Focus on Yourself

off to college!

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Summer work space ready to go. Here’s to a productive summer, everyone!

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could not hit the reblog button fast enough hi pretties

[thestudydepot]

5:31 | b r e a k

Taking a small break to plan out the week ahead. When I feel organised I’m less anxious and positive that things will turn out OK :)

Also my birthday is just around the corner! :D

[khaleesiandherwhitewolf]

I have now completed my Biology essay ☺️

[joeandcaspar-deactivated2016111]

This is beautiful

[jessi1411-deactivated20190715]

ATTENTION ALL APWH STUDENTS.. AGAIN!

I found an even BETTER website to help review for the exam!

click here

It has videos, links and everything you might possibly need to help you review for the fast approaching ap exam!

Good luck and I hope you find this website useful! 

[canadianshits]

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[los17aurelianos]

[los17aurelianos]

[raregold]

Study tips

study guides and strategies

block sites (chrome app stayfocusd)

test if you’re a visual, auditory or kinesthetic learner

study break - brainscape.com/blog/2011/06/study-break/

how to take notes - mindofamedstudent-tutorial-how-to-make

playlists: (soundtracks: battlefield) (piano: modern-fairytale-iv) (indie: the-coffee-s-never-strong-enough)

College tips

make a to do+doing+done board

print sources nicely (1) (2)

recipes based on ingredients - recipepuppy

popular new headlines - newsmap.jp

discussions/lectures - ted.com

speed read - spreeder.com

white noise - simplynoise.com

plan sleep time - sleepyti.me

google like a boss - png / jpg

ebooks - planetebook.com/ebooks / readanybook.com

improve presentations - prezi.com / don’ts: mistakes

write essay (tumblr post) (protip: if u can’t imagine urself dropping the mic after the final sentence of ur essay, ur conclusion needs to be stronger)

collegepackinglist.com

Learn stuff

any subject (video lectures)

internetisuseful.com

Relax

stress analyst - relaxonline

calm.com

distract yourself

self-care tips

self-care for overstimulated nerves

softest legs

feel better

[teseos]

WRITING

Remember the Word

Alternatives to Said A little side note: ‘said’ is NOT dead. Use these alternatives carefully. If you use them too much they distract the reader from what the character is actually saying. Be wise alright, don’t clutter your story.

Great Inspiration

Getting Inspired

Free Microsoft Word alternative

Dealing with writer’s block

Lay vs. lie

When to change paragraphs

Music for writing

READING

Free books & textbooks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

STUDYING/SCHOOL/HOMEWORK

Get homework help

Maths problem solver: 1, 2

Calculator (graphing, etc.)

Geography

Learning how to study

Flashcards

Written? Kitten!

How to pull and all-nighter and do well

When should I go to sleep/wake up?

Finals survival guide

Alternative to Wikipedia

Book Suggestions

VERY useful websites (khan academy, tedtalks, etc)

CrashCourse

Study app (helps you manage time)

Study tips video

Learning a new language? (you can use this for any language)

FITNESS

Workouts at home: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Drink water!

Fitness tips

Clean up your diet

ADVICE

How to be ok with yourself

25 Resolutions

Self confidence

Self defense tips PLEASE READ THIS

NICE LITTLE THINGS (THAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY)

Calming cat

Cute engagement

Cute kitten

Santino Fontana auditioning for Frozen role Hans

Best figure skating I’ve seen in my life.

[cosimodmedici]

Essay writing

Research and reading

How to write a kickass essay with ½ of the stress

How to write an essay

Guide to writing a basic essay

Essay writing: the basics

What makes a good essay?

How to google? (1) (2)

Writing tips

Harvard Writing Resources

Other writing stuff

Synonyms Masterpost

can’t find the right word?

Hemingway an online editor (Trust me, it’s awesome. Wish I’d known about it sooner)

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Languages

Duolingo- Learn certain languages for free.

Achieving Proficiency- Really useful for Greeks (like me) or for anyone who wants to improve their english skills.

Math/Science

Cheat Sheets

Periodic Table

Biology!

Music Skills

Free guitar lessons

Piano Lessons

Philosophy

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Interesting philosophy quizzes

Stress Relief

The quiet place project- You will love this.

 Feelings Masterpost- Very helpful.

Studying

Free textbooks

Bibme- Fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills and it’s free.

StudyBlue- Make online flashcards.

open2study- Free online study for everyone.

Khan Academy- Learn anything.

Coursera- Online courses for free.

Quizlet- Make flashcards and test yourself.

Wikiversity

Presentation Zen- A blog that helps you with your presentations.

Time management

Momentum- Be motivated and organised.

Test your vocabulary

Grammar Check

Website Blocker- Remove temptation. 

Coffitivity- Coffitivity recreates the ambient sounds of a cafe to boost your creativity and help you work better.

[los17aurelianos]

P R O D U C T I V I T Y

30/30*  - personal favorite, I always use this to study and manage time.

Essential productivity apps for any student*

Top 5 productivity apps for iOS (video)*

Top 5 productivity apps for Android (video)*

StayFocusd*- limits the time you can spend on time-wasting websites

Time Warp* - keeps you from procrastinating 

Self Control* - blocks websites

The science of productivity (video)

The science of procrastination and how to manage it (video)

7 brain hacks to improve your productivity (video)

The simple science of getting more done (in less time)

Productivity tips

About power naps

How to pull an all-nighter effectively

O R G A N I Z A T I O N 

My Study Life* - It’s a planner to help you remember when your homework is due and stuff like that

Free printable planner

To do list

How to make a study schedule

Class folder organization 

S C H O O L // S T U D Y I N G

Inkflow Visual Notebook* - I haven’t used this one, but it’s for note taking (if you’re a visual learner it’s probably quite useful

Free Flashcards Study Helper* - Create flashcards and carry them around to study anywhere

Apps for students*

Tips and trick to help you get good grades

Learning how to study

Cornell note taking method

BBC Bitesize

Studyblue - flashcards, quizzes, review sheets, study guides, etc.

Essay writing

Textbook masterpost (and other stuff too)

Wolfram Alpha for research 

Memorizing dates

Making a good study guide

Note taking like a pro

Online calculator

Finals survival guide

How to survive finals

School survival guide

Free online courses

Scholarpedia

Mathway

Khan academy

Quizlet

Homework help

Exam survival tips

Studying for an important exam

Answering multiple choice questions

Guide on punctuation

Science simplified 

How to answer exam questions

How to study

Useful websites

CrashCourse

How to write an essay

Duolingo

P R  O J E C T S

Public speaking

Annoying Power Point presentation mistakes

Power Point presentations

Prezi

Emaze - similar to prezi

Rawshorts - video presentations

If it has * it’s an app

[canadianshits]

This is a list of helpful sites pulled from multiple masterposts, compiled into one. (Photos are linked with their respective post.)

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[bookscandlesandtea]

Reblog if you're a studyblr and I'll follow you. I need more variety on my dash.

If you followed would be nice, too ehehe

[ghrtuyf]

this is what has been sitting on my desktop for the past semester and is the only thing that keeps me motivated to keep working and finish projects. every time i feel like giving up i look at this 

[attempting-studying]

4.19. 2015 Making all of these study sheets doesn’t even feel like studying to me! I’ve actually started to look forward to adding all the colors and fonts and lines to my blank sheets of paper. ((The paper-mate flair pens are my favorite right now)) Hope your day is productive!

[learnwisely-deactivated20151020]

(03:06 pm) Got back from school a few hours ago, still not used to having classes on Saturdays. Studying grammar (which I absolutely love!)

[livingbtwnthelines]

friendly reminder that your studying doesn’t have to match someone else’s to work.

you don’t need a macbook or fresh flowers or special pens to study.

it’s okay if your desktop or handwriting is messy.

we reblog studyblr pictures because they’re pretty, but what’s important is that your study habits work for you.

[shinimegami]

[thestormscrolls]

no way in hell am i passing this up

[6-couture-deactivated20171109]

a student from uni scrolled past this and ended up failing all of his courses, even the ones he thought he passed… not gonna take this chance.

[runaem]

I want to pass.

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Here’s to every student who isn’t on Tumblr because they are working two jobs and taking classes and driving their little sister to soccer practice and they don’t have time for social media.

Here’s to every student who is doing good to pay tuition, let alone buy cute notebooks and fine tip markers.

Here’s to every student who passed on a major they were interested in to take the major that would pay more money because they have responsibilites to meet and don’t have the luxury of studying what they would like.

Here’s to every student who has to choose a major based on how long it will take to complete because they need to be working full time, instead of choosing a major based on how much they could contribute to society in the future if they had the option of their first choice.

Here’s to every student using their school’s food pantry because even with loans there isn’t enough fiancial aid to cover all their expenses, stay in school, and still eat.

Here’s to every student who is doing this on their own, without parental help. 

Here’s to every student who is under so much pressure in their personal life that focusing long enough to complete homework is a victory, never mind spending hours making color-coded study guides for exams.

Here’s to every student with a learning disability who has to work twice as hard to get half the grade.

Here’s to every student with social anxiety who shows up for speech class anyway.

Here’s to every student who is proud of their work despite the constant criticism they get for not majoring in a STEM field.

Here’s to every student doing this one step at a time because that’s all they can see right now. 

Here’s to every student who has every reason not to be in school, not to get good grades, not to keep coping with all the stress, but choose to do it anyway, knowing that the overcoming of obastacles produces resilience, which is far more valuable than a college degree.

I’m so proud of you.

[yanhua1002]

Saturday mornings comprise of Star Wars and a cup of tea keeping me company while I revise my planner and Biology notes. I must say, Kikki K have the best planners.

[studyallday2]

Finally starting English Literature revision.

[youreprocrastinating]

Look at yourself! You have a lot of potential! Dont you dare tell me otherwise! You are capable of doing everything you plan to do, you just need this little push, someone to remind you you can do it. I am here to remind you you can do it. Stop procrastinating and start living, accomplishing things!

[chaoticum]

I believe in free education, one that’s available to everyone; no matter their race, gender, age, wealth, etc… This masterpost was created for every knowledge hungry individual out there. I hope it will serve you well. Enjoy!

FREE ONLINE COURSES (here are listed websites that provide huge variety of courses)

Alison 

Coursera

FutureLearn

open2study

Khan Academy

edX

P2P U

Academic Earth

iversity

Stanford Online

MIT Open Courseware

Open Yale Courses

BBC Learning

OpenLearn

Carnegie Mellon University OLI

University of Reddit

Saylor

IDEAS, INSPIRATION & NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)

TED

FORA

Big Think 

99u

BBC Future

Seriously Amazing

How Stuff Works

Discovery News

National Geographic

Science News

Popular Science

IFLScience

YouTube Edu

DIY & HOW-TO’S (Don’t know how to do that? Want to learn how to do it yourself? Here are some great websites.)

wikiHow

Wonder How To

instructables

eHow

Howcast

MAKE

Do it yourself

FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS

OpenStax CNX

Open Textbooks

Bookboon

Textbook Revolution

E-books Directory

FullBooks

Books Should Be Free

Classic Reader

Read Print

Project Gutenberg

AudioBooks For Free

LibriVox

Poem Hunter

Bartleby

MIT Classics

Many Books

Open Textbooks BCcampus

Open Textbook Library

WikiBooks

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS

Directory of Open Access Journals

Scitable

PLOS

Wiley Open Access

Springer Open

Oxford Open

Elsevier Open Access

ArXiv

Open Access Library

LEARN:

1. LANGUAGES

Duolingo

BBC Languages

Learn A Language

101languages

Memrise

Livemocha

Foreign Services Institute

My Languages

Surface Languages

Lingualia

OmniGlot

OpenCulture’s Language links

2. COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING

Codecademy

Programmr

GA Dash

CodeHS

w3schools

Code Avengers

Codelearn

The Code Player

Code School

Code.org

Programming Motherf*?$%#

Bento

Bucky’s room

WiBit

Learn Code the Hard Way

Mozilla Developer Network

Microsoft Virtual Academy

3. YOGA & MEDITATION

Learning Yoga

Learn Meditation

Yome

Free Meditation

Online Meditation

Do Yoga With Me

Yoga Learning Center

4. PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMMAKING

Exposure Guide

The Bastards Book of Photography

Cambridge in Color

Best Photo Lessons

Photography Course

Production Now

nyvs

Learn About Film

Film School Online

5. DRAWING & PAINTING

Enliighten

Ctrl+Paint

ArtGraphica

Google Cultural Institute

Drawspace

DragoArt

WetCanvas

6. INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC THEORY

Music Theory

Teoria

Music Theory Videos

Furmanczyk Academy of Music

Dave Conservatoire

Petrucci Music Library

Justin Guitar

Guitar Lessons

Piano Lessons

Zebra Keys

Play Bass Now

7. OTHER UNCATEGORIZED SKILLS

Investopedia

The Chess Website

Chesscademy

Chess.com

Spreeder

ReadSpeeder

First Aid for Free

First Aid Web

Wolfram Demonstrations Project

Please feel free to add more learning focused websites. 

*There are a lot more learning websites out there, but I picked the ones that are, as far as I’m aware, completely free and in my opinion the best/ more useful.