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My daughter is super busy. Between her job, college and spending time with her boyfriend and other friends, she barely has any time to just be. She tries to make the things that are important {like taking vitamins, eating breakfast, etc.} priority, but with a busy schedule, it can be easy to miss something. The common denominator in this is Amber’s car. It’s with her everywhere. So, we are sharing some time saving hacks that involve her car. We are hoping that they might help some of you other college students out there.

10 Time Saving Hacks For Busy College Students

Plan Outfits Ahead Of Time – Amber loves to check the weather and then choose her outfits for each day the night before. She even has friends who plan them out a week in advance. This saves her a lot of time in the morning because she often takes a lot of time to choose what she will wear each day.

Keep Work Items In Your Car – Amber is a server in a restaurant. To save time, she keeps her apron, pens, change and her check presenter all together in her car. This way, she doesn’t waste time looking for these items and gathering them up. She already knows where they are.

Preset Your Coffee – Amber loves coffee, as do I. It’s great to have a coffee machine that you can get ready the night before and set to start in the morning a few minutes before you get up. I mean, who doesn’t love waking up to the inviting smell of coffee?

Keep Protein Bars And Fruit On Hand – In our pantry, we keep a basket of protein bars. Just in case Amber doesn’t have time for a sit down breakfast in the morning, she can grab her a protein bar and a piece of fruit from our fruit basket in just seconds and then be on her way.

Multi Task – If you are really in a hurry, you could always multi task while getting ready. Clean your ears while gargling mouthwash or brush your teeth while taking a shower, for example.

Sleep In Your Workout Clothes – Amber has a few friends who work out first thing in the morning. To save time, they go to sleep in their work out clothes. In the morning, they hop up and head straight to the gym. Don’t forget to drink lots of water before, during and after your workout.

Prepare Lunch Ahead Of Time – Not only does packing your lunch save you time in the morning, it also saves you money and time choosing what you will have for lunch each day. I mean, Amber might only get 30 minutes for lunch. Standing in line to buy lunch will take up a lot of that time. And who wants to use half of their break standing in line?

Prepare Smoothies Ahead Of Time – Amber and I both love to drink smoothies. What we like to do is to get all of the ingredients together and prepare them as necessary {i.e. cutting up fruit} and put them in the pitcher in the fridge the night before. Then, all you need to do is put the blender together and voila!

Organize Your Books In Your Car – Amber doesn’t lose her school books because, like her work items, she keeps her school items organized in her her.

Always Keep Your Vitamins With You – I have found that Amber is more likely to take vitamins if they are with her. If she forgets to take them in the morning, that is ok. I made her a cute little dispenser to keep in her car so that she can just grab one quick without thinking much about it.

Easy DIY Treasure Chest Vitamin Dispenser

Let’s face it, kids aren’t always receptive to taking things to supplement their overall health. I find that my daughter is more likely to take vitamins if they come in a cute package. So, check out what I did to her vitamin bottle to make it more college kid friendly and convenient.

You will need…
Assorted colors of washi tape {or that style}
Cute embellishments {I chose an anchor as Amber and I love the beach}
Scissors
Centrum Vitamints or Centrum Gummies {we are using Centrum Vitamints Raspberry for this dispenser}

Peel the plastic coating off of the Centrum Vitamints which you can pick up at your local Walmart {along with the other items needed for this DIY}. You can even get a coupon here!

Cut lots of strips of washi tape in several colors. I like to cut them about the width of the Centrum Vitamints bottle, but you can cut them whatever length you like.

Now, put the washi tape on the dispenser in whatever pattern you like. I tried to get mine to look like waves. Don’t worry if it doesn’t look the way you like immediately. It’s easy to peel off and start again.

Once you get your washi tape the way you like, then you can add your embellishments. I love these anchors. I decided to use this burlapy yarn {I think it’s actually called jute cord} to tie my anchors on as I will remove them when the bottle is empty and put them on the next one.

Do You Have Any Other Time Saving Hacks To Share?

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