vama

A blog i made for motivating and inspiring myself and maybe others along the way. I post daily to do, motivation, study updates and all.

[nerdstudies]

new studyblr alert !

Hello lovely people, My name is Vama and I’m new her on studyblr. I’m a nerd in different ways- a book nerd, studies nerd, k pop nerd. 

ABOUT ME

I’m 16, a Cancer, an INFP-T and Gryffindor

I use she/her pronouns

I’m a junior is high school in India

I’m more of a night owl than a morning person

MY INTERESTS

I love reading books! My favorite genres are Historical fiction and Fantasy. I even have a bookblr where i rant out my thoughts on books and recommend books to read.

I love to learn new languages. I’m fluent in English and Hindi and currently learning Korean.

Music! I love listening to songs so you can find me with earphones in almost all the time. I love listening to different genres but K-Pop is my life.

History is my favorite subject and I love learning about different eras in world history. Greek and Roman history and myths are my favorite. (Yes, I’m very basic)

STUDYBLR

I’ve never been super active on any of my previous failed tumblr blog attempts so I hope to be active here to keep myself and others motivated. 

I’m taking English Prose and Poetry, World History, Statistics, Microeconomics, Math, and Psychology this year along with self studying Korean

I’m also studying for SAT/SAT Subject Tests as I’m only applying to US universities. 

I don’t have a dream university but I’d love to study on the East Coast of US.

I use a bullet journal but during this lock down period, I’ve fallen out of the habit.

TYPES OF POSTS ON MY BLOG

My main goal is to keep myself motivated and hopefully motivate others along the way rather than posting a bunch of aesthetic posts

daily study motivation posts

notes and other things I’m working on

some langblr posts

maybe some challenges like 100 days of productivity.

Original posts on study/ procrastination tips

INSPIRATIONS

@studyquill @tbhstudying @emmastudies @historicalemily​ 

I’m always looking for new friends so feel free to message me or interact with this post :)

Thank you so much for joining me and reading this long post. I cant wait to get started with this studyblr. Look out for my (possible) weekly posts. ( ps: this is a side blog. i follow from @nerdreading )

[studyblr]

how to learn new content and never forget it

save this for your next academic year and finals, and it’ll save your grades and time.

1. whenever you read a paragraph with new content, close the book/look away and ask yourself: “what have i just learned?” explaining the concept to yourself right away and asking follow-up questions will change the way you retain new material forever.

2. at first, it’ll be daunting, and it’ll be pretty hard to actually bring yourself to do this. trust me, it’ll be worth it - as this is scientifically proven one of the most effective study techniques.

3. to try this out, set yourself a timer for how long you estimate learning a concept might take. now take away 20% from that estimate. you won’t be able to reach this goal with basic highlighting and re-reading techniques - but with active recall, you will.

4. once you’ve understood the concept, use spaced repetition systems like anki flashcards to force yourself to retrieve this information in a set period of time. this way, your brain will always be reminded of this concept before it could possibly forget it.

5. teach it to others as much as you can. as with the old wisdom “see one, do one, teach one”, one of the only guarantees you’ve really gotten something is when you can effectively teach it.

hope these are helpful for you!!

more content like this on my instagram, @softmedstudent