Study Blog + Bujo

17 || She/her || IB High school student || Just gonna post stuff from my bullet journal and study blog || Visit my art blog @harpseal-arts-and-more

[harpseal-bujo]

✧･ﾟ:* Introduction *:･ﾟ✧

Hello!! I completely forgot to make an introduction post hahahahah

I am a 17 year old IB student in high school. It’s my first time making a study blog. I wanted to start one because I thought it would help keep myself accountable. At the same time, I thought it would make studying more fun. 

♥ Likes: harp seals (as you can tell by my icon heheheheh), bullet journaling, calligraphy, vanilla milkshakes, graphic design, drawing, digital art, and more.

Visit my art blog here!

I also want to make new friends so feel free to chat with me! :)

[myhoneststudyblr]

my masterpost | my studygram | ask me anything 

how to stop procrastinating series

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[transcript under the cut]

Other advice posts that may be of interest:

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Common Study Mistakes

7 Strategies to Improve Concentration

Keep reading

[harpseal-bujo]

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August 14 || Heyyy guess what? Classes are officially starting for me next week! Tbh I’m scared and nervous but I also feel motivated. So I’ve been doing preparations for class in advance. I also did some other school work. I hope I’ll be able keep up with my study plans! Hahahaha

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Summer Studying Challenge of @myhoneststudyblr

6th August - What is your favourite summertime movie?

I don’t have any. But I always like watching action movies whether it’s summertime or not.

7th August - Do you read a lot in the summer?

Nope not really.

8th August - What book are you currently reading?

Chronicle of a Death Foretold and In Cold Blood

9th August - What is your favourite summer ‘beach read’ book?

Don’t have any

10th August - What TV show are you currently watching?

Tokyo Revengers

11th August - What was the last movie you watched?

I forgot lol

12th August - What is your favourite summertime snack?

I would usually eat bread for snack. 

13th August - What is your favourite seasonal fruit to eat during the summer?

Don’t have a favourite

14th August - What is your favourite meal to have on the beach?

Spaghetti heehehehehhe

[harpseal-bujo]

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August 05 || I finally posted again! Hahhahhahha... Today I mainly focused on studying for Math. Also, I might be moving to higher level Math next school year. Aside from that, I was also setting up my art blog! You can check it out here! I'm going to upload my first post there soon.

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Summer Studying Challenge of @myhoneststudyblr

1st August - What do you do when you go to the beach?

Usually I would go swimming, ride a boat, or drive the jet ski. But that's usually in the morning or early in the afternoon. If it's in the late afternoon, I would just walk around and draw on the sand hahahaha.

2nd August - What do you like most about the beach?

The weather is nice??? Idk I just feel very relaxed there. There's also a lot of fun activities I can do there.

3rd August - What is your least favourite thing about the beach?

Seaweed probably? And the sand when it's super hot hahahaha

4th August - What is your song of the summer this year?

Don't have any. I just listen to the same songs LOL

5th August - What is your ultimate summertime song?

Don't have any

[softlystudying]

i spend way too much time on spotify and thus have way too many playlists, but here are some of them as a thank you for 11k !!

neptune / soundtrack to a warm coffee on a sleepy afternoon 

pluto / 3am, lying upside down off the bed with dim phone light on your face

saturn / laughter, pillow fights and intentionally bad singing-along

mars / quiet piano floats through the window on a warm, windy evening 

lunar / during windows-down summer car rides with your friends

solar / fingers tracing on a thigh and quiet evening humming 

jupiter / gentle, wordless, beats to see you through revision 

eclipse / a soft voice paired with a guitar, and a cup of tea

earth / for dozing off amidst gentle yawns, wrapped in blankets

cosmos / a face amongst the crowd, stairs to the subway, city lights

galaxy / clink of glassware and muted murmurs amongst background jazz

sapph / for the girls who love girls

cappuccino / the feeling of a 9am coffee on a gently sunny morning 

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update ;; here is part 2!

[sadcypher]

playlists for professional procrastinators pt 02

you are chasing discomfort: mostly movie scores, instrumentals, unsettling aura, perfect for spacing out, feels like sitting on the floor while the room around you is spinning 

silver mist: movie +gaming soundtracks, instrumentals, also really nice for falling asleep, feels like mornings in february

you are cramming for exams at 3am: calm instrumentals, actually helpful for deep focus, piano, occasional lofi of course, perfect to listen to when you are the only one still awake

purple neonlights: lofi, minimalistic beats, mostly instrumentals. apologising in advance for the amount of lofi anime openings but the aot brainrot got me bad

mint chocolate: feels very similar to purple neonlights, but with vocals. mostly korean chill rap/indie/rmb, feels like summer evenings and dozing off in the sun 

maths fuelled anxiety: feels like you have chugged a litre or two of coffee, drum and bass, electronic, more for low stim tasks and for waking yourself up, created this playlist out of irony but now i listen to it unironically 

bloodsworn death: this too is more for low stim tasks, mostly nordic folk, ambient and dark folk, soundtracks feat. vikings, game of thrones and skyrim, makes you want to forge a sword and raid a small town in england 

bayek: playlist based on bayek of siwa, the main protagonist of AC: origins, a game i love to pieces. only instrumentals, can feel like a fever dream, gives you the feeling of crossing deserts and exploring tombs 

viktor v: another character playlist based on victor vale from vicious by V.E Schwab. has lots of vocals and more distracting tracks, makes you feel like a villain or at least an antihero. feels like the colour grey 

[sadcypher]

howdy lads!

i finally did a thing and digitalised my bullet journal/study planner! this format is on the minimalistic side but it is the only thing that works for me so if you like me get overwhelmed easily by complex planners: feel free to check it out ^^ you can get it here in exchange for the price of a coffee :')

[study-van]

27.07.2021

My best friend who will finally start law school this fall after a tiring year of English prep made me a jujutsu kaisen mug by hand!!

🎼eve, kaikai kitan

[harpseal-bujo]

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July 31 || School is actually starting for me soon! I’m currently mentally preparing myself for it while I also doing some internship work. But I will still continue with this summer studying challenge! Tbh I’m scared for this upcoming school year. I still feel like I’m not ready but I’ll definitely try my best! :D Wish me luck!

Also... I plan to make another blog on Tumblr but for all of my art stuff and other creative hobbies (mainly for my paintings and possibly food/drinks I learn to make). Once I come up with a username and finish setting it up, I’ll definitely link it in another post or in my bio

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Summer Studying Challenge of @myhoneststudyblr

27th July - Do your eating habits change during summer?

Nope. Not at all.

28th July - When you hear the word ‘summer’, what is the first thing that you think of?

The beach!!!

29th July - What colour do you associate with summer?

Yellow and blue. 

30th July - What would be your perfect summer day?

If it’s summer vacation, I would love to stay at my place in the beach. Ideally, I  could wake up early and walk in the beach. If it’s a weekend, I could swim or play beach volleyball. But if it’s a weekday, I would rather do something relaxing and less time-consuming. I could even do plein air painting for a while. Then, I walk back home to do some school work or studying. I’ll also make sure to take breaks in-between and have snack time later in the afternoon. Then, in the late afternoon, I do other activities for self-care or continue art projects. Basically, my perfect summer day should be productive yet chill. Not sure if I can actually follow this exactly cuz of the pandemic :((

31st July - Would you rather spend the day at the beach or at the swimming pool?

Obviously the beach

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[harpseal-bujo]

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July 26 || Dang it’s been a while since I last updated this blog... I have a lot of prompts to catch up with for the summer studying challenge. Anyhow, I was workin on the “paint-by-the-numbers” project (as shown in the image above). A few weeks ago, I also visited the ducks again hehehehe. 

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Summer Studying Challenge of @myhoneststudyblr

14th July - Would you rather stay in one resort for a month or travel across the country for one month? 

I would rather travel across the country for a month.

15th July - Are there any special events for you in the summer? (for example, birthdays, festivals, etc.)

Not really. Just more bonding time with family.

16th July - Do you have any summer traditions?

Don’t think so.

17th July - What is your typical daily routine in the summer?

I just relax at home or I go to different places with my family.

18th July -  How do you stay motivated during the summer? (for example, to study)

I like to remind myself to “do things that your future self would thank you for.” Since I’m an upcoming senior high school student, I can’t afford to make mistakes since this upcoming school year will be my last chance before I go to college. That’s why I must do my best during the summer to be productive  by preparing myself for the upcoming school year.

19th July - Do you stay indoors or outdoors more in the summer?

Indoors.

20th July - Are you a ‘summer person’?

Not sure. But I do like visiting the beach and chilling outdoors since I mostly stay indoors. So I guess that makes me a summer person???

21st July - What is an unpopular opinion that you have about summer?

I’m not sure if this is an unpopular opinion or not but I don’t really mind if it’s hot outside during the summer. Lol idk

22nd July - What does summer feel like where you live?

Normal because of the weather. It’s almost always hot here hehehehe.

23rd July - Would you prefer summer to be hotter or colder than it usually is for you?

I do like it when it’s a bit sunny but also a bit windy.

24th July - Would you prefer your summer to be shorter or longer?

Longer.

25th July - Daytime or nighttime – what’s your favourite time during summer?

I prefer daytime.

26th July - Do your sleeping habits change during summer?

Yes. I get to sleep earlier and wake up late (or early if I’m feeling energized). Or I get to sleep late but wake up really late.

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[introvert-unicorn-deactivated20]

Words to describe facial expressions

Absent: preoccupied 

Agonized: as if in pain or tormented

Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire

Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest

Beatific: blissful

Black: angry or sad, or hostile

Bleak: hopeless

Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern

Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent

Brooding: anxious and gloomy

Bug eyed: frightened or surprised

Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed

Cheeky: cocky, insolent

Cheerless: sad

Choleric: hot-tempered, irate

Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings

Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor

Despondent: depressed or discouraged

Doleful: sad or afflicted

Dour: stern or obstinate

Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing

Ecstatic: delighted or entranced

Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible

Fixed: concentrated or immobile

Gazing: staring intently

Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive

Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion

Grim: fatalistic or pessimistic

Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness

Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty

Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism

Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant

Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit

Jeering: insulting or mocking

Languid: lazy or weak

Leering: sexually suggestive

Mild: easygoing

Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful

Pained: affected with discomfort or pain

Peering: with curiosity or suspicion

Peeved: annoyed

Pleading: seeking apology or assistance

Quizzical: questioning or confused

Radiant: bright, happy

Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident

Sardonic: mocking

Sour: unpleasant

Sullen: resentful

Vacant: blank or stupid looking

Wan: pale, sickly

Wary: cautious or cunning

Wide eyed: frightened or surprised

Withering: devastating

Wrathful: indignant or vengeful

Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling

[robinslivingroom]

Journaling for self hep and discovery: understand your feelings

I started journaling in a really dark place, honestly for a bunch of reasons, but mainly I was having problems at school and my mom and other two relatives I really cared about were having some serious health issues.

Before that, I never really felt the need to write down what I felt, but I was on a weird place where I didn't feel like I could talk to anyone about my feelings, but I felt waaaay too much. It just had to come out one way or another, and one day I was so angry and sad, I just took a notebook and started writing a bunch of things I was dealing with.

If I'm going to be honest, those notes were really hatefull and sad, and eventually I decided to throw them away because after that period of my life was over I didn't like reading it or knowing it was on my house. However, I really do think just being able to have an outlet to speak freely about my issues, without fear of judgment, helped a lot.

Nowadays, I keep a journal where I write whenever I feel alone or want to remember a specific moment, and that is definitely one of my favorite things, so I wanted to make this post with some tips to help anyone thinking about journaling for self help:

Don't censor yourself : Write what you actually feel, try to be as honest as possible independently on what you think of that. Weather your feelings seem selfish, exaggerated, or unfair, the objective of journaling is understanding how you feel, and watering down what you actually want to say will just confuse you and force you to bottle up your feelings even further. If you can look at what you wrote later and realizeit doesn't reflect the person you want to be, that's when you can start trying to understand where those unwanted thoughts come from.

Write for your future self: Sometimes in life you just get stuck on some vicious circles, where you know a person or a action is bad for you, but then the moment of realisation is gone and you go back to those unwanted habits. If you feel like you should cut somebody off, stop doing something, going somewhere or whatever you feel like you need out of your life, make sure whenever you have the initial feeling of "oh my God, this is actually not good for me" you journal about when and why you felt that way. Even if later it turns out you gave up on taking action, with time you will be able to identify patterns more easily. If you always feel a certain way after hanging out with someone for example, you can see more clearly how you actually feel about the relationship on the future.

Journal the good too! : whenever something good happens, you might not feel as inclined to write about it because good days don't really feel like a burden you have to get out of your chest. However, whenever you can remember to write down a good memory I highly suggest you do so, it turns your journal into a sort of "time capsule", and whenever you need to be reminded on how fulfilled you can feel, the memories will be there. Something I like to do is collect little things like tickets, notes, panflets, etc. That can remind me of the places I went and of my friends and family.

Reread what you wrote : I feel like this has been implicit this whole time, but it's good to make it clear. Take time to reread what you say and reflect on patterns and emotions. If you want to make notes about what you realised reading your journal, that's really good too! Take a look on what is making you happy or sad and think about what you can do in the future to deal with this situations. And, just as a side note: if you want to write something on the margins, DO IT. Don't let the pressure to have a perfect artsy journal get to you. Write with colorful pen and markers if you feel like it would make it better to look at

Don't make it a chore: if you don't feel like writing, don't. If you do, write however many pages you want independent of having something big to say or not. If you want to go on a four pages rant about the new album you just downloaded or the new series you started, do so. Journaling can also be a way go cheer you up! But if you don't feel like you have anything to say fo a week, don't peer pressure yourself into writing everyday. If you feel like you need more motivation to use your journal, just find something to log in there that you actually like, you can turn it into a planner/ journal hybrid so you can use it every day, keep your lists in there (especially movie/TV shows / book lists, since those normally the ones people get more exited about). You can even make it a doodle book.

If you want some prompts ideas or more journaling tips, here are some places you can find useful on YouTube:

Lavanderie:

JOURNALING 📘

Journaling for self discovery, journal flip through & how to journal for beginners

Kaitlin Grey

journalling

Abbey Sy:

Creative Journaling 📓

Make daily journaling a habit with these videos to spark your creativity!

Rashawnda James (linking her entire channel because her journaling Playlists doesn't have all of her journaling videos. She has a really cool series talking about journaling for depression, anxiety etc. And apparently she is a therapist, so if you are having trouble with that this is probably the best place)

Rashawnda James

Rashawnda Carey is a licensed mental health therapist. This channel is a place for people to learn about self help, mental health and life s

I hope you find this helpful and see some confort in journaling! Good luck in your self discovery path 💕

[janihernan]

This is very helpful!

[harpseal-bujo]

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July 13 || I forgot to post these pics before so I’ll post these now. My new icon and headers for my Tumblr blog! I drew the icon hehhehehheh. Anyhow, today I did some school work. I’m also almost finished with a painting. Gonna post it here once it’s done!

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Summer Studying Challenge of @myhoneststudyblr

10th July - What is the best vacation you have ever been on? (note: doesn’t have to be a summer vacation)

I guess it would be that time when we went to the beach with my relatives to celebrate New Years. 

11th July - What is your favourite vacation memory?

The one above ^

12th July - What is the worst vacation you have ever been on?

I don’t have a “worst vacation.” Although I did have boring ones, they weren’t that bad since I was able to relax from all the school work and other stressful things. 

13th July - What is your dream vacation?

Playing in the beach with my 2 friends from school. I just love going to the beach hahahaha

[unbotheredmuse]

[monsterbi]

[lordrawrxe]

Active studyblrs out there?

Most of my old favourite studyblrs are either inactive or just no longer on Tumblr. If you are a studyblr, please reblog/follow, I need you to help me get through this year ♡☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

[aralikael]

planting the first seeds of my studyblr

Hi! I’m Ikael. I’m a bit nervous about starting this blog but this is something that really excites me a lot. I admire the studyblr community for a lot of things: the politeness, the perseverance, and the discipline. More than that, I wanted to start this especially when I saw an incorporation of taking rests/breaks, slowing down, romanticizing life, and taking things at your pace; I felt more valid in the way that I have both times of palpable work ethic and unmistakable burn out.

Here are some general info about me:

-17

-Southeast Asian

-soon starting Senior Highschool 

-she/her

-hobbies: reading, writing, trying my hand at editing videos

This is new blog (kinda) and I have other tumblr blogs too, which I used back then. That’s where I was introduced to the studyblr community. Here are some of the blogs made me want to start a studyblr:

@jeonchemstudy @study-van​ @isabella-study @myhoneststudyblr @castudies​ @eintsein​ @academiix​ @ghiblisstudies​ @paperbackrainbows​ @studeeon​

I want to document some of the important things in my life, especially as I feel like I’m entering a new stage right know. I’m planning to post about:

-100 days of productivity

-room makeover

-learning life series