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sky, 22, she/her psychology, african american studies, american studies researcher currently watching: lucky star

[skystudiesalot]

hi i'm sky!

i'm entering my 4th year as a psychology and african american studies double major with a minor in american studies :) i'm a McNair scholar where i lead my own research project in preparation for grad school. i'm also co-editor in chief of the american studies journal on my school's campus

i want to use this blog to keep me accountable and find friends hopefully :) i will tag my personal progress with #sky studies if you want to follow along

[rau-studies]

only a week and a half left !!

[skystudiesalot]

i’ve officially moved onto my college’s campus! excited to be around my friends again and getting the academic year started. will be back posting after the weekend when i have my first week of classes 🫡

[skystudiesalot]

day 6/100

another day of reading papers and planning meetings 🥱

[skystudiesalot]

day 5/100

planned my day on discord and kept reading the papers that were submitted to my journal. need to finish by wednesday morning, but i’m hoping for tuesday night

[skystudiesalot]

day 4/100

evaluated some papers for my journal today. very easy and enjoyable. wasn’t too busy this lovely Sunday

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day 3/100

today was a day of researching potential grad schools, some more article reading, and talking about the club my friend and i are starting at our university

i’m happy because i thought i had to meet with my research advisor on monday morning, but she extended it to the following monday. that means i have an extra week to read and summarize the articles she assigned to me 😅 that also means that tomorrow, it’s on to the 32 papers i have to evaluate for the journal i have. those have to be done by tuesday 😬

i’m excited for the semester to start in a couple of weeks. i’m actually antsy and looking forward to being busy over the next few months

[juliaxyn]

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

[shakespearesdaughters]

[caramelcuppaccino]

a cafe that i recently enjoy going & studying german

[juliaxyn]

Autumn and books🍁🍂

[skystudiesalot]

day 2/100

honestly didn’t get a whole lot done today. i got a few cavities filled this morning which slowed me down. came home and got some work done while watching the bear with my family. watching tarot now; it’s an interesting watch.

also, by far my favorite article title i’ve ever read lol. these first few days of productivity will be a bit slower anyway. i move onto campus in a couple of weeks then classes start a few days after that. trying to enjoy my last few days of vacation while doing all this reading 😅

[skystudiesalot]

day 1/100

meant to post yesterday but i forgot 😅 so today is my official 1st day of 100 days of productivity!

i’m currently on the literature review portion of my research. just one article takes at least 2 hours to properly read and summarize 🥲 i need to have ten completed by monday and i’m on my fourth one. thankfully, i enjoy the content so it’s not too bad

side note: i’ve been watching big brother and oh my it’s getting dramatic lol

[juliaxyn]

You’re never too old to learn something new. Never stop studying. 

[liones-s]

one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

[macgyvermedical]

Took me until about halfway through college before I realized “study” means “play with the material in a variety of ways until you understand it” and not just “read the assigned chapters and do the homework” and I think that probably should have been discussed at some point prior to that.