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12/5/2020 | 56/60 Days of Productivity | 2020 Quarantine Studyblr Challenge | Week 8

Tues: Would you rather win £50,000 or let your best friend win £500,000

I'd let them win. Either we split it or they shower me with at least £50,000 worth of presents

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Energy Management

A human-based organization method

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Other posts that may be of interest:

Getting stuff done: How to deal with a lack of motivation

Flexible time-blocking: A more breathable way to get things done

The ABCDE Method

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Keep that in mind.

joli--coeur

aesthetic places as people — which one are you?

📖 bookshops — soft music playing in the background. fingertips gliding over a page of a book. creaking floorboards. the faint scent of wood. pushing your hair behind your ear. wrapping your favorite blanket around you.

🏛 museums — the feeling of being alone with your thoughts. powerful imagery that stays with you for a while. the loud tapping of your heels on marbled floors. lingering stares. echoing voices. intellectual conversations.

☕️ coffee shops — quiet chatter that blends together. the smell of coffee in the morning. pages being turned. a much needed hug. backpacks being unzipped. following a raindrop as it falls down the window. finding the perfect place to sit.

🍊 farmer’s markets — the warm sun on your skin. colorful arrangements of vegetables and fruits. taking care of and feeling good about yourself. cheerful smiles. grandma sweaters. dancing like no one’s watching.

ryustudies

200412 || happy easter to those who celebrate it! i just finished streaming service online; now it's time to resume studying for an exam i have tomorrow.

katrienstudies

I love this weather so much. I’m studying for uni, knitting my sweater and enjoying the view. It’s a lovely day 😋

hannybstudies

✎ 10.20.2019 // two days of writing papers. four meals. three iced coffees. one gallon of water. fifteen references. sixteen pages of content. one overwhelmed n tired graduate student.

thedistresseddenim

parts

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How to read your textbooks (the smart way)

When I got to the later years of high school and university, the textbooks struck me as intimidating however this is what I do help a little bit. This method works a lot better when typing.

1. Breeze through the textbook first Okay look at what we have here. Some textbooks are sneaky and will have full summaries at the back of the chapter (or even book), others will have interim summaries scattered through out.

2. Pay attention to headings and subheadings to see if you want to format the notes the same way. Sometimes textbook chapters deal with multiple topics/points so these can be useful.

2. If there is interim summaries or a summary at the back of the chapter, type or write this out. (If not, sorry for you but you are going to have to go through and find things the long way).

3. Skim back through the chapter and incorporate any definitions. Definitions are key. One way of presenting them in your study notes is by keeping them in a table at the top of your study notes.

4. Go through your study notes and look at what you don’t understand. Okay, you have what is mitosis in your study notes? Wait was in mitosis again and how does it differ from meiosis?

5. Look through the textbook and incorporate any additional information and examples that can help you understand the points into your notes. This could include adding steps to a scientific process, more dates if it is a history class, etc.

6. Voila, done.

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take the time to read this

look I know you’re tired, and I know you’re scared. scared of that daunting task, scared of screwing up that daunting task. I get that you might be mad at yourself for procrastinating or letting the work with seemingly far away deadlines pile up and suddenly it’s 1am and you realise your thesis for that essay is horrible and you have no idea what the hell you’re talking about. but all of that is in the past, all of those decisions in the past and you can wallow in anger and self loathing and continue to put off things you know are important, or, you could utilise the time you have right now to do as much of it as you possibly can as soon as you can. so go onto google calendar, or grab your planner, or a scrap of paper or hell, a napkin, and figure out the time you have on your hands in the next 24 hours, estimate how long you think those big horrible, breath shaking and head-in-hands inducing tasks will take. if you get it done in that time, great. if you don’t, move on, you have other shit to do. it’s better to have 85% of most things done than 98% of one thing done and 2% of another thing done that will turn out to be equally as important. save yourself further stress, do the napkin plan thing, block social media sites, write down what you’re feeling if you’re feeling anything immense, because emotions tend to take your mind off things, and get it done. Whether it’s %100, %85 or even %10, get some of it done.

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wow people are actually taking the time to read this.

Study session 🤍

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06.06.19 | 10:30am

Sometimes I think I’m ok and then I have a flashback to that episode of doctor who when I was like 7 about the vashta nerada and the time I hoyed a bit of bacon under my bed to check I wasn’t gonna get scalped x

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wholesome student life things that we should collectively start romancizing

waking up and being genuinely thrilled to go to class because today is THAT CLASS you love so much you’d like it to never end

coffee breaks with friends, chatting and joking about this particularly hard essay and the prof’s mannerism

coffee breaks on your own, as you absent-mindedly watch the people around you, while thinking about what you’re working on

finding this book you’ve been dying to read for so long, and borrowing it from the library

the feeling of excitement that goes through you whenever you remember The Book is in your backpack

understanding everything during demanding classes and being genuinely interested in the subject

buying a New Special Pen and taking colorful notes that look super pretty

not being able to shut up about your school projects (no your friends dont really care about the intricate details of what you’re working on, they don’t even have the same major as you, but they’re happy to hear you rant with such a burning passion)

actually doing the extra reading and having your curiosity so piqued by what you’re reading that you go on and on and suddenly its 1am and what happened

printing the project you’ve spent so much time and energy on and feeling the paper’s warmth

actually submitting that project without feeling awful about it because you know you did your best and aren’t responsible for what happens next

when you finally finish this Super Hard And Important Essay at like 3am, open the window and feel the cold night air on your burning cheeks and everything is dark and quiet and you can see the moon and you’re at peace with everything for a few minutes

when this professor you admire says you did a great job and/or that you’re talented!!!!

realizing two concepts that seemed so far away from each other and that you discovered in wildly different contexts are actually interlinked, then Realizing™ things and linking concepts/works/articles to each other at the speed of light & being super excited about it

being so deeply immersed in your work that you didn’t realize two hours have passed

finding the Perfect Spot at the library

that Pure Joy moment when you FINALLY understand that super obscure sentence/text

when you feel anxious because you’re not done with your homework & the deadline is super tight & your friend tells you they aren’t done yet either

same but with an even more intense relief feeling when you realize you both haven’t even started yet

when the professor starts a new reasoning and you can predict what the next idea/the final conclusion will be

when the professor mention your favorite novel/author/fictional character in class and you feel like your internal screech of joy could shatter glass

the Academic Salt™ that has you like 👀👀

when the professor tears apart an author or scholar you hate and you’re like YES I WANT BLOOD GIVE ME BLOOD

when you learn that Cool New Fact that makes you reconsider your whole life

leaving the library after a long productive day and feeling like nothing is real but experiencing everything more intensely

leaving the library at night after a long study session and everybody has left already and its just you and the long neon-lit corridors then stepping outside and smelling the crisp night wind

feel free to add your own!!!

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when you learned a thing that interessted you and two days later someone completly unrelated to your work will say “hey i wonder how this works?” and you’re so excited to explain it because you KNOW THAT

when you’re anxious af for a class and the professor is actually super friendly and you feel confident enough to ask questions

and suddently thank to this one professor EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE

understanding that One Difficult Point and suddently you feel like you UNDERSTAND THE FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE

sometimes you can feel like you have too much in your bag but then one friend has a problem and they are pleasently surprised when you have Just The Right Thing

Running half the campus because you’re so excited to see your friend and to eat with them !!!!!!!!