Her Kindliness

Hello! justfrodo here. This blog will mostly feature writing tips, my personal writing ideas, books and anything and everything else involved with my adventures in the written world. Feel free to add me on goodreads, I'll accept as long as you send an ask telling me you added me.

[pageswithinme]

Chapter 55.

Enough said. 

😉💙😉

[lostlxmb]

06/30—07/16 › 85 — 100/100 + the rest of july

don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. —dr. seuss

[bled]

[lampurple]

Actual good first-time college student advice:

Wear jeans/pants that “breathe” and bring a sweater, even if it’s scorching hot out, until you know which building blasts the AC to 60 degrees F and which feels like a sauna

Backpacks with thick straps are your friend!  Messenger bags are cool and all but if you’re commuting with a lot of stuff, symmetrically styled backpacks are better for your back

You are your own person and you can walk out whenever you need to or want to, so long as you’re not disrupting the class.  Meaning you can go to the bathroom without permission, take a breather if you’re anxious, answer an important phone call, etc.

If you don’t like the class on the first day, if you can- DROP THAT CLASS AND TAKE ANOTHER ONE!  It’ll only get worse from there!

If you can, take a class outside your major; it’s a good break from your expected studies.

You are in charge of your schedule.  Your adviser and guidance counselor is there to ‘advise and guide’ but if you don’t like certain classes and you can substitute for others, that’s your choice.

Consequently, if you are changing anything drastic in your plan, talk with your adviser and instructors.

Pay attention to your credit hours and grades.  Never leave this to the last week of school, you will be sorry and stressed beyond belief!

Unless it’s a lab book or otherwise specified, go to the class for a week or so before buying an expensive textbook.  Some classes, while having it on their required list, do not actually use the textbook a whole lot and you might find some of it scanned online.  Rent if you can or buy used online (schools actually don’t give discounts).  Use your best judgement on what you think you need.

Tell the people who go up to you selling or advertising things you are not interested in that you are in a rush to class and don’t have time to listen to them.  It’s less rude and they’ll leave you alone.

The smaller the class, the better it is to have some sort of acquaintanceship with a couple classmates.  They might save your ass if you are absent one day or need to study.  And talking with them makes the time go by faster without it being so insufferable.

You don’t need to join a club or sport, but internships are cool and useful!

If you can afford it, take a day off once or twice each semester if you’re too exhausted.  Just be aware of what you missed and if it was worth missing!

Your health is the most important, this goes for mental health too!!  Note: College-age/upper teens is when mental disorders like depression and anxiety are most commonly diagnosed.  Most schools have therapy services, especially during exam time.  Look into it if you need to!

Communicate with your professor if you are having trouble with something.  Anything.

Eat and stay hydrated.  Bring a water bottle and snack to class.

All-nighters will happen but never go over 36 hours without sleep.

It’s going to be hard and there will be times you might think about giving up.  This WILL happen.  You just have to make sure what you’re doing isn’t making you absolutely miserable and/or there is something rewarding and positive to look forward to at the end!

[saintmosshart]

I did none of this and it bit me in the ass every time so this is EXCELLENT ADVICE.

ADDITIONAL ADVICE

Don’t let a mental health day turn into a mental health week because you will be so screwed.

Pay attention to the syllabus and do not lose it. A lot of professors put all of the assignment due dates in there and ONLY in there.

If your school has blackboard or moodle etc. CHECK IT. a lot of professors will only post certain info there and not talk about it in class

Check your student email account weekly. A lot of it will be unimportant junk but sometimes it’s the only way professors will communicate.

[beauty-and-learning-blog]

Check your student email multiple times DAILY. 

[fightostudy]

THANK YOU. I’m so glad i have resources like this queued up in my ‘college’ tag bc honestly i was so stressed before

[studyingallnight]

Advice from someone who really fucked up their freshman year:

READINGS ARE NOT OPTIONAL.

I REPEAT. READINGS. ARE. NOT. OPTIONAL.

Put them in your schedule, read BEFORE class. And summarise it. For bonus points, come up with some questions about the text and go introduce yourself to your professor either after class or during office hours, and ask them about it. This will make them much more likely to remember you in a positive light (and possibly bump your grade up if you hit a hard patch.)

Your library will have a copy of your textbook. If you cannot afford to rent it, you can go to the library and borrow it from the front desk for a few hours whenever you need it. It is there for you, okay? 

SO DO YOUR READINGS.

[studykouffee]

01.07.16 

“there is no easy way from earth to the stars.“ 

trashed my old layout and attempted a new one, failure confirmed 

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[studitis]

Muji & Mildliner haul. As well as some stickers I made today

[livingthatlibrarylifestyle]

Bujo layout for the week done ✨ my exam results are being released tomorrow, hold thumbs for me 🙈

[studywithinspo]

I’m testing out my new handwriting, still practicing it 😂 Inspired by @itslahe her bujo is so good!!

[nelmdraws-deactivated20250331]

“What do I do?” “You light up the darkness.”

Dorian the puppy King.

[hawkstudiesarchive]

2.14.16// First mini Muji haul just came in the mail! A little Valentine’s present to myself. I’ve been eyeing these forever!

Note, the pencil case is actually from etsy, but doesn’t it fit with Muji supplies so nicely? Feel free to ask for the link.

[educatier]

hey, who are some of your favourite studyblrs with amazing bullet journals?

   Amazing bullet journals hmmmm I know of LOTS. Prepare for a lot of fangirling. But like seriously tho appreciate those people. Making a BJ is HARD.

@studypetals - her bj sets the high standards tbh. how do they contain so much perfection in such little pages?!? . Rhi is also very very kind and aMazInG <3 I hiGhkeY screams everytime she’s on my dash.

@asazora - KOU. MY LOVE. I love kou’s bj so much (Like its the perfect amount of clutter ya feel?) and she’s so perF and argH. Her photos (photo bloge @seigakun) are also A++ ily.

@lostlxmb - Goals? yes!!! Her bj strikes the perfect balance of minimalism.  I gasp every time I see her posts cuz *GASP* It’s my aesthetics aF okaY

@productiveflower - Her bj is so delicate and sweet and organized. I just cry  omg. I will never stop crying over perfection. Her white space is just perfect.com.

@thearialligraphyproject - she’s mostly known for her printables but have you seen her bj?!? It’s like ~omg I’m in heaven yet it’s titled hell’s week it doesn’t make sense~

@studytildawn - Her bj’s moods are matched perfectly. And they are so elegant and just very gorgeous okay. Sighhh. Her bj is like the ClassicTM, very timeless.

@genspen - Gen’s bj is A+++ Goals AF. So cute and the colors and AHHH. ORGANIZATION ON POINT. Gen is also like the nicest and sweetest human being TOO so Added BonUS <33 

@studyrose - Her bj is legit the bomb.com SM color SM EVERYTHING. I SCREAM. JUST LOOK AT IT. LOOK AT THE AMAZING.

@kimching232 - ohgawdIjustrealizedIwasn’tfollowingherdothatnow.  Her bj is like neutral with pops of color omg I loVE. She’s so creative with her spread I just wanna like sob. a lot.

and YEAH BASICALLY THOSE ARE MY TO-GO LIST WHEN I am looking for bujo inspo. If you want additional inspiration on beautifying your bj or just random bj posts, check out my bullet journal and beautify tag. Now I need to go calm myself down thanks. Yeah.. I kinda… had a little session..there.. okay bye.

[lostlxmb]

aHH I DONT DESERVE TO BE ON A LIST WITH EVERYONE ELSE HERE i was so happy when i read this the first time and then the second time and then the third time!! im so flattered honestly and youre too kind ahh

[aggiesbujo-deactivated20170418]

To @of-the-sweetest-tea I hope this helps

PS I forgot to cross the T

[lostlxmb]

I DO THAT ALL THE TIME OMG!! btw your handwriting is really lovely!!

[studypetals]

6.2.16+5:58pm // probably the most successful washi tape haul i’ve ever had! i couldn’t wait to show you guys!

[studyingstudent]

guys!!! During scholarship application season and I found this cute website to make resumes. It’s also very useful to make infographics to study from! Above are some of their free templates :-)

[areistotle]

yooo i’m trying out new styles of masterposts bc emojis are cool B-) [and that’s my fav emoji] anyway, this is a list of really great books + poems that you should read as recommended by me and one of my english teachers [i was supposed to read some this summer but i didn’t have time to read all of them] <//3 for my fellow english students, and those who are not [but still enjoy literature, as you should]

classics [in no particular order]

any jane austen book is rly gr8 tbh!!!

to kill a mockingbird by harper lee

the great gatsby by f.scott fitzgerald

jane eyre by charlotte bronte

wuthering heights by emily bronte

little women by louisa may alcott

lord of the flies by william golding

of mice and men by john steinbeck

the adventures of huckleberry finn by mark twain

frankenstein by mary shelley

anything by charles dickens

and anything by jrr tolkien

the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde

fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury

the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne

the odyssey + the iliad by homer

any literature by shakespeare!!

ana karenina by leo tolstoy

les miserables by victor hugo

the diary of a young girl by anne frank

the brothers karamazov by fyodor dostoyevsky

the little prince by antoine de saint-exupéry

rebecca by daphne du maurier

the bell jar by sylvia plath

don quixote by miguel de cervantes

the adventures of sherlock holmes by sir arthur conon doyle

around the world in eighty days by jules verne

the chronicles of narnia by cs lewis

the handmaid’s tale by margaret atwood

mrs. dalloway by virginia woolf

the hitchhicker’s guide to the galaxy by douglas adams

the divine comedy by dante alighieri

the alchemist by paulo coelho

love in the time of cholera + one hundred years of solitude by gabriel garcia marquez

lolita by vladimir nabokov

the republic by plato [my bae]

the british museum is falling down by david lodge

the lifted veil and brother jacob by george elliot

brave new world by aldous huxley

the awakening by kate chopin

the prime of miss jean brodie by muriel spark

twenty thousand leagues under the sea by jules verne

really nice modern books

harry potter by jk rowling

the life of pi by yann martel

the lovely bones by alice sebold

the girl with the dragon tattoo by stieg larsson

the time traveler’s wife by audrey niffenegger

memoirs of a geisha by arthur golden

gone girl by gillian flynn

the raven cycle by maggie stiefvater

atonement by ian mcewan

the hunger games by suzanne collins

the book thief by markus zusak

room by emma donoghue

fight club by chuck palahnuik

[you knew it was coming] the fault in our stars by john green

anything by haruki murakami is gold tbh!!! [i’m currently reading norwegian wood]

read george orwell books!!!

the perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky

amy snow by tracy rees

aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe [my fav ever!!!]

the song of achilles by madeline miller

poetry

rupi kaur is my fav ever!!!!!

war poems by wilfred owen

read emily dickinson’s poems

and wb yeats

and john keats

poetry about girls who love girls

really nice motivational thing [another fav]

recs!!!

my poetry if u wanna

+ my poetry tag

more links

short stories everyone should read

a gr8 lit post

another gr8 lit post!!!

lit movements for the signs [just an astrology thing]

whoaaaa this came so much longer than i had expected it to be!! nevertheless, i do hope you enjoyed it <3 if you have any questions or want to request a masterpost, just message me!!

[studyandlush]

The only masterpost I’ll ever need in my life

[introvertedbookworm24]

I bought this gorgeous handmade notebook from HappyDappyBits on Etsy. You should definitely check out her store because she makes so many gorgeous cards and journals 😊💚

[mujistudies]

A compilation of chrome extensions and iOS + Android apps (some are paid and some are free)  °☆.。.:*・°☆

| For your computer |

fliqlo

momentum

lanes

clarity

embark

minimal clock

infinity

currently

polar clock

caffeine

f.lux

be limitless

leoh

dream afar

| For your note taking |

evernote

onenote

simplenote

somnote

iNotes

notability

notes plus

google keep

quip

inkflow visual notebook

jot

good notes

noteshelf

| For your to-do lists | 

wunderlist 

moo.do

todoist

habitica

trello

any.do 

priority matrix

do

glass planner

swipes

timetune

| For your planners + calendars |

myStudyLife

myHomework

sunrise calendar

google calendar

plan

sol calendar

| For your timing + focus | 

tide

forest

pomotodo

flat tomato

pomello

pomodrone

clearfocus 

tomato timer 

30/30

focusnow

tasks and measures

self control

stayfocusd

timewarp

cold turkey

atimelogger

writer’s block

| For your presentations |

prezi

powerpoint

emaze

raw shorts

powtoon

| For your storage | 

google drive

dropbox

| For your mindmaps + diagrams | 

mindmeister

lucidchart

goconqr

gliffy

google drawings

| For your tests + flashcards | 

goconqr

quizlet

flashcards+

anki

| For your writings | 

zotero

grammarly

hemingway

| For your health |

fabulous

plant nanny

safetrek

sleep bot

sleep better

to bed

nike + running

waterlogged

period tracker

weight loss coach

health mapper

medisafe

| For your inner peace  | 

stop, breathe & think

headspace

pacifica

noisli

sleepio

infinite storm

relax melodies

calm

sam

thunderspace

mindshift

taomix

i am

pillow

binaural