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When you walk into a bedroom, the bed is the piece of furniture that instantly draws the eye. Situating it in a central place and decorating around it is the best way to handle having a big bed in a small bedroom. Place the headboard against one wall. Treat it like the mantle in your living room, which you use as a place to display treasured items and pretty decorations. Since you have a small room, know that whatever wall art you choose is going to dominate the room. Limit your art to just two or three pieces so that you have plenty of bare wall, which gives the impression of more space. Save money by making your own wall art. Try creating a silhouette of your pet or painting a landscape. Black and white prints are affordable and a good choice for small rooms, since they don't demand attention the same way colorful paintings might. It sounds crazy, right? However, having a big, clunky dresser takes up a lot of space in a bedroom, and you may be able to get away without having one, or at the very least, downsizing. Take a look at what you've got and figure out how you can store it differently. Chances are, you can store most of it in the closet or in another storage container. Try some of these space-saving tricks when it comes to clothing storage: Hang up most of your clothes. Clothes take up less space when they're on hangers than when they're folded up in a drawer. Hang up t-shirts, jeans, and other items you'd normally store in the dresser. Store your undergarments in a small cabinet or storage container in the closet or under the bed. Use hooks. Scarves, coats, hats, and other items can be stored on hooks instead of taking up space in a dresser. Store out-of-season clothing when you aren't using it. Place it in air-tight storage containers that will fit under your bed or on a shelf in your closet. Regularly donate clothes you no longer wear. You probably have more clothes and shoes than you could ever use - if this is the case, take them to a donation center and free up some space in your bedroom. Choose a sturdy table that can double as a desk and hold the items you'd normally place on your dresser. Place it near a window in the part of your room that gets used the least. Get a small wooden chair that you can push in under the table, so it's not sitting out in the middle of the room. Avoid getting a big cushy office chair, unless your bedroom doubles as your office. A straight-backed chair with a small cushion will take up far less space in your bedroom. Choose a table and chair that match your bed's frame so that your furniture choices don't look mismatched. Cherry wood, blond wood, or wrought iron are nice choices. Use part of the table's surface as a place to put your jewelry box, reading material, and other items you use on a daily basis. Don't let it get too cluttered, though! You can buy small slatted wood tables that are easy to move around and fold up when they aren't in use. Place it next to your bed and top it with a reading lamp, your glasses, and whatever items you need next to you at night.

summary: Make your bed the focal point. Give away your dresser. Buy a small chair and table. Get a small folding table to use as a nightstand.

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If you're concerned about how the grade(s) will impact your college future, consult with your guidance counselor to create a plan. Perhaps you took courses that were too difficult, or maybe you should explore other majors. With the assistance of your counselor (and perhaps your parents, guardians, or other mentors), create a plan that will get you back on track. Formulate a specific, step-by-step plan that will help you do better next time. Feeling as if you have power over the situation will help you find peace and give you goals to work toward for next time. This plan should include how many hours a week you will study, what grades you want in each of your classes, how you will manage any medical conditions, and how many hours a week you will socialize, work, etc. If you packed last semester's schedule with high-level, difficult courses you may have the answer to why your grades tanked. Even the most highly intelligent individual should give him or herself a break. Try mixing difficult courses with some of your easier or lighter courses for a balanced schedule. The key to staying zen is to now keep up with your studies at a pace that matches what you need to be learning. Staying organized, committed, and persistent will help you to stay zen in your college studies. However, if the studies are not improving after you've made changes, then it's probable that you need to seriously consider changes to the career path you've mapped out for yourself. Spending energy on something that isn't working out for you will only worsen your situation. You do not want to spend sixteen hours a day studying if you are not learning anything. You will only burn yourself out. Find study methods that work for you in the future. There are a few tactics you can do to help improve memory and comprehension: Rewrite your notes every night after class. This will help you recall details. It will also help keep your notes legible. Do ten flash cards a day. Memorize these ten before adding another ten the next day. Memorizing in small batches will help you remember. Take notes as you read. After you're done reading a passage, write down a summary of what you just read. This will help you understand what you read better. When taking notes by hand, use block letters rather than cursive writing. The results are more likely to be legible and it becomes a habit fast. Half of the benefit of note taking is that writing it down tells your brain to put it in long term memory. Test yourself after each passage. Do math exercises that test the principles you just learned. Quiz yourself on historical dates. These recall exercises will prepare you for the real test.

summary: Make an appointment with your guidance counselor. Develop a plan to improve your performance. Examine your entire schedule. Stay on top of your studies. Study smarter, not harder.

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When you are stressed, the reasoning section of your brain is muted by the part of the brain that produces emotions. It is thus important to make every effort to reason through everyday inconveniences and problems. Try to approach an everyday problem as a chance to strengthen the reasoning side of your brain. Stress is subjective, and with patience you can improve your ability to reason through small stresses. When your emotions are high because of a miscommunication, delay or other problem, try to approach the situation from a different angle to give yourself perspective. Changing up your thinking can calm the emotional centre of the brain. For example, if you take time off work to meet the plumber and they don't show up, instead of focusing on the inconvenience try to think of it as unexpected downtime that you can use to relax. If you encounter a setback in, or believe you have failed a project, try to think of the things you achieved, rather than those things that remain unfinished. While you probably can't fix a traffic jam, other minor problems and stresses can be dealt with more easily and effectively. When you rip your favorite jeans, lose your keys, or might run late for an appointment, immediately ask yourself, "How can I solve this problem?" By focusing on finding an answer you will engage the reasoning side of your brain, which will help to dampen down the emotional side, and thus dissipate your stress.
summary: Reason through the situation. Reframe the problem. Solve the problem.