sleek study

alexis. xix. architecture + sustainability. “discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most” -abraham lincoln

[chibird]

[chibird]

Your version of a good day can evolve over time too, and that’s okay. 💛

[nvsblty]

Selected works by Do Ho Suh

via THISISPAPER

[tiredbiostudent]

university is also just *rereads email wording for twenty minutes* *pdfs* *waits for bus* *lofi beats* *bounces leg* *forgets student card* *forgets laptop charger* *forgets lab coat* *refreshes email* *tupperware* *prints something* *stares at wall for ten minutes before getting out of bed* *makes tea* *waits for appointment* *daydreams on bus* *climbs stairs* *stares at google calendar* *almost gets hit by bike* *recycles*

[scienceshenanigans]

Good afternoon, the academic culture of “if you’re not overworking, you don’t deserve success” is unhealthy.

[studyblr]

tag yourself student edition

who cares: reads books in class instead of listening, attention span of 5 seconds when studying, generally starts studying in the day before, lost all their new fancy pens by week 2, still somehow gets A*, sometimes starts arguing with the teacher

i can and i will: motivated af, watches legally blonde 24/7, big dreams and aspirations, bullet journal is goals, sometimes very forgetful but makes up for it through very hard work, wants to figure out everything by themselves before asking for help

hello my name is stressed: signed up for 10000 extracurriculars and can’t get out of them now, time management god, hates the glorification of all-nighters but stays up until 6 am anyway, has the highest expectations regarding themselves, needs a hug

aesthetics TM: desperately wants their notes to look perfect, spends all their money on stationery, loves to doodle, PUNS, is great in one specific class, always tries to help their friends with homework, study playlists!!!, can still easily feel overwhelmed and lost but they try and that’s enough

what: has lost their motivation somewhere along the way, has no idea what’s going on, “there was homework”, messy notes and messy life, really wants school to end, hates the education system, has no idea what they want to do after school tho

[tikattu]

it be like that sometimes 

[tendernotion]

being in your 20’s is like “if I can just get through this week I’ll be ok” but every fucking week

[achillesthetic]

Et tu, overwhelming fear of academic failure?

[fourdrinkamy]

university is just. it's you, your laptop and your water bottle against the world

[genofattolia]

[leave-her-a-tome]

90% of writing advice can be thrown out the window for your first draft.

Show don’t tell? Ignore.

Basic grammar and punctuation? Unnecessary. 

Physical descriptions of characters? Don’t need to bother. 

Solid plot? That’s for later. 

The words don’t come as fast when you’re thinking of the best way to put them together. It doesn’t have to be pretty, or much more than inconsistent nonsense.  The point is to have it exist.

Effective storytelling is for subsequent drafts! Go write some nonsense! 

[levidenoirs]

As a hyper-perfectionist human, THIS is a piece of advice I wish I’d internalized a hell of a lot sooner. If I hadn’t overwhelmed myself by considering every little thing, starting over when it gets “too messy”… there’s no doubt in my mind I’d have a first draft by now.

Now, passion is the only thing I care about in my first draft.

[motivatemycollegelife]

[zonkout]

Arquitectonica, Taggart Townhouses, Houston Texas, 1984

[rachelemartignoniportfolio]

[timeaway]

I want to cry but i have things to do

[stillstudies]

this statement is the studyblr starter pack

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[taktophoto]

[gregmelander]

BELOW THE SURFACE

Amazing illustrations of what might be below the surface.  At the Schusev State Museum of Architecture via iheartmyart: 

[copperbadge]

THIS IS AMAZING, and also now my headcanon for my own original fiction about the Texan Gothic Church.