#studyblr confession

[liones-s]

there’s a coffee shop with a hidden drawer where people leave their thoughts and hearts

[sonisis]

I'm not recovering from this one gays

[effelier]

Tomorrow I start my seventh semester. I'm sad to leave, I'll miss my mom and sisters very much. I'll also miss this home, it is cozy and clean and functional. And I'll miss watching law and order svu with my mom. I'll miss everything. But I know I will be ok. I will be with dad. Dad who spoils me. Dad who supports me to the ends of the world. Dad who told me to have milk with my breakfast on my first day of university because he wanted me to have all the energy needed. And I'll see my friends now and then. And I'll study and work really really hard to thank my family for their love and support. And to stand on my own two feet someday.

[divinotes]

Jan 16

Yesterday was a coffee shop study day. Today, the first day of the Semester, and classes got snowed out. Kind of crazy how fast the holiday went by but I am so ready to get back into things.

❈ Library photo by Oscar Ovalle -> pexels

[nymusings]

so excited to be able to talk about how pathetic Robert Wringham is next semester

[ekamini]

Things I’ve heard that just aren’t factual

Description;

{Q&A} this is where I debunk your false beliefs and comments about our brand that I’ve heard so far…. But if you have anymore questions comment them and I’ll answer in my next post

A: I have heard this a lot and it’s very insulting to the designers who take the time to add those stones in such a way that they last and remain in good quality. proof would be the low quantity of stock, which isn’t the designers fault hot pressing quality stones that don’t fall off at the slightest tug or hake, takes time. Hope this helps

Q: The size isn’t all that inclusive

A: the aim of this brand and its parent brand is to offer a unique sense of fashion to ALL. To explain a majority of our clothes are one size fits all with very very few exceptions, we actually believe everyone deserves to feel pretty and expensive big or small.

Q: The fabric isn’t authentically from Africa

A: The brand is originally from Lagos Nigeria where all of its designers are based and I say all because there are many in the picture, simply feeling our fabrics any you’d be able to tell it’s high quality

Q: It’s traditional clothing

A: I guess it’s easy to believe this because of the patterns but no there is nothing traditional about them they are are however Nigerian fabric used to make modern and modest designs

Q: If a white person or a person from any other country asides Nigeria wears your designs Its cultural appropriation

A: I don’t know where people got this from but no like I said before they are unique because the quality fabric and gems are from Nigeria but anyone can wear them because they do not belong to a specific cultural group.

I hope this all answers the questions and anymore questions feel free to ask them in the comments and for the sake of it here is a link to our website so you can have a look.

[apassionforever]

Hey internet, it is Confession Tuesday.

For the last few days I’ve been getting a check here and there from my body reminding me that something is off. One day my face appeared pigmented like a chess board, another day my weight skyrocketed and the stale cherry on cake, I’ve started experiencing a bagal syncope kind of nausea and headache for the past two days.

I was proud of being a healthy person. I am working out regularly. What the fuck happened?

And then I realised. With all my headspace dedicated to the entrance exam and procrastinating on the prep for the same as a subconscious way to avoid the stress that comes with it, I’m seeing myself gravitate towards unhealthy, quicker food, instead of my favourite salads which may take me some time to come up with it. My study café hours have rid me of the habit of eating my last meal by 8pm and my sleep cycle has gone berserk, leading to a whack circadian rhythm with random eating times where sometimes my first meal of the day happens in late afternoon. It does sound like intermittent fasting but with my decreased energy levels, dizzy episodes and increased weight and fast food intake, I don’t think I’m fasting- my body is starving.

I don’t want to feel dizzy or live with lifestyle diseases. Hence starting this moment, I’m taking the control back.

1. I brought back my copy of The 5AM Club by Robin Sharma and I’m going to read it, bits and pieces everyday. This book made me feel empowered and extraordinary everyday I read it; I’m going to do the same again. Feels like it calls out my vices and guides me towards true mastery.

2. Applying the Atomic Habits protocol, I’m gonna come into the habit of shutting my devices by 10:30pm and eating my dinner no later than 8pm. This means my catch up calls will be preponed and my hormones will start levelling to their ideal amounts at the right times.

3. Not getting my phone in my room. This year my phones have been in transition and because I never felt like I had a permanent one, I didn’t treat any of them like my long term commitments, instead gave myself liberties like games which I would never keep on a phone that was truly mine. I don’t see myself having a permanent phone in the near future so whatever entertainment device I have, it is going to stay in another room with my mother. On that note, no Netflix or watching apps on my work device- iPad.

4. Keeping WiFi access off. Given how multifunctional YouTube is for me, I can’t totally get rid of it but I can absolutely get distracted from it. When I open YouTube for a workout video or a salad recipe, I inadvertently get ten options of random videos that do not serve my immediate purpose but seem interesting nevertheless. Hence- useful + happy videos go in downloads and wifi remains off to shield me from the rest.

5. Vegetables. Lots of vegetables. Studying may be everything for now but health is everything forever and for real, I can’t screw up this exam due to lack in my fitness and agility levels. So I’m going ot take the time out to make my salads or vegetable pastas and sugar free desserts at home for my sweet tooth and eat home food daily while subtracting every processed sugar from my food intake. This includes dessert items, packeted crunchy bits and noodles and any other high calorie low nutrient item. It seems like a big thing but it is actually not. I have done it before, I’ve felt and seen the results and given how opposite I feel at the moment, I know what I was doing a few months ago was indeed the right thing. I’m just going to do it again- replete with academic goals this time!

Regulating dopamine levels to serve me to do difficult tasks is a constant experiment. I have to optimise my day to make 12 hours of studying and a hundred MCQs daily. Given how I avoid MCQs to prioritise finishing my syllabus (which is absolutely the WRONG approach), I just realised that I could’ve used Atoms (the Atomic Habits app) to get into the MCQ habit too.

Well, better late than never. NEET PG is in 18 days and I know that if I can correct my act, I can crack the exam.

Jai Shri Krishna, Jai Bajrang Bali!

PS- Here’s my roti pizza and I would love some more vegetables like this and my iced latte (or a warm cappucino) today. I’ve got a headache and a consequence- if I don’t achieve atleast half my targets today, I won’t get to speak to my favourite human for more than 5mins. Can’t sacrifice my happy place. So Imma get going!

[weldon-flavorings]

We want to hear from you!

What's your favorite latte recipe?

[trashygenius]

i upset a friend today by having to tell them that i didn’t choose the same alevel subject as them, and if i’m being honest i don’t even know what i want to do anyway. i feel a bit lost at the moment and just wish i didn’t have to make decisions because i feel like every time i do i some how upset at least one person.

please tell me im not the only one that feels this way, who else can relate

-xoxo trashygenius

[foulestbauble]

19,08,23 (79/100)

100 days of productivity, day 79!

Hehe hiii I’m back :] results are just around the corner so in an attempt to settle my nerves?? I’ve decided to start practicing more french reading, and once we get back from visiting family, I’ll try and recap some chemistry too^^ (also starting this again, though depends if I’m too busy)

Did some Duolingo lessons (50 day streak wooo)

Recapping pjo in french (cause yk this is a studyblr. In theory (or so I tell myself))

Reading a (tincy wincy) bit of les confessions

aand that’s about it haha. It’s fine though cause this is a holiday and like, you’re meant to relax or at least have less pressure (still trying to convince myself of this lol)

Congratulations to everyone who got their Scottish highers or A-level results in this last week! UCATs too ! even if they didn’t turn out as you’d hoped you will be okay in the long run. It may not seem like it now but things will turn out alright.

[sonisis]

feel proud but afraid

im clearly a senior in college because i'm no longer solving formulas, IM CREATING THEM

[effelier]

yesterday we had a revision of our thesis research foundations, after which I now have to look for another two articles and thesis. Doing that right now, wish me luck

[divinotes]

Starting 2024…

I am starting to document and blog my journey of law school & life in general just for accountability purposes. Hopefully this turns into a habit :)

[sentientsky]

random person scrolling through the studyblr tag, i saw ur post about wanting a love confession to study, so here u go: i love u!!!!!! (good luck with your studies)

amazing, phenomenal. this is what i look like in reaction to affection :)

thank u anon, my phone is now across the room in shatters <3 i’m typing this from a tamagotchi teehee

[ekamini]

Newest arrival

I am beyond grateful for the effort the designers put into this attire 🙏🙏 but this week it’s available and in stock on the website at the bottom

Website;

[benkyoutobentou]

I've been there, it sucks (still there in some aspects). But the only way out is through!

My first tip would be to pick something up. If a novel is too scary, go for some comics or a children's book. I'm a huge supporter of immersion learning and it tends to be a lifesaver for the intermediate plateau.

Then, pinpoint what specifically is giving you trouble. Are there too many unknown words? Are you understanding all the words in a sentence but not the sentence itself?

If you find that vocabulary is the issue, it's time to start cracking on those flash cards. Remember to keep reading and immersing while studying! I used to make my own flash cards from manga but got discouraged because I felt like I was putting words in and studying them, but never seeing them again outside of these flashcards. When I started reading my first novel, I was seeing so many of those words that I never thought I'd come across again and it improved my morale so much. If you don't want to make your own flash cards (I don't anymore), try searching for a premade deck for a specific book/series. I tend to study vocab from one book/series and then read other things outside that. Most of the time, words will come up in many different places and not be bound to a single book.

If you're finding that you understand most, if not all, of the words in a sentence but not the sentence itself, it's probably time to hit the grammar books. It can be easy to read a grammar explanation and have it go in one eye and out the other, even when you take notes on it. And review? Who wants to do that? Studyblr sin confession time: I very rarely review grammar points. I take notes on grammar and then wait for it to come up in my immersion. Sometimes I have to look back on my notes to refresh my brain, but most of the time, it'll come up enough in immersion to reinforce itself. Of course, this is different with more academic grammar points. There's also a difference i the way comics and novels are written and there are absolutely grammar points that you may come across often in novels, but almost never in a comics format. Basically what I'm trying to say here is to not get too lost in the study portion of grammar. Keep studying those grammar points, but it's integral to support it with proper immersion.

Don't be afraid of immersion. The beginning is lots of stopping to look things up and it might be best to start with just trying to get the overall meaning rather than looking up every little thing to understand the sentence perfectly (this is called extensive vs intensive immersion). Looking things up doesn't mean you've "failed" at your target language, it means there's something new to learn, and that should be considered a win!

TLDR; immerse, immerse, immerse!

I feel like I’m at a point in language learning where no matter what I do I’m not improving

It’s like I’m not fluent enough to read books or watch shows in the language but I’m fluent enough where all of the beginner learning materials are too easy