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alright. so you don’t want to study?? well the heard truth is that you’re going to have to if you want to do well in school. if i’m not feeling up to it, i like to remember why i’m doing it. we have the privilege of learning, so use it to your advantage. i’m working hard for my future. that school you want to get into? that dream job?also, treat every class you’re studying for as if it’s your absolute favorite class. you’re not always going to like the class you’re in or the teacher who teaches it. but it doesn’t matter, because you’re going to have to do well in it to achieve your goals!! try to actually enjoy what you’re learning. go on studyblr and find people who are learning the same subject. use outside resources to help you learn.

get out the essentials. this includes all of the papers you need to review and your laptop. put away all distractions and get a glass of water next to you to stay hydrated. 

plan ahead. as soon as your teacher announces there is going to be a test, break down the topics you need to review and schedule time to study these in your calendar. this way, you won’t have to think twice about what you need to do later and save time. 

don’t cram. seriously. make sure to start studying well before the day of the test. you don’t have to study for hours a day, because that’s a lot more than we can handle. thirty minutes a day doesn’t seem like very much but when you do this for a week, it adds up to a lot! this is a lot more effective than cramming in four hours in the middle of the night before. (you will thank yourself later). 

don’t just passively read over the textbook. this isn’t very efficient and won’t help you remember the information as easily. try reading aloud is a lot more effective! you can explain the content to yourself or to a friend. this way, you’ll be able to see if you actually understand it. if you can’t explain it, then go back and review your notes. also, practice practice practice! flashcards/quizlet are your best friend for vocabulary. do practice problems or redo past assignments.

ask questions when you’re unclear about something to your teachers or friends! it’s the worst walking into an exam without understanding the major concepts you need to know. this may not be offered to everyone, but at my school, my teachers hold after school hours for students to work and ask questions. take advantage of it when teachers are open to helping you!

study on the go! whether you’re on transportation or waiting for a class, take out your notes or flashcards and read over them! you can make recordings of yourself reading these notes to listen whenever!! this will save you valuable time for when you get home. 

take breaks in your study sessions. every 30-40 minutes, i recommend relaxing for about ten minutes (don’t spend too long on breaks or else you might not get back to studying). you can put on a face mask, read a book, go outside for a walk, stretch, or whatever you like! this gives your brain a break to process the information you’ve just reviewed! but if you feel that you don’t need one, don’t force yourself to stop. 

reward yourself! give yourself a little treat when you finish studying to motivate yourself! 

remember that learning is hard! it may seem overwhelming, but if you try your best and have patience, things will get easier. the time you put in now will be worth it, even if it doesn’t seem as thought you’re making progress. these good grades will culminate into a really good gpa!! however, don’t focus all of your energy and time into studying. this will drive you straight into a burnout. It’s important to have balance, to make time to do some self care and socialize. 

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happy november everyone! my goal for this month is to finish all of my college app supplement essays and try to recover from my running injuries :’) how about you, what are your plans this month? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2oVoXDd

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Me @ 17: I may be graduating high school now but I’m not gonna lose track of what teens are doing! I’m gonna be a cool and relevant adult just you watch me!

Me now, 21: *sips tea and looks at my tablet over reading glasses like it’s a morning newspaper* *leans forward and squints* *yells into the next room with an accent like a jaded New Yorker grandma in a sitcom* GEORGE, WHAT’S A VIBE CHECK?

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if nobody has told you this i’m telling you now: it’s okay not to have a specific goal in life or one big dream you live and breathe for. i know there’s something awfully romantic about the idea of waking up every day working towards something specific and feeling like that’s your purpose in life, but that’s not all life is about, you know? if you have that, that’s great! and if you don’t, that’s great too! wake up every day wanting to try something new, to explore your mind and this world with it. there’s nothing wrong with changing hobbies every week, one person’s goal can be to play the piano like mozart, but you’re also allowed to just follow your curiosity and try 50 different instruments just to know how they make your heart feel. you can try ballet one day and explore heavy metal playlists the next. don’t let anyone tell you that you need a purpose to be happy and to feel like you really deserve to be here, because you don’t. your purpose is YOU and the magical mystery of how stardust came alive in the shape of your body, mind and soul. and that’s enough, i promise. YOU are enough, i promise.

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i apologise that this is super late but welcome to the studyblr community !!!

introduction !!

heyo! I’m only sort of new to the studyblr community (studygram status: abandoned) I’m megan, I’m 14, and I’m from the US. 

about me: 

- my birthday is september 19

- my zodiac sign is virgo

- my mbti is ENFJ 

- I’m a ravenclaw

- I live in california

- my pronouns are she/her 

my interests :

- reading, especially YA & memoirs

- writing (any nanowrimo-ers out there??) 

- drawing (btw, my lovely icon was drawn by my amazing friend liaryn @liaryndraws; go check out her work) 

- music, I play violin but I also love listening to music (halsey and lorde <33) 

- movies: love them all, though I desperately want to see lady bird & I, tonya 

- fandoms: I love stranger things, shadowhunters, six of crows, throne of glass and many many many more 

why I started a studyblr: 

- to keep me motivated and to stop me from procrastinating (major problem!) 

- a lot of it was for the aesthetic. I love the pretty minimalist themes and pictures and everything! I love everything! everything, I say! 

- to help me stay on track with my goals. I want to go places. 

classes: 

- english

- spanish

- algebra

- biology

- u.s. history

- technical theatre 

favorite studyblrs: 

@tbhstudying @studyblr @studyquill @emmastudies @mochi-studies @revisiign @studyhing @chiaarastudies @studying @studink @optomstudies @quadrtics @athenus

I can’t wait to meet y’all!!! 

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back from a one-ish year hiatus

hello wow it’s been a while since i’ve been here and i thought i’d drop by and give you guys an update. over the past 2 years, i have been completing the hsc (australian final exams) and in attempting to do so, i have neglected all my blogs as a result. i am sorry but i’m back better than ever to provide more content (hopefully university related) and will be ready to answer any questions, concerns and so forth about the hsc :’) 

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the best fucking thing about this community is the love and support. i am, though, the biggest scaredy-cat walking this earth, and even though i try my best everyday i find it hard to satisfy my needs for cheering others on and showing enough love.

I want to get a little more personal with you, so if you would want to follow me on my all new studygram account, then i would love love love to follow you back 🖤

https://www.instagram.com/nerdysophie/

i’m a lil nervous but that’s okay ☁️

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06 / 04 / 19

“ Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise. ” – Frank Ocean

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16.5.19 Revising for my finals! I’m not good at exams but I’ve worked out I could fair and still get an upper second so I’m not too panicked yet. Xx Emily

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I’ve been more active here recently, so thank you for all the love ☺️💖

IG | studyrella

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how i use google drive for university - pt 1: digital notetaking  by kkaitstudies

idk about you but i’ve tested a bunch of note taking methods. in my last few years of university, i was indeed lazy and rarely referred back to the professor’s slides in the course shell. i opted to read off the slides in lecture and take notes. while MS OneNote is great, i found myself enjoying Google Drive much more. so here is a quick overview of how i take notes using Google Docs. 

folders are your friends

make separate folders for each of your courses. google drive even gives you the option to change the colours of the folders. in these folders, add any relevant coursework such as the syllabi, readings, and your notes document.

use one doc for notes per course

once you receive the syllabi, take some time to take note of required readings, and assignment deadlines. i have created a free template you can save to your own google drive that you can access here. fill out:

- course code & name - prof’s name, office hours, and email - date(s) for each week of class - weekly readings (tip: if you have online readings, you can link them in the doc!) - & open the document outline (view > show document outline)

you also don’t have to use all these features. T B H, i didn’t do weekly readings. a lot. oops. BUT i did always pay attention in lecture. i simply deleted the “reading notes” header every week i didn’t bother to read.

make use of early access to lecture slides, headers, etc. 

some profs (bless their souls) post the slides sometime before the lecture. if you have the time, copy the lecture slides into your notes. and if they don’t…type real quick to get all the info as it’s happening (or go back to slides online after lecture to see what you missed out on). i separate lecture topics with headers, with the bullet points underneath (see above). if there is anything that the prof says during class that isn’t in the lecture slides, i will change the colour of the text to a different colour. any important concepts or testable material are highlighted.

…and that’s how i take notes! everyone is different. not all note-taking methods work for everyone. this is what worked for me in my last 2 years of uni. hopefully a similar structure works for some of y’all! also, let me know what you think and @ me if you end up using my template. have a great semester!

coming soon: [ part 2: grade tracker | part 3: gmail and gcal ]

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Stationery | Muji

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self discipline tips

here are tips I discovered very recently:

something is better than nothing. 5 minutes of work are better than zero. Just because you missed something on your schedule doesn’t mean you can’t still work on it, even for 5 minutes. Grow and build on this.

second drafts / reviews can be done after.

Don’t think you are going to do your very best work on the first try. Take the weight of perfectionism off your shoulders.

don’t think about doing it. just do it as fast as you can.

build on your productivity, not your failures.

If you come from a past of procrastinating and now feel motivated to change and discipline yourself, do NOT try to do everything at once.

if you have a set of different goals to accomplish, begin with the most important one. Wait until the rotine of working for that one settles in (you feel productive and comfortable-ish), and then begin with the next. Repeat.

this way you’ll be building your way up and not juggling everything at the same time, hoping everything works out.

be patient with yourself, you’ll get there!

set smaller deadlines for your goals

have monthly and weekly-ish deadlines

e.g. if you are doing a project, due 22nd Feb, set personal deadlines, like have Introduction written by 2nd Feb, have Methods written by 10th Feb, have project complete by 18th Feb.

take them as seriously as you possibly can, don’t miss out on yourself.

write realistic daily tasks and don’t stop until you finish them. after them you can do whatever you want

on writing realistic daily tasks, the secret is knowing you can only do so much in one day, but trusting you can accomplish everything in the course of any period of time (a week, or 2 weeks or a month, etc.) because you will combine the work from all these different days.

it’s very tempting to write down all the tasks you need to accomplish in one day to just get over with it, but the real deal is you won’t accomplish half of them. You’ll feel very unproductive then, wich leads to demotivation.

spread daily tasks in the time necessary.

have a consistent sleep schedule.

if your mind isn’t ready everything will fall apart.

have one rest day per week where you plan nothing, do whatever you want except studying. this can be harder than you expect!

(don’t forget these are effective only if you actually put them into practice! good luck babes!!)

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A life of a law student

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working on an anatomy project for the week!! i know y’all can’t see the paper marks but boy oh boy this is an Entire Trip and i’m drawing so many bones aaaaaa :0

studygram: tbhstudying

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New christmas tree (: