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I’ve never worked this much in one day in my life! Can you tell I have an exam tomorrow for a module I’d never revised for before this week?

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Studyblr WhatsApp

If anyone is interested in a studyblr WhatsApp group for motivation and advice and all that message me your phone number with the country code and your name and I'll add you into it ❤

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a lot of people are responding to this post saying that these things DO help them, so let's try and tidy up the message here.

if making super fancy notes and designing pretty spreads in your planner is how you make studying enjoyable or effective for you, then you do that!

if you couldn't care less about fancy headers and would rather keep everything basic and simple when studying, then please don't feel any pressure to hop on the "aesthetic" train!

just be realistic with what does and doesn't work for you, and don't let anyone tell you that what you're doing is wrong just because it doesn't work for them. we've all got the same goal here - we want to study and succeed. do what you gotta do and what you wanna do.

honestly my number one piece of advice for students is to like. be pragmatic about studying. because lbr doing your headings in perfect calligraphy with a £5 brush pen isn’t going to improve your grades. re-writing and re-writing your notes until they’re instagram-worthy isn’t going to help you retain the information. planning in a £30 bullet journal which you’ll then feel pressured into making really aesthetic spreads for when a £5 planner would do the same job isn’t going to make you a better student. yes, 100% take pride in your notes and by all means treat yourself to nice stationery every now and again but pls don’t waste your time and money trying to reach some unattainable studyblr goals.

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it’s a mad concept to me that people are having classes online while my uni just gave up on teaching and put our exams online hahah

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really tho, if anyone has advice for overcoming the "smart kid syndrome" / fear of failure and therefore also of studying, please message me or send me an ask or something because I'm starting to really come to terms with the fact that this is something I struggle with and don't know what to do

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I really want to do some painting but it’s nearly 11am and I’ve done barely any studying, so this is me putting out into the world that if I do an hour of solid work now then I can paint for a while

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I’ve finished all my exams! I only had three so they absolutely flew by & now I have about 4 months until uni starts up again! Really can’t believe that I’ve finished my first year at university but I’m so proud that I managed it. I’ve wondered a few too many times if I’m doing the right course or if I like it enough to want to spend the rest of my life working in this area, but I still made it through a whole year and am doing okay I hope summer comes soon for all those still doing exams - let me know how you’re getting on / how much you hate everything and everyone bc I understand

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raise your hand if you’ve got a massive to-do list for the holidays and almost definitely won’t get it all done ✋🏼

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alright folks this is it. if I don’t get my head in the game I genuinely fear that I’m going to fail my first year of uni. so I’ve downloaded khan academy and saved every relevant maths video, I’ve downloaded all the tutorial assignments we had over first semester so I can redo them and see if I understand what’s going on, and I’ve come up with what I think is a realistic and useful study timetable for the next semester. fingers crossed!

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uni is hard, send help

so I’ve been pretty inactive for several months now because I started university and it’s been crazier than I ever imagined it would be! my course is super difficult and requires more learning and studying than I’ve ever had to do before, and so I haven’t been very good at keeping on top of it all during my first semester. when you’re in a new environment and living with new people, all sense of routine can be so easily thrown out the window, and that’s exactly what I’ve found to be the case so far. I have one flatmate in particular who insists on staying up late “for the banter” and so wants me to stay up late too. admittedly, I give in, because even if I try to go to sleep early it won’t happen. on more occasions than I’d like, I’ve had about 5 or 6 of my flatmates gather in my room after 11pm so I can’t go to bed! so I’ve been going to bed late, sometimes even 2 or 3am, and thus waking up late too, struggling to get out of bed in the morning, and even missing a few 9 and 10am lectures... oops. don’t get me wrong, I’ve been studying, but not very well and not very consistently. honestly, I feel like I don’t even know HOW to study anymore, especially for my specific course which is such a leap from A level that it might as well be a completely different subject!

basically, no one told me life was gonna be this way (clap clap clap clap) and I’m not coping very well! I plan to have a better schedule next semester, which should help me keep on track with studying, but I have no idea how to solve the issue of balancing sleep with time with friends.

I’m still alive tho, and should hopefully be able to produce some new content in the new year! I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday season, and merry christmas to those who celebrate it! x

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get to know your followers

Thank you to @aspiringcivilengineer for the tag! Rules: Answer the questions (which you can change if you don’t feel like answering certain questions) and then tag 20 followers you want to get to know better!

Nickname(s)? Snowflake, sophdoph, dufus, fophie, softie - there’s quite a list! Gender? Female Star sign? Leo, not that that means much to me Height? Around 5′5″, which is perfectly average but makes me seem tiny compared to my ridiculously tall family Hogwarts house? Ravenclaw, but I’m borderline Hufflepuff so it took some time to decide on which one Favourite animal? Has always been and will always be cats 💛 Average hours spent sleeping? Sleeping is pretty much my number one skill, so 8 hours a night on average Dogs or cats? I love them both very much but cats win because sometimes dogs can be annoying lol Number of blankets you sleep with? Two! My duvet and a quilt What’s your dream trip? This is so unadventurous but I’d just love to travel around the UK, visiting the prettiest towns it has to offer, because there are few things I love more than just looking at pretty buildings and shops What’s your dream job? I’m not sure yet, but I’m going on to study theoretical physics at university, so hopefully my dream job wil come out of that When did you make this account? About 10 months ago now, yikes How many followers do you have? 9060, which is absolutely insane and I don’t know how all you people found me! How many pets do you have? Quite a few - 5 cats and a dog! Best places to visit in your town or country? Well I live in the middle of nowhere but there’s a paintballing place not too far away which is great fun, and the North coast of the country is very popular in summer for the seaside Favourite ice cream flavour? Hmmm bubblegum, raspberry ripple or just plain vanilla How often do you read? Definitely not as often as I should or would like to, the only reading I seem to do now is reading textbooks 😭 Favourite study locations? My desk in my bedroom! It could do with a good declutter at the moment but I’m really happy with it and spend like 90% of my waking hours sitting at it Who do you stan? My friends 😍 tbh I don’t stan famous people like I used to 20 followers/people that I want to get to know even if they don’t follow me! @edvcate @studejing @seatudying @seaviewall-nighters @lbriscoe @danisstudyblr @theologianstudies @sophsstudyspace @rayraystudies @rhubarbstudies @caffenotes @hufflepuffwannabe @meg-is-studying @sumie-studies @tpnks @elanstudies @charliestudies @architstudy (okay so maybe this isn’t 20 people but shhhhh I tried)

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I HAD A MATHS RESIT TODAY AND THE PAPER WAS SO EASY THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR I’M SO HAPPY

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I just spent far too long compiling the most useful quotes from Othello for my exam next week, and I now have a list of 55 key quotes to learn... that’s cut down from the 196 quotes I had typed up originally for my notes. yikes!

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this is maybe an odd question for a study blog but uh ... does anyone know how to start working out when the most exercise you do is going for a long walk every so often? I really want to get into some sort of shape, lose a little bit of weight and just feel a bit better about myself lol so if you have a good (and free bc the only ‘equipment’ I have is a yoga mat) exercise routine then hit me up

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I am SO tired today it’s actually ridiculous. send help, I have so much work I could be doing right now that I’m just not

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I GOT OFFERS FROM MY FAVOURITE UNIVERSITY! 

they’ve given me a conditional offer for physics, and another conditional offer for theoretical physics (which is the one I really want to do), so unless something goes badly wrong in my exams in may/june I’ll be off to uni next september! words cannot describe how excited I am about this