Starting Community College In Sept

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I'm currently enrolling in school after years of repeatedly not getting good grades, and struggling to keep my GPA up. I often find myself confident as I go into start the semester, but as the semester continues, my nervousness and anxiety end up taking over, which results in my not finishing or getting a low GPA at the end of the semester. I want to go back to school and actually finish college to get my degree.

What is some advice if you are in college or getting ready to start college that you could offer that might help me with these issues and actually succeed in college (this time) ?

1) Find out how each course is graded

2) Find out what you need to learn for each graded benchmark (what chapter for what quiz or test)

3) Put the information you need on index cards

4) Put a triggering question on the back of each index card answer

5) Memorize

6) Keep a planner with what you need to do each day and check it off (1-2 hours per day to study)

7) Do something soothing or having to do with your special interest every day and also make sure you are checking that off

BTW community college is the best investment whether you have a perfect GPA or a low one. I graduated summa cum laude four times. The best quality courses I took were from community colleges and accelerated non-traditional ones. But the latter are not cheap. I would do community college as much as you possibly can.