{"id":60,"date":"2012-07-20T17:46:53","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T17:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/?p=60"},"modified":"2014-03-18T10:14:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T17:14:37","slug":"5-most-useful-things-i-brought-to-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/2012\/07\/20\/5-most-useful-things-i-brought-to-college\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Most Useful Things I Brought to College"},"content":{"rendered":"

1) \u201cLight my Fire\u201d Spork\"\"<\/a><\/strong>
\nThese things are the best. They are a spoon\/knife\/fork combination but they are dishwasher safe and come in lots of neon colors. I used mine all the time in the dorms-especially when I brought food back to my room only to realize I forgot silverware.<\/p>\n

2) Travel Mug<\/strong>
\nHaving cups in your room is great but a travel mug will cover all your beverage-carrying needs. Commons gives you a discount for bringing your own cup, not to mention it\u2019s way better for the environment. Getting an insulated mug is especially great because you can carry warm coffee with you all day long. You can also take them with you into the library, which doesn\u2019t allow open cups.\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

3) Desk Lamp<\/strong>
\nYou will really want to be able to see what you\u2019re doing and the overhead lighting just won\u2019t cut it. Lamps that can clip to your bed are nice to for late-night reading.<\/p>\n

4) Planner\/Calendar<\/strong>
\nPersonally, I work best with a physical planner (and the ones in the bookstore are great) but the type doesn\u2019t matter as much as just having a way to keep track of everything. Maybe it\u2019s on your computer, your phone, or a scrap of paper you carry around but regardless, keeping at least a little organized is super helpful. Another perk is that after keeping a calendar for a while you will basically have a diary of all the things you did during the year. It can be fun to look back.<\/p>\n

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5) Pillow Pet<\/strong>
\nThey just make everything better. Whether you are napping, studying, laughing, crying\u2013it\u2019s all better when you have a happy, cute, squishy animal with you. Really any stuffed animal will be fine but the fact that Pillow Pets can be either pillows or pets is as convenient as it is mind boggling. Also ladies love them.<\/p>\n

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1) \u201cLight my Fire\u201d Spork These things are the best. They are a spoon\/knife\/fork combination but they are dishwasher safe and come in lots of neon colors. I used mine all the time in the dorms-especially when I brought food … finish reading 5 Most Useful Things I Brought to College<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,9],"tags":[6,91,3,407],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-residence-halls","category-tips","tag-college","tag-pillow-pets","tag-reed","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1936,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/1936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}