Fistey and Unstopable

                      Aspiring preschool educator. Current Nanny. 20. Wi. Check out my personal @pop-pnktrsh. Looking for a Skype studybuddy.

[exclusivelyeva]

hi! when i study, i have to listen to music. because of this, i spend a lot of time finding stuff to listen to. here’s a masterposts of study sounds for anyone looking for new music :) 

soundtracks

the theory of everything

best of harry potter

ambient:

common rooms: slytherin | gryffindor | hufflepuff | ravenclaw

hogwarts library

the great hall

leaky cauldron

under the hogwarts lake

storm on the hogwarts express

hp ambient noise masterlist

pride & prejudice (fav!!)

lord of the rings

interstellar

disney

animal crossing

the martian

star trek

jurassic park

avengers

gaming soundtracks & playlists

favorite movie soundtracks 

8tracks

study like a superhero

work hard in silence, let success be your noise

yours, vincent (van gogh)

disney acoustics

jazz for the afternoon

the sky-the moon- the stars

songs that feel like hugs

stillness of the mind

coffee & tea

hogwarts

to the moon and back

pop goes instrumental

concentrate

aim for the sky

unfinished sentences

chasing daydreams

sad romantics

everything classic

winter workout

homework at hogwarts

once upon a time

avengers assemble

ultimate instrumental

a grand ball

ravenclaw | hufflepuff | slytherin | gryffindor

spotify playlists

spotify playlist recs

studying with spotify

peaceful piano

brain food

deep focus

intense studying

productive morning

a soft jazz backdrop

atmospheric calm

study vibes

relax & focus

instrumental study

white noise

ambient 

coffitivity

rainymood

soundrown

simplynoise

jazz & rain

faux fire

relaxing snow

a soft murmur

classy fireplace

rainforme

moodturn

snowymood

coding fm

ambient mixer (fav!!)

forest mood

rainy cafe

noisli

hipstersound

classical/instrumental

classical pieces for studying

6 hours of classical music

electronic versions of classical music

classical music masterpost

+ another classical music masterpost

the nutcracker act one

pictures at an exhibition

huge classical playlist

ultimate instrumental playlist

nature + ambient

stormy ocean

ocean

rain

wind (light)

wind (howling)

train

space

gentle rain

river

forest

waterfall

rainforest

thunderstorm

wind chimes

distant traffic

traffic in the rain

nature sounds

playlists by studyblrs!!

electronic thoughts by @eruditekid

drift away by @ofminervas

ascendancy by @unknown-notes

quiscence by @thecollegekid

stay calm by @mildlincrs

peace of mind by @eruditekid

classical studying by @mildlincrs

hard work time by @highlightcrs

back to school with disney by @hermionegoals

keys + strings by @noarasseo

march madness by @symphcny

0 gravity by @cmpsbls

study playlist by @studycell

finals life by @studyrelief

with two sugars, please by @symphcny

work hard, then play hard by @mildlincrs

mornings by @spacekid-studies

music masterposts 

study sounds

study sounds pt 2

study music

melodic studying

listen while studying

studying with music

soundtracks for study

ambient noise masterlist

study music masterpost

my posts

food

advice for freshman

[keep-it-collegiate-blog]

Trying to take cute outdoor pics alone because you have to friend to take them 😅⛅ #selfie #foreveralone

[keep-it-collegiate-blog]

News anchor who lacks tact #draft

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Productive

[howtosucceedinschool]

How I Stay on Top of My School Work: Using a 1 Dollar Planner

Recently I believe I have found #PlannerPeace. I created a dream of a Filofax for one dollar. In many of my FB groups (shout out to ya’ll!) I have been getting questions about my process. 

Step 1: I went to the goodwill and I found an A5 Filofax original in navy for $1!! I always recommend the goodwill or a cheap ring-bound binder. I prefer the ring bound option because I find it has the most flexibility. I am not too fond of the navy color, and considering repainting it, but I kept it navy so I could re-sell it if I ever want to, and because I am beginning to work in professional settings. Here is a picture of the Filofax itself. It was kind of banged up and dirty when I found it but hey it was $1!

Step 2: I went to target to find a few goodies. I bought a $3 stick note pack and I cut down and inserted one of the cute pads into the weird elastic band that originals have. I also put some page flags and stickies that were already part of my collection into the pockets and slots. I also stopped at Joann’s and purchased a number of sticky notes and stickers that were marked down to 50 cents!

For my front cover I used a printable template available on Belinda Selene’s blog! Check it out here!

I really would prefer not to get into the designs I used for the dividers, as I do not wish to get caught up in legal or copyright issues. Basically, I found some artwork I liked and I printed them and glued them to the original inserts, and then I used clear packaging tape to tape over the dividers to make them more sturdy. I call this the cheap lamination method, and I have used it in many Filofaxes and binders in the past. 

My first tab is school and calendar. In the section, I have an “inbox” at the front. This is a mini Avery page protector which I taped over and re-punched. Currently, it has a coupon for protein powder, a syllabus for my online class, a schedule for training I have next week, and a doctor’s bill. I empty this pocket frequently, however, as it is only meant to hold items I will be using very shortly.

When my next semester comes around I will put my syllabi for my fall classes in their own page protector directly behind this one. My next page is my monthly calendar which I printed from http://elizaellis.blogspot.com.au/search/label/irma%20planners and then cut.

I am OBSESSED with Eliza Ellis’ pages. They are fantastic. I currently use the monthly and weekly sets in the color happy. Depending on how next semester goes I may also eventually require some of her daily pages. 

I like to write down my to-do list for that day. I decorate with the remaining space. I also write down at least one thing I am grateful for. Sometimes those things get repetitive (I Am ALWAYS grateful on days I get monster ;) ) but that is a-ok. 

As I only plan one week at a time. I only keep one week in the planner but I keep all of the month inserts for the rest of the year. 

In the back of my school section I have another mini page protector where I put more long-term school related materials. Right now I have a recent transcript and some information regarding the advanced masters program I am getting ready to apply for. 

After that, I have a section which I currently just migrated to a different binder and am therefore not using in the moment. In the future, I hope to use this section for the undergraduate research I will hopefully be participating in this fall semester. And also for information about my job.

After this section, I have a section for my “hobbies”. In this section, I keep a running list of all of the teas which I currently own. I have a box to mark off when I finished it and if I will repurchase it.

Then I have a book tracker. Which I printed from this pdf. I write down all of the books that I read this year and I color code them based on how many star I gave them on Goodreads. On the following page, I have a list of some random books I am interested in further researching, purchasing, or checking out from the library. This list is on some old paper I ripped out of an old @erincondrenlifeplanner . 

My next section is my fitness section where I print and insert different short workouts I find on Pinterest. I may also add a page in here to track my weight. 

The next section I am not going to show because it is my blog section! I write down posts as I think of them and that way I always have a running list of ideas. 

At the back, I have a notes section where I write down notes that I need to remember that don’t pertain to a particular date or week.

 In the back of the planner, I keep a clear pencil pouch which I again used clear tape on and re-punched. I mostly keep functional calendar stickers and school related stickers in here. I also keep color coding stickers and Winnie the Pooh stickers which I use to mark dates and trips with my boyfriend. 

In the very back I keep an old dollar spot notepad, and a cute mini journal I got from Michaels for 50 cents. In case, I need more paper to write on or need to make a note for someone else.

Let me know if there is anything you would like to see a more close up picture of! I hope this inspired you to get on top of school and your planning!

[studypetals]

5.19.16+12:55pm // 55/100 days of productivity // here’s this week’s spread! spiced it up with bold-colored magazine cutouts and tried out some new lettering and doodles. good luck to everyone taking finals in the coming weeks, just in case i won’t be able to see you until then!

[brutereason]

Most writers were the kids who easily, almost automatically, got A’s in English class. (There are exceptions, but they often also seem to be exceptions to the general writerly habit of putting off writing as long as possible.) At an early age, when grammar school teachers were struggling to inculcate the lesson that effort was the main key to success in school, these future scribblers gave the obvious lie to this assertion. Where others read haltingly, they were plowing two grades ahead in the reading workbooks. These are the kids who turned in a completed YA novel for their fifth-grade project. It isn’t that they never failed, but at a very early age, they didn’t have to fail much; their natural talents kept them at the head of the class. This teaches a very bad, very false lesson: that success in work mostly depends on natural talent. Unfortunately, when you are a professional writer, you are competing with all the other kids who were at the top of their English classes. Your stuff may not—indeed, probably won’t—be the best anymore. If you’ve spent most of your life cruising ahead on natural ability, doing what came easily and quickly, every word you write becomes a test of just how much ability you have, every article a referendum on how good a writer you are. As long as you have not written that article, that speech, that novel, it could still be good. Before you take to the keys, you are Proust and Oscar Wilde and George Orwell all rolled up into one delicious package. By the time you’re finished, you’re more like one of those 1940’s pulp hacks who strung hundred-page paragraphs together with semicolons because it was too much effort to figure out where the sentence should end.

Why Writers Are the Worst Procrastinators - Megan McArdle - The Atlantic

The Why Writing Is So Hard field of psychology is very interesting to me.

(via abbrasions)

[keep-it-collegiate-blog]

Writing essays for finals, Hank Green is my break from writing. Thanks Hank!

[keep-it-collegiate-blog]

So... since spring break everything school wise when to shit.

I’m going to try again. :D

[theclassicsreader]

how do people go through life without frequent mental breakdowns over every minor mistake made in their academic life wow i wish i was one of those people 

[yikyakapp-blog]

“When your roommate’s having a mental breakdown but you’ve got finals to study for.” — Virginia Tech

[keep-it-collegiate-blog]

How I feel when people beep their horn at me😂

[studyhardnerd]

good ideas

[notastudyblryet-blog]

Why I’m not the source of my own post? 😐😅

[keep-it-collegiate-blog]

Work hard and the results will show it

[foldedpaperback]

31/100 days of productivity

Chaotic week means chaotic desk. 

[hollandstudy]

trying out some fonts using the gold mildliner(some turned out better than others haha)

[keep-it-collegiate-blog]

Feb 29 ･[day 10/100 Days of Productivity]

Lunch and some reading for media on Wednesday. The professor’s wife just had a baby so I don’t think we even have class this week.

[edrecoveryprobs]

The self-esteem movement

What our parents thought it would be:

What it actually became:

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