#studying book

[wedarkacademia]

[my-midlife-crisis]

[valentine-love99]

Big Fat Notebook Series

I discovered the book series called Big Fat Notebook from Amazon. I been buying these books that I enjoy are math, science, and computer science. I really like the doodles and pictures that makes it helpful to understand the information.

I enjoy math especially geometry, scientific notation, and multiplying fractions. I am giant math nerd because I believe math is everywhere all over the world such as the fractals of never-ending perimeter, the golden ratio that can be found in nature, you can even try to figure out the flag pole’s heigh by measuring the shadow and the hyponetuse. Whenever I learn from math class to see the shapes and numbers even to look over large buildings thinking how they are being measured.

I bought this biology book because of the section that talks about ecology such as climate change and figure out how to protect ecosystem and biodiversity. I remmeber I would head over to the bookshelves in the library to read about renewable resources such as wind power and solar panels, the pollution that affects in wildlife, and how to reuse, reduce, and recycle. It is like noticing much of crap happening onto wildlife even there are still pollution since this planet Earth is only living planet we ever got in whole space that we can actually survive or else it can get worse for both animals and people.

Finally I bought this computer science book since I think computer programming is very unique to learn espeically how you can code to build something such as write up code to create websites and games. I actually want to get a job someday to be game designer which I am still currently learning about Python.

I am thinking of getting more from the book series that is history next.

[academia-lucifer]

@academia-lucifer

[juliaxyn]

You’re never too old to learn something new. Never stop studying. 

[blumenundpoesie]

in dedication to summer rain and the smell of petrichor

[moodyacademic]

a hidden bookshelf door would heal me

[thedeadpoets-blog]

late night studying in october 🍂☕️🎃📚

[cuties-in-codices]

medieval parchment repairs

in a psalter, south-western germany, late 12th/early 13th c.

source: Hermetschwil, Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 37, fol. 19r, 53r, and 110r

[louisa-gc]

how to start reading again

from someone who was a voracious reader until high school and is now getting back into it in her twenties.

start with an old favourite. even though it felt a little silly, i re-read the harry potter series one christmas and it wiped away my worry that i wasn't capable of reading anymore. they are long books, but i was still able to get completely immersed and to read just as fast as i had years and years ago.

don't be afraid of "easier" books. before high school i was reading the french existentialists, but when getting back into reading, i picked up lucinda riley and sally rooney. not my favourite authors by far, but easier to read while not being totally terrible. i needed to remind myself that only choosing classics would not make me a better or smarter person. if a book requires a slower pace of reading to be understood, it's easier to just drop it, which is exactly what i wanted to avoid at first.

go for essays and short stories. no need to explain this one: the shorter the whole, the less daunting it is. i definitely avoided all books over 350 pages at first and stuck to essay collections until i suddenly devoured donna tartt's goldfinch.

remember it's okay not to finish. i was one of those people who finished every book they started, but not anymore! if i pick up a book at the library and after a few chapters realise i'd rather not read it, i just return it. (another good reason to use your local library! no money spent on books you might end up disliking.)

analyse — or don't. some people enjoy reading more when they take notes or really stop to think about the contents. for me, at first, it was more important to build the habit of reading, and the thought of analysing what i read felt daunting. once i let go of that expectation, i realised i naturally analyse and process what i read anyway.

read when you would usually use your phone. just as i did when i was a child, i try to read when eating, in the bathroom, on public transport, right before sleeping. i even read when i walk, because that's normally a time i stare at my screen anyway. those few pages you read when you brush your teeth and wait for a friend very quickly stack up.

finish the chapter. if you have time, try to finish the part you're reading before closing the book. usually i find i actually don't want to stop reading once i get to the end of a chapter — and if i do, it feels like a good place to pick up again later.

try different languages. i was quickly approaching a reading slump towards the end of my exchange year, until i realised i had only had access to books in english and that, despite my fluency, i was tired of the language. so as soon as i got back home i started picking up books in my native tongue, which made reading feel much easier and more fun again! after some nine months, i'm starting to read in english again without it feeling like a huge task.

forget what's popular. i thought social media would be a fun way to find interesting books to read, but i quickly grew frustrated after hating every single book i picked up on some influencer's recommendation. it's certainly more time-consuming to find new books on your own, but this way i don't despise every novel i pick up.

remember it isn't about quantity. the online book community's endless posts about reading 150 books each year or 6 books in a single day easily make us feel like we're slow, bad readers, but here's the thing: it does not matter at all how many books you read or what your reading pace is. we all lead different lives, just be proud of yourself for reading at all!

stop stressing about it. we all know why reading is important, and since the pandemic reading has become an even more popular hobby than it was before (which is wonderful!). however, there's no need to force yourself to be "a reader". pick up a book every now and then and keep reading if you enjoy it, but not reading regularly doesn't make you any less of a good person. i find the pressure to become "a person who reads" or to rediscover my inner bookworm only distances me from the very act of reading.

[literarydesire]

The sort of work that feels like play

[wedarkacademia]

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[belovedapollo]

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[lovesdaya]

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[academia-lucifer]

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[juliaxyn]

Study hard, do good, and a good life will follow ₊˚⊹♡