Skylark Children, Youth & Families

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Studying Tips: When and Where to Study for a Mental Boost

1. Study in different places.

Studies show that studying in different places helps us remember better because our brain becomes more active in trying to make connections. In one classic study, participants were asked to study a list of 40 vocabularies in two different rooms - one windowless and cluttered, the other modern with a courtyard. The participants who studied in the courtyard did far better.

2. Alternate between different types of homework/assignment questions.

Studies suggest that switching between types of questions can enhance test scores. The studies had children in either two conditions: 1) children who would repeat doing the same set of questions before moving on to the next set. For example, first do additions. When done, then move to multiplications. 2) children in this condition would alternate between multiplications and additions. The children who had studied mixed set did two times better on a actual test.

3. Space Out Your Studies

Studies found that spacing out our study periods significantly improves memory. For example,  studying 1 hour each night as opposed to a full-cramping session produces better results on tests.

4. Be able to relate what you learn to yourself

This was the first advice I got from my university professor. Make sure to relate what you are learning to some aspects of your life, because it helps you understand the materials better and keeps them longer in memory. For psychology, this is really relevant. Psychology is one of the subjects in which is almost impossible not to relate to what you are learning.

5. Study at a time where you feel most focus

When we are tired or stressed, it can affect our studying negatively. So find a time, where you study the best. For some, it’s at night when they are least distracted. For others, it might be at the morning where they just woke up and have more energy.

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Having a rough day? Try these!

I made this project where I asked my followers what makes them happy or cheers them up when they feel sad. I made a list with my own and their tips together, and I’m sure there’s something for everyone, just check them out.

Go outside to get some fresh air

Watch cute cat videos on YouTube

Netflix and chill

Go to the zoo

Draw circles on a paper

Keep your routine (wash your face, get dressed…)

Listen to music

Dance in front of your mirror

Meditate and repeat positive mantras

Light incense and watch the smoke

Drink tea, it calms you down

… Or drink whatever you like

Compliment someone - and yourself

Make some sports

Laugh with friends

Read bad jokes on the internet

Open your windows

Take a nap

Write (a short story, a poem…)

Cuddle or play with pets

Reach out to someone/talk to someone

Step back and self-reflect

Plan a fun activity

Do something spontaneous

Prioritize

Look through old photographs and snap some new ones

Hug someone

Cry

Read a book

Bake or cook something

Focus on what truly matters to you

Daydream

Let some natural sunlight come in

Surround yourself with people you love

Stop being so hard on yourself

Eat chocolate

Eat whatever you like to eat

Take deep breaths

Send a smile to a stranger

Buy yourself something new

Read nice quotes on Tumblr

Get inspired

Get some work done

Be nice to yourself

Make a list of things that make life worth living

Change your clothes

Take a shower

Turn off all social media

Do some yoga

Lie in your bed with eyes closed for 15 minutes

I you have a therapist, talk to him/her

Go through your closet and donate every article of clothing you haven’t worn for a year

Visit family you haven’t seen for a long time

Start a(nother) blog

Go to church

Join an online dating site

Get a manicure

Have a glass of wine

Run a bubble bath and soak

Drink a lot of water

Adopt a fish

Drive to the beach and stick your feet in the sand

Ride a horse

Ride the subway/bus, going nowhere in particular

Read your horoscope

Play an instrument

Visit a museum or an art gallery

Start recycling

Read to someone

Send a message to your best friends and tell them you love them

Stretch

Help someone else

Have sex

Mastuarbate

Plan aweekend getaway

Drive

Dye your hair

Consider it could be worse

Go swimming

Scream

Know it’ll be better tomorrow

Make new playlists (on iTunes, Spotify…)

Buy antistress books to color

Walk barefoot in the grass

Send out a positive message via helium balloon

Learn a new skill like origami

Order concert tickets

Buy a basketball and shoot some hoops

Visit an aquarium

Plan a night under the stars

Watch the sunset/sunrise

Get a group of people together and go mini-golfing

Draw smiley faces on the bottom of your toes and take pictures.

Make a gift for a friend

Draw a self-portrait or doodle positive images.

Buy a CD of an artist you never heard of and listen to it

Go to the theatre or cinema

Create your own lifetime line.

Brush your teeth

Decorate your room

Pray

Buy yourself some flowers

Play with barbies or something you liked a child

Color code your closet

Find out who won the Nobel Prize in every category for the past 5 years

Look up pictures of dinosaurs.

Put some make up on

Ride a bicycle

Study the solar system

Put on body lotion

Shave

Sharpen all of your pencils

Jump on your bed

Stalk a city on Google Earth/Google Maps

Print a map of your city or neighborhood or wherever, and circle all the places where you were once happy.

Decide what color you want to paint your future apartment.

Take a picture of the sky and tape it to your ceiling.

Take Photo Booth photos with your pet

Put new sheets on your bed

Eat a lemon

Curl/straighten your hair

Play videogames

Read old messages

Watch Disney movies

Learn something new

Garden, mow the lawn, pull weeds

Talk to yourself in the mirror and say positive things about yourself

Visit a candy/toy store even if you don’t buy anything

Blow bubbles

Go fishing

Get a new haircut

Sit by a lake, river or ocean

Light candles/lower the lights

Swing

Wear sexy underwear/bra

Clean your home and declutter it

Make a video

Forgive yourself

If you have more ideas, you can still send me a message. I’ll add it! :)

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[twloha]

A Pep Talk (To Middle School Me)

“You’re going to be OK. You’re going to do things you can’t even dream of. You’re going to meet incredible people. You’re going to love. And be loved.”

- Rebecca Wilkinson 

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