Problem: Article: . Unlike what you may think, it's nearly impossible to be successful in other areas without being organized. Clean out your closet, empty your medicine cabinet and only put back what you use, throw out all old papers from your desk, clean your room, just go crazy and unleash your inner Martha Stewart. See where your strengths and weaknesses are. Talk to teachers about what you should do to improve. Study weekly. Guide yourself with previous exams. Make flashcards. Try your hardest, for real, and you'll make it. . Cute school supplies help you want to study. Nice pens and pretty notebooks will pay off if they encourage you to work harder. Also, more special rewards for extra hard goals are in order. Something like a night out or a new accessory. Choose things that interest you and educate yourself. Things like a foreign language or history of art can be self taught if you're passionate enough. If you are lacking in discipline, try signing up for a class Don't forget to make time for exercise and other non-academic activities like going out or gardening or whatever you like. Try hard to make time to just do nothing and you'll feel much better.
Summary: Organize yourself Take a hard look at your GPA. Motivate yourself Go the extra mile. Keep yourself active in other things besides school.

Problem: Article: Choose unique words that you don't typically use in an average day. These can be big words, names of celebrities or athletes, names of sports or hobbies, etc. You will use these words to replace names, locations, activities, etc. in your new language. Using this technique is a much faster and simpler way to create your own language. For example, if you and your friends are basketball fans, create a list of well-known players, and use their names as substitutes for certain people. If you want to keep things simple, focus on only replacing words that are verbs or emotions. This can change the entire meaning to a sentence without changing every word. Replace the meanings of words that already exist to give them your new meanings. Get together with your friends and have a brainstorming session. Write down the words of your language and their new meanings so that nobody forgets. Try to use words that have very different meanings so that your language isn't hard to figure out. For example, use the word taco for hate. So if your sentence was originally "I hate math", your new sentence is "I taco math." This will help each of your friends to decipher it quickly before the words are learned. Store it on your phones or computers so that you can access the diary quickly. This dictionary should be akin to an actual dictionary. It should list the words in your made up language, and define what they actually mean in your native language. This dictionary doesn't have to include every single word in a real dictionary, as many of the words will mean the same thing. It should include all of the words that you have changed the meaning of.
Summary: Create a list of words to use in your new language. Change the meaning of existing words. Make a dictionary that reveals the definitions of your new words.

Problem: Article: For much of the film, Burton's Alice wears a blue dress that falls close to ankle-length. In some scenes her blue dress is loosely draped and worn off the shoulder. However, in the court scene she wears a strapless red tea-length dress with white and black sheer overlay. Adults may own a suitable red cocktail dress. The loosely draped version of the blue dress would be difficult to buy or construct, but could be appropriate as an informal toga-style costume. Vintage stores and thrift shops can be good places to find affordable longer dresses that can be modified to look like Alice's film costume. In the film, Alice does not wear the iconic white pinafore. However, the overlay on the red dress is something like an apron worn backwards; open at the front, covering the back. You can make your own reverse pinafore by tying a length of black and white fabric across the back of a red dress, and draping part over one shoulder. In the film, Alice wears white-tinted stockings but they are sheer and not terribly distinctive. In warm weather, going without stockings would likely be as appropriate as wearing nylons. Burton's Alice wears white lace-up boots with a kitten heel and a black toe. These might be quite difficult to find. Black and white saddle shoes might provide a convincing alternative. Some websites that feature vintage imitation clothing, such as Modcloth, stock high heels in black and white that look similar. Purchasing a pair of white boots from a thrift store and painting them with black accents is an affordable alternative. Alice's hair is blonde and parted down the center. It falls in loose waves around her shoulders without a headband or other styling. If your hair is naturally straight, use a curling iron or hot rollers to achieve more body. If your hair is naturally a color or texture that makes imitating the film look impossible, consider wearing a wig to achieve the full effect.
Summary:
Pick a dress. Decide whether to use a pinafore. Choose your stockings. Find the best footwear. Style your hair.