My Journey

17 College Freshman #bnspired

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Major Changes

So this summer and well just throughout 2018 so far, I have been pretty impressed by my own progress of getting my shit together. Before every school year starts, I normally have this sudden random burst of energy to be on top of everything and to really try my best in school and everything else. However, as a month or so passes, I fall back into my old lazy ways. This year, I somewhat feel that it might finally be different for me because instead of just kind of hoping and waiting for myself to pull it together, I have been actively working towards it for the last couple of months. There are many changes I have made and I am actually really excited for this upcoming school year!!!

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Ask me anything you want!

Hey guys! It’s me Brandon, and I’ve decided that I will continue this account and will try my best to be consistent. However, I don’t want it to be solely focused on just one topic but just on life as a whole and am willing to give my thoughts and opinions on any matter that anyone reading is curious about. I will also just write about my whole life and my journey through it. Feel Free to message me and ask me about anything!!

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I haven’t really posted much and i guess for a little bit I was just somewhat unmotivated to keep adding content, but now i came back feelin better. I have a midterm on monday and another one on wednesday but Im just playin fortnite and i havent started studying 😭. I will try my best to really study tomorrow and sunday tho!! Gotta ace these!

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So, I finished my finals and I don’t know why I’m awake right now but I woke up and couldn’t go back to sleep. But hey, tomorrow is my birthday and I’m turning 18 finally!!! 😂 it seems like its really taken too long haha. I’m also thinking about getting a tattoo within this next month. I’ve always wanted tattoos but like I’d only get it if it was somewhat meaningful to me. This last week was also like the first time that I actually somewhat started studying days in advance for any test so I feel like I’m gettin there. I don’t know who or if anyone reads my blog but feel free to say hi or something!

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Today I went to my 8am discussion class just like any other day and on the way back, I decided to stop by our dining hall. Throughout the year, by other freshman and some upperclassmen, I’ve been told that the freshly squeezed orange juice was really good. Like any other person would, I went to go try it and let me tell you, it was soooo freakin good. But anyways, yea the breakfast overall was nice and very unusual for me. I’m doing a paper for Psychology right now and when I finish it, I gotta study for my 2 finals on tuesday and 1 on wednesday. 😭🙃

P.S. I might even be commuting next quarter.

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in case u stressed abt school

how to get motivated

10 useful study websites

how to be a morning person

taking notes on an ipad

how to beat test anxiety

group studying advice

how i catch up with work

15 habits of successful students

how to de-stress from school

maybe try summary foldables

how to start a planner

advice for freshmen

how to cram for a test

avoid careless mistakes

25 awesome study tips

time management advice

how to get organized

common study mistakes

fastest way to take notes

how to start a bullet journal

stop procrastinating

15 study tips

how to make mind maps

memorization advice

reorganize ur study space

act study advice + tips

advice: hs freshmen

advice: hs sophomores

advice: hs juniors

advice: hs seniors

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site that you can type in the definition of a word and get the word

site for when you can only remember part of a word/its definition 

site that gives you words that rhyme with a word

site that gives you synonyms and antonyms

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So I haven’t been posting too much but recently I’ve been really getting my stuff together and it’s honestly been really cool seeing myself spend more time with studying and doing my work. Even though I have decided to make this change, it turns out that it was a little late and that I have a general chemistry lab final tomorrow at 8AM and so I’m studying last minute 😕. I’ve also been spending my time looking at different studyblr and medblr pages which really seem to interest and inspire me. These people are honestly so cool and helpful in helping me change my lifestyle, especially just going down @briellestudies feed. Although they might not know it, it’s been really inspiring and helpful, so thank you! Hopefully I can be consistent with this page as well and this will be the last time I’m up late procrastinating this much and eventually I’ll be able to inspire others!

PS: My photography skills aren’t very good and my roommates are sleeping!

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Popular apps perfect for students

Staying on top of all your to-dos, errands, tasks and due dates can get complicated but luckily there is an app for everything! If you’re looking for app to wake you up in a morning, manage your priorities or soothe your anxiety, you’ve come to the right place. Here is a list of all the top apps that students are using:

Organisation

Wunderlist

Planner Pro

24me

Remember The Milk

Google Calendar

Pocket Schedule - Class Schedule, Homework Planner

AwesomeNote2 - All in One Organiser

AnyList

The Homework App - Your Class Assignment & Timetable Schedule Planner

My Study Life

Calendars by Readdle - Event and Task Manager

Class Timetable

Countdown+

Due - Reminders, Countdown Timers

Do! - The Best of Simple To Do Lists

Workflow: Powerful Automation Made Simple

Glass Planner

Day One Journal

iStudiez Pro

Awesome Note 2

Grammarly

Konmari

Productivity

RescueTime

Streaks

Forest

ToDoIst

Tide - Stay focused, be peaceful

Focus Keeper

Habitica

Productive habits and daily goal tracker

HabitBull (recommend by @ravn-studies)

BrainFocus (recommend by @ravn-studies)

Toggle Time Tracker (recommend by @ravn-studies)

Self Control

Jot - Notes Widget

Swipes - To Do List

ClearFocus: Productivity Timer

Noisli

Binaural beats

Lanes

Note taking

Microsoft OneNote

Evernote

Quizlet

Notability

Byword

Flashcards+

Goodnotes

Outline

Boximize - Structured notetaking, personal database, form builder, manager and organiser

INKredible (recommend by @lottestudiesphysics)

RefME - Referencing Made Easy

Bear (recommended by @revisionsandcoffee​)

InkFlow Visual Notebook

Studying

Quizlet

Flashcards+

Duolingo

Khan Academy

Xmind

Writer

Studyblue

Coffitivity

Prezi

MindMeister

Hemingway Editor

StudyStack

Crashcourse

Shmoop

Beelinguapp

Brightstorm

Coggle mindmaps

Mindly

AnkiApp

Sleeping

Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Sleep Genius

Rain Rain

Pillow: The sleep cycle alarm clock for sleep tracking

Sleepytime Sleep Scheduler

Mental health and self care

Headspace

Stop, Breathe & Think: Meditation and Mindfulness

Pacifica - Anxiety, Stress, & Depression relief

Centered

Buddhify

Calm: Meditation techniques for stress reduction

Moodnotes - Thought Journal/Mood Diary

Colorfy

7 Cups Anxiety, Stress & Depression Chat & Therapy

Companion 

Smiling Mind

Bsafe

Circle of 6

Health and fitness

Sweat with Kayla - Fitness & Bikini Body Workouts

Yoga Work Out

Freeletics

7-minutes workout

Waterlogged - Drink More Water, Daily Water Intake Tracker and Hydration Reminders

Sworkit (recommend by @leviosa-studies)

Medisafe pill reminder

Plant Nanny Water Reminder

Mealboard

Finance

UNiDAYS

Pocketbook Personal Finance Expense Tracker

Splitwise - Split bills and expenses the easy way

Pocket Expense - Personal Finance Assistant

Daily Budget Original Pro - Saving Is Fun!

Fudget: Budget planner and personal finance tracker

MoneyBrilliant - Personal Finance

Mvelopes

PocketGuard

Mint

The Coupons App

Groupon

Ebates

Hope this helps! x

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The past is in the past

So I’m a first year college student now, and it seems like for so long, I’ve always been unmotivated and lazy. However, ever since I came to college, I’ve been wanting to change that and even till this moment, I’ve been very slowly changing that part of myself. To me, it was always hard because some part of me always wants to change and do better in school, but for some reason, I don’t try.

Today, I feel like I was fully able to understand why I am the way I am in terms of my schooling and education. I realized this during my sunday church service as a guest speaker gave a sermon. The sermon was about how the enemy of spiritual growth, is the past. About how you can either be overly discouraged by the past or even be overly encouraged by it.

So what really hit me was the part about being overly encouraged. How doing one good thing shouldn’t stop you from trying to do more. How what you did in the past, is exactly that, in the past. Although, the guest speaker’s intention was it to reflect our spiritual life, I felt like it really resonated with me in terms of my educational life. As a young kid, I did really really well in school and I even skipped a grade, but with this, everyone would always tell me how smart I was and I feel like that really boosted my confidence in terms of school. In junior high, I began to become really lazy, telling my self things like “why would I do the homework if it’s just a waste of time” or “you don’t need to study that much because you learn really quick.” And holding on to that, I became super lazy and unmotivated and till this day, I feel like I’m still like that, when I talk to others I’ll mention how like I shouldn’t be in precalculus right now in college because I took AP Calc BC in highschool. But like the pastor’s message, I gotta stop holding on to certain “good” moments and using them as excuses but live from what I’m doing now because the past is the past.

With that in mind, I feel so free and now I believe I can really change as now I finally know why I am the way I am.

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It’s honestly so crazy the differences I’ve been seeing in my life just because of the little changes I have begun to make.

So for starters I’ve decided instead of wasting time in the car like I have always used to, I will use the time to listen to podcasts of Ted Talks and whatnot. Even today, when I was home with my mom, I decided to bring a book to read in the car instead of just sitting there.(yes I know it’s not good to read in the car) And just that simple thing has started to make me feel more accomplished and productive by motivating me to do more. If anyone’s reading this, let me know of any changes you recently made in your life!! 😄

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Soo, about 2 weeks ago i decided that I was going to try to read more books and be more productive. Im just about to stast reading the book, You Have A Brain, by Ben Carson. If anyone has read this book already, lmk how it is!!

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Damnn, I feel like I’m taking school too lightly and I really have to get it together. I kinda made this account so that it can also help me keep myself more accountable. I really need some motivation to be more productive.

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Despite Your Circumstance

I think the phrase “despite your circumstance” is such amazing advice, but for me, I look at it differently than others.

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There’s been so many times in my life where someone would tell me that faith stems from the ability to look to God in your darkest times, or when you reach a new low. But something that I have experienced was that for me, it was easy looking to God when I’m in pain, or when I’m suffering. To me, the hard part was looking to God and really putting my trust in him, when I was doing good or when I was happy and content. I began to notice, that these are the moments where I ignored or forgot about God although he was the one who put me in the circumstance where I was happy.

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I feel like it’s so easy to blame him or look to him to help us and guide us through the darkness as we trust he has control, but yet when we are doing good, we forget to thank him and acknowledge that he was the one who put us in the place we are.

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Marshmallow Experiment

Have you guys heard of the Marshmallow Experiment?

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I just read this book yesterday on a book that uses the marshmallow experiment to justify why some people are successful and why others are not, despite one’s abilities or talents.

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So for those of you who don’t know what the marshmallow experiment is, it’s basically a study where they brought in children around the age of 4, and sat them in an empty room with 1 marshmallow on the table. The children were told that they could either eat the marshmallow right at the moment, or wait 15 minutes and receive an extra one. The researchers then left the room and watched what happened.

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As I read the book, all I could think about was my own life and how i was a “marshmallow eater” rather than a “marshmallow resister.” The main point of the book, was that successful people, were willing to do what unsuccessful people aren’t willing to do, such as wait for the extra marshmallow. Successful people were able to delay instant gratification for something much better.

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I feel like this simple concept can make such a huge impact in anyone’s lives including my own and from now on, I want to try to implement it into mine.

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My Journey

Hey, so my name is Brandon. I started this page because I decided that I wanted a platform where I can really put out my thoughts and share my experiences. As of this moment, I am trying to reinvent myself to be more efficient, hardworking, and religious. I welcome anyone who wants to listen and share this journey with me. I’m sorry for the formality lol.