A Smol Procrastinator

17 ● Class of 2018 ● Aus ● Here's to hoping that I'll actually study now that I've made a studyblr. ● I follow back and stuff on @thisblogisawreck

[biochemica-blog1]

[reviseordie]

The first of hopefully more posts targeting some of my most popular questions. This one is to answer all the asks I receive about my own personal (and general) study tips. Hope you all like!

[frevin]

very ridiculous that i am expected to graduate college and then do something else after that

[eintsein]

SOURCES + LINKS

Dr. Bradberry, Travis. (January 15, 2018). “How to make yourself work when you don’t want to.” Retrieved from: https://medium.com/the-mission/how-to-make-yourself-work-when-you-dont-want-to-f4f251a85514

MacLellan, Lila. (January 15, 2018). “How to stop procrastinating.” Retrieved from: https://work.qz.com/1159212/how-to-stop-procrastinating/

Sun, Michael. (February 17, 2014). “Psychological Skills: Changing your Emotions - An Intro to Cognitive Reappraisal.” Retrieved from: https://www.psychologyinaction.org/psychology-in-action-1/2014/02/17/psychological-skills-changing-your-emotions-an-intro-to-cognitive-reappraisal

My masterposts, infographics, printables, + more!

[joannastudies]

🍂 autumn vibes 🍂 it’s been raining so much lately i’m liVING for this weather ⛈

[meltriestostudy]

25 . April . 2018 tech study snacks 🥑

[studyquill]

[dogs99999]

i hate the end of the semester so much! every day im like “ok honey u need to do x y and z or u will nearly fail all ur classes” and then when it comes down to it i’m watching 5 hours of youtube makeup tutorials 

[meltriestostudy]

14. April . 2018

Guess who went to the Commonwealth Games! It was pretty freaking fun watching people who can actually do sports. As the holidays come to a close, my goal for term 2 is going to be to stay dedicated to studying and to not let tv shows distract me so much. 

[gif87a-com]

[knightlyhoods-deactivated202404]

when you tryna chill but your siblings love annoyin you

[lovely-little-hellfire]

Favorite moment

[dovahhoe]

That’s that “Ima beat yo ass” run 😂😂

[hennypendergrass]

He finna beat his ass

[thelittlertiddy-deactivated2018]

I can hear the “aye chill bro chill I’m just playing”

[dutchster]

[robynjaja]

This is one of the most adorable comics I’ve ever read

[hungoverandhard-up-blog]

I’ve been waiting for this to pop back up on my dashboard.. we are way too hard on ourselves.

[elevenscupcake]

This is so cute and inspirational I love it

[butterflybabeyy]

this is so cute wtf

[stebens]

If you’re autistic and/or have ADHD like me, I recommend switching to ‘Simple English’ when reading lengthy and complex Wikipedia articles because it makes it so much easier to take in, comprehend, and understand

[stebens]

how to do:

On the sidebar on the left, there’s a list of languages listed in alphabetical order, so you have to scroll down a bit to find ‘Simple English’. But even if you can’t, you can just edit the URL from en.wikipedia.org to simple.wikipedia.org

Here’s an example of the difference between English wiki and Simple English wiki:

English:

Simple English:

[autisticawesomeness-archive-blog]

[Image 1: A lengthy article about Japan in difficult words, with long paragraphs and no pictures.

Image 2: The article about Japan, only now the text has been compressed into a mere two paragraphs and there are pictures visible on the right (the Japanese flag), as well as a table of contents.]

[ace-feminist]

Holy crap this is actually a life saver

[mikkeneko]

This is important and wonderful. Knowledge should be available to everyone. Not just people with the right brainware or educational background.

[dimedog]

“I wish I had the time to do that.”

- me, a person who definitely has the time to do that but also has terrible time management skills and most likely to just spend 4 hours getting absolutely nothing accomplished instead of the hundred other things I could and should be doing

[mossandrock]

I feel personally attacked by the accuracy of this post.

[storm-study]

A quick study guide of how the divisions of the nervous system are organised, and the similarities and differences between their roles. In comic sans because that makes studying funner?? 

Please send requests for any other topics u wanna see guides for.

[benestudy-deactivated20221021]

smol reminder

1. drink water 2. stretch 3. get up from your workspace 4. go outside (if it’s nice) 5. talk to loved ones 6. clean up any clutter/things you don’t need 7. if it’s night, turn on your blue light filter (i highly recommend f.lux) 8. take your vitamins/any other needed medication + supplements! and last but not least, you are loved!!

[liz-cat-meow-deactivated2020011]

you didn’t go through all that for nothing

[busy-bizzy-bee]

Tips on writing an essay from my history professor

1. If you approach writing as a mystical event where you sit down at a blank page and expect to be visited by divine inspiration, you’re fucked. Writing is not a talent, it is a skill. It is a muscle. If you don’t use it, it dies.

2. Be comfortable with writing absolute garbage. Get all your thoughts down: write shit. Then edit; devote 50% of your time or more to editing. This is when you write your thesis. This is when you decide where paragraphs are.

3. Know how to use a comma. If you use more than two in a sentence, it’s too many. You’re doing something wrong. In American writing, beauty is not in the length and complexity of a sentence. Beauty is in short sentences, with a variety of structures.

4. If you can cut a word, cut it. Ask yourself, do I really need all these words? Keep only what is necessary, leave room for the important stuff.

5. Avoid canned expressions. The phrase ‘a needle in a haystack’ was effective the first time it was used in an essay – it no longer is. It would be better to write the most boring sentence than to write a cliche metaphor that serves no purpose.

6. When you use the word “which” you should probably be using the word “that.” If you don’t know, assume it should be “that.”

7. Avoid obscure vocabulary or jargon. Obscure vocabulary displays nothing about your intelligence or academic success.

8. Read good writing with the intention of absorbing how those authors write successfully.