[joyfullyelegantdreams]

Can someone take me back to my time in Paris? So relaxing and I loved it. When I graduate with my degree, this is the one place I want to go. My time in Paris made me fall in love with the language and culture. 

[joyfullyelegantdreams]

A new challenge ;D

I’m sure many of you are familiar with the 30 Days of Productivity Challenge. This challenge will allow me to adopt the new habits that I’m trying to implement in life. For 30 Days, I will post my progress, my good days and bad to be productive and to be accountable to myself. My university semester just finished and exams have started but I do not have any exams this semester as they were all assignment and project based units.

My goals for this challenge:

1. Perform 1 act of self-care each day, whether its a meditation or a facial

2. Be physically active for 30 minutes for each day

3. Study or read for 30 minutes each day, I really want to study a language again so I will focus on French as I studied it for 2 years in high school and never kept up when I graduated.

[joyfullyelegantdreams]

Day 1 of 30

Soo...my first day of trying to be productive and I think it went pretty well. I left the house after not leaving for 5 days and went to the gym. Exercise goal accomplished. I did 30 minutes of French through the Duolingo app. It is always so fun and definitely brings out the competitiveness in me. Although, I am eager to integrate the reading and writing into forming sentences but baby steps first. My last goal was one act of self care, I think that was achieved through a face massage that I gave myself. 

I go back to work tomorrow and honestly I don't want to go but it’ll be good for me. I am thankful to have a job as some people don’t have one. I like my coworkers and tomorrow will be a good day. 

Same goals for tomorrow:

1. 30 mins physical activity

2. 30 mins French study

3. 1 act of self care

I wish you a great day or night, wherever you are in the world! I am now going to sleep and I am going to have a great day tomorrow as are you! Be positive and take one step at a time. 

Flick,

xoxo

[joyfullyelegantdreams]

If you can dream it, you can do it

Walt Disney

[joyfullyelegantdreams]

I’m a little lost. So here is me

Hi, 

I am not very active on social media but want to create a blog that will be my outlet, a hobby that I might enjoy other than endlessly scrolling through Instagram and liking photos of people that I aspire to be in aspects of life. I thought I’d introduce myself. I am Felicity, a 21 years old university student who is so confused with what to do with life as I am sure many others are as well.

I suffer from anxiety, depression and ADHD. I love cats. I live with 5 of them, 4 girls and 1 boy. I am studying marketing and art industries & management. 

For this blog, I want to share and create content that represent what I want in life and what can help in life. I want to do it happily and find some more joy and I love living in my head, in my dreams; hence the name - joyfullyelegantdreams.

I really enjoyed Disney as a kid and still do, I recently recalled a quote that has become my mantra: If you can dream it, you can do it, once said by Disney’s founder, Walt Disney. 

I hope wherever you are in the world, that you are safe, healthy and coping with life.

Love,

Felicity

xoxo 

[smartspo]

now that most of us are at home, i thought this could be useful to the ones who aren't that used to learning material on their own and aren’t sure where to start, or which order of steps to follow. happy studying! 💗

studygram

[emmastudies]

How to create a study schedule for the holidays

Holidays are just that, holidays. However school and university doesn’t always stop for them. Whilst you’re supposed to be relaxing, there is usually a stack of work waiting to be finished before you go back. After a couple of requests, I’ve put together a small guide to setting up (and following) a holiday study schedule. Keep reading to find out more:

Start early - most students (myself included) generally leave all their work until the last few days of the holidays, then they panic about not having enough time. As soon as you’re able, get started with your schedule. The sooner you start, the sooner all your work is done and you’re free to have a study free holiday. Plus starting early means that you will remember things from your last few classes. If you’ve been off for two weeks and not thought about school, you’ll have to review everything you did before school finish in order to jog your memory!

Write down everything that needs to be done - create a list of everything that you need to finish before you go back to school. I find it easiest to write everything in chronological order and separated by subject. For example, I’d write ‘read chapter 2′, then ‘summarises chapter 2′, then ‘complete review questions’. This way you can see everything you need to cover in the study plan.

Decide how long it will take - estimate how much time all your to-dos will take - maybe a day to type up your class notes, an afternoon to write an essay or an hour to finish a worksheet you didn’t complete. Start fitting in each task around your holiday plans. If you have a spare hour, you could draft that essay you need to write. If you’re spending two hours in the car, print your notes and revise them. Before bed, read the flashcards that you made!

Plan it out - using a calendar or excel, make a schedule for your holiday. It could be daily, weekly, or monthly depending on which way you find it best to plan. Include all the tasks you’d want to complete in that time period. If you get bored easily, break it up into small time periods or change subjects after a few hours! Vary the tasks you need to complete. For instance, no-one wants to spend a day writing essay after essay. Spread them out across a few days and add other small, more fun tasks in between. Here is a study schedule I created which you can download and print! Here is an example of how to fill it out. Design it to what suits you the best, illustrate it or highlight it! Make it something you want to follow.

Take charge of improving your productivity - By planning out your time and setting up a schedule you’re attempting to improve your productivity. Since it is the holidays you don’t want to be spending hours on end finishing work or revising. Find ways to keep yourself accountable for your time. Applications such as Forest or RescueTime are great for helping you stay focused. I also created a post with 10 small tips to improve your productivity. Have a read and try to apply some of them to your studying!

Stick with it - the best way to actually follow your study plan is by being motivated to use it. Put it in a place you see often, for instance near your bed or above your desk. Each morning, see what you need to do and try to get it done. Reward yourself for completing the tasks you need to and cross them off your schedule. However, don’t be afraid to make changes to it. If you can get something do sooner, go ahead but if you miss a day, don’t fret. Either reprint or retype your schedule with new plan!

Take time out - remember that it is your holiday and you don’t need to work 24/7. Have a break, have ten. Take a day to binge watch your favourite show or read that book you’ve wanted too. Don’t feel bad about having some down time, you deserve it! 

I hope this helps and you have a lovely holiday! Enjoy the printable I added into the post as well. If you use it, please tag me in any photo you upload! x

[loverssweets-deactivated2019031]

[aspiretostudy]

Intro

The time to get back to school, get organized and back into our routines is soon to come, and I am trying to do my part in making that a bit easier. Last year I created a post with some of the best resources I have gathered throughout my years in the academic field, and this year I have even more and better links, resources and help to give you. Best of luck this year, you will rock and I hope I can give you a little help for this year to come.

Staying organized and planned

Staying organized will not only help you keeping stress on a leash, but also your grades and marks where they need to be. Knowing what to do and when to do it makes a smart student, leaving space for actual life, and staying on track.

Bookmark and keep a to-do list on your dashboard

Everything you need to know about bullet journaling 

Making a syllabible 

Tips on using a planner and keeping organized 

Planner app to help you stay on track (iPhone) 

To-do list app

Keeping all your documents organized

Printable resources to stay organized

Stress, anxiety and managing it

School has the tendency of being both stressing and bringing out anxiety, and no matter how important your academic life is, your mental health and wellbeing is always the main importance. Know what resources you have, and use them.

Stress reduction activities for students 

The 10 rules of self help to keeping calm during tests

Have your place of quite and calmness 

Take a meditation break 

Learn about mental help

Dealing with test anxiety 

Take a 2 minute break for yourself 

20 tips to surivive your overloaded schedule

Reading and books

Books can be expensive, hard to understand and even harder to know where to start.

Alternatives to buying expensive books: Textbooknova, Reddit, Bookboon, Textbookrevolution, GaTech Math Textbooks, Ebookee, Freebookspot, Free-ebooks, Getfreeebooks, BookFinde, Oerconsortium and Project Gutenberg 

How to take notes while reading 

Effective reading and note-taking 

Read to learn 

Making an easy biblography 

Steps to reading a difficult book

Math and science

Just like any other subjects science and math can often be hard, and sometimes having a good set of resources to ask for help makes the whole thing a lot easier.

Balance chemical equations 

Periodic table 

Amazing chemistry masterpost 

Online advanced calculator 

Math problem solver 

Math cheat sheets 

Visualised math 

Anatomy and physiology animations 

Human anatomy online 

3D brain 

The physics classroom

Learning, revision and cramming

Nothing is better than good resources when your mind is tired from staring at the same old textbook, feeling like nothing goes in.

Figure out in which way you learn best

Learn about everything, simple and easy 

You can learn everything (KhanAcademy) 

Learning by visualisation (CrashCourse) 

Simple Wikipedia

Use mind mapping 

Make flashcards 

Seven days study plan

15 steps to success

Stay focused 

Find your motivation

Writing and essays

Essays are completely impossible to miss, and knowing where to start and finish may be really hard. Checklists, tips and help might be exactly what you need to make that a bit easier.

10 practical tips for writing better exam essays

Writing an essay

Writing application essays

Writing a personal statement

Genre characteristics

Writing a literary analysis essay

Answering essay questions

Get feedback

What is the word you´re looking for? 

How to formate your paper

Plaglarism checker

Apps, software and programs

Living in a technical world we are blessed with the oppertunity to take our resources around with us everywhere we go.

Openoffice and Libreoffice

Dropnote

Google docs

EverNot

Prezi (For presentations.) 

Grammar check

Staying focused for Mac, Chrome and Firefox

Best apps for students masterpost

Homework help

How to take digital notes

Study related apps

Taking tests, exams and finals

Using the above studying tips will help you do well on your exams and tests, but sometimes it takes a bit more spesific techniques.

Study skills for test taking

How to take important tests 

Taking your first exam 

Multiple choice exams guide 

How to prepare for a test 

Checklist for essay tests

Learning languages

Whether you want to have the ability to learn a whole new language through the internet or to spark the knowledge you already have: I got you covered.

Learn terms and glossary in Quizlet

Learn a language with Duolingo

Learn a language with Busuu

Learn a language with Memrise

Learn a language with Babbel 

The language resources website

Living as a student

Being a student is for many of us not only classes, it is also living on a tight budget, being confused and having no idea how to do anything because you are growing up. So I gathered some resources for us confused kids.

Quick, easy and cheap recipes for students 

How to survive in a dorm

Introverts in college

How to coupon

What to do when you can´t pay your bills 

Make a doctor´s appointment 

How to do taxes 

How to buy a car 

What you need for your apartment

[thehopefulhello]

This one always makes me smile.

[studymedically]

50 Reasons Why You Should Study

Need motivation?

To get an education. 

To earn a degree. There are barely any jobs that offer positions to people without a degree, or are on the path of obtaining one.

To prove people wrong. That science teacher that said you’ll never make it in the medical field? Make him eat his words. 

To prove yourself wrong. Every student has doubts on whether or not they can be good enough in the classroom. Prove yourself wrong, and always be better than you were yesterday. 

This is a privilege. Regardless of how much you believe that you HAVE to do this, to some extend you don’t. Realize that you have the privilege of an education even being an option for you.

Take advantage of what you’re capable of. Don’t waste a perfectly intelligent mind. 

More money. That degree can do wonderful things to your bank account in the future. 

It’s interesting. Studying can get pretty boring, but there are always those topics that spark your curiosity and motivate you to learn more.

It’s attractive. Not everyone cares for someone who is academically gifted, but a partner who is eager to learn makes me eager to take my pants off.

It’s useful. That random fact that you read in a random textbook can stick with you and really end up helping you out one day.

It’s fun to know useless shit sometimes.

To make your parents proud. This is one of the main reasons I study. My parents have always been aware of my capabilities and have pushed me to be academically better every year. They know I have big dreams, and I just want to achieve them so they can know that their child made it.

To make myself proud. This goes along with number four. Knowing that you accomplished something, however small or big the thing may be, is a huge self-esteem booster.

To be independent. There’s nothing quite like knowing that you don’t need someone else’s job, degree, intelligence, or presence to make you successful.

To pursue your passion. 

To gain knowledge. Whether its in your field, or a completely different one, being knowledgeable is just downright fun.

People will look up to you. Your siblings, your best friends, and your classmates may see you consistently studying, and it could motivate them to do the same. 

To make a name for yourself. “Oh yeah, (insert name here), I know them. Aren’t they like really successful now?”

To become your own role model.

To be able to pay off your student loans.

Because the long nights and excessive coffee will all be worth it. Even if it doesn’t seem like it now. 

To exercise your brain. Your brain is just like a muscle, and like the body it needs to be exercised. 

To improve your hippocampus. Your hippocamus is responsible for memory, and if you study your memorization will become significantly better.

To not waste time doing useless stuff. 

Because stationary is amazing. I could spend a whole paycheck on just pens.

Because notes are actually all so pretty. 

To be productive. I used to spend a lot of time on social media, and although I still do, the amount of time I spend studying and getting stuff done has definitely increased.

So classes will be easier. 

So tests will be easier.

To impress your professors. Get those letters of recommendation! 

So the anxiety of getting a bad grade is sufficiently decreased. I constantly worry about my grades, but studying has helped me not worry so much.

Because coffee exists. 

There is no other atmosphere quite like the inside of a library. 

So you won’t have to retake a class. Failing a prerequisite for your major really sucks, so maybe try not failing the first time around. This also saves you a lot of money because you won’t have to pay for the class again. 

Finals week won’t suck as bad. You’ll be used to studying so when finals week comes around it wont nearly be as stressful as for those students who are now opening a textbook. 

You won’t go to as many college parties. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for socializing and having fun, but a lot can go wrong at a college party very quickly. And there’s no better way to prevent that, than just not going to the party cause you’re reading your economics textbook. 

You’ll get used to FOMO. Fear of Missing Out. Every teenagers nightmare. Eventually, you’ll get used to the feeling. 

You’ll be getting the most out of your college experience. You’re paying for these classes. Might as well try your best to pass. 

You’ll get used to not getting enough sleep. So, if you decide to go to grad school you’ll have that department covered. 

There’s really good study music out there. 

I guarantee there will be at least 5 places on campus, or around you that are perfect for studying, and you’ll want to go there everyday. 

You’ll become a pro at writing essays, or lab reports.

You’ll learn fairly quickly that study groups rarely work. 

You’ll make a lot of friends that are just as passionate about studying as you are. And you will cherish them. 

Beauty and Brains. Don’t you want to fit that description? 

Thousands of students before you have done it, so you can too. 

You can run a studyblr. Aren’t they the cutest? 

You get really good at time management. 

Sleep becomes 5x more satisfactory after a night of studying.

Because you want to. There’s no better motivation for studying, than the motivation that comes from within. 

[teenytinymoss]

I finally got out of the house and am able to get some work done! (ft. this week’s spread!)

[faetherial]

A reminder for the girls with big plans

To all the girls with big dreams, who have been told that they are ‘too preoccupied with success’, or that they are ‘too selfish’ or ‘too ambitious’ - do not listen to the people who speak those words. If you love something that much, and will pursue it to the ends of the earth, do not give it up for anyone. Hold it close to your heart and understand that you are not obligated to dim your sparkle for anybody. In your life, there will always be people who tell you that you are too much or too little. They will say a woman is too assertive, or too reserved. They will say she feels too little or too much, that ambition is selfish. They may even be hurt or offended that you do not think the same. Yet at the end of the day, know in your heart that you are the only one who will ever know whether you are truly enough and that is what’s important. Go out there and smash the glass ceiling to pieces.

[boligraff]

Printables: Homework, essay and project planners

Requested by @theatrebooknook

These ones took a while but I think it was worthwhile. Thanks for waiting.

Download in my dropbox studyblr folder.

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[mindelevator]

STUDY PLAN

I personally use one page per subject, but you can use it however you like. For the “prep”, “after class”, “weekly review” and “monthly review” box, I tick those boxes after I have done those (e.g. prepared for class / reviewed after class etc.) for that particular topic. This can help me to keep track of my progress. You can download it here.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

I have always talked about making a weekly study timetable so that you can get used to the study routine and stick to it. Here is the printable I use for planning my weekly schedule. If you would like to have a word (.docx) version of it (for merging the boxes for example) you can message me and I will send it to you. Anyways, you can download it here.

MONTHLY GOALS PAGE

This is a page for you to write down your monthly goals. I personally would write down the tests/exams I know I will be having that month and also my desired/predicted grades. You can download it here.

Click here for more printables (strive-for-da-best). If you have any ideas or recommendations, I will be happy to post a new version or send a personal copy to you! x

[sara-laughed]

My Updated College Master List! 

Getting Ready for College

- The Ultimate Guide to Packing for College (x)

- How to Prepare for College Over the Summer (x)

- My Favorite School Supplies for College (x)

Wellness in College

- Why Balance Matters (x)

- How (and Why) to Become a Morning Person in College (x)

- Why College Is Not “One Size Fits All” (x)

- How to Practice Self-Care in College (x)

Organization and Time Management

- How to Budget Time in College (x)

- The Ultimate Guide to College Organization (x)

- 14 Productivity Hacks for College Students (x)

- Diagnosing Your Time Management in College (x)

- 45 Tips for Staying Organized in College (x)

- My 5 Favorite Apps for College Students (x)

Studying and Resources

- The Ultimate Guide to College Motivation (x)

- How to Get Your Best Grades in College (x) 

- The Ultimate College Resource Library (x)

- The Ultimate Guide to Writing a College Paper (x)

- How to Use and Assignment Planner with Free Printable (x)

- How to Prep for the Semester with Free Printables (x)

Finals

- How to Make a Study Plan for Finals (x)

- The Ultimate Guide to Final Exams (x)

- How to Reduce Stress During Finals (x)

[studyingbrains]

University Tips (non-conventional)

If these help anyone, great!

Wear sports bras/bralettes to lectures instead of the ones with a buckle at the back. They tend to poke and prod your back after a while if you’re leaning back. Sports bras don’t.

Set your timetable as your phone background for the first few weeks. Use this method for no. 6 too if you can be bothered. 

Lay a towel on your bed a few days before your period is due. If you leak on a towel you can just wash it or throw it away. Easier than washing and changing the sheets.

When you’re in a lecture taking notes on a laptop remember to turn down the brightness on your screen, especially if the lecturer has dimmed the lights. Otherwise you’ll annoy others and drain your battery. 

Save your recordings at every given break instead of making one continuous one through pausing. Sometimes files are too large to save and you don’t want to risk losing the entire lecture recording. Save as you go along.

If you need to remember something (e.g. a library book, USB, locker key..) write it on a post-it note and stick it on your shoes before you sleep. Make sure they’re the shoes you intend to wear the next day!

Don’t shoot me: if you have left an assignment really late, stay up as long as you can completing it (yes, that means an all-nighter may be needed). Sleep as soon as you’ve handed it in. 

If you use tech in a lecture e.g. phone for recording or electronic notetaking on your laptop, then mess around with it before uni begins. Know what buttons to press and when, otherwise you’ll mess up your notes and annoy others, with your excessive clicking. 

Always, always, ALWAYS carry a plastic bag/carrier bag. You might need to make a trip to the library, drink may spill in your bag so you’ll need an alternative or you may not be able to dispose of a pad/tampon until you get back home. Seriously, just carry one.  

Find out where coursework/assignment are submitted within your first week on campus. Ask admin how the procedure works and make sure you know it inside out. 

I’ll update this list as things come to me. I hope it helps, this is all my opinion, sorry.