Highlighter Jobs - Day 26 of 30 - Things That Make My Life Easier

Each day I talk about one thing that makes my life easier as a neurodivergent mother raising neurodivergent kids while going back to school full time in my 40s.

https://youtube.com/shorts/jK9gx8yG1C8

As you can see in the video above, my use of highlighters used to be...questionable at best.

It's funny, I've been reading that highlighters aren't really that effective as a study tool. Well, not when you're highlighting every single word in all of the colors in the rainbow like I used to!

I use them for visual organization, primarily. And not just for studying, either. In fact, I try, as best as I can, to use the same colors between my digital and paper calendars. One color denotes my schedule, another for one kiddo's, and yet another for the other kiddo's. And when I'm organizing my nursing notes, I know exactly where to look on my disorder sheet to find what medications are most commonly used to treat that disorder (red), which nursing interventions are appropriate (green), and what the top signs and symptoms are (blue).

Here's an example:

Because this is a system, it takes a little time to learn, but once you get it down, it becomes a lot easier to find what you're looking for. So if you want to create your own system, I recommend drawing one out, like I've done above, and taping it somewhere obvious so you can look at it every day until it has seeped into your brain so deep, you simply can't forget it.

-Jaren

How do you organize, visually?

P.S., if you like this post, here are two more related to staying organized in school.

The Red/Yellow/Green studying method

The Folder Method