagined. Especially after my horrendously stressful time last week. But in my down time between studying, exam taking, and presenting, I've found some little things that have given me a little joy and excitement for this holiday season. 

The Spark Notebook!

This past weekend while I was doing some blog research I stumbled upon this handy dandy new notebook prototype: The Spark Notebook.  This notebook is kind of revolutionary. Now I love the day designer, and I will be using that for my day-to-day planning and goal setting for my daily life next year, but for a blogger, a second planner is kind of necessary. And this one is perfect! 

Writing a College Paper Part V: the Peer Review

The peer review is always the trickiest part of the writing process. A lot of people don't use the resource of peer review's seriously and therefore don't realize it's full potential. A peer review is one of the best things you can do in your writing process. When you sit down to write something, whether it takes 1 hour, 1 week, or 1 month, you become consumed in it; you start to not notice ...