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Everyone has different back to school rituals, some like to rest, go on holiday or just take the last few days to themselves, some like to plan, pre-plan and organise the most they can before the storm arrives, some (like me) like to do all of those just to be a 100% sure that they are happy when going back to college.
De-clutter, sometimes we forget about the things we have, we just keep them for months, even years without using them, it's nice to have a good clean up of everything we have, donate what we can donate and pass things to people that may use them more and take care of them, instead of having them laying around collecting dust.
Organise, now that you don't seem to have as much mess as you had, it's time to find everything a home and just know where the things you need the most are, there's nothing worst than trying to find something for hours because it wasn't where you thought it was going to be.
Make a list of everything you may think you need and everything you know you want to do as soon as you go back, such as applying for new things, getting involved in new sports, starting new books, set yourself goals and succeed on them, most of time you make a list in your head, but as the things start to get rough, your forget about them, make a list, always works.
Update things such as calendars and agendas, there's nothing worst than going in and having no idea that your best friends birthday was last week but you forgot because you were so busy that it slipped.
Take a break, this is an important one, you cannot give your best if you are tired or not well rested, give your body time to relax and live under the pressure of having something to do, let yourself be relaxed and not so stressed about anything, do what you love, sleep a bit more and remember to have fun.
Those are a few of things that have become my to-do every time I go back to school, some of them may seem excesive but I love doing all of them, there's something quite therapeutic about this whole process, you can always adjust it to the things you think are best, as I said, some like to rest, some like to be prepared and some like to do both, it's up to you.