study-with-sam-and-dean

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Just finished painting this #abstractmural for my parents’s dining room! I am so proud of myself for actually finishing this on time #mandala . . . . . . #abstractpaintingartist #abstractpaintingartforsale #abstractpaintingofwoman #abstractpaintingsforsale #abstraction #abstractexpressionism #abstractartist #abstracto #abstractphotography #abstractphoto #abstracts #abstractartwork #abstractogram #abstracttattoo #abstractexpressionist #abstractarts #abstractlandscape #abstracted #abstractobsession #abstractdesign #abstractmybuilding #abstractdrawing #abstractpaintings (at Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxarYU_gWaq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wczt0z1qzxa7

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Definitely doing this!

Hey guys, so I’m nearing the end of my senior year, and it’s been great so far! I accomplished my academic tasks efficiently and didn’t burn myself out, and I think the main contributor to my success as a student is my organization system. This system has been refined throughout my high school years, but I think now I’ve finally found the most effective methods.

Please remember that this isn’t the only organization system you can adopt; this is just the one that works the best for me, and I hope that by sharing it with you, you’ll gain a new perspective on how to stay organized as a high school student.

The first thing I wanna talk about is my notebook system, which I briefly mentioned in my Guide to Note-Taking.

My notebook system comprises three types of notebooks: the Everything Notebook, the subject notebook, and the revision notebook.

The Everything Notebook

The first stage is in-class notes. I only bring one notebook to school every day. I call it my Everything Notebook, and this is where I write down all of the notes I take in class. This way, I don’t have to lug around six notebooks where I’m only going to use a few pages in each of them that day.

Subject Notebooks

At the end of the day, I would revise my notes and compare them to the syllabus so I know where we are in the learning process. I would then transfer my class notes from my Everything Notebook to my different subject notebooks. This is stage two. I also start to jazz up my notes because I use the notes in my subject notebooks to study for tests.

In addition to my class notes, I include material from my teachers’ notes that they might not have elaborated on, as well as points in the syllabus (I’m currently taking A2) that were only glazed over briefly, or not at all, in some cases. (Note: this does not mean they completely skip a chapter or topic; it’s more like they missed a few bullet points that should be in my notes but aren’t. An example would be if we’re learning about phenol reactions and the teacher forgot to mention the use of FeCl3 as a test for phenol.)

Revision Notebooks

Stage three comes a little later, when exam week is just around the corner. Essentially, I rewrite and improve my notes from my five different subject notebooks into a single revision notebook or binder. (Recently, I’ve opted for a revision notebook because they’re lighter and easier to carry around.)

Because my teachers don’t always teach in the order of the syllabus, the first thing I do is organize my notes according to the syllabus. I would then fill in any other missing gaps in the material that hadn’t been filled in stage two.

When compiling material for my revision notebook, I use as many sources as possible: my own notes, my teachers’ notes, youtube videos, online sites, and my favorite, the mark scheme! I add in some answers from past papers (explanations only, so no calculations) mainly to secure marks. It’s safer to memorize definitions straight from the mark scheme than from the textbook or from handouts. I also do this to ease my memorization, especially for topics that require lengthy explanations. It’s a lot easier to remember the 6 points I need to explain the principles of NMRI than to remember everything in the four-page handout my teacher gave me.

Folders and binders are essential to organizing your papers. Some people keep a single accordion folder for all their papers, but for me it’s just too heavy to carry around all the time. The same goes for subject folders that are brought to school every day.

Instead, my binder/folder system comprises my Everything Folder and my subject binders.

The Everything Folder

The folder I carry with me to school every day is this A4 folder I got from Tokyu Hands. It has 5 pockets, one for each day of the week, so all the papers I receive on Monday will go behind the first divider, and so on.

Some people also keep blank papers in their folders; I don’t because my school has its own lined paper and graphing pads that I keep under my desk that I use if a teacher asks us to do an assignment on those papers. If I do work at home, I prefer to just use a plain A4 paper or a legal pad.

Subject Binders

At the end of the week, I’ll sort my papers into my subject binders. Sometimes I’ll keep some papers in the folder if I think I’ll be needing it the next week. This usually only applies to worksheets because all my teachers’ notes are available on Google Classroom, so I can access them even if I don’t physically have them.

Each of these binders have sections inside them:

Physics: 1 for handouts, notes, and tests, 1 for Paper 4 (Theory), 1 for Paper 5 (Practical Planning). I included extra tabs to mark the different topics in the handouts section.

Chemistry: same as Physics.

Economics: 1 for Paper 3 (MCQ), 1 for Paper 4 (Case Study and Essay). A lot of my Economics material is online, though.

English: 1 for Paper 3 (Text and Discourse analysis), and 2 for Paper 4 (Language Topics, which includes 1 for Child Language Acquisition, 1 for World Englishes). Past papers, handouts, and notes all go under their respective topics.

Mathematics: I just keep everything together because I never revise math and just constantly do past papers.

This makes it easier for me to revise each subject because I can just take one binder with me instead of a messy folder with everything just shoved in there.

I keep a magazine file for each of my A-Level subjects (English and Mathematics are combined). All my textbooks, revision guides, and subject notebooks are kept here, so if I need to revise one subject, that’s the magazine file I’ll take out.

These magazine files prevent any small things (like my book of flashcards) from being shoved to the back of my bookshelf, or materials from different subjects from getting mixed up.

In my senior year, I mostly plan using this app called Edo Agenda. It syncs across all my devices for free and has all the features I need: a to do list to organize tasks, monthly and weekly calendars to organize events, a journal to organize notes and memos.

I used to bullet journal regularly, but it takes too much time during weekdays, so now I just bullet journal for the therapeutic effects it gives me, and I use an app for organizing tasks and events. Sometimes at the end of each week, I’ll transfer my tasks to my bullet journal and then decorate the page, but again, this is just for its therapy.

Organizing your school supplies is just as important as organizing your papers and notes. With a more organized backpack and pencil case, you won’t waste time looking for your things at the bottom of an abyss.

Pencil Case

I don’t find it necessary to bring so much stationery to school unless I plan on making notes at school (usually during revision week).

Backpack

Because we’re already in the revision term, I don’t really carry a lot of things in my everyday backpack, just the following:

Pencil case

Everything Notebook

Everything Folder

Revision notebook

Kindle

Phone

Wallet

Earphones

Calculator

Speaker

Drinking bottle

A pouch with things like a hairbrush, pads, and lip balm

And that’s all for now! I hope this post will help you organize your school life (if you haven’t already) or at least provide some useful insights on some ways to stay organized as a high school student.

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Places I Want to Visit Before 25

Places I Want to Visit Before 25

Follow my blog with Bloglovin There comes a time in life when all I want to do is travel around the world whether it is financially possible or not. The cool thing about life is, you only have one life and it is up to me to decide what I want to do with it. I could stay home, go to work every single day, make money, start a family, and live a normal happy life. OR I could travel the world while…

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Mid-week update in my bullet journal!

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

School has officially started for some of you out there and it’s time to pull out those bullet journals for weekly planning! It can become a tedious job after a few weeks but this year around, my goal is to keep it simple yet exciting so that I do not feel washed out after just a few weeks of bullet journaling.

Now, I do not use the traditional method of bullet journaling. I treat my journal as a way to express myself, schedule my upcoming events, and use it as a creative outlet.

This year around, or what is left of it anyways, I am going to give you guys different ways to keep your planning, your planner, and your week pretty exciting and fun.

AUGUST WEEK ONE

As you can see, I started out my month with bold letters and cursive handwriting to make the page eye-catching. I tend to always keep a daily tracker for fitness and the books I read throughout the month. 

However, this time around, I have a new equation to add to my daily tracking log and that is my new job as a Pharmacy Technician (I worked my ass off for this little job!). I, also, add main events for the specific month for each month. It keeps me focused and on track of what is expected of me.

For the next page, I decided to put a little floral illustration from my etsy shop (www.coloringwithkrish.etsy.com) to keep myself from stressing out throughout the week. 

Coloring for adults is one of the most famous trends right now and putting little pieces of coloring pages in your planner/bullet journal is the perfect way of a creative outlet and it keeps the journal looking fresh and colorful.

Next page is all about the first week of August, you guys! I decided to keep it simple and made it look like an actual weekly planner page with water tracking logs next to the dates.

I also filled in some of the events that are happening this week and as you can see, I even color coded it. Blue is for work assignents, Green is for school work, and Red is for quizzes, exams, and finals. As always, Black is for normal stuff.

FINAL THOUGHTS

So far, I am in love with this spread of the week but let’s see how next week turns out. Also, keep an eye out for the completed spread from this upcoming week. 

As always, let me know what you think! Also, how do you color coordinate your bullet journal or planner? Whatever floats your boat! :D

See you guys next Monday!

xo, Krish!

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Here are some bullet journal inspo. I found from early this year!

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Just planning on coloring my latest creation! #tattoos #tattoo #tat #tats #doodle #doodles #drawing #sketching #art #artwork #zentangle #zendala #zentangleart #mandalaart #illustrations #illustration #draw #sketch #sketchbook #wip #workinprogress #doodling #coloringbookforadults #coloring #coloringpages #etsy #floral #floralcoloring

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Shop Updates

New things are in the shop! My ongoing coloring book can be found right here. I like to call it ongoing because I will be adding new desings every few days. And the pages can be bought individually without having to be stuck with less than pleasing designs which is quite a problem for me. Sometimes, I find the prefect design to color in a coloring book but most the drawings are not very pleasing…

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Tried my hands on watercolor flowers yesterday and can't say I failed. Of course, I had to use some guide from internet but I think I did pretty good! #watercolorbotanical #watercolor #floral #floralillustrations #illustration #illustrations #paint #painting #watercolour #watercolouring #watercoloring #leaves #leaf #spring #type #brushes #sketchbook #doodle #sketch #botanicals #botanical

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

#ptcb is in 2 days and I literally want to strangle someone! Hopefully I pass. #exam #examiniation #ptcbexam #doodle #doodles #quote #illustration #illustrations #youcandothis #botanical #artprint #artprints #study #books #bookstagram #studyblr

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Here is another of the weird looking butterflies! #mandala #mandalas #tattoos #tattoo #tat #tats #doodle #doodles #drawing #sketching #art #artwork #zentangle #zendala #zentangleart #mandalaart #illustrations #illustration #ornatetattoo #ornateanimals #insects #sketch #sketchbook #wip #butterfly #butterflytattoo #butterflytattoos

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Here is one of the weird looking butterflies! #mandala #mandalas #tattoos #tattoo #tat #tats #doodle #doodles #drawing #sketching #art #artwork #zentangle #zendala #zentangleart #mandalaart #illustrations #illustration #draw #sketch #sketchbook #wip #butterfly #butterflytattoo #butterflytattoos

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Because you know, I had nothing better to do. So I made some cuff bracelets! #minimalistjewelry #jewelry #jewel #cuffs #cuffbracelet #polymerclaybracelet #polymerclay #polymerclayjewelry #clayjewelry #modernjewelry #etsy #etsyshop #etsyjewelry

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Because a girl has to make a living somehow! Visit DarlingHandmadeGoods on Etsy to own these cute pieces!

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Over at the blog today, I am showing how I made this simple and easy art journal page backgrounds! #paint #painting #tools #brushes #paintbrushes #blog #lifestyleblog #lifestyleblogger #WordPress #blogging #art #artist #artblog #artbloggers

[study-with-sam-and-dean]

Trying out some of my newly acquired wooden stamps from India! #India #woodenstamps #stamps #stamping #scrapbook #scrapbooking #paisley #mandala #henna #mehndi #traditional #art #doodles #doodle #draw #wip #workinprogress #Indian #hennastamps