An ode to agendas

How to stay on top of your schedule

Margo Berthier Staff Writer

Midterm season is fast approaching, and an influx of exams and assignments is steadily filling our calendars. As tasks pile up, managing deadlines gets even more daunting. But don’t worry; there’s no need to hit the panic button just yet! Here are some tips to help you tackle those deadlines, stay on top of your schedule, and manage your time efficiently.

Keeping track of deadlines

Remembering everything you need to complete might seem challenging, but keeping a written list of your assignments and their due dates is the best way to stay on top of your schoolwork. Having a clear record of your responsibilities will reduce stress and ensure that nothing slips through the cracks.

The key to successful to-do lists is organizing each task into manageable steps. Start by evaluating the upcoming week and listing your most important tasks and deadlines. Then, focus on each individual day and make a list of achievable goals. It’s important to set realistic expectations, as overloading your schedule with unattainable tasks will only lead to frustration and decreased motivation. By taking small steps and establishing feasible objectives, you’ll experience an increase in productivity and motivation. The satisfaction of completing your daily goals will give you the drive to tackle the next day.

Sacha Maitre, U3 Arts, is a big believer in making lists.

“Times like these can feel overwhelming, now performs eight to 10 shows a month, performing mainly classic striptease.

Fabian first became a barista at Café Dépôt. And a couple years later, just as his interest in burlesque grew, he worked at a copy centre and shortly after as a barista again at Café Myriade. He also started a translation degree from French to English at Concordia in 2016 and graduated in 2019, though his interest in linguistics waned.

In 2020, Fabian joined Pikolo, which recently moved from Parc Ave. to the Ontario-Clark intersection. At Pikolo, you can recognize Fabian by his black flap cap, clean latte art, and pristine red nails.

Making coffee as a day job may not offer him the same joy as dancing, but it facilitates his burlesque career and he very much enjoys his colleagues’ company at Pikolo.

Although Burlesque is an industry that pushes back against standard Eurocentric stereotypes of body image and promotes self-expression and Montreal is one of the more liberal cities in North America, Fabian, as a brown queer man, still has to contend with racism and homophobia.

Some nightclubs, for example, only want skinny white women