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studyblr, studygram, and overpriced stationery: a small psa

it's no surprise the studyblr/studygram community is obsessed with cute stationery. who wouldn't like to decorate their planner with some washi tape and a pack of stickers? unfortunately, many popular stationery "stores" out there take advantage of this fact, and resell things from inexpensive vendors (like those on aliexpress) for steep profit.

here's a small example: kawaiipenshop (a popular stationery store) is selling these stickers at a retail price of nearly 7 dollars, while the same stickers are on aliexpress for just 80 cents.

another example -- this pack of stickers on etsy (which, btw, explicitly prohibits reselling in their policy) vs the same stickers on aliexpress:

a pack of stickers is a small thing, but small purchases do add up, especially in the studyblr/studygram community where large stationery collections and hauls are popular.

if a stationery store seems too good to be true (e.g. if it sells a variety of products that don't appear to be made by a single person or manufacturer), or if a pack of stickers or a roll of washi tape seems way too expensive for what it's worth, then it probably is. do your own research before spending money on stationery, and please don't let yourself be exploited.

to the studyblrs/studygrams that advertise for stationery stores with affiliate codes: don't let yourself become part of the problem. many of these resellers outcompete the more honest stores because they aren't afraid to take advantage of other people and they do the absolute bare minimum for profit. this makes it really hard for actual hardworking artists to promote their own products. again, do your own research before accepting advertising offers from stationery stores, especially if they seem too good to be true.

here's a helpful medium article that goes more in depth about this problem:

Disclaimer: These are all my own opinions. By all means, support such online shops if you want to. The purpose of this post is to give…

Rant time!

So I'm currently a master degree student during a pandemic, and in lock down for the second time this year. And it sucks. It really really does.

When it was announced we would go on lock down, my university said they would suspend all classes during an entire week so they could organize online classes and stuff. I don't know what they did during that week, but it sure as hell wasn't organizing. So far we've had:

A professor we had never heard of sending us an email at 10 p.m. with just a zoom link (nothing about who he is and what he's teaching) for a class the next morning at 9 a.m.

Another one, and probably the worst, dropping a zoom link on the platform (no email, nothing) that we only found because we were looking for some documents another professor had put there

That one guy who had several classes listed on our schedule and never showed up (never sent an email saying we wouldn't have these classes either)

And the one with the horrible wifi that sounds like a robot, reads his presentation and doesn't give us enough time to even read the questions of our exercises before going to the next one

So yeah, I know it's hard for them too, having to teach online. But did they all forgot how to send emails??

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Ben Ledi ice crystals by Niall Corbet

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where’s the band

that’s just a representation of the audience

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shhhh their singing

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fun fact! those rocks are actually agate, and the only way for them to get that smooth is to be tumbled, so you could say the band is

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the rolling stones

novemberof1997

It is so cruel that we think we’re wasting time when we’re doing something that we love and that does not have any materialistic returns

coping-skill-toolkit

During my first month with my therapist, I was given this worksheet to read and work on. She noticed that while I was talking with her, that my thoughts followed a lot of these. I wasn’t aware that my anxiety had brought me down paths of low self-worth and stinky thinking. After a couple of weeks of talking with her, she gave me this worksheet to work on.

While, at first, I thought these weren’t going to work out, I was very surprised to see just how easy they were to use . My homework at that time was to identify which sort of thinking I used on the regular and which ones would best challenge them for me. So, what do you think? Do any of the maladaptive thinking patterns sound like you? which ways would you like to untwist your thinking?

Tuesday, Sept. 8th: How do you take notes?

I take notes by hand, because I'm faster this way and I find it easier to review them.

#quarantinefallstudychallenge #heyspell studies

geologypage

350 Million years in different layers in one picture 😮😍 #Geology #GeologyPage

Geology Page www.geologypage.com — view on Instagram https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/118767615_349197479794664_4358000293164464171_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=v716n_M_eywAX8yS2y4&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=f6e6322c400108ff8414eac72b0df1df&oe=5F7932A2

Monday Sept. 7th: Currently reading!

I just started Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman. It's a collection of short stories, which I find great for when you don't really have a lot of time or brain power to read a full novel (typically when I have classes)

#quarantinefallstudychallenge #heyspell-studies

spellsthename

~Spell-Studies Fall 2020 Challenge~

I love making challenges, and I thought that having daily prompts would be the best way to help keep track of the days! I tried to pick fairly easy ones that way they are fun and lighthearted!

Here are the parameters of the challenge! The prompts will run Monday through Friday, so that weekends can be off days if you wish. If you would like to also do the weekends as well I have prompts for those as well but they won’t be numbered rather they will be under “End of week one”, etc. Each prompt will have a corresponding date that way everyone can keep track! Post daily or sum it all up on one big post (weekly, monthly, the whole thing!

This challenge is about having fun and staying connected during the upcoming quarantined semester. I know the prospect of entirely online school looks like an absolute drag to me, so let’s do something to stay connected through it all! Hope all you lovelies enjoy! Please tag me and the challenge too! I’ll be following #QuarantineFallStudyChallenge and #heyspell-studies feel free to @ me too! Alright! Down to the dates!

1. Monday, August 24th: What classes are you taking?

2. Tuesday, August 25th: What time does your alarm go off?

3. Wednesday. August 26th: Do you check your phone when you first wake up?

4. Thursday, August 27th: What is your favorite season? Why?

5. Friday, August 28th: Tea or coffee?

End of week one Saturday, August 29th: How did this week go for you?

End of week one Sunday, August 30th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

6. Monday, August 31st: What is your favorite thing about school?

7. Tuesday, Sept. 1st: Favorite school memory! (Not online lol).

8. Wednesday, Sept. 2nd: How do you take your coffee?

9. Thursday, Sept. 3rd: How do you take your tea?

10. Friday, Sept. 4th: Favorite study snack!

End of week two Saturday, Sept. 5th: How did this week go for you?

End of week two Sunday, Sept. 6th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

11. Monday, Sept. 7th: Currently reading!

12. Tuesday, Sept. 8th: How do you take notes?

13. Wednesday, Sept. 9th: What is your goal aesthetic?

14. Thursday, Sept. 10th: Are you a morning person or a night person?

15. Friday, Sept. 11th: Day in your life!

End of week three Saturday, Sept. 12th : How did this week go for you?

End of week three Sunday, Sept. 13th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

16. Monday, Sept. 14th: Song of the day! What are you jamming to?

17. Tuesday, Sept. 15th: What is your study playlist?

18. Wednesday, Sept. 16th: Study Schedule!

19. Thursday, Sept. 17th: How do you organize your to-do’s?

20. Friday, Sept. 18th: Do you read motivational books?

End of week four Saturday, Sept. 19th: How did this week go for you?

End of week four Sunday, Sept. 20th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

21. Monday, Sept. 21st: What do you do for your self care?

22. Tuesday, Sept. 22nd: Fall starts today! What is your favorite thing about fall?

23. Wednesday, Sept. 23rd: Unpopular book opinion?

24. Thursday, Sept. 24th: What do you love about #Studyblr?

25. Friday, Sept. 25th: Unpopular #Studyblr opinions?

End of week five Saturday, Sept. 26th: How did this week go for you?

End of week five Sunday, Sept. 27th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

26. Monday, Sept. 28th: What is your to do list?

27. Tuesday, Sept. 29th: What is your biggest inspiration?

28. Wednesday, Sept. 30th: Positive affirmations! What are yours? Write some!

29. Thursday, Oct. 1st: Post a pic of your study Space and your favorite drink!

30. Friday, Oct. 2nd: Hand writing tag! Upper and lower case, and cursive!

End of week six Saturday, Oct. 3rd: How did this week go for you?

End of week six Sunday, Oct. 4th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

31. Monday, Oct. 5th: What are you proud of today?

32. Tuesday, Oct. 6th: How do you stay awake while studying?

33. Wednesday, Oct. 7th: Do you use Pinterest? (What are your boards?)

34. Thursday, Oct. 8th: Drop your Insta handle! (If you want).

35. Friday, Oct. 9th: Do you have any fun weekend plans?

End of week seven Saturday, Oct. 10th: How did this week go for you?

End of week seven Sunday, Oct. 11th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

36. Monday, Oct. 12th: Study alone or study with a group?

37. Tuesday, Oct. 13th: Do you color code?

38. Wednesday, Oct. 14th: Show us your annotations!

39. Thursday, Oct. 15th: What do your supplies look like?

40: Friday, Oct. 16th: Half way! How do you reward yourself?

End of week eight Saturday, Oct. 17th: How did this week go for you?

End of week eight Sunday, Oct. 18th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

41. Monday, Oct. 19th: Do you eat while you study?

42. Tuesday, Oct. 20th: Do you exercise?

43. Wednesday, Oct. 21st: It’s definitely getting cooler! Outfit of the day!

44. Thursday, Oct. 22nd: Have you ever meditated? If you haven’t give it a try!

45. Friday, October, 23rd: Long one, who is your ideal self? Or a self love entry!

End of week nine Saturday, Oct. 24th: How did this week go for you?

End of week nine Sunday, Oct. 25th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

46. Monday, Oct. 26th: Do you keep your notes when class is over?

47. Tuesday, Oct. 27th: How do you balance school, work and life?

48. Wednesday, Oct. 28th: Who do you live with?

49. Thursday, Oct. 29th: Do you have a job outside of school?

50. Friday, Oct. 30th: Do you have a Halloween costume or plans?

End of week ten Saturday, Oct. 31st: How did this week go for you?

End of week ten Sunday, Nov. 1st: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

51. Monday, Nov. 2nd: Morning routine!

52. Tuesday, Nov. 3rd: Evening routine!

53. Wednesday, Nov. 4th: Favorite study tips?

54. Thursday, Nov. 5th: What is on your desk?

55. Friday, Nov. 6th: Some short term goals!

End of week eleven Saturday, Nov. 7th: How did this week go for you?

End of week eleven Sunday, Nov. 8th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

56. Monday, Nov. 9th: Some long term goals!

57. Tuesday, Nov. 10th: Tag your favorite studyblr!

58. Wednesday, Nov. 11th: If you could study anywhere, where? (and why!)

59. Thursday, Nov. 12th: Do you study language?

60. Friday, Nov. 13th: What is the view out your window?

End of week twelve Saturday, Nov. 14th: How did this week go for you?

End of week twelve Sunday, Nov. 15th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

61. Monday, Nov. 16th: Favorite school supplies!

62. Tuesday, Nov. 17th: Bath bomb bubble baths or long showers?

63. Wednesday, Nov. 18th: Name 3 things you love about yourself.

64. Thursday, Nov. 19th: Do you journal?

65. Friday, Nov. 20th: Have you ever made a vision board?

End of week thirteen Saturday, Nov. 21st: How did this week go for you?

End of week thirteen Sunday, Nov. 22nd: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

66. Monday, Nov. 23rd: Favorite type of weather?

67. Tuesday, Nov. 24th: Scarf or beanie?

68. Wednesday, Nov. 25th: What are you grateful for today?

69. Thursday, Nov. 26th: What studyblr advice would you give to others?

70. Friday, Nov. 27th: Holidays! What are you excited for this holiday season?

End of week fourteen Saturday, Nov. 28th: How did this week go for you?

End of week fourteen Sunday, Nov. 29th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

71. Monday, Nov. 30th: What is your “happy place”?

72. Tuesday, Dec. 1st: How are you feeling about education during a pandemic?

73. Wednesday, Dec. 2nd: When was the last time you did something “scary”?

74. Thursday, Dec. 3rd: What habit do you want to break?

75. Friday, Dec. 4th: what habit do you want to make?

End of week fifteen Saturday, Dec. 5th: How did this week go for you?

End of week fifteen Sunday, Dec. 6th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

76. Monday, Dec. 7th: What is/are your creative outlet(s)?

77. Tuesday, Dec. 8th: Where do you see yourself in seven years?

78. Wednesday, Dec. 9th: What is one of your favorite holiday memories?

79. Thursday, Dec. 10th: Are you feeling ready for finals?

80. Friday, Dec. 11th: Is it really already over?! What did you learn during this challenge? What did you like about this challenge?

#totally doing that when classes start

surviveschool

good emotional skills to know 4 college but also in general

this is stuff that i’ve found helpful and am in the process of working on. they may not be achievable for you without help and may not work for your specific circumstance, but this is a list of suggestions that you might be able to think about. i am also not a mental health professional so please do feel free to contradict me!!

self soothing. having a toolbox to take care of yourself by yourself. bc sometimes nobody else is available and you just gotta put some lotion on, listen to a tune, and go to bed early.

checking in. checking in with yourself to see if you’re okay. knowing how to alter your strategies when your strategies aren’t working. knowing when your strategies aren’t working. this is just taking some time every day to reflect on what goals you didn’t meet and why and what you can do to fix that.

there’s nothing you “should” be doing. if you get caught up thinking “i should be doing x” that’s false! stop that! “should” be doing better implies that you have some obligation to do whatever it is that you “should” be doing. you don’t owe anybody except yourself. analyze why you think you should be doing that thing and change that into…. “i want to be doing x because…” or “doing x will make me happier, because…”. overall, more productive and less self-shamey.

disconnecting from the crowd. eating in a crowded dining hall can be stressful! knowing how to be alone in a crowd and stay calm is helpful

being okay with being alone. tbh college is kind of… being alone a lot, in my experience. even though you’re surrounded by people, a lot of time is spent alone. making friends is hard. your friends have different schedules. you’re busy. shit sucks. we make the best of it.

knowing yourself. this relates to a lot of what i’ve already said but like. knowing your emotional state and knowing what helps trick the monkey brain is helpful. stop repressing your feelings, friends.

talking to strangers. ordering from a menu! paying library fines. going to office hours. asking for a cashier at the register if there isn’t one. ya this is hard. ya you gotta expose yourself. sometimes i just try playing a persona. like this isn’t me ordering a sandwich. this is a cool me who knows how to talk to people who is ordering a sandwich.

you don’t have to be friends with your roommates. you just have to live together in a way that doesn’t make you two hate each other. ideally, you two will coexist in a way that doesn’t interfere with the other’s daily life.

give and taking. on the topic of roommates, sometimes your roommate can be a shitty person, but sometimes you are the shitty person! give a little but if they’re negatively impacting your life, communicate.

communicating during disagreements. explain what your emotions are instead of blaming them. “i feel hurt when you…” or “i feel frustrated when” or “i feel unappreciated when.” if things get heated, ask if you both can take a ten minute break and then come back. and don’t bring up disagreements when the other party is preoccupied or going somewhere. you can legitimately schedule a discussion.

it’s okay to apologize. learning to swallow your pride gets easier each time.

knowing that people work differently than you. some people are not gonna click with you and it’s gonna seem like they have this whole brain process up there that is totally unlike yours. and yeah! that’s how it is. and that’s chill if they aren’t hurting anyone else. work with them and be flexible!!

comforting people. you will probably/definitely see someone cry! hell if i know how to comfort people. someone please help. but some things i’ve learned are: 1) different people need different things. different people need different things! 2) people need different things at different times. 3) you can ask them what they want and it won’t be weird. 4) apparently a lot of people like hugs? but ask. and it’s okay to not want a hug. 5) just show that you care in some way if you don’t know what they need. i used to think that if somebody needed to tell me what they needed it was a sign that i just didn’t know them well enough and we weren’t compatible or i wasn’t being a good friend. that’s fake! friendship isn’t based off of fitting naturally in every way and making an effort to be good for them is important.

knowing it’s okay to not be liked by everyone. it’s okay if strangers think you’re dumb because you said something dumb in public. you know you’re not dumb. it’s okay if not everybody you meet likes you. it’s okay if you do something cringey. everybody has their own shit to deal with and you will not shatter their world. grow and move on!

forgiving yourself. i’m trying this new thing where when i feel embarrassed about something i say. out loud. “i forgive myself.” and then i just try to grow from that and move on without getting caught in a spiral of shame.

knowing what you need vs what you want and what is better at the time. what you need: a shower. what you want: to not do that. solution: take a shower! or maybe what you actually need is to go to sleep? but guess what. you probably know what is good for you. the hard part is actually doing it.

realize that building habits is less work than discipline. emotional effort is expended every time you have to make yourself do something. just make it part of your routine and you’ll just think it’s normal to do all the good things! like, for example, i’m trying to make it a habit to eat structured meals instead of a “eat when i’m hungry” thing because i know that makes me skip meals, which is bad!

you won’t be able to do everything. forgive yourself for that. write down things that are top priority and focus on them. everything else is not important right now and you shouldn’t beat yourself up for not being able to do them.

your health is important. i’m not saying health will solve all your problems. it won’t! but health will cause a lot of your problems to go away. because let’s face it. not sleeping causes a lot of problems.

it’s okay to ask for help. we say this a lot but it’s hard to internalize it. here’s a thought: there’s so much shame and hesitation about asking for help so by doing that you’re actually being proactive (which is respectable) and mature, and therefore… not weak or stupid. ask for help even before you need it! most people love to help others. and especially take advantage of people who are OFFERING help. for example: counselors at school or TAs. it’s literally their job. they want to do it. and if you don’t want to talk to anybody in real life, my inbox is always open.

schmergo

Shout out to all of my awake friends!

witchylillie

Hello everyone!!

So with covid forcing most universities to switch to online instruction, a lot of incoming freshman as well as current students aren't going to be on campus. With this in mind I thought it could be fun to make a uni studyblr directory!!

Basically if you would like to participate please reblog this and add your university (or country/state if you're more comfortable with that), your major, and your year in the tags!! In a few days I will compile everyone's info into a large directory and masterpost. Feel free to participate if you are in undergrad or grad school!! This is really just for fun and to allow you guys to connect to people in your area/major!!

Tldr: making a uni directory reblog with major, year, and uni to participate

#université de nantes #france #1st year of master degree #planetary science

nasa

7 Things to Know about the Perseverance Mars Rover

We’re set to launch the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 30. The rover is loaded with scientific instruments and advanced technology, making it the largest, heaviest and most sophisticated vehicle ever sent to the Red Planet.

What is Perseverance’s mission and what will it do on Mars? Here are seven things to know:

1. Perseverance draws on the NASA – and scientific – spirit of overcoming challenges

Not only does it have to launch during a pandemic and land on a treacherous planet, it has to carry out its science goals:

Searching for signs of past microbial life

Mapping out the planet’s geology and climate

Collecting rock and other samples for future return to Earth

Paving the way for human exploration

We chose the name Perseverance from among the 28,000 essays submitted during the “Name the Rover” contest. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the months leading up to the launch in particular have required creative problem solving, teamwork and determination.

2. Perseverance builds on the lessons from other Mars rovers

In 1997, our first Mars rover – Sojourner – showed that a robot could rove on the Red Planet. Spirit and Opportunity, which both landed in 2004, found evidence that Mars once had water before becoming a frozen desert.

Curiosity found evidence that Mars’ Gale Crater was home to a lake billions of years ago and that there was an environment that may have sustained microbial life. Perseverance aims to answer the age-old question – are there any signs that life once existed on Mars?

3. Perseverance will land in a place with high potential to find signs of ancient life

The rover will land in Jezero Crater, a 28-mile wide basin north of the Martian equator. A space rock hit the surface long ago, creating the large hole. Between 3 and 4 billion years ago, a river flowed into a body of water in Jezero the size of Lake Tahoe.

4. Perseverance will also collect important data about Mars’ geology and climate

Mars orbiters have collected images and other data about Jezero Crater from about 200 miles above, but finding signs of past life will need much closer inspection. A rover like Perseverance can look for those signs that may be related to ancient life and analyze the context in which they were found to see if the origins were biological.

5. Perseverance is the first leg of a round trip to Mars

This is the first rover to bring a sample-gathering system to Mars that will package promising samples of rocks and other materials for future return to Earth. NASA and ESA are working on the Mars Sample Return campaign, so we can analyze the rocks and sediment with tools too large and complex to send to space.

6. Perseverance will pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet

Two packages – one that helps the rover autonomously avoid hazards during landing (TRN) and another that gathers crucial data during the trip through Mars’ atmosphere (MEDLI2) – will help future human missions land safely and with larger payloads on other worlds.

There are two instruments that will specifically help astronauts on the Red Planet. One (MEDA) will provide key information about the planet’s weather, climate and dust activity, while a technology demonstration (MOXIE) aims to extract oxygen from Mars’ mostly carbon-dioxide atmosphere.

7. You get to ride along

Perseverance and other parts of the Mars 2020 spacecraft feature 23 cameras, which is more than any other interplanetary mission in history. Raw images from the camera are set to be released on the mission website.

There are also three silicon chips with the names of nearly 11 million people who signed up to send their names to Mars.

And you can continue to follow the mission on Twitter and Facebook.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com

softyoongiionly

Good luck lil friend 🥺🥺🥺

athenastudying-deactivated20220

university culture is when the admission board says they’ll email the results by the end of july and everyone saying “ok so mid august then”

#glad to see it's universal

edvcate

good morning everyone !! i’ve recently picked up using a bullet journal again instead of a structured planner bc i feel like it works better for my slightly eclectic schedule of being freelance / MARes student / somebody who enjoys spending a little too much time decorating things with washi tape! i thought i’d collate a bunch of ideas for things to include in your journal ! pls feel free to reblog and add your own!

1. ideal day (a timetabled structure of your ‘perfect day’ and how you would spend your time)

2. outfit planner

3. recipes brainstorm

4. a shopping list of -staples- that you will always need to pick up from the store (e.g. bread, pasta, milk)

5. cleaning list

6. trailers you’ve seen and liked the look of ! (i always forget)

7. weather forecast

8. moon cycles

9. period tracker (for ppl who have periods)

10. monthly goals, yearly goals, decade goals, lifetime goals

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