Meet one of our co-presidents, Hailey McCaffery, who opened up her North Face JesterĀ backpack to share her tips and tricks for navigating collegiate life.
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Live, love, laptop.
āThis is my laptop (a Macbook Air), everything I love is on here, which makes it very nerve-wracking if it were to get stolen. I have so many jobs- I do graphic design freelance, so all of my designs are on here. Itās like my baby.ā
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What laptop is complete without stickers?
āIām so bummed, I have the coolest [sticker] coming thatās not even on here yet. I have a cool Stranger Things one coming, and I would love if that was on here, but whatever… Ā I have a HerCampus sticker, of course. Friends is my favourite TV show, so I have Friends. I have this narwhal because I used to really like narwhals when I was younger, and then I have a sloth because thatās my current favourite animal. I have this, it says āPeachy keen, jelly bean,ā itās from Grease, but I also just kinda like the saying. Itās cute! Daisies are my favourite flower, and I have this, the world made up of flowers. I really like flowers. See, thereās another daisy. And a New Hampshire sticker, Iām from New Hampshire. A shark sticker for Simmons, of course, and more flowers. I like getting these from RedBubble, because itās independent designers who make them, and I think thatās really cool, as opposed to just buying them mass-produced, and they support the independent designers.ā
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Straight From Staples
āSo I have two notebooksĀ today, because I have two classes- finance and studio 5, which is basically a marketing department that runs out of Simmons.Ā And then I have my folder. I am very proud of this folder!Ā I am a very, very, obsessively organized person, and itās got multiple flaps for all my classes. Staples sells a ton of these.ā She points to a schedule stuck to her folder, and says, āWhat I do every week is I outline the homework thatās due every day this week and the next week, so I can get as far ahead of little assignments as I can, and see big assignments before they actually get here, because I am not a procrastinator. It says āLife is pretty good.ā I just think itās cute, and itās so helpful! I used to carry individual folders for every single class, and this is just so much easier, and Iām not a binder person. I cannot do binders. Nope.ā
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Good Gifts From Good Friends
āI have my little pencil case, actually Alyssa (our co-president, currently abroad in England) gave it to me. It holds my pens, and some other stuff. Hand lotion. Recognize it from the survival kits? Chapstickā¦ thatās it.
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āNow I can see the board!ā
āI got new glasses from Warby Parker. I got glasses over the summer, lost them on a plane, and then I didnāt have insurance to buy new glasses, but Warby Parker is wicked cheap without insurance, so I got these yesterday, and now I can see the board! Small joys.ā
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To read some of Hailey’s articles, click here!
Header photo courtesy of Kathryn Prouse.
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