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Undecided

So, I am going to be in college next school year and the thing is, I don’t have a course in mind. I love music and performing arts but my parents are very against it because we don’t have money and schools offering them are far from home. My parents would like me to pursue Education because my mom is a teacher. 

I really don’t have anything else. My high school is a Science and Technology High school so my environment is inclined towards science and I just go with the flow all my high school life. I never really thought of this matter seriously and deeply up until now. I’m really scared right now because I’m making my parents decide for myself, I’m scared I would be miserable in the future because I don’t love what I am doing and not give my best. I am sooo jealous of my classmates because they are very sure on what they want to pursue, and they have the money to go to expensive universities. Plus I’m kinda dumb and failed the scholarship test. 

Don’t mind me, I’m just throwing up what i feel in words hahaha

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101 Study Tips

Take advantage of that lower workload in between exam periods to make good notes, clean your house, get work experience and do the things then rather than when you’re busier

Use Highlighters instead of pens to save time. Or vice versa depending on you

Change the timing in the pomodoro technique to suit you rather than the other way round

Use a planner to organise your day

Work out what time of day you study best. You could get up and study in the morning if you’re that sort of person

Attend your tutor or form sessions. Even if you don’t do much in them, you can

Keep your planner small and carry it everywhere

Even better, put your planner on your phone

 Don’t sulk if you fail, look back at why you failed and try to improve

If you get distracted by wanting to do something when you should be focusing, write it down. It gives you a checklist of things to do later

Do these things on the checklist in your study breaks

Answer questions without your teaching asking you to

Read about your subjects outside of your classes, especially in high school

Sit at the front of the class room

Don’t sit by yourself in class

Get an early nights sleep

Or at least use sleepytime to get a good time frame

On school days when you wake up, get up straight away, it stops you lazing about

Work hard from the start of the year. There isn’t a time to slack off

Try spaced repititon for learning key facts or a revision schedule

Have snacks and a drink during study sessions. Preferably water.

Summarise and make all your notes onto smaller bits of paper for revision, it helps you recognise what the important facts are

To avoid study stress, take breaks and avoid studying for more than two hours a day

It’s also good to have a day where you don’t study at all once a week

Don’t schedule too far in advance, you’ll just get busy in the meantime or change your methods

When you’re feeling too stressed to work properly but not studying stresses you out, do easier tasks like reviewing flashcards or watching videos on your course

Do as much of your work in school as possible

Prioritise your classes. Especially if you have loads

Make any big habit changes you’ve been thinking of at the start of a term or new year

Study a little before bed, you’ve probably seen that study that says you remember more just before bed

Only make flashcards of the things that you don’t get or are important, not everything

Use online sites like Brainscape, Memrise, Anki or Quizlet for flashcards between devices

Print off your powerpoint slides before a lesson

If you can’t do that, read ahead in the textbook

The syllabus is your guide, so use that as a framework for your revision notes

Your stress and nerves are normal, don’t worry

Aim to finish your revision a week before your exams, it makes you start earlier and finish earlier, you also can rest before your exam

When you pick your subjects, choose the subjects you love

Don’t drink alcohol when you’re studying or any type of drug while studying

Don’t listen to how much everyone is studying. A lot of people big it up or say they do none, usually both aren’t being truthful

Take messy notes in class and neaten them up later

Or take your notes online or on a computer

Have a folder to put your loose sheets and handouts in

Keep your to do list and schedule all in one place, whether that’s a book, app or phone

If you fall behind or are ill a lot, your classmates are your friends for a realistic description of what you’ve missed

When at school, know all the places you’d like to study in case one of them is busy

Don’t work in your bed if it makes you tired

Or work in your bed if all your seats are uncomfortable and it’s distracting

Don’t have too much coffee! And energy drinks are just terrible for you so maybe not have those either

You don’t have to be truthful to your actual opinion in essays, just go for what option has the most points

Listen to your teacher

Have your window open, the fresh air helps

Use practice papers and questions, they really help

Try to teach others as well or if you can’t, explain it in your own words to yourself

Combine more than one technique, so that the weaknesses of each method gets covered by another

Seriously just listen to your teachers

Check your emails every day

Set realistic goals and try not to be too harsh and unrealistic about the time you’ll spend achieving these as well

Use loud and annoying alarms to get you to do things

If you have to read, read out loud rather than in your head

Use a hair tie if you have long hair to keep it out of your face

Keep clean and get dressed for studying

Don’t waste your term making your notes pretty, if it helps, make sure the benefits outweigh the time it takes

Study when you can. Don’t study if you’re too exhausted to do so.

Keep your desk as clean as you can

Know your sources of motivation. Possibly find a way to put that in your study space.

Attend as many classes as possible and don’t skip

Keep yourself busy with stuff that isn’t studying

Reward yourself for your hard work

Before you go back to school, start to wake up earlier so you’re ready

Wear comfortable clothes to school

Or wear whatever makes you feel good, feeling bad can be pretty distracting

Always think about the next step early, whether thats getting work experience, choosing subjects, finding a job or picking a thesis

Always eat breakfast

And always eat lunch too! Especially at school

Do whatever is best for you. Don’t follow a studyblr trend, do what’s best for you.

Make your studying a habit. Do it nearly every day for a long time and it’ll begin to feel more like second nature

Get to know your teachers if you can

And don’t be afraid to ask them for help outside of a lesson, either by email or afterwards, it helps a lot 

Look at the types of questions you often get wrong as well as the topics you keep missing out on 

Keep a spare bit of food in your bag, I usually have some sesame snaps in my bag as a small snack so I don’t have to get up to get food

Make productive friends and people with similar goals to you

When revising, revise everything and then focus on your weak points

Don’t spend too long on tumblr, and if you are right now, then this is your reminder to log off!

Don’t panic when you don’t know all the answers in a test, do you really need 100%?

Break your studying into smaller bits and spread it out over time to avoid headaches, burnout and all the problems that come with it

Eat better. Get enough fruit and vegetables

Don’t forget about Protein, from meats, nuts, etc. it helps a lot

If you’re falling asleep in class, I usually drink water, pinch myself, take lots of notes and fidget to keep myself up

Regularly clear out your bag, because a lot of stuff builds up

If you’re a more artistic person, use drawings like visual notes, mindmaps, timelines and literal drawings to help you study

If you study with a friend, quiz each other

Study on public transport if you can, notes and flashcards on phones are good for this

Don’t neglect any of your subjects, make sure they all get some time spent on them

Also focus beyond your first exam, it’s easy to overprepare for the first test and then not be ready for the rest

When taking a test look through it quickly before hand

Remember you don’t have to take the test in order

Review your notes all the time, review helps the memory

If you want to pull an all-nighter see if you can do it in the morning or day instead, and don’t do it the night before anything important

Always look at the details, especially if you get a mark-scheme or guide for your assignments

Constantly be taking on new improvements and trying to improve your methods

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not doing great?

clean your room

open curtains/windows

take a shower

put on clean clothes

get out of your room a bit

stretch

drink a glass of water

get the hard/important stuff out of the way while you have energy

set some (any!) goals

remember that it is okay to have bad days

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Redefining My Bullet Journal System

The bullet journal is probably something you’re no stranger to. It’s been circulating around the internet for a while, and it’s one of the main subjects of studyblr posts. However, when I started college last semester, I found that I no longer relied on my bullet journal to organize my tasks and structure my responsibilities anymore. Instead, I tried out a bunch of productivity/task-organization apps: Taskade, Actions by Moleskine, Any.do, Todoist, Wunderlist. None of them seemed to have what I needed, so I decided to give the bullet journal method another try.

The first thing I reflected on was why I stopped in the first place. At first I thought it was because the method itself allowed for a lot of freedom and I’d get confused as to what things to include and how to structure everything. But then I realized that it was in fact because I had previously been bullet journaling for other people instead of myself. Since I had what one could call an ‘artsy bullet journal’, I tended to focus more on the artistic aspect so that it would get more likes and reblogs after I posted it, when I should have been focusing on how it can organize my life. I realized that the bullet journal is a tool; the focus should be on life itself, not the bullet journal, but you can use the bullet journal to add value to your life.

At the beginning of the year, I deconstructed my organizational needs and attempted to apply that to my bullet journal method. I stopped looking at other people’s bullet journals and started thinking about my own needs and preferences. I thought about how I would best organize my time so that I could accomplish all of the things I want to accomplish in the different aspects of my life.

Supplies

The fact that I only have 2 main supplies allows me to bullet journal anywhere, anytime.

The Structure

The Practice

Simply having the tool to organize your life isn’t enough - you should also have a practice, a habit, for using it.

Going Forward

One thing I’d like to work on is future logging. As of now, I think in terms of months, since the my main commitment at the moment is my education, and monthly planning has worked out for me. But I think if I’d like to tackle on larger projects - e.g. my YouTube channel that I just started - I’d need to do a lot more future logging.

Another useful thing I want to try out is to summarize my journal entries in the form of notes. Recently I’ve been audio journaling (15-20 minutes of me talking to myself), and it’s been pretty effective. However, I have no way of ‘skimming’ the entries like I would a written journal entry. Summarizing them would help me retain main ideas of each entry and remember the things I said that are or could potentially be important and useful.

Final Thoughts

If you don’t think your bullet journal is adding value to or improving productivity and organization in your life, I think you should reconsider the way you’re approaching the system. I found a method that works for me; yours might be different. While it can be beneficial to draw inspiration from other people, do whatever helps you the most, not what other people tell you you should be doing. After coming up with an appropriate structure, make sure you maintain the practice.  

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Grave of the Fireflies

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For my birthday I want my brain cells back

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181020~ tumblr can u pls stop ruining my photo quality

🎶: Malibu Nights- LANY

instagram: anochu.jpg

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A Small Guide to Journaling by Eintsein

Something you may or may not know about be is that I journal. However, only recently have I gotten the hang of it and stayed loyal to the habit of journaling. Here are some tips and tricks on how you can journal successfully. Hope you like it :)

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astrology is real, witchcraft is real, magic is real, dreams whisper about the future sometimes, miracles happen and soulmates exist! and thats the tea!

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If you like interesting factoids like these, follow us @psych2go​. We will also be sharing interesting psychology articles along the way.

Be sure to visit our website @psych2go.net

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How to Annotate: Lit Theory Essays

This comes with the usual caveat: these are just intended to be helpful suggestions, I am not an annotating expert, and y’all should do what works for you.

Upcoming posts are: my lit theory recommendations, summary of author/authority theories (Barthes, Foucault, Hermeneutics / Reader response)

Tell me what posts you want to see.

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Giveaway Contest: We’re giving away fifteen vintage paperback classics by Homer, Walt Whitman, Carson McCullers, Ray Bradbury, John Steinbeck, Shakespeare, and others! Won’t this collection look lovely on your shelf? :D To win these classics, you must: 1) be following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblog this post. We will choose a random winner on August 19, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. And yes, we’ll ship to any country. Easy, right? Good luck!

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a guide for the school year

hello! so i reached 1k recently actually 2+ months ago so here’s an overdue masterpost on the things i would usually search up before a school term starts, so i figured why not just compile this? i would update this and reblog it monthly so if you have anything you’d like to share just drop me a message! i hope you find this useful, thank you for all the support <3

I. study tips

• study plans by @marias-studyblr

• how i study by @studynostalgic

• study tips by @etudieposts

• more study tips by @samsstudygram

• revision methods by @alimastudies

• increasing productivity by @brbimstudying

• even more study tips by @annabaestudying

• small study hack by @kawaiistudypool

• recall not recognition by @annabaestudying

• how to stay focused while revising by @minimaliststudy

• literally just use all the printables by @emmastudies

II. how to: take notes

• taking notes from a textbook by @fuckingstudy

• making mindmaps by @eintsein

• note taking by @eintsein

• a whole masterpost on note taking by @elkstudies

• college notetaking 101 by @briellestudies

III. productivity & motivation

• increasing productivity by @brbimstudying

• essay help by @aestudier

• how to: efficiency by @eintsein

• don’t feel like studying? by @martiestudies

• study apps by @nightlystudying

• studying though you’re really busy by @julstudies

IV. self care

• avoiding a burnout by @neuroticmedblr

• lil self care tips by @eleanorice

• a small, but much needed reminder by @studyblr

• burnout 101 by @polcry

• some more self care tips by @55studies

• more self care!! by @littleredstudies

• bujo ideas! by @lifestylejournaling

• important things to remember @vet-life (pls live by this ok)

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French Questions Masterpost

Hi guys. I finally got to posting the French master post I told you guys about. Hopefully it’s helpful. Btw I’m thinking about posting another mp on how to use passe comopose for French (Maybe Next Week). Anyways please message me if you have questions or just want to be friends :) Bye!

New Speakers

Oui/Non (whee/no) - yes/no

S'il vous plaît (see voo play) - Please

Parlez-vous anglais? (parlay vooz ong-glay) - Do you speak English?

Merci (mair-see) - Thank you

Voici (vwah-see) - Here is

Voilà (vwah-la)- There is

De rien (du-rhee-en) - You’re welcome

Je ne comprends pas (zhe nhe comp-rehn pah) - I don’t understand

J'ai besoin d'aide (zhay buh-swahn ded) - I need help

Excusez-moi (escoosay mwah) - Excuse me

Je ne sais pas (zhe-nhe say paw) - I don’t know

Il y a (eel ee aw) - There is

Greetings

Bonjour (bon zhoor) - Good morning

Bonsoir ( bon swar) - Good night/evening

Bon après-midi (bon ah-pray mee-dee) - Good afternoon

Madame (mah-dahm) - Miss (or Mrs. preceeded by a last name)

Monsieur (mihn-see-yuh) - Sir

Comment allez-vous?(co-mo-tah-lay-voo) - How are you?

Au revoir (o-rhe-vwa) - Goodbye

Informal Greetings  

Salut (saw-loo) - Hi

Ça va? (saw-vaw) - How’s it going?

Ça va bien (saw-vaw-bee-en) - I’m fine

Question Words

Combien? (comb-bee-en) - How much?

Où? (oo) - Where?

Quand? (kond) - When?

Quelle/Quel/Quelles/Quels? (kell) - What?

Pourquoi? (por-kwah) - Why?

Comment? (co mo) - How?

On the Go

à droite (ah la dwaht) - to the right or on the right

à gauche (ah go-sh) - to the left or on the left

au marché (oh mar-shay) - the market

au restaurant (oh rest-o-rahn) - to the restaurant

à la plage (ah lah plaj) - to the beach

à l'hôtel (ah low-tell) - to the hotel

l'aéroport (l'air-o-por) - airport

par avion (pahr ah-vee-ohn) - by plane

aux toilettes (oh twa-lett) - bathroom

Other Questions 

Do you speak English?

Est-ce que vous parlez anglais?

ehs-kuhvoohpahr-leyahN-gleh?

How are you?

Comment allez-vous?

koh-mahN-tah-ley-vooh?

Would you help me please?

Pourriez-vous m’aider?

poh-ree-eyvoohmey-dey ?

What’s your name?

Comment vous appelez-vous?

koh-mahNvooh-zah-pley-vooh?

What time is it?

Quelle heure est-il ?

kehluhreh-teel?

What’s the weather like?

Quel temps fait-il?

kehltahNfeh-teel?

How much does … cost?

Combien coûte…?

kohN-byaNkooht… ?

Where can I find …?

Où est-ce que je peux trouver…?

oohehs-kuhzhuhpuhtrooh-vey….?

Where are the bathrooms?

Où sont les toilettes?

oohsohNleytwah-leht?

Do you have… ?

Avez-vous…?

ah-veyvooh… ?

Where is… ?

Où est…?

ooh eh…?

Could you please speak more slowly?

Pourriez-vous parler plus lentement,s’ilvous 

plaît?

pooh-ree-ey-voohpahr-leyplewlahNt-mahN,seelvoohpleh?

Could you repeat that, please?

Pourriez-vous répéter,s’ilvous 

plaît?

pooh-ree-ey-voohrey-pey-tey,seelvoohpleh?

Resources: French for Dummies and Lovetoknow

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“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.“ 

I want to be the best version of myself. I want to be proud of myself. I want to love myself. I want to achieve my goals. I want to be happy.

It is hard to follow ones dream, to be disciplined, to study, to work out, to eat healthy, etc. Everything that we should do is hard, nothing is easy at all. Yet I would rather exert myself than hate myself and my way of living.

I am ready to change. I want to change.

- 100 days of productivity challenge - always going to do my homework or try to at least - and do them as soon as I have the time to instead of waiting until I must do them - create a study plan for the next two months - be active during class, listen, answer questions, ask questions, get that B in oral - be organized, probably thanks to my bullet journal - try to build a better relationships with all my teachers accept that one stupid ass fucking man who wants me to fail I hate him - read more books, English, German and Italian - always take notes

- gym five times a week - cardio and weight lifting - 3 exercises for ass, 2 for arms and 2 for arms - drink a lot more water - more walking, less bus taking  - more bike riding, less bus taking - healthy diet - always use stairs if possible - no more eating 5 hours before going to sleep - three meals, three snacks - never go hungry! never skip meals! - meal prep if necessary - one cheat snack a day because I love sweets and they make me happy

- toxic people are not part of my life anymore, bye - no unnecessary beef anymore - try to not be as stressed anymore, mediate, do some yoga - 8 hours of sleep - fuck boys and girls and every other person who wants to put me down - cleanse, exfoliate, shave, take care of my nails, etc - put my own interests first, take care of myself first - smoke less cigarettes - be thankful, be kind - less negative vibes and thoughts, be optimistic or realistic - listen to my gut instead of my heart - never ever let a toxic man inside my life ever again

- If something is not your problem then it shall never be your problem - Fuck them - Enjoy your life, do what you want - Be honest to yourself, love yourself - Be real to those who are real to you