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I want to organize my files this year, and keep them organized haha Do you have any advice how to do that? Thanks!

Hello Anon,

Sorry for keeping you waiting 😇

I keep my files in the binder, I find it is the most flexible way to store them, since I can rearrange and move around everything. I have tabs for each subject, and within those sections I arrange files by weeks. For example, for subject A there is tab with the name of the subject, on the back of that tab I keep some basic info about the exams, assignments, important due dates, rules, professors email, office number etc. Then I have plastic foil with my notes from one week, after that any reading materials we got, or papers professor gave us during the lectures, and then the next week etc. I keep it like this so that once I start revising I can go week by week. Also, the material is organized so that each week we have similar workload, sometimes it is 1/2 of the chapter, sometimes it is 3 chapters. If I would keep it by chapters, I wouldn’t be sure how much I am supposed to cover in a week. I find that organizing everything by weeks helps me be much more efficient with my studying process.

For digital files, if you have those, I use the similar system. I use folder for each subject and inside those I keep one folder for each week. Inside one week folder I have separate folders for my notes, for reading materials, for assignments and homework files and one extra folder for additional materials that are not a requirement, but I want to keep them there in case I need to find something quickly and easily.

I think that the most important thing is to keep everything organized in the same way. You should have the same system for every subject because it makes it much easier to navigate through your binder or files on your computer. It allows you to have a good idea about where everything is all the time. Also, go through your files once a week to make sure that everything you added that week is exactly where it belongs. It will help you to stay on top of your files during the semester. If you have a lot of stuff to keep organized, consider using an Index, it is like a list of everything you have in the particular section. It can help you see at a glance if what you are looking for is in that section or not.

I hope this gave you some ideas how you can organize your materials!

Have a nice and productive day!

~ Eva, xx

Hi Eva, I'm curious - what planner do you use?

Hello there! 😊

I’m currently using BuJo notebook where I track daily and weekly tasks and important info. Also, I use Google Calendar for time blocking and tracking appointments, classes, schedules, monthly stuff like bills etc. I’m looking into purchasing Hobonichi for the 2020, though, but I’m still not sure about that, I’m not big fan of dated planners.

Have a nice day, Anon!

I played around with rapid note taking methods last year since I realized I spend way too much time on writing and organising my notes, time that I should spend studying. And taking notes is useful as long as it is efficient and leads to better understanding of the material. But for me it became a way of procrastination. Now I don't even try to cover every part of the material, I don't try to write down every word during the lectures and I don't stress over my handwrite, colour coding and keeping my notes neat. But I am now able to retain much more information, I am focused on understanding instead on simple memorization of the facts and that helped me be more active learner with deeper understanding of the concepts I am studying. I'll explain how I adopted methods I tried with some examples in future. What is your favourite note taking method?

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Hey fellow students! I decided to film 1 hour early morning study session and to share it with you so that we can study together :)

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Planning for the rest of the year. As a student I find that my motivation peak is in July instead of January, because that is the period when the new academic year starts. I find that is the bonus when you are a student, we still get to use the other half of the year for all our goals, even if we are not satisfied how much progress we made so far, the next 6 months are enough time to make it count right? :)

~ Eva xx

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Study progress - when my pen stops working 😁

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Trying to switch from printed textbooks to digital copy. It's challenging since I am used to writing all over my books, I find it is time consuming to make notes from scratch. But I am determined to make it work for me 😁

~ Eva xx

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Sometimes improving math skills is learning how to follow the intuition, how to pick the best way to approach the problem and what steps to use to get the right result. Seeking elegant solutions today :)

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Waiting for the sunrise and getting the grind on. Doing my best to push through the early morning studying while listening to my favorite blues playlist 🎧

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Study gear: stack of books, stack of papers, stack of pens. Coffee or tea, which ever you fancy. Soothing candle. Keeping it simple and minimalistic today.

Late night study session - probably my favorite, especially during the summer 😊

~ Eva xx

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Trying to learn the material during the final is generally not a good strategy, anyways.

Dynamics professor on why the final exam is open-book open-notes (via mathprofessorquotes)

chakrastudies

whenever you don’t feel motivated to work, just imagine your future self. if you do the work when you’re supposed to, your future self will be calm, collected and be able to keep working at a steady rate (and eventually finish the task at hand, stress-free). if you don’t do the work when you’re supposed to, your future self will be rushing around, trying to complete things they should have done before, and overly anxious and stressed. be kind to your future self and do the work now.

remember: discipline is just empathy with your future self.

magdaliny-deactivated20191030

“One of the most painful parts of teaching mathematics is seeing students damaged by the cult of the genius. The genius cult tells students it’s not worth doing mathematics unless you’re the best at mathematics, because those special few are the only ones whose contributions matter. We don’t treat any other subject that way! I’ve never heard a student say, ‘I like Hamlet, but I don’t really belong in AP English – that kid who sits in the front row knows all the plays, and he started reading Shakespeare when he was nine!’ Athletes don’t quit their sport just because one of their teammates outshines them. And yet I see promising young mathematicians quit every year, even though they love mathematics, because someone in their range of vision was ‘ahead’ of them. We lose a lot of math majors this way. Thus, we lose a lot of future mathematicians; but that’s not the whole of the problem. I think we need more math majors who don’t become mathematicians. More math major doctors, more math major high school teachers, more math major CEOs, more math major senators. But we won’t get there until we dump the stereotype that math is only worthwhile for kid geniuses.”

— Jordan Ellenberg, How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

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Please, read this even if you have nothing do to with math ⬆️