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thank you, 10k!!! i can’t believe there are so many of you ❤️ i tried something a lil different this week :))

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Some nice reading time in the rain 🌧📖

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My first dailies from August despite being in the middle of the month. In the beginning of the week I worked from the weekly list at the top but Wednesday and Thursday needed more specific planning.

Also, currently re-reading a Poirot! :)

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My monthly spread for August! :D I’m not going to get to use my bullet journal a whole lot this month so I’m going with a freer system to not waste space.

Also, this is my first time actively using a calendar overview and I’m really liking it so far, don’t know how well it’ll work in busier months though.

I’ll post some daily pages when I’ve filled them out enough to have something to show :)

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Helped my mom clean out one of the storage closets at her house and found my old Fibracolor markers. I got them when I broke my leg like 13 years ago but they still work!!! Only had to throw away like 10 of the 100 in the set. Also, they're practically identical to the Crayola Supertips so I thought they could work for practicing my "brush lettering" :D I'm currently testing whether they bleed through the pages in my bullet journal to see if I can use them in there. It's working great so far!!

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study moods

inspired by this post

because sometimes the idea of studying is too daunting to face, and mixing up your environment to make it more fun can make all the difference

too punk to quit: shorts and a band t-shirt, homework spread out over the floor, a can of soda or a shitty energy drink, and a playlist of your favorite throwback songs on full volume

sleepover: a nest of blankets and pillows, your comfiest pajamas, popcorn  and gummy worms, everything you need within arms reach, not leaving this spot for hours (or days) until you’re done with all of your work

no distractions: sitting at a desk with nothing but a glass of water and a computer, hair pulled back, typing up notes from the school day

my life is a mess: hot tea, a comfy sweater, all of your papers sprawled out on the floor around you, finally going through and throwing out all of the stuff you don’t need anymore and hoping that you’ll be a bit less overwhelmed once you’re done (spoiler alert: you’re gonna feel so much better)

rise and shine: early morning, at a table or in the kitchen, drinking orange juice and getting a head start on some assignments

am i a scholar yet: at your favorite library, revising or taking notes on readings, classical music playing with headphones on and a bag of almonds to snack on

growing up is overrated: doing homework at a friend’s house, cartoons on the tv or your favorite playlist on shuffle, sharing gossip and solutions to math problems

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how do you store notes from the rhodia notepads? binder?

Since all notes I’ve written in them so far have been for my thesis and therefore needs to be kept in the same place I just store them in the actual notepads, just shoves them under the cover when I close it.

I guess I’ll keep them in a folder later when I’m done with my thesis. But it’s just paper so it’s easy to store, boxes, folders, piles (might avoid that though), punch holes in them and keep them in a binder. So many options! :)

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More notes from today! I'm loving these rhodia notepads! :)

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A somewhat “bad girl” themed bullet journal spread. I’ve really enjoyed making this one ^^. I haven’t done much this week so far because I was exhausted, but now it’s the Easter break, so I finally got to rest and now I can fully devote my time and energy to school stuff.

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This is probably the neatest page of notes I’ve ever written!

Multimodality is really interesting but the book I used weren’t really that relevant to the thesis I’m writing so I couldn't get more than this from it. Time to find other books!!

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21•03 | first day of uni was pretty exciting. the whole lecture theatre was full of students and it happened to be the biggest lecture theatre in my uni. my first tutorial involved ice breakers and making a history timeline of things that i had zero knowledge on ;-; buT overall t’was a good day , here are re-written lecture notes because productivity is key

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finally got my desk area organised, now time to get down to some real work!

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sneak peak of this week so far!! I leave for China on Wednesday!! (going for spring break)

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Last week’s spread!!! And yes, I draw my pets saying inspirational/motivational things to me.

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Time Management:

How to prioritise tasks

A guide to different planners

Apps for scheduling

My planner

Planning your time

Creating a schedule

Using your spare time (during your commute in this example)

General time management tips

Motivation & Procrastination:

A useful app for motivation

Reasons to study now

10 tips for getting started on an academic task

Blocking apps/extensions

Motivation tag

Study Techniques & Studying:

How to make flashcards (electronic and paper)

What to write on flashcards

Some general study techniques

Some more general study techniques

Essay writing

Creating and using mindmaps

Studying using textbooks

The benefits of textbooks

Making time for the required readings

Learn instead of memorising

How to deal with family distracting you from study

Studying vocabulary

Study guides

Using whiteboards

Notetaking:

How to take notes using Evernote

Some information about Cornell notes

Organising notes

Colour-coding

Graphic notes tutorial

Different styles of notetaking

Taking good notes in lectures

Exams and tests:

Looking after yourself after exams

Exam tips

The day before an exam

Oral tests and exams

Spelling Bee

General Academics:

Public Speaking

Getting the most from lectures

How to choose a major/university course

Knowing what course to choose

Structuring an essay

Health/Issues:

Dealing with stress

Problems with sleep

Studying maths with dyscalculia

Failure anxiety

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hi everyone! since the holidays are over for most of us, i thought i’d make an inspirational and motivational masterpost all about notes! upgrading your notes by changing the layout, adding doodles, banners, using sticky notes, changing your handwriting etc. motivates me personally to study! 

out with the sloppy last minute notes and in with the new!

handwriting

how to write in cursive

some fonts to try out

how to improve your handwriting

note taking systems

study methods summed up

stationery to make it all happen

sticker printables to jazz it up

notes

how to take lecture notes

how to annotate books

taking notes from a textbook - studyign

note taking system - theorganisedstudent

note taking system - emmastudies

another note taking system - academicmind

another note taking system - wonderfullifee

the 2 notebook method

note taking with highlighters and post its

pretty timelines

note taking printables

plot summary with sticky notes

20 uses of sticky notes

colour code your notes

method with columns 

the cornell note taking system

the cornell note taking system using onenote

in class notes

another in class note taking format

what are sketchnotes?

online whiteboard

flashcards

how to make flashcards

another how to make flashcards

an example

another example (with sticky notes)

and another example (biology)

8 ways to improve your flashcards

make  and test flashcards online

alternative to flashcards - studyign

print onto flashcards

mindmaps

how to mindmap (1)

how to mindmap (2)

some examples

apps

notability

banners

simple banner

more banners

it’s a banner party over here

banners (shown how to draw in gifs)

illustrate your notes

how to illustrate your notes - reviseordie

sketchnote tips (banners, lettering, doodles)

more sketchnote tips

even more sketchnote tips

how to make your notes pretty - theorganisedstudent

how to make your notes pretty - studyspoinspo

how to make your notes pretty - booksflowersandtea

what is visual note taking?

a visual alphabet

note taking printables

dot grid 

note outline printables

lined cornell method printable

grid cornell method printable

hope you all had a good rest and are ready for a new year of studying!

xoxo lou

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day 7 december 10th, 2015

after two pretty low days, today was a high one! i finally presented and handed in my physics project worth 10% and then received a test back in maths which i did well on (96% yay!) so i’m quite proud of myself.

this evening is just a catch up evening and it just felt like a review and study on the bed kind of day c: