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I think I’m in heaven…✏️✒️📔

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This is my cat showing her best “you should really start to study” face 😼😸

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30•05•2016// pt.2 of May! rly happy with how they turned out, but I didn’t rly finish my spread properly oops. 🙈

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studyspo moodboards: too much blue. + from my studygram @hermionegoals​

[12-20 days of productivity] [2/52 books]

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Handwritten Note-Taking Methods

The appearance and organization of my notes plays a huge role in the amount of time that I dedicate to studying and my overall performance on tests.  Therefore, I’ve spent the past several years experimenting with various methods, and these are a few of the techniques that I’ve found to be most beneficial.

Cornell Method

The Cornell Method emphasizes identifying the key points of a textbook passage or lecture and consolidating information as much as possible.  

I’ve found that this style works best for literature and science courses that require extensive, dense reading and note-taking.  It allows me to easily and quickly identify what I understand versus what I still need to work on.

Adapted Cornell Method

I’ve created my own adaptation of the Cornell Method by eliminating the summary section at the bottom of the page and incorporating Post-It notes throughout the body of the page to highlight lists and key points.  And, of course, I had to add some color!

Outline

This is, by far, my favorite method due to its flexibility and clean, minimalist appearance.  While the image above doesn’t depict a true series of bullets at varying levels of indentation, you can experiment with different types of bullet points as well as varying spacing.  

I prefer using this method for maths because it allows sufficient space for me to draw graphs, record examples, and solve problems.  

Mind-Maps

Mind-maps are extremely helpful for organizing complex or extremely confusing topics.  There’s no right or wrong way to go about drawing one, and much of the final appearance will be related to the material that you’re diagramming.  Keep in mind that certain topics and information will more readily lend itself to this sort of portrayal.

For those of us who aren’t artistically talented 🙋🏼, these can be rather challenging to construct, especially when working with unfamiliar material.  In the past, I’ve used mind-maps for history when looking at isolated events or individuals.

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3 may ~ from my ig; I’m in the process of making a pack of case studies for geography which is p fun 🍓

[storm-lesbian]

what to use a notebook for

planning and organising

dream house plan

recipe collection 

trip / vacation planner

bucket lists 

a bullet journal

pet book (dates of vet visits, photos as they grow up, etc)

baby journal (similar to pet one)

plan with me challenge 

idea dump

budget book

school

class / lecture notes

textbook notes

school planner or bullet journal

university research / application planner

reviews

cafe / restaurant 

books

movies

music

tv series

artsy craftsy

poetry 

writers notebook

sketchbook

sticker collection

gardening journal

photo journal

inspiration / moodpboard scrapbook

fun n cute

happiness journal (write one thing each day that made you happy)

gratitude journal

quote collection 

travel journal

dream journal 

sentence-a-day journal (write a sentence about every day)

journaling challenges (you can find a bunch of prompts online)

astronomy journal

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[ 27052016 ] this color is ife omg green mint + blue & pastel colors 😍 what age your favorites colours? 🤗

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21•03 | first day of uni was pretty exciting. the whole lecture theatre was full of students and it happened to be the biggest lecture theatre in my uni. my first tutorial involved ice breakers and making a history timeline of things that i had zero knowledge on ;-; buT overall t’was a good day , here are re-written lecture notes because productivity is key

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[studykiwi]

27 Feb : this week’s productivity— writing our first english draft and preparing for my first internal for the school year.. also made a yearly planner bc now is not too late.. right?

[eintsein]

Saturday, 9th of April 2016, 3:32 PM This week’s bullet journal spread plus a cat page marker I got from Daiso. Also please excuse my terrible Japanese handwriting (I’ve been listening to Megitsune by Babymetal on repeat these past few days) 🌿📖

if any of you happen to know where to download metal resistance pls tell me im desperate

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04.24.2016 // summarized some italian grammar and accountancy yesterday. now i just have to study them until. happy sunday :)

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May 1, 2016 //  And you’re rolling like thunder

Last half of the week in my Erin Condren Life Planner 💙🌿

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12.04.16 // why is addiction like 100x longer than the other topics???