#this feels like i should have posted it on my studyblr but i think i'll just reblog it there instead

[friend-of-wisdom]

100/100 days of productivity

Friday, September 27th 2024

WE DID IT!!!!! After almost two years, I got to the end of this challenge!!!! It really motivated me, to be real. Thinking about writing for myself as well as telling yall about my daily achievements motivated me to finish writing assignments, not giving up reading research papers, reading books... And now I also have a written online diary of all of those moments that I can be proud of! I can read them and feel motivated again, see how much progress I've made.

I do have more things to say at the end of the post, but let's take a moment to see what I've done today!

worked on burocracy

finally went to the medical lab to do another round of medical examinations

read 2 whole articles!!!! they're part of the articles I needed to read for my research. The first one was only 6 pages, but the second one was 21 pages and they both were REALLY helpful for my thesis. I made so many relevant annotations that I'll use!!

wrote a whole page of my thesis (now i have 10 pages in total!! which is so good!!)

studied japanese for around 30 minutes

I wanted to write more today but I was already so tired! So I rested by playing a bit of Papa's Freezeria, watching one episode of Grey's Anatomy and a few episodes of Winx. I also played with my cat and spent some time with my bf (i actually went to his house to read articles lol but we had lunch together as well).

I want to thank you all that have been following my journey in this blog, that have liked and reblogged, or commented. It's really nice to have interactions with other studyblrs or just people that are interested in academics in general!

I have some plans with my friends for this weekend. Also going to take some time to dye my hair and cut my bf's hair. But the studying never stops! I'll come back with a new challenge, or a new type of posts that I have yet to decide. Anyways, I'm so glad I got here!!!

Remember, productivity can be tiring, and you all deserve rest and fun. Don't worry too much about being productive all the time - enjoy life. Doesn't matter if it takes 100 days, or 1 year, or 2, or 3 years to complete a challenge like this 100 days challenge. It's your pace and you should respect it!

xoxo, Liz 📚✨

[elegance-and-grit]

3/100 days of productivity

14.09.2023

Habits

🚶 1 hour of movement (45 minutes of biking and 15-minute walk, counts. Let's see how I'll approach this once I am living closer to uni and don't have to bike that much anymore. 0.0)

🏊‍♀️ 30 mins of sports (Went for a short 20-minute run, but I am letting this count. I trained for a Tough Mudder 10k at the end of august; it was a great success and fun. However, after 7k my knee started hurting so bad, that I had to stop or risk again not being able to even walk without pain for a few weeks (been there, done that). Was quite frustrating, because I had the condition, I just didn't have the properly trained knees. So the plan now is to run a lot but short intervals and increase them slooooowly. The method for now is: September 20mins, October 25 mins, November 30 mins and so on. Let's see if it will help!)

🧘 Yoga (any duration)

🥗 Somewhat healthy food (well, i am giving myself half a point here. Managed three and a half proper and healthy meals, but drank far to sweet coffees and ate two slices of cake, which might be a lot of sugar.)

Study & Work

📚 Read 30 minutes (Nope :/)

✍️ Wrote 30 minutes (Nope :/)

💭 Thought 30 minutes (Nope :/)

💻 Concentrated work for 6 hours (I tried really hard, but yesterday wasn't a good day. Got close to 6 hours but can't really say that it was concentrated.)

I also got far too stuck on some setup issues to debug my patch. Not really sure what the hell I spent my time on there. Feels not well invested. (And that happens to me sometimes, I think I need to start be more pragmatic about what is actually the goal/measure of success and how to reach it). But the setup is now running, so today I can actually tackle the challenge!

Other

I am sitting in a coffee shop writing this, but it's really not romantic, man. The music is far too loud and the customers are somehow really impolite and that makes me very uncomfortable. But hey, got a good coffee first thing in the morning! And now my headphones stopped working.

Fixed the headphones thing with a small power charge, I am a certified engineer after all! But noise-cancelling headphones are sometimes really a life-changer!

The 3-small tasks a day thing is working great for me! Would be funny if this simple approach finally solves my continuous problems with my doom pile. But I am ready for funny.

(My doom pile issues are really not so good, I keep delaying a few tasks one really should not delay, and feel really blocked on tackling them. Not sure why. But I feel good about this three tasks a-day thing. 3 tasks fit nicely on a post-it and the "doom" feeling that happens when I look at my list, doesn't set in.) Even today I realized when I looked at my three points of today, that I was daunted by two of them, but like it was manageable? Maybe my brain was just disillusioned before, always convincing myself that I would get this mountain down in one very productive day. Again, funny.

Had a really nice lunch with a good friend (and a coffee and a walk). If I sometimes ask myself why I don't manage 8 productive hours a day, maybe it's mainly because of 2 1/2 hours lunch breaks or other breaks like this. But not decided on what to do - I like those breaks. Anyone having any suggestions? How do you manage to get your number of productive hours in?

Had a really nice evening with my boyfriend, too. I think we're both becoming more relaxed and it's great. I think this type of evening (with the same kinda setup) would have perhaps been stressful before, but now we managed to make it really nice. Proud of myself here!

Feeling really good and I am grateful for that. Also - I am really happy about every like and follow and more blogs to discover and follow myself. Thank you all lovely studyblr people! So far studyblr really is having a positive impact. <3

[tokidokitokyo]

Hey~ I saw you are tracking a tag, do you think it's a good idea to do it even if you don't have a lot of followers (yet)? I recently started a Japanese studyblr and I'd like to put something in my bio like you did but deep inside I don't want to look pretentious... (Btw you boosted the intro post of my studyblr! Thank you so much, it was really helpful ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ)

Hi! Thanks for your ask! Yes, I think you should create a tracking tag!

If you are thinking of using one, I recommend to go ahead and start it now. I started a tracking tag for my Japanese langblr because I saw many other people doing this in the langblr/studyblr community. I created it when I had very few followers, and although it might feel a bit awkward (it did for me), I don't think it's pretentious at all! It's just another way to interact with people on tumblr.

When you start making mutuals (people who you follow and who also follow you) tags can be an easy way for them to give you a heads up on posts they think you might like. It also makes it known that people can tag you on things and you won't mind. It's always a nice surprise when people tag you in something that you might not otherwise have found.

I'll be honest, not many people use my tracking tag (only about 2 people have ever used it), which might just be the people I follow and their habits, or maybe people just don't know I have a tracking tag (it's #looktoki fyi). But I know other studyblrs where they get lots of tags.

One suggestion I would make whilst thinking up a tracking tag is to look it up on tumblr and see what results you get. If you don't get many that's probably a good sign that not many people are using it. If you get a lot, then you might rethink it or you'll see a ton of posts that might be unrelated in your feed.

(Also, yay, I'm glad I could help boost your studyblr! ^.^ がんばってね！)

[the---hermit]

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

At the begninning of the year I read a few dystopic classics, and this one missed from that list. I put off reading this after I finally got a copy, because I wanted to annotate it like I did with the other books, but I was never in the right mood. I finally decided to pick this up with the help of an audiobook, and I am happy I did because I think it would have taken me much more time to get through it without the audiobook. I was really hyped for this novel, but I must say I am not fully satisfied with it.

A bit on the plot. The story takes place in this totalitarian dystopic world, where people are born artifically and conditioned from even before they are born. There's a strong comentary on consumerism, and how that and drungs keep everyone happy but controlled in thi world. This part of the novel, and this type of critique was very well made, and the worldbuilding was very interesting. As it often happens the world building is stronger than the rest of the story, I wasn't really invested in the characters, which is not the best. I also think it's really interesting to see how certain things that were definitely perceved as dystopic in the early 1930s, when the book was published, have changed with time. To emphasise the dystopic aspect this society has no religion and it's very sexually free. People are not supposed to fall in love and have a family (which is a cool dystopic idea) but they are very much pushed into having a florid sexual life. In a lot of scenes you can tell the author was using this sexual liberty of the characters, and lack of "religious moral" as a way to tell the reader this world is bad. In today's society this is of course does not work as strongly as it might have in the 30s. This element made me think about the other dystopic classics I have read like 1984 by Orwell and We by Zamjating, where in both cases there's a different strumentalizations of sex in the futuristic worlds. Whereas in 1984 sex is something that should be cancelled completly, in We there's a closer situation to Brave New World. In We sex is very much free, and there's this idea that everyone belongs to everyone, like in Brave New World, but whereas in We the way it's described still feels really creepy, in Brave New World you basically just have to deal with the ideals of older generations. In We what felt really creepy is the fact that you soon learn that people can offically "book" others without consulting them priorly. In Brave New World we are seeing people ask each other out in a normal way, and given everything else as I said it did not feel like that big of a deal from the view of our own time. I really hope this whole thing I am saying makes sense. Certaily the passage of time has given Brave New World an additional layer on which we can reason. Even though this book wasn't one of my favourite dystopic classics I still feel like everyone should read it. In general reading dystopia is always something we should do, because it inevitably pushes us out of our comfort zones, and it makes us think about society, where we are going, and so on. I really look forward to reading more dystopic novels in the future because it feeds your brain in a very specific way.

I read this novel for the studyblr w/knives summer reading challenge 2.0 for the classic prompt. I'll soon post a proper update on the challenge.

[museeofmoon]

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲,4 𝐧𝐨𝐯• your girl has returned! In the last week of Oct I had so many exams scheduled and I wasn't well either as I cought bad cold and viral, so for that reason I basically failed to complete the challenge or skipped the days but I'll be covering the remaining prompts in this post and hopefully I'd go back to the normal posting!!✨

tag someone who gives good advice

@study-van I think Yasemin is a great person to ask for advice, she'll deeply go into the situation and would give you the best ans!!✨

@jeonchemstudy our daph! I personally have asked her about things a few times and she always gives practical and honest opinion/advice and I also love the way she supports like ik she'll be here for me if something goes wrong 💜

tag someone who you would like to get to know

aha finally @divinity-infinity @bulletnotestudies @serendistudy @rylie-studies @saherrizvisblog @studying-engineering @notebookist there's so many more sjjsjsjsjs!!

tag someone who makes you laugh

this tag goes to my two fav ppl @redlitmusbluelitmus and @creativithee our convos and always wholesome and I really really enjoy talking to both of you!💜

tag someone who you think everyone should follow

@notebookist @lattesandlearning @myhoneststudyblr always so consistent with posting and content on fleek!!!

what are the three things you're proud of?

•my mental health got better! that is a huge achivement for me I struggled for two years badly and it affected me in the worst terms it could but now I'm recovering and I'm really happy that I'm able to make even the slightest difference

•my progress on this community!! I'm really proud to say that I'm a part of studyblr I have met beautiful people on here and made really good frends to whom I can reach out anytime without any hesitation!!

•my hardwork-ing nature , as in the year 2020 it's not the best but I'm kinda proud of myself that I'm still going like online school is like straight up bullying but I'm keeping my grades consistent and hopefully I'll get them up!

what are the three things about yourself you love?

•my dedication, ik what I what in life and how to get it I love how passionate I'm about my dreams!

•my ability to feel things v deeply, it is however both a blessing and a curse but I'm really happy I can understand and feel the emotions of others in their words

•that I don't judge. i often find myself thinking about this issue, as someone who lives in a very toxic and judgemental society I think some part of it comes into me, and that is wrong! now I'm very happy that I have unlearned it, it makes me feel like a better person and inshallah I'll continue to improve myself!

what are the three things that inspire you?

•this community: also push me to do more and the whole concept of romanticising study helps me a lot

•my family and friend: my parents always have supported my dreams and they really inspire me to do the best I can! (as for frens I only have only have online frens lol)

•my dreams, I simply want to do medical there's nothing very new in that but it's a great position to be as it will allow me to help people :)

if you read the whole thing thank you so much 💕 have a great day/night!✨

[azuritestudy]

Hello everyone! I've had this blog for probably more than 3 years now and after much lurking around the studyblr community and much contemplating on whether or not I should start a blog of my own here I am! I'm Myrto, a 17 year old senior in her last year of high school who's trying to find some motivation to push through this last year and get into university! Currently I'm taking a summer course to prepare for next year and my exams.

interests:

• language learning! I'm fluent in Greek and English and I have a B2 in German. I enjoy learning new languages and the culture behind them (although I'm gonna have to put that on hold next year!) Next up i think I'd like to learn Italian, cause it seems fairly easy (and also I want to understand what Måneskin are singing about)

• reading! To be honest I've fallen out of that habit but one of the reasons why I'm joining the community is to get back in! I currently have quite an extensive TBR list and I'm hoping I can tackle it this summer since I'll have more time.

• music! Artists like Florence + the Machine, Hozier, Franz Ferdinand, The Strokes and Last Shadow Puppets are all-time favorites. Lately I've also been listening to lots of Fiona Apple and Måneskin.

•tv shows and films! As far as shows are concerned, favorites include Doctor Who (mostly the RTD stuff), B99, Good Omens, Broadchurch and Castlevania. This summer I want to watch more films cause I have this habit of rewatching things into oblivion cause it's more comforting and doesn't require as much energy. My favourite movies are Crimson Peak, 12 Monkeys and I, Tonya and probably a lot more that I can't remember right now.

favourite blogs:

@study-van @areistotle @delciastudies @tiredbiostudent @harshikasays @starrystvdy @studykeee @studyingchemeng

if any of you come across this I think your blogs are super cool!

Feel free to message me or talk to me in the comments of this post!

[raee-studyblr]

Hi, to cut whatever I'll be talking about in details in a little short: I'll be on hiatus for a bit from my study blog.

I've been dealing with anxiety for quite some time now but the past few days have gotten me thinking a lot and everything feels overwhelming.

The studyblr bingo productivity challenge is something that I initially took part in because I thought it'd help me keep track of my progress but often times I do not find myself able to update on time and it only adds to my anxiety, I often find myself pushing myself to the brink (not because of the challenge, just in general) but the stress of seeing people do so much more than me has staggered my performance and even ability to think clearly. Everyone has been studying really hard and it feels like no matter how hard I try, I fall some distance short.

I'm sorry to @studytheory for giving up midway, but with my leg causing me a lot of problem, college and my anxiety, I don't think continuing the challenge or being on studyblr is something that I should continue to do. The challenge was fun and interactive though and I'm happy I could get this far .

This post is all over the place for which I apologise but I'm unable to be articulate at the moment.

I will continue studying but I will just avoid being active on here or posting for the next few weeks or so.

I wish everyone the best of luck with their goals ❤️

P.S. Please don't hesitate to hmu in dms though!

[study-coffee-chicago]

I posted 688 times in 2021

506 posts created (74%)

182 posts reblogged (26%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 0.4 posts.

I added 1,235 tags in 2021

#asks - 218 posts

#chicago pd - 178 posts

#jay halstead - 177 posts

#will halstead - 132 posts

#chicago med - 121 posts

#fanfiction - 90 posts

#imagine - 88 posts

#fanfic - 85 posts

#studyblr - 74 posts

#writing - 72 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#next week thursday is my 21st birthday and you bet your ass i’m not watching pd until midnight so i can drink a glass of wine or something

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Seasons of PD and Med: Season 0: The Backstory (A Halstead! Brothers + Halstead Sister! imagine)

Hey, I had an idea to pick episodes from every season of PD and Med and write them as if Will and Jay had a younger sister involved. This is the first installment and it will deal with some big things in Jay and Will's young adult years and Y/N's childhood years! Stay tuned for the next update which is season 1 of PD (I'm not gonna say what ep it is yet because I want you guys to be surprised.) I just made up a name for Mama Halstead since she hasn't been named in the show...I'm still waiting on that crumb that the writers neglected to add.

Anyway, enough of the long note, enjoy!

Will's age: 20

Jay's age: 18

Your age: 4

"Dad, I'm leaving tomorrow! It's not like I can change it now!" Jay yelled at his father as he paced the living room, his mom and dad sitting on the couch. His mom was trying to calm his dad, but that wasn't working very well.

"Both of you, keep your voice down," Amelia Halstead hissed at her husband and youngest son. "Y/N's sleeping. And if either of you wakes her up, there will be hell to pay tomorrow."

"Sh- Crap," Jay fixed his language quickly, knowing that he shouldn't swear around his parents. "Y/N."

Amelia's eyes went wide. "Jayson Halstead! You haven't told her yet? You said you wanted to be the one to tell her!"

"He won't have to tell her anything if he doesn't go," Pat Halstead shrugged.

"Patrick." Amelia gave Pat a warning look. "He's his own person and as much as we both hate it, he's an adult in the eyes of the law and can make his own decisions. One of which is whether or not he wants to join the military."

"I just think he should go out and get a real job. Why is it that none of my sons want to do that? Will wants to become a doctor and waste God knows how much time and money in school and this one wants to go and get himself killed. And for what? Because you want to play with guns?"

"Dad," Jay groaned. "We've been over this. I want to help protect people and I want to do that somewhere outside the country because there are others over there who really need it. Also, I like the adrenaline rush."

"Jay, not the time," Amelia scolded in reference to the last part.

"Sorry, Mom," Jay mumbled.

"I'm still not okay with this, no matter your reasoning. I don't need you to come home in a coffin!" Pat yelled.

You heard the booming voice of your dad down the hallway and jumped awake. Why was he yelling? Shouldn't he be sleeping just like you had been? But, maybe he was just yelling at the Blackhawks game as he did that often. Maybe if you got up he'd give you some juice. Your mom was always strict about no sugar before--or during--bedtime, but your brothers and your dad were a lot more easygoing.

So, you slid out of bed and walked down the hallway, excited to see if you'd be able to get some grape juice in your favorite princess cup. You clutched your Build-A-Bear in your hand, which was also dressed in pajamas, as it was bedtime, and walked down the hall. But, you stopped short when you heard that Jay was yelling as well.

"I'm leaving tomorrow and there's nothing you can do about it, Dad! If you hate it so much, feel free to stay home when we all go to the airport!"

Jay was leaving? Did he have another seven-sleep-long soccer camp? He always had those in the summer. And, when you went to his games with your mom when the leaves changed, he scored lots of goals.

"Jay wait--"

"Mom, I'm going to bed. I'll see you in the morning."

Jay got halfway down the hall before he saw you.

"Hey, what are you doing up? Isn't it way past your bedtime?" Jay asked, his voice softening as he crouched down in front of you.

Your lower lip started to tremble and you pulled your Build-A-Bear, who you had affectionately named Beary, close to your chest. "You go to soccer for lots of sleeps again, Jay Jay?"

Jay sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Of course, you had heard him say he was leaving. And of course, the only thing you had to compare it to was him leaving for his soccer camps which he always went to at the end of July.

"What's the biggest number you can count to?" he asked, trying to sound excited.

"Um...um...um," you furrowed your eyebrows, trying to remember what you had learned at daycare. "Ten," you finally answered.

"I'm gonna be gone a long time," he told you.

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222 notes • Posted 2021-04-13 03:28:37 GMT

#4

Here’s this week’s spread! This time, not coffee, but a mango pineapple smoothie in the pic because ya girl craved a smoothie that day instead. (Don’t get it twisted, I drank coffee that day, too!) Also, my first AU of AU-gust will be posted later tonight!

236 notes • Posted 2021-08-01 23:18:53 GMT

#3

Overprotective (A Halstead Brothers + Halstead Sister! Imagine)

A/N: This was a request from an anon who wanted overprotective Jay and Will and angst and fluff! So, I hope I did your request justice! 

Thanks for reading! Remember to like/reblog and comment! I love reading your comments because they put a smile on my face!

Thunderstorm (age 7)

It had been six months since your mom died. Jay was back from his second deployment and was now a police officer and Will was in New York for what you called doctor school. And your dad, well he was here in Chicago with you physically, but not mentally.

You whimpered as you hugged your teddy bear--whom you had affectionately named Officer Chuckles after you heard someone call Jay that at a picnic for police and their families--tight to your chest. The thunder was really loud and you swore it was shaking the house. And, to make matters worse, your dad wasn't here; he had left his seven-year-old daughter alone at home, during a thunderstorm, at 11:30 at night.

Your mom had loved thunderstorms and she'd always watch them as they rolled in. If it was morning, she'd sit and drink her coffee on the front porch while she watched them and listened to the rain drum down on the roof. If it was nighttime, she'd have something called wine, which she told you that you couldn't have until you were older, and do the same thing.

Because of this, every time there was a thunderstorm and your dad wasn't working, he'd always go to the cemetery to visit your mom. You didn't know what he did there. You just knew that every time there was a thunderstorm, you'd just be that much more scared.

Your mom used to comfort you when there was a thunderstorm; she'd tell you that the thunder was just a giant up in the sky bowling and that he just got a strike. But, your dad wouldn't really comfort you because he'd just leave. And, there was only so much Officer Chuckles and huddling in your blankets could do for you.

"We gotta call Jay," you whispered to your bear. "He'll know what to do."

So, you gripped Officer Chuckles in your little hand and then made your way into the kitchen. You jumped as more lightning and thunder cracked across the sky.

You flicked on the light and picked up the phone. You looked at the number on the fridge and carefully dialed it and then hit the "talk" button. Then, you listened to it ring while little whimpers of fear escaped your mouth.

"Dad? Why are you--" You jumped and a small scream came out. "Y/N? Kiddo, what are you doing up? It's late."

"I- I'm scared," you said quickly and ran back to your room with Officer Chuckles and the phone still in your hand and pressed up to your ear.

"Because of the thunder?" Jay asked gently.

"Uh-huh," you answered as you buried yourself back under your covers. "Daddy's not here and-and it's really loud."

"Dad's not there?"

"He went to see Mommy." You squeaked as more thunder came.

Jay cursed on the other end of the phone and hoped you didn't pick up on it. "Y/N, I will be there in ten minutes, okay? I just want you to stay in your room until I get there. Can you do that for me?"

"Uh-huh. But please come fast, Jay Jay. Me and Officer Chuckles are really scared."

"I'll come really, really fast. I promise. Now, I have to put down the phone so I can drive. But I promise I'll get there really fast. I love you."

"I love you, too, Jay Jay."

***

Jay cursed himself as he drove as fast as he could towards his childhood home. He didn't even speed, just tried to go the speed limit. But, it was downpouring so hard that he had to slow down so that he didn't hydroplane and get into a car accident. He didn't need that right now and you definitely didn't need that right now.

Jay walked up the front porch--forgetting his umbrella in his car because he was so focused on getting to you--and then found the spare key under the flower pot. The flower was fake; there's no way your dad could keep a plant alive.

"Y/N?" he called out as he slipped off his shoes once he was inside. "It's me. It's Jay Jay."

Thunder cracked across the sky and Jay swore under his breath and then took off running to your bedroom.

There, he found you huddled underneath your comforter clutching Officer Chuckles to your chest and resting your head against him. Your small night light was the only thing giving off light in your room.

"Y/N," he whispered, causing you to jump. "It's okay, it's just me. It's Jay," he said quickly and then flicked on your bedroom light.

Now that everything was bathed in light, you jumped out of bed without hesitating and held tightly onto Jay. "It's too loud! It's too loud!" you wailed as your fingers clutched the bottom of his shirt.

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270 notes • Posted 2021-09-30 05:12:27 GMT

#2

In other news, I got a lot of homework done today and drank coffee at 5pm...which explains why I’m still awake.

288 notes • Posted 2021-04-01 05:07:05 GMT

#1

One exam down…one presentation/exam to go tomorrow and then I’m officially done with the semester!

Thanks to @studywithvictory and @stellakiidd for the good luck wishes on the exam I took earlier! It took a longer time than I expected, but it’s done.

529 notes • Posted 2021-12-14 05:12:13 GMT

Get your Tumblr 2021 Year in Review →

[journals-and-journeys]

Day 6 - Why did you decide to do this challenge and what is your goal?

I love challenges but I've never actually been able to finish them and as you can see, I don't post every single day. This challenge is another attempt at answering all the questions but I'm trying not to put myself under pressure so I'll probably continue making posts like this one that include more than just one day.

Day 7 - What is your goal for your studyblr for the next few months?

My goal is to post more original content! Probably not every day but at least once a week. I haven't done that in ages because I'm bad at organising and lack the time and motivation to post every day. I haven't carried on with my bullet journal but I hope to catch up on it and show you some pages as well as some study notes and lots of coffee / nature pics!

Day 8 - What is the best thing about studyblr in your opinion?

Getting to know lovely people and talking to them! There are so many different people on here and it's interesting to learn more about them and get in touch with them, especially if you have something in common (I should talk to people more often though!) Aside from that, I love the aesthetics and pretty pictures of study notes, etc.

Day 9 - What is the worst thing about studyblr in your opinion?

Sometimes I feel a little bad when I see how well-organised some people are and how they seem to be very productive when it comes to studying and carrying on with their bullet journals. I still haven't figured out how to push and motivate myself, even though I'm far from new to university and started my bujo a while ago.

Day 10 - What is one thing you wished you could change about studyblr?

I can't really think of anything atm. I really love how friendly and welcoming this community is and I'm glad I joined it.

Day 11 - What is something that you have learnt from studyblr?

That it's okay to not be perfect!

[biopsychs]

This semester has been my busiest yet (hence no posts in a while) and now it's almost done! I'm going to update on some things that have happened over the past month or so below, but I also want to acknowledge how stressed I have actually been and how little sleep I've gotten. So, I am trying my best to find balance and make time for self care. Even though I have a lot of good things going on, I think it's important for people in the studyblr community to recognize when stress is harming, not helping, them. Like ya ignoring my mental and physical health helped me get things done, buuut it doesn't feel good and is certainly not sustainable.

Updates:

- Almost ready to submit my first abstract to a conference!! It's all written up, we just need to run stats since we finished running participants this week.

- I'm super close to submitting an ethics application for a study I'll be running next semester (but uh 500 participants minimum with two hours of testing time each is going to take so long)! I also created consent and debriefing forms and the demographic questionnaire we're going to use.

- My community psych class is all done and I'm going to miss it so much. I presented earlier in the week for my group poster project about sense of community athletes forced to retire due to injury. Group projects are great when everyone in the group is excited to contribute! My prof is one of my favourite people ever. She was amazing at generating class discussion and connecting with students. Her office is near where I hold office hours so all semester she's come by to talk to me. I did really well on the last midterm and she literally ran over to show me my test, complete with a sticker on top (more profs should put stickers on tests and assignments imo)

- There's a new prof in my lab and she took the time to chat with me (during my office hours as well, bc her office is in the same hallway) and offer to help me if I ever needed anything!

- Ran a review session for the class I TA for and answered a bunch of student questions in my last office hours! It's really cool to see how I was in the same place as these students last year, studying hard for the final, and now I'm the one actually teaching and helping them!!

- I have a lot of studying to do for my psychopathology final, but it has been such an informative and inspiring class! On the last day of class today, my prof had one of her clients come in to speak about her ongoing experience with PTSD. It was really clear how the severity of her functioning was exacerbated by the negative/lack of social support in her life and other external factors. Anyways, it honestly is so brave and inspiring for my prof's clients to speak to an entire class about their experiences and really puts all my book knowledge into context.

[etudaire]

Hii!! I want to start a Studyblr as well so that I'll at least get motivated to study 😅. Can you give me some advice /direct me to a post you've written for starting one?

I'm pretty sure that I answered a similar ask but lol who's gonna scroll down the hell's depth just to find it here we go again!

First of decide why you need a studyblr, for motivation? Discipline? Forcing yourself to not procrastinate? Inspo? Followers? Anything else?

You should know that studyblrs do have a tendency to procrastinate here a lot, so be prepared for that and possibly try to avoid it

And now let's begin whoop whoop

Choose a url

Something that's related to studying - like your major, or a stationery item or your name with the suffix - studies or something else like caffeine or smthn you know?? Related to studying? Like mine is etudaire which sounds similar to etudier which is a French very meaning to study, it's meh come up with something you like hearing and feels right

And a theme

I'd suggest minimalist but you do you

Blue colour is great for students' attention span so maybe keep that?

And then comes your posts

Ofc reblog stuff you think motivates you or appeals to you

Try to avoid corproating fandom stuff here because every time you'd see your own blog you'd get distracted

Make friends! I found some awesome friends via the studyblr community and we all help motivate each other several times!

Make an introductory post

Name, major, interests, favourite blogs in the community, whatever you wanna mention - go ahead!

Post!

Pictures of your notes (don't go crazy for the aesthetic it's all just for show n not mandatory) are a great idea, along with text posts, masterposts, helpful advice, to do lists etc

Keep posting! (don't be irregular like this potato if you can) the more you post the more you'll want to study and the chain keeps going!

Try challenges! I have my #30donr and #30domr challenges if you want, and there's the infamous 100 Days of Productivity challenge by I think @emmastudies so check it out and go for it! It's rocky and tough at first but once you get the hang of it it's a breeze

Personalise your blog, the more you want to come back to see/post on it the better!

Reblog other people's content and interact make your blog the kind of place you'd want to return to when in a slump

Don't be pressurised to be diligent, we all make mistakes and are human after all, it's okay to take a break and relax too!

Have fun! Stay motivated and get productive, hope this community helps you out ♥

[mycheriejubilee-blog]

[ I don't own this photo, creds to owner!!! ]

85/100 days of 100 days of productivity challenge!

9:03 PM | April. 1 | 2019 | I can't believe today is the first day of April! The year has been passing by so fast. And in a little over 2 weeks this challenge will be over! I'll still post quite often though.

I should be posting more studyblr content though, bc it's getting mixed with some personal stuff.

Anyways though. I guess I kind of have a crush on the boy I've been talking about for a few days. I literally confessed to him and he suspected it was a joke. So clearly he doesn't think of me like that. So I silently took my L and said it was a joke. I did it specifically today so if he rejected me I could say it's a joke and if he didn't then... y'know.

I'm kind of relieved bc if I didn't do it today,, it might have made things awkward. I feel like it wouldn't have worked. I'm glad he doesn't know I like him. Even though I'm just a year younger than him, he still treats me like I'm a baby. Not that I mind but y'all get what I'm saying he sees me as just a friend.

I actually enjoy having a crush. It adds something to my somewhat boring life.

Oh! I also finished season 1 of on my block and I'm halfway through season 2. It's good! But the drama between Monse and Cesar.. literally like my sister and her clown boyfriend. But that's none of my business.

Okay I'm sorry for talking about this boy so much. I just think of him a lot. Anyways I watched the last episode of Mob Psycho 100 II!! Gosh, it was so good. Mob Psycho 100 is such a great anime.

Plus, finally I got hot water instead of ice cold water in the shower!! So, I got to have a proper shower and I got to wash my hair. So much less itchy now!! I also cleaned up pretty well today. I cleaned the kitchen and the oven.

I really got to relax today. But!! Tomorrow I'm officially going back to school!! I don't have much work in general. Thankfully. I do have things I need to improve on, so I should write down what subjects/topics I'm weak in and practice.

I'll get to bed soon, but I just wanted to post. Stay safe, stay hydrated, and take care of yourselves!!!

~ Valentina 🕊

[the---hermit]

House Of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

I finally finished this book. If you have read some of my daily posts you might know I've had this book on my currently reading shelf for almost two months, I put it on hold, I picked it back up, it was a whole journey. I will admit I have yet to form concrete opinions on this book, so it will be fun in a couple of months to reread this and see how my opinions have changed from right after finishing it.

It is not easy to explain what this book is. It's a quite experimental horror novel in which you follow many different storylines that intertwine in a very creative way. The book also plays a lot with the graphic in general, so it's really entrataining on that aspect as well. The base storyline is about Jonny who finds the manuscript written by an old man. He decides to read and organize all the writing of this man, and so we find ourselves reading the manuscript and Jonny annotations in which we follow his own story. The old man's manuscript is a sort of academic study regarding a mysterious docu-movie created by a famous photographer. The movie, and so the manuscript, follows the family of this famous photographer in their new house. After moving in this house they soon find out that the internal space does not match up with the exterior of the house, and things move on from there. I did my best to explain the very base of the novel, but believe me it's not easy. These two plotlines mix with much more, and create an insane novel. I have no words to describe it, I had never read anything like that. The format is very cool I have to admit it, and I have thing for paranormal houses, although I am not sure paranormal is the best word in this case. It is a harder read, but it's very fascinating. What I'm saying is that it's not an impossible book to read but you need motivation, because there's ups and downs. I've had reading sessions of this book in which I read over a hundred pages in one go, which is very much unlike me, and then there were parts of it in which I asked myself why I was reading it in the first place. It was an emotional rollacoaster in that sense. Overall I enjoyed it, but we had a troubled relationship me and this book. I've heard a lot of people claiming this was one of the scariest books they had ever read. I was never afraid of it, I loved the idea of playing with spatial horror, but I never felt distressed. I think I managed to keep a very outside point of view for the whole read, maybe if you empatize more with the characters it will scare you, I don't know. I am also realizing that a lot of books people say they were very scared by haven't done much to me, but fear is so personal it makes sense. In general i think it was really interesting to see how one of the base focuses of the book was trauma, it's a constant theme in the whole novel. It's also very cool to see how the format of the pages you are reading slowly start to match what is happening in the story, and in some way the house itself. As you can see my opinions of the book are all over the place, I would recommend giving it a try if you are intrigued by the idea, because it's really interesting. If you are not that motivated in the first place maybe it's not the best choice. As I said I was hyped but my motivation had ups and downs, and since it's a long read it's better to be really into it when starting. It's quite slow paced, but after you get into the story it flows quite well. I would love to hear the opinion of people who have read this, because I know it's such a polarizing book. I will admit I do have a feeling I'll be thinking about this book and the house for a long while.

I read this book of the studyblr w/knives summer reading challenge 2.0 for the prompt 400+ pages book. This book is 730-ish pages long so I did challenge my big book fear. I should also mention that an update on the reading challenges I have been doing will come by the end of the month.