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- Emo music: Panic ! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, Arctic Monkeys, My Chemical Romance, AJR, Jon Bellion, MAX

- Netflix shows: Stranger Things, Lucifer

- Books: After, the Mortal Instruments, Red Queen

- Vintage music: Nirvana, Queen

- Winter and fall vibes

- Aesthetic / Indie / Grunge style

If someone is interested in teaching me all of the things to know about this plateform, please dm me!  =)

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HERE’S THE STEP-BY-STEP:

1. List out all the chapters from all your subjects that will be in the exam

This will make sure you’re not missing out anything during your revision and you’re clear about what you have to study.

2. For each subject, identify which chapters you’re stronger and weaker at

You would want to spend more time on the areas that you are weaker at, rather than waste time on the areas you’re already slayin. 

3. Identify the subjects you need to spend more time on

There’s just that subject we can’t really get right, and so even though it sucks we have to dedicate more time to it in our study schedule

4. Is your school organizing revision classes? Add that to your schedule. 

I usually don’t count these classes as part of my revision but usually, teachers would give exam tips that would be really helpful. On those days, my revision time would be lesser, so I’ll make up for it during the weekend by waking up early for example. Add in your tuition classes too!! 

5. Choose a platform to lay out your study schedule

I first plan everything on an excel sheet because I can edit it whenever I want unlike when I write it down. But after finishing the excel sheet I will write down what I’ll be studying for the WEEK ONLY on my a4 weekly planner from kikki.k that’s on my desk so I can always refer to it while I’m studying to see what’s next. When the next week comes I’ll write on my weekly planner again. 

HOW TO STICK TO IT:

Making a study schedule will be vexing and time-consuming but once it’s done it’s going to make your life for the next week or months so much easier. Be prepared to spend a few hours planning. Turn on some nice music, make yourself your favourite drink, and whip out those subjects syllabus. 

First of all, you spend a heck of an effort to make that schedule. Respect yourself and try your best to stick with it. While making the study schedule, be realistic and not try to burden yourself with too much work. 

I use this amazing app called “clearfocus” that basically allows me to set a time I’ll study for, and when the timer ends I get to rest for a certain time. So I could study for 30 mins and rest for 5 mins. There’s also a function that when the timer for studying is on, the wifi and internet will automatically turn off which helps ALOT with distraction. If you can’t find that app, I’m pretty sure there are alternatives, SO NO EXCUSES. 

On my weekly planner, I’ll cross out whenever I’m done with a block of revision so it gives me that sense of accomplishment that gets me wanting to achieve more.

At the end of my study schedule and when the exam period is finally here, I look through all my tangible weekly planners and see all that I’ve accomplished and feel good about myself, because no matter what, I did my best, prepared myself, and what comes from it is what I’ll get and be happy with.

You should be too. As long as you did your best, you did good.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS JUST DROP ME AN ASK AND I’LL DEFINITELY GET BACK 

If not, good luck!

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Habits of successful students

Discipline: “discipline is doing what needs to be done, even when you don’t want to”, which means that you have to force yourself to start doing things. 

Concentration: when you make a real effort in your work (study, homeworks etc…) you will be more likely to actually focus, understand and learn. 

Organization: always set tasks and goals and organize a study-schedule. Maybe you don’t really want to plan all the week, but if you just wake up and open your agenda/bullet journal/iphone calendar and write down all the things you have to do, setting due dates and deadlines, you’ll feel more conscious and encouraged to stay on track. 

Tasks-splitting: sometimes, you write down your tasks. Some of these tasks may be very hard and complicated, and it will take a long long time to complete them. So, you can split them in smaller tasks, so you will feel satisfied after a shorter period of time, instead of studying for hours and still seeing that chapter undone on your study-schedule. 

Watch the sunrise: when I wake up late, I feel like I don’t have enought time to do my work and lose my motivation. I literally panic and then I think “whatever, I could not complete all the things anyway”. So, if you wake up earlier you will feel more positive and  controlled. 

Smart reading: try not to read your textbook just like a newspaper. For every paragraph you read, try to underline and write down key words and then your question about that subject. Literally, turn your textbook into questions. If you write down question - particularly why…? - and think about the answer, you will be more likely to remember that stuff later. 

Healthy lifestile: if you don’t drink enough water in the morning, you will be more likely to have a decrease of concentration in the afternoon/evening, so: stay hydrated. Try also to have some snaks every one-two hours: feed your brain. 

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Tutorial: how to make a study schedule.

Make a reference sheet with separate lists for each subject. This reference sheet is used to orient your daily studying.

List the material you need to study for each subject. Be more specific than you would be on a study schedule and make sure you put down everything you need to go over.

On your schedule, highlight the exam dates and deadlines and put down any relevant information. (Get the template here)

Using your reference sheet, assign certain material to go through each day.

Scheduling tips

If you haven’t been working on study material throughout the semester; schedule days before your study leave to work on study sheets for revision, flash cards, summaries, whatever you use to study. 

Take a day to gather your study material before your study leave begins. Like the weekend classes end or so. This will save you a lot of time when you sit down to study every day.

Schedule your studying so that you start studying for the last final first, and the first final last. Make sure you start this early enough to give yourself time to revise for the subjects you need to.

If you have a day between each of your finals, take the night of the final off and revise for the next exam the day after. If not, take the couple of hours after your exam off then revise for the next one.

Schedule the harder/heavier material in a subject first, so that you work on that material when you have more energy.

If you’re taking subjects that you have difficulty with, or subjects with a heavy workload; schedule catch up days. However, don’t let that encourage you to slack off. Try to stick to your schedule and only rely on the catch up days if you really need to, and if you don’t; then it’s a day off!

Also, schedule days off… a day or if you can’t afford it, half a day. I can’t stress how important it is to take time for yourself, it’ll help you avoid burnout. 

Disclaimer: this is the way I’ve been making study schedules since I started college. By no means am I claiming it’s perfect or that everybody should follow it.

I’m sorry I’m posting this by the end of the year when a lot of people are already done with exams, but perhaps it’ll be helpful for people taking summer courses now? And also for next year :)

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