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somewhere in between a langblr, a studyblr, a bookblr, and a fucking emotional wreck

[gingerspicestudies]

day 17/100 of productivity

i felt so much better these past few days! really happy that i can finally get back to work. 

- started reading Life of Pi - finished sociology research design proposal - started literature review, annotated 2/4 articles - completed notes for midterm on tuesday - watched film for law assignment

[seashellronan]

I don’t understand people who are really baffled by other languages like “wAit!!!! This letter…. makes a DiFfereNt sound in ThAt lanUuuauuage wAT???! The rulEs for garammmer and spilling is diFfrrfrent???” like yes Sharon those things are what make it…. a different language

[a-mountain-of-atoms]

This Studyblr won’t post  GPA/Grades

What matters more is that we are doing the best that we can and improving as much as possible. Feeling proud of the way you learned the material and the effort you put in is more important than getting a perfect GPA. 

Whatever your GPA is, I’m proud of you. 

[nightclubsinger]

Maison Martin Margiela

[senyahearts]

Blanca Padilla 

Photographed by: Ale Poveda 

[calamitys-child]

Me reading academic papers: incoherent nonsense. Bullshit. I could write better than this in my sleep

Me writing academic papers: this sentence is 206 words long and contains 19 commas & a semicolon, fuck you

[xthehatchick]

You either die with a bachelors degree or you stay in college long enough to watch yourself become the villain.

[hfashionpost]

CHANEL.

[themachiavellianbitch]

my Te keeps taking on way more responsibilities than I have time for and I can't seem to find time to finish them. Like, I feel weirdly calm when accepting new tasks and projects because I feel like I'm going to complete so much but then procrastination kicks in and I can't. do. anything. please help I'm literally so behind and really need to get my shit together.

Why are you telling me this? You know your problem. I bet you know how to fix it, too. 

I think you like the idea of accomplishing so much, but you don’t want to actually do the work. Which is honestly normal behavior, to be honest. I do it all the time. 

You know the difference, though? 

I always pull my shit together. Do you want to know why? Because the way I see it, I don’t have a choice. I can sit here and procrastinate forever (don’t get me wrong, I definitely procrastinate, just not as often as others do), OR I could get off my ass and make my life worth living. 

I’m not trying to be harsh here– this is a lie, I’m definitely being rude to give you a dose of reality –but there are thousands, maybe even millions of people who want the same things that you do in life. There are probably a few like you who take too many projects on in the hopes of being the best they can be and then they crash and burn because they didn’t put enough effort into it. But there are more that are going out there and spending every precious minute they get working towards their goal. 

And you might elbow out a couple of those people. But if it comes down to someone who’s worked hard every chance they got vs. you, I can guarantee they’ll pick the other person. Because all that hard work gave them knowledge. Actual experience. Credibility. They know what they’re talking about. 

I’m telling you this because it happened to me a while back. Me and this one girl, let’s call her Carly, were always competing over the same opportunities because we wanted the same career. But while I had the social skills and a knack for charming the pants off of old white men, she had actual knowledge and experience. I realized early on that the difference would show at some point down the line, so I pushed myself harder to learn more, research and study more. And this year when it came down to it, guess who came out on top?

But she’s just one girl I know. There are thousands of other people like her out there. 

You have to realize just how many people you’re up against for what you want. You need to be motivated enough to not just think but be able to to beat out all the others. And you need to develop the discipline to do that. I’ve made a lot of posts about both discipline and motivation, so you can go read those if you’d like. Or I can summarize them both in one simple sentence: You’re never going to get what you want, if you don’t force yourself to work harder than all the other people who are chasing the same dream.

[heartyearning]

tips my french teacher gave me for studying a language:

cause yall know hes GOOD:

- if u have an oral exam lead the conversation and offer up information, this way they can’t stump you as much with words you don’t understand cause ur the one saying all the words, only say what you know, not what u dont -this ones a bit dorky so more for actual language lovers than jus ppl trying to pass an exam but keep notebooks where u write down all turns of phrases, to the left in ur first language and to the right the one ur studying for, this is mostly also gonna give u the image of being really well read and spoken since u know a few of these turns of phrases that they don’t just give u in the vocab lists

-he gave me this little scheme of like things that are vital when forming a sentence -> writing a text: 4 things to pay attention to: 

the gender of the word (un/une, le/la) 

the amount (like is it singular or plural)

the conjugation of the verb with the subject (if its feminine plural the verb must be too) and the adjective with its subject)

the tense

thats it, thats like all u need 2 know to make a text work.. also personal tip from me if u dont know a word, you have plenty of knowledge to work around it. if its a text on a written exam, they’re not gonna hear ur umming, and u can jus change the sentence. - most people know and do this one but read news stories in ur target language, and then here the notebook w turns of phrases can be helpful - FIND A VOCAB LIST THAT IS RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS AND HOBBIES if you are going to be doing an oral exam where they ask u to introduce urself, dont waste too much time on words that aren’t relevant to you personally. im not going to learn too many words about fixing cars, but im gonna learn all the art words. - relevant in every language but if u have to write a text based on something they give u, write from the bottom up, by which i mean form an opinion of whatever they’ve given you (which is ur conclusion) and then find ways to get to that conclusion

i think thats all i got for now if i remember more ill tell ya, also i might post some more pics of things hes given me and also my actual workbook cause its really good and useful

[ryanmat]

[synqra]

[precociousreader]

what she says: i’m fine

what she means: the tv show iCarly always portrayed Spencer as some bumbling idiot after dropping out of law school after three days, but they disregard the fact that this means Spencer did in fact finish college with a degree and knew enough about the law to pass his entrance exams and had good enough grades in his classes to be accepted into a law school therefore the image that they portrayed of him being stupid is false, he was simply a man who realized his passion lied elsewhere and he wasn’t going to pay a tuition for a law school studying that when his heart wasn’t in it. he was a smart man with the knowledge and capability to do anything, and he chose his art

[memeconsumer69]

shit hes right.

[charlcttestudies]

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since college finals are happening and midterms are less than a month away, here’s some motivation from one of the greatest tv shows to help you out.

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[historicalpotato-blog]

For all of you lovelies who just got rejected from your EA/ED schools, I want you to know that no matter what, I am proud of you. No matter what, I am not disappointed in you. And no matter what, you will be okay and continue to do absolutely incredible things.

[galina]

Familiar rituals this afternoon at my favourite café and study space. I have a new appreciation for how good their oat milk flat white is since I started learning how to make espresso-based coffee :–)

[studyblr]

tag yourself: summer routine edition

icon: wakes up at 7 am, moisturizes, works out, loves smoothies and little new recipes, long summer to-do list, their summer self = best self

a lovely mess: wakes up after noon, doesn’t leave the house at all, listens to the same 5 songs, planned to do all these things but … meh

winging it: spends way too much money on books, late summer night walks, tries to be productive, forgets everything

softie: creates little summer playlists for their friends, the window is open all the time, tries to go to sleep at a reasonable time but fails every time

productive procrastination: is learning a new language during the summer, distracts themselves from the fact that the new term is starting soon, buys too many empty notebooks

[bpd-issues]

Since it’s finals season here’s to the people that:

- try and get D’s and F’s still - failed a class or classes this semester - didn’t get into the college they wanted - struggle with learning disabilities - couldn’t get scholarships due to a low gpa - have mental illnesses that zap their motivation to do anything else besides make it through the day - have to take summer school - weren’t able to graduate

You are not an idiot. You do have worth. And you CAN still go places in life. Your report card does not define your worth as a person.

Take care 💛