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Roll with mama

[zoesupreme]

the student loan forgiveness application site just went live btw

[bluesturngold]

you're a lifesaver :')

here's the link:

https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application

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People in academia and woke discourse often talk about colonial knowledge practices, but I feel like this is a topic that is often discussed in a sort of higher-level abstract way that doesn’t get to the real, severe, and immediate impact that these practices have on people’s lives. Like, often academics are interested in how colonial knowledge practices have led to internalized attitudes that are damaging, and that’s undoubtedly important, but also: 

Every day right now I’m dealing with cases where Afghan people are getting screwed over because, for instance, only a birth year (and not a birth date) is available and marked on an identity document for someone, or children do not have the same surname as their parents, or someone does not understand how a widow and her children would be considered the dependents of her brother-in-law, or no evidence of support and dependency can be provided because all bills have always been paid in cash because no one involved has a bank account. This is not even getting into differing transliterations of names or even instances where someone is listed by their first and second names only on some documents but by first, second, and third name on others— or cases that others I know have handled where a man simply cannot have more than one wife and her children dependent on him.

The West has created a global system of bureaucracy that works to regulate what is and isn’t “real,” “valid,” and “legitimate.” This is important: it is something that happens totally independent of what any person or group of people feels about any cultural/social behavior; no one is sitting out there feeling a certain way about cultural practices, but stacks and stacks of paper or digital forms are acting to cull people’s lives through various mechanisms, until people learn that they at least have to perform Western expectations. This is why it’s so important to champion critical race theory and its postcolonial (and disability) siblings— because in so many ways there is still massive ignorance of the fact that when we talk about systemic oppression, we are talking about this.

[anikas-desk]

THINGS TO DO B4 SCHOOL STARTS 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧

(Or when it has already started lol)

Back to school is here!! (At least for me lmao) And lately, I’ve been doing some things to start the academic year strong. So, I’m going to give you some tips that will help you at the beginning of the school year to start the best way possible.

A little disclaimer: these are things that have been helpful to me throughout the years, but that doesn’t mean that they will be helpful for you too, and that’s completely ok <333 Everyone is different, so our study and organisations systems are. Just do what you think will be useful for you. Also, remember that you can do these things at any time of the year, it’s never too late to get your life together!!!

Set goals

This is very important if you want to have something to focus on during the whole year.

Just think about the things that you need to improve and to start doing, they can be personal or academic, then, make goals based on those things, and an action plan that will help you to achieve them.

For doing the action plan, write simple but useful habits that you can include in your daily/study routine, and that will help you to achieve your goals in the long term.

Remember that your goals and the action plan have to be realistic.

Fix your sleep schedule

Having a healthy sleep schedule is something very, very important for students of all ages. For productive study sessions, you need to be rested and full of energy, and that won’t happen if you barely sleep.

Most of us need to sleep from 8 to 9 hours per day. The best way to manage to sleep the hours that you need to not be a zombie on the next day is to calculate at which time you will have to fall asleep approximately. For example, I have to wake up at 7am if I don’t want to arrive late at school, so I have to fall asleep at 11pm more or less. To get used to that sleep schedule, I will have to try to fall asleep at an hour near 11pm every day until I manage to fall asleep at that hour, do you see my point?? This sounds kinda easy, but it actually isn’t, it will take you some time, that’s why I recommend you to start doing it 2 or 3 weeks before school starts (but this is up to you and how easy you find it to change your sleep schedule).

Eliminate distractions

When I’m talking about distractions, I refer to digital and physical distractions.

-To eliminate digital distractions:

Delete those apps on your phone that helps you to be unproductive, such as social media or some games.

If you don’t want to delete them, you can set time limits for your phone. You can do it on the settings app if you have an iPhone.

You can also keep your phone and all the digital stuff that you won’t need for your study sessions in a place far away from where you are studying, like in a drawer in your living room or in a box in the kitchen.

You can also install a website blocker program on your computer.

-To eliminate physical distractions:

Declutter your workspace and leave only the things that you will need to study. I know that having an aesthetic and decorated study table is very cool, but, most of the time, it doesn’t help to stay focused.

Set your organization system

Staying organized is the most important thing at school and college. If we don’t organize our little tasks, big projects and important exams, we won’t be able to succeed throughout the year. Everyone needs to have an organisational system that works for them.

Your organization system doesn’t need to be the same as the ones of other people, we all organize ourselves in different ways, and that’s ok. What you have to do is to think about what kind of things do your organization system needs to have and to write it on paper. Will you need a to-do list for the month, for the week or both?? Will you need a monthly calendar, or maybe yearly calendars are better for you?? What days will you be able to study?? At what time should you start studying every day?? Just think about this type of thing.

What I recommend is to have a bullet journal, because you can adapt it to your necessities. It doesn’t need to be something fancy, but something that helps you. If decorating all your spreads with stickers and markers helps you to stay motivated and organized, go ahead. If it doesn’t, don’t worry and just do simpler spreads with fewer materials.

You can also search organization systems videos on YouTube, they provide a lot of ideas. Basically, they are very helpful.

Remember that your organization system has to be the one that adapts to you, not you to the organization system. This means that you are free to change it whenever you want if you see that it doesn’t work.

Review what you studied last year

During holidays, we all forget what we have learned in school (except if you have been studying every day, but I know that, unless your teachers send you homework, you won’t do it lol). For that reason, it’s important to review everything before school starts so you don’t forget all those things that you studied.

You don’t need to put a lot of work into it, just go through your notes and, maybe, do some outlines or rewrite your notes if that helps you to remember the information.

I hope that these tips are as useful for you as they are for me ✿

Remember to do your best at everything, and don’t worry about the results, just about doing your work correctly and honestly.

Life is tough, but so are you~

Take care!! ♡

[obaewankenope]

fuck google docs so fucking much

i've just lost hundreds of docs and pdfs and i'm beyond pissed right now

they're all permanently gone

[obaewankenope]

actually they're not holy shit

okay so, gonna tell ya'll something awesome rn

google drive is a mess sometimes with its storage things and if you're unlucky it might delete some of your files and you won't realise until it's well past the point where they won't be in 'trash' anymore and you're fucked

all is not lost however!

if you're on drive via browser, hit the little ? in a circle next to the settings cog and select "help"

search for "file recovery"

it'll show you the ways to try and recover your files on pc, android, and mac etc

these don't matter

you need to scroll down to the bottom and just hit the "contact us"

you'll be logged out automatically

log back in

click the little box to give google permission to attempt to restore your files for that account

click "submit"

give them some time to work but it's an automatic process

i've got most of my files back in less than 10 minutes

all is not lost! rejoice!

[obaewankenope]

I'm gonna reblog this again bc wow but was it helpful to learn!

[syubangel]

TO UKRAINIAN FRIENDS

If you are looking for an emergency exit from Ukraine, Poland will open EIGHT safety points on the border with Ukraine (you will get warm food, medical help and from there you will be guided to safety) in two of our voivodeships: lubuskie and podkarpackie. It is confirmed by the Polish Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Paweł Szefernaker.

SOURCES:

https://www.rp.pl/konflikty-zbrojne/art35748991-szefernaker-na-granicy-z-ukraina-powstaja-punkty-recepcyjne-dla-uchodzcow

https://www.wprost.pl/polityka/10633681/polska-reaguje-na-agresje-rosji-na-ukraine-powstana-punkty-dla-uchodzcow.html

I've marked those voivodeships on the map!

Please share because it can save lives!!!!!!

[syubangel]

EDIT: THERE WILL BE NINE SAFETY POINTS IN THE FOLLOWING PLACES: Dorohusk, Dołhobyczów, Zosin, Hrebenne, Korczowa, Medyka, Budomierz, Krościenko and in Przemyśl organized on the train station.

SOURCE: https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/kraj/artykuly/8365281,punkty-recepcyjne-granica-z-ukraina-uchodzcy.html

[syubangel]

EDIT2: ADDITIONAL HELP FROM MY UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN THE SOUTH OF POLAND (more precisely in Katowice or Sosnowiec):

"Dear!

Members of the community of the University of Silesia!

Today we are all Ukrainians.

Twice in our history we have been deprived of our own state by the aggression of empires, and thus cut off from the sovereign exercise of the rights and values of a free, democratic world. Without this foundation, the real university cannot exist as well.

Our Ukrainian friends, we understand your suffering, we join in indignation and protest against the aggression of the Russian regime, we declare all possible help.

Our community consists of students, PhD students and employees from many former Soviet republics. We assure you that everyone who respects the rights of our community will find peaceful shelter, and good conditions for studying, research and work here. Please, be attentive to anyone who needs help in this difficult time.

For specific activities, Plenipotentiary of the Rector for Aid for Ukraine was appointed (Sylwia Ledwoch, phone number: 573 490 580), to whom you can report both the need for aid, and support initiatives, including the willingness to individually get involved in helping (food collection, support in finding a job or a flat, medical assistance, etc.). Additionally, we are preparing system support for studying and working people from Ukraine regarding education, legal advice, health and psychological advice, as well as support in finding a job or a place to live. You might also be interested in help from our translators and interpreters.

The Student Government of the University of Silesia, the Doctoral Student Government, and the Student Legal Clinic at the Faculty of Law and Administration is at your disposal and declares any help in matters related to studying and residing in Poland.

We are available via e-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

In the following days, we will launch a website with all necessary information on our actions and support.

We hope that Ukraine will defend the most precious value of any country – independence – and the civilised world will save the global peace.

Let’s be together in mutual help.

HM Rector of the University of Silesia

Student Government of the University of Silesia

Doctoral Student Government of the University of Silesia"

SOURCE: https://us.edu.pl/solidarni-z-ukraina

The letter written by the university authorities was posted in four languages!

[syubangel]

SMALL ADJUSTMENT: AUTOCORRECT ON MY PHONE MISSPELLED THE NAME OF ONE VOIVODESHIP: IT SHOULD BE LUBELSKIE INSTEAD OF LUBUSKIE.

[syubangel]

EDIT 3:

ALL CONDITIONS ON THE BASIS WHICH YOU CAN ENTER POLAND AND WHAT TO DO BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNTRY ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE POLISH GOVERNMENT IN THREE LANGUAGES:

- https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/ukraina-en in English

- https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/ukraina—ua in Ukrainian

- https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/ukraina-ru in Russian

[bookgeekconfessions]

99 legal sites to download literature

The Classics

Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here.

Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.

The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.

Project Gutenberg: This famous site has over 27,000 free books online.

Page by Page Books: Find books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, as well as speeches from George W. Bush on this site.

Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.

Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.

Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George Eliot to Charles Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics.

Planet eBook: Download free classic literature titles here, from Dostoevsky to D.H. Lawrence to Joseph Conrad.

The Spectator Project: Montclair State University’s project features full-text, online versions of The Spectator and The Tatler.

Bibliomania: This site has more than 2,000 classic texts, plus study guides and reference books.

Online Library of Literature: Find full and unabridged texts of classic literature, including the Bronte sisters, Mark Twain and more.

Bartleby: Bartleby has much more than just the classics, but its collection of anthologies and other important novels made it famous.

Fiction.us: Fiction.us has a huge selection of novels, including works by Lewis Carroll, Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Flaubert, George Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.

Free Classic Literature: Find British authors like Shakespeare and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, plus other authors like Jules Verne, Mark Twain, and more.

Textbooks

If you don’t absolutely need to pay for your textbooks, save yourself a few hundred dollars by reviewing these sites.

Textbook Revolution: Find biology, business, engineering, mathematics and world history textbooks here.

Wikibooks: From cookbooks to the computing department, find instructional and educational materials here.

KnowThis Free Online Textbooks: Get directed to stats textbooks and more.

Online Medical Textbooks: Find books about plastic surgery, anatomy and more here.

Online Science and Math Textbooks: Access biochemistry, chemistry, aeronautics, medical manuals and other textbooks here.

MIT Open Courseware Supplemental Resources: Find free videos, textbooks and more on the subjects of mechanical engineering, mathematics, chemistry and more.

Flat World Knowledge: This innovative site has created an open college textbooks platform that will launch in January 2009.

Free Business Textbooks: Find free books to go along with accounting, economics and other business classes.

Light and Matter: Here you can access open source physics textbooks.

eMedicine: This project from WebMD is continuously updated and has articles and references on surgery, pediatrics and more.

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[saintjoan]

Poetry recs? Like your absolute absolute favourites

Okay these are the ones that made me die a little

“all people are driven to the point of eating their gods” 

“if I love you / is that a fact or a weapon?”

“the kingdom of god is within you because you ate it”

“the blood in your mouth – I wish it was mine”

“his mouth is heaven, his kisses falling over me like stars”

“I am singing now while rome burns”

“that corpse you planted last year in your garden,  has it begun to sprout? will it bloom this year?”

“so the gods sank to human shape with longing”

“those imperial, disimpassion’d eyes”

“this beautiful speed will be the end of us.  those are stars in our teeth.”

“if love wants you, if you’ve been melted into stars”

“out of the ash I rise with my red hair / and I eat men like air”

“your body hurts me as the world hurts god”

“lessons on loving a prophet”

“and I, infinitesimal being, drunk with the great starry void”

“tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine”

“to love a prophet is to become their desert”

“the void rushing up to greet us in the absence of god”

[shelbys-advice-blog]

I want to live by myself when I move out of my parent's place but I'm really afraid of money problems? I'm afraid that the only place I can afford will be in the ghetto and it'll all be torn apart and I'll only be allowed to eat one granola bar a week. I'm really stressing out about this. I don't know anything about after school life. I don't know anything about paying bills or how to buy an apartment and it's really scaring me. is there anything you know that can help me?

HI darling,

I’ve actually got a super wonderful masterpost for you to check out:

Home

what the hell is a mortgage?

first apartment essentials checklist

how to care for cacti and succulents

the care and keeping of plants

Getting an apartment

Money

earn rewards by taking polls

how to coupon

what to do when you can’t pay your bills

see if you’re paying too much for your cell phone bill

how to save money

How to Balance a Check Book

How to do Your Own Taxes

Health

how to take care of yourself when you’re sick

things to bring to a doctor’s appointment

how to get free therapy

what to expect from your first gynecologist appointment

how to make a doctor’s appointment

how to pick a health insurance plan

how to avoid a hangover

a list of stress relievers

how to remove a splinter

Emergency

what to do if you get pulled over by a cop

a list of hotlines in a crisis

things to keep in your car in case of an emergency

how to do the heimlich maneuver

Job

time management

create a resume

find the right career

how to pick a major

how to avoid a hangover

how to interview for a job

how to stop procrastinating

How to write cover letters

Travel

ULTIMATE PACKING LIST

Traveling for Cheap

Travel Accessories

The Best Way to Pack a Suitcase

How To Read A Map

How to Apply For A Passport

How to Make A Travel Budget

Better You

read the news

leave your childhood traumas behind

how to quit smoking

how to knit

how to stop biting your nails

how to stop procrastinating

how to stop skipping breakfast

how to stop micromanaging

how to stop avoiding asking for help

how to stop swearing constantly

how to stop being a pushover

learn another language

how to improve your self-esteem

how to sew

learn how to embroider

how to love yourself

100 tips for life

Apartments/Houses/Moving

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 1: Are You Sure? (The Responsible One)

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 2: Finding the Damn Apartment (The Responsible One)

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 3: Questions to Ask about the Damn Apartment (The Responsible One)

Moving Out and Getting an Apartment, Part 4: Packing and Moving All of Your Shit (The Responsible One)

How to Protect Your Home Against Break-Ins (The Responsible One)

Education

How to Find a Fucking College (The Sudden Adult)

How to Find Some Fucking Money for College (The Sudden Adult)

What to Do When You Can’t Afford Your #1 Post-Secondary School (The Sudden Adult)

Stop Shitting on Community College Kids (Why Community College is Fucking Awesome) (The Responsible One)

How to Ask for a Recommendation Letter (The Responsible One)

How to Choose a College Major (The Sudden Adult)

Finances

How to Write a Goddamn Check (The Responsible One)

How to Convince Credit Companies You’re Not a Worthless Bag of Shit (The Responsible One)

Debit vs Credit (The Responsible One)

What to Do if Your Wallet is Stolen/Lost (The Sudden Adult)

Budgeting 101 (The Responsible One)

Important Tax Links to Know (The Responsible One)

How to Choose a Bank Without Screwing Yourself (The Responsible One)

Job Hunting

How to Write a Resume Like a Boss (The Responsible One)

How to Write a Cover Letter Someone Will Actually Read (The Responsible One)

How to Handle a Phone Interview without Fucking Up (The Responsible One)

10 Sites to Start Your Job Search (The Responsible One)

Life Skills

Staying in Touch with Friends/Family (The Sudden Adult)

Bar Etiquette (The Sudden Adult)

What to Do After a Car Accident (The Sudden Adult)

Grow Up and Buy Your Own Groceries (The Responsible One)

How to Survive Plane Trips (The Sudden Adult)

How to Make a List of Goals (The Responsible One)

How to Stop Whining and Make a Damn Appointment (The Responsible One)

Miscellaneous

What to Expect from the Hell that is Jury Duty (The Responsible One)

Relationships

Marriage: What the Fuck Does It Mean and How the Hell Do I Know When I’m Ready? (Guest post - The Northwest Adult)

How Fucked Are You for Moving In with Your Significant Other: An Interview with an Actual Real-Life Couple Living Together™ (mintypineapple  and catastrofries)

Travel & Vehicles

How to Winterize Your Piece of Shit Vehicle (The Responsible One)

How to Make Public Transportation Your Bitch (The Responsible One)

Other Blog Features

Apps for Asshats

Harsh Truths & Bitter Reminders

Asks I’ll Probably Need to Refer People to Later

Apartments (or Life Skills) - How Not to Live in Filth (The Sudden Adult)

Finances - Tax Basics (The Responsible One)

Important Documents - How to Get a Copy of Your Birth Certificate (The Responsible One)

Important Documents - How to Get a Replacement ID (The Responsible One)

Health - How to Deal with a Chemical Burn (The Responsible One)

Job Hunting - List of Jobs Based on Social Interaction Levels (The Sudden Adult)

Job Hunting - How to Avoid Falling into a Pit of Despair While Job Hunting (The Responsible One)

Job Hunting - Questions to Ask in an Interview (The Responsible One)

Life Skills - First-Time Flying Tips (The Sudden Adult)

Life Skills - How to Ask a Good Question (The Responsible One)

Life Skills - Reasons to Take a Foreign Language (The Responsible One)

Life Skills - Opening a Bar Tab (The Sudden Adult)

Relationships - Long Distance Relationships: How to Stay in Contact (The Responsible One)

Adult Cheat Sheet:

what to do if your pet gets lost

removing stains from your carpet

how to know if you’re eligible for food stamps

throwing a dinner party

i’m pregnant, now what?

first aid tools to keep in your house

how to keep a clean kitchen

learning how to become independent from your parents

job interview tips

opening your first bank account

what to do if you lose your wallet

tips for cheap furniture

easy ways to cut your spending

selecting the right tires for your car

taking out your first loan

picking out the right credit card

how to get out of parking tickets

how to fix a leaky faucet

get all of your news in one place

getting rid of mice & rats in your house

when to go to the e.r.

buying your first home

how to buy your first stocks

guide to brewing coffee

first apartment essentials checklist

coping with a job you hate

30 books to read before you’re 30

what’s the deal with retirement?

difference between insurances

Once you’ve looked over all those cool links, I have some general advice for you on how you can have some sort of support system going for you:

Reasons to move out of home

You may decide to leave home for many different reasons, including:

wishing to live independently

location difficulties – for example, the need to move closer to university

conflict with your parents

being asked to leave by your parents.

Issues to consider when moving out of home

It’s common to be a little unsure when you make a decision like leaving home. You may choose to move, but find that you face problems you didn’t anticipate, such as:

Unreadiness – you may find you are not quite ready to handle all the responsibilities.

Money worries – bills including rent, utilities like gas and electricity and the cost of groceries may catch you by surprise, especially if you are used to your parents providing for everything. Debt may become an issue.

Flatmate problems – issues such as paying bills on time, sharing housework equally, friends who never pay board, but stay anyway, and lifestyle incompatibilities (such as a non-drug-user flatting with a drug user) may result in hostilities and arguments.

Your parents may be worried

Think about how your parents may be feeling and talk with them if they are worried about you. Most parents want their children to be happy and independent, but they might be concerned about a lot of different things. For example:

They may worry that you are not ready.

They may be sad because they will miss you.

They may think you shouldn’t leave home until you are married or have bought a house.

They may be concerned about the people you have chosen to live with.

Reassure your parents that you will keep in touch and visit regularly. Try to leave on a positive note. Hopefully, they are happy about your plans and support your decision.

Tips for a successful move

Tips include:

Don’t make a rash decision – consider the situation carefully. Are you ready to live independently? Do you make enough money to support yourself? Are you moving out for the right reasons?

Draw up a realistic budget – don’t forget to include ‘hidden’ expenses such as the property’s security deposit or bond (usually four weeks’ rent), connection fees for utilities, and home and contents insurance.

Communicate – avoid misunderstandings, hostilities and arguments by talking openly and respectfully about your concerns with flatmates and parents. Make sure you’re open to their point of view too – getting along is a two-way street.

Keep in touch – talk to your parents about regular home visits: for example, having Sunday night dinner together every week.

Work out acceptable behaviour – if your parents don’t like your flatmate(s), find out why. It is usually the behaviour rather than the person that causes offence (for example, swearing or smoking). Out of respect for your parents, ask your flatmate(s) to be on their best behaviour when your parents visit and do the same for them.

Ask for help – if things are becoming difficult, don’t be too proud to ask your parents for help. They have a lot of life experience.

If your family home does not provide support

Not everyone who leaves home can return home or ask their parents for help in times of trouble. If you have been thrown out of home or left home to escape abuse or conflict, you may be too young or unprepared to cope.

If you are a fostered child, you will have to leave the state-care system when you turn 18, but you may not be ready to make the sudden transition to independence.

If you need support, help is available from a range of community and government organisations. Assistance includes emergency accommodation and food vouchers. If you can’t call your parents or foster parents, call one of the associations below for information, advice and assistance.

Where to get help

Your doctor

Kids Helpline Tel. [phone]

Lifeline Tel. 13 11 44

Home Ground Services Tel. [phone]

Relationships Australia Tel. [phone]

Centrelink Crisis or Special Help Tel. 13 28 50

Tenants Union of Victoria Tel. [phone]

Things to remember

Try to solve any problems before you leave home. Don’t leave because of a fight or other family difficulty if you can possibly avoid it.

Draw up a realistic budget that includes ‘hidden’ expenses, such as bond, connection fees for utilities, and home and contents insurance.

Remember that you can get help from a range of community and government organizations. 

(source)

Keep me updated? xx

[myhoneststudyblr]

my masterpost | my studygram | ask me anything

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Other advice posts that may be of interest:

How To Stop Procrastinating

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Active Revision Techniques

[ennui-for-me]

Well. Here’s a big’un. I finally had time to work on printables so I decided to make a new version of the exam pack printable. Hopefully this helps with exam season.

Includes:

IFTTT - Write down rewards for accomplishing important tasks! Motivate yourself!

Exam Schedule - Keep track of all the deets for up to 18 exams! (dear lord, I hope you never have to suffer such a fate…but in case you do, I added a couple rows, just for you). Check off your exams as you take them.

Monthly Calendar - Keep track of important exam dates. Plan up to 6 months in advance, like the extremely prepared student you are/aspire to be. Comes w/ legend if you like color coding ‘n stuff . :D

Major Topics - Keep track of topics covered on your exam(s).

Scoreboard + Graph - Keep track of your exam scores as you take your exams. Visualize your progress. There are enough graphs to record exam scores in 6 subjects.

D-Day Calendar - Figure out your study schedule in the context of how many days you have left until your exam. Each page has 36 days.

Weekly Calendar - Keep on top of your study schedule; you can plan out your days or just write about your study plan for the week. Also serves as daily planner.

Self-Evaluation - See how you did on certain topics on an exam. Helpful when you’re reviewing past exams or mock exam results.

Click HERE to download the printable (PDF).

For suggestions on how to use the printable, click HERE.

Good luck on your studies, everyone!!

Postscript: Unfortunately, this printable isn’t available for editing. Because of this, I’m opening up my ask box for feedback regarding some small edits you might like me to make on this printable. This means that at a later date, I will aggregate your feedback and try to make an even newer (possibly better) version of this printable! So all’s well that ends well.

[emily-studies]

hey guys! so a new semester just started and we are now learning new topics. But if your classes are like mine, they build on what you learned from last semester. So it’s very important to review all the topics you learned all together so you can prepare if your teacher is likes to give you a cumulative final.

to start off, i just wanted to say everyone reviews and relearns topics differently. there are many techniques but this post is focused on active recall and summarization.

my two favorite ways to revise/relearn topics is flashcards and summaries.

Flashcards:

flashcards are amazing if you want to remember topics quickly. but also if you want to use them properly, you need to space out your learning by using the technique called spaced repetition.

if you want to learn more about it - read this article

basically to sum it all up, spaced repetition is where you space out all your learning/studying into sizable chunks. This is a form of active recall because it is forces your brain to recall information after a period of time of not learning it—so you actually know the information and not just memorize it.

the best way to implement this system into your study routine is to use the program Anki.

Anki is a free program that automatically space your flashcards out when you rate the cards from 1-3. You can import flashcards from Quizlet by using a free add on or you can create your own flashcards into the app itself.

download it here.

but if you like to write your flashcards out by hand, you can use the Leitner system which divides your flashcards into 5 groups: every day, every other day, once a week, once every two weeks, before the test.

every card starts in the first group—every day. then if you get it right, it moves onto the next group. You keep on doing this until every card gets to the last group.

Summaries:

i absolutely love summaries. it helps me to condense everything into a paragraph that i can easily read and remember. i love to use these the night before a test day or when i am studying for finals since they are a condense copy of the topic.

i actually use emma studies printable. download the chapter summary here. (you can just download it by putting page 10 in the pages section)

i like this particular study printable because it has a space for your methods you can use to revise, notes, and a 1/10 system of you understanding the whole topic.

for the chapter summary and key points portion, i put all the things i struggle on. when i study, i go through my notes and see what questions i am struggling on. So i would put the notes onto the chapter summary.

if you don’t want to print out the printable, you can take a piece of paper and just write your summary there.

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Chrome extensions I actually use as a mentally ill university student

Making websites easier to digest:

Dark Reader - Changes any webpage to dark mode.

Mercury Reader - Simplifies the layout of any webpage to eliminate distractions and irritating formatting.

Podcastle AI - Turns any article into a podcast. This is a lifesaver for being able to process what I’m reading, to be honest.

Spelling/grammar:

LanguageTool - Spelling and grammar check for those of us who regularly type in more than one language.

Grammarly - Spelling and grammar check for those of us who only type in English. Can be used with LanguageTool installed, which is what I do.

Google Dictionary - Define any word on the webpage with a double-click.

Google Translate - Translate an entire webpage or even just a short segment.

Misc:

AdGuard Adblocker - After trying quite a few adblocker options, this is the one I find the best.

The Great Suspender - Automatically suspend inactive tabs to help with performance. 

Honey - Try coupon codes automatically to save money on online purchases.

Built-in Chrome tab grouping - Group your tabs to keep organized and minimize distracting clutter.

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A Guide to Planning Systems

It’s important to have a system of getting things done, whether it’s tackling tasks as the day progresses or having a carefully planned schedule for every single hour of the week. How can you create an effective personal planning system that suits your needs and preferences?

Mentioned in this post:

Attention Management: How to Take Control and Live Intentionally

Energy Management: A Human-Based Organization Method

Flexible Time-Blocking: A More Breathable Way to Get Things Done

The ABCDE Method: Accomplish Tasks More Efficiently

My other posts

N.B. some categories include a few examples but they are no means limited to the ones listed here, e.g. there may be methods of organizing tasks other than the five listed here.

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y’all things are actually serious here in Texas, tons of people are without power and temperatures are at record lows. it’s supposed to snow again tonight and a lot of people are stuck where they are with limited, if any, resources and food.

I’m linking a few mutual aids below, please consider donating if you’re able and/or share this!! if there are other orgs y’all know feel free to add them!

Houseless Organizing Coalition Feed the People Dallas Mutual Aid Kick The Cold - Austin Mutual Aid Mutual Aid Houston Southern Solidarity

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FOR PPL IN THE DFW AREA: HERE is a doc with info on warming shelters, hotels, grocery stores, etc. that are open!! if you need help finding a warming shelter call 211

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RESOURCE FORM for those in DALLAS OR HOUSTON who need shelter, food, etc.

[comradeemmettmccarty]

Saw some folks doing the classic “haha hope everyone in the south dies from the ice” type jokes! If you are doing that, fuck you!

Anyway here’s a quick list of some mutual aid groups down south (primarily in TX)

Austin Mutual Aid (link is to their “Kick The Cold” efforts)

Dallas Stops Evictions (Housing justice union; getting in housed people into hotels and with hot meals/hygiene supplies/groceries)

ATX Free Fridge Project (free food around Austin, linktree in their bio)

Street Forum ATX (Austin; trying to get people clothes/blankets/sleeping bags/etc)

DFW Mutual Aid (Dallas-Fort Worth; link tree in bio)

Feed The People Dallas (Dallas mutual aid)

Southern Solidary (New Orleans based; trying to get resources for unhoused people during the freeze)

Please add more if you can!!! There are many more I haven’t listened and am not familiar with!!!

[wjstudies]

Laredo Community Fridge (Link to their Gofundme. Instagram is @ldocommunityfridge where you can find their Venmo! Giving resources and food to unsheltered folks in the community!)

[mournfulroses]

Samuel Beckett, from The Complete Dramatic Works; “Endgame,”