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how to achieve your goals
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*hears noises at night*: well this is it this is the end for me I had a good life
*gets shampoo in my eyes*: I guess I'm blind now how am I ever going to see my first born child
*heart is beating fast*: I think I am having a heart attack is this what cardiac arrest is
*a cop walks by*: here I go about to get arrested I probably murdered someone
*taking a test*: don't take your eyes off of this paper you will get caught cheating and get kicked out of school and amount to nothing
*gets a sunburn*: great now I have skin cancer how will I tell my parents
*tripping over something*: I guess my leg will have to be amputated why did this happen to me
I have $24 to last me til Friday, what should I buy with it?
a pallet of ramen noodles
I hate ramen noodles tho
hmmmmm bees?
Are you suggesting that I eat bees for a week
This is roughly what I make sure I have in my kitchen all the time along with rough estimates of local prices (MN). I buy a lot of things when theyâre on sale and stockpile them.Â
instant oatmeal packets with fruit in them - $3 probably and this can be breakfast all week and maybe even a lunch or dinner too since you usually get 10 packets
bag of rice - $2-3 depending on size. 1 cup dry rice makes enough for about two meals depending on what you add in. if you get cheap rice, rinse it before cooking
canned beans - usually under $1 per can - mix the can with your rice and you have a meal. chili-spiced beans will make bean tacos. Rinse non-spiced beans before adding to anything.
Tortilla - usually around $3 but you get like 8-10 of them. Tacos, wraps, and quesadillas are all fair game here
lettuce - $2 max around here, either a head of something or bagged precut depending on preference, use as a salad or on tacos
protein other than beans of some sort - probably $5-7 for meat, $2-3 for eggs. sometimes I can get bags of frozen chicken breasts in this price range and each is usually 2 meals if I add in a bunch of veggies. fry/scramble eggs and add to any of the options.Â
your favorite stir fry sauce - $3ish
vegetables - $5ish. literally anything that you can 1. fry in a pan and 2. youâll eat. fresh carrots are usually pretty cheap. get frozen if itâs cheaper and youâre strapped for cash/prep time on this part.Â
alternative to stir fry: Â pasta (~$2), fresh tomatoes (~$2), cheese (~$3).Â
cheese and fruit if you have extra - look if your store has loyalty cards for free that you can load coupons on for cheese thereâs always one it seems like.
ahh thank you!!!
Reblogging because thereâs never knowing whoâll need it.
Adding also: the single most nutritious food on earth is potatoes in their peel. Potatoes + some milk and butter = everything you need. They donât last all that long, but theyâre fairly cheap and the quickest cheat to âHow do I not fuck my body up.â
(Cooked potatoesâll last a while in the fridge. Potatoes nearing the end of their useful lives? Cook them to half-done first, figure out what to do with them later.)
Easiest baked potatoes: slice thinly but not paper-like, spread like cards, brush with oil (a silicone baking brush is totes worth the little it costs), spread salt and pepper (a little less than you think youâd like), cover with foil, stick in oven or toaster-oven at 150C for 40min. (If you have the patience, at that point click up to 180C, remove the cover and add 10-20min.) Reheats well, lasts in the fridge longer than itâll take you to nom.
Dead-Animal-Free Whole Protein: some legumes + some grain. AKA rice and lentils, or rice and beans. (Maybe some fried onion for flavor; onionâs cheap and stays good a descent while. Fried onion makes everything taste better and keeps forever in the freezer, so frying up a bunch and keeping portions is not a half-bad idea.) (If going for the beans option - lentils are cheaper around here but fuck if I know what itâs like in your area - dump some tomato sauce and oil in; canola or soy are best health-wise, and far cheaper than olive; avoid corn.) Oh, what does instant couscous go for in your area? It keeps for fucking ever, itâs usually cheap, and it takes well to any and all added taste.
If you get to choose, black lentils taste the best and need the least soak-time (0-20min), green lentils are best for cooked stuff and red lentils are best in soups. (Red lentils + potatoes + root vegetables of choice + spices; cut into small pieces, cook, run through the blender if you wanna [stick blenderâs awesome], freeze in portions.)
When possible, get instant soup mix. Get the good instant soup mix. (The kind thatâs not made primarily of sugar, yeast or both. The rest is optional.) Dump 1/2tsp (or more, but start on the low end) into couscous, or chicken, or sprinkle over potatoes being stuck in the oven. Whatever. Itâll make most cooked-food-type things taste better. And again, lasts forever on the shelf.
If you can have eggs (goodness knows theyâre sometimes expensive), dump some tomato sauce in a pan (tomato sauce lasts forever on the shelf), add some oil, onion/beans to cook in it, hot peppers if you wanna, then when itâs nearly ready crack an egg or two in. Hard-boiled eggs last a remarkably while in the fridge, so when eggs reach near the end of their usable lives, just hard-boil and stick in the fridge. (Have eggs as often as you can, particularly as you have brain-shit going on. You need all the eggs, salt, and 60%-or-more chocolate you can get. Brains are made of cholesterol and salt, so folks with neuro or other brain shit need more of both. Potassium is also aces. You know what has the most potassium? Tomato paste.) Grated cheese keeps in the freezer for ever. Grated cheese will make a lot of things taste nicer. Preserved lemon juice keeps forever in the fridge. Grated cheese + oil + lemon = instant and awesome pasta sauce thatâll liven up the weeks-old dry pasta in the fridge. Slices bread also keeps well in the freezer. Try to have half a loaf or a loaf. Dry bread gets cut in cubes, mixed with oil and the aforementioned instant soup, stuck in oven at lowest until properly dry, then kept in an airtight jar to add to soups. (Over-ripe tomatoes come cheaper. They get turned into soup or sauce, then frozen in portions.)
this is a very good post but why are we glossing over the fact that the alternative to ramen is bees
i have it on pretty good authority that bees are not an affordable eating alternative to ramen.
Seriously, bees are expensive
Trufax.Â
And speaking as someone who is also living off oatmeal, beans, and brown rice, if you need recipes, I have them!Â
Today I made 16 bean soup with chicken sausage and it was crazy good and I got 8 servings out of the one batch (froze half). I usually get the cheapest beans I can find, and GOYA bags of beans are usually $1-2. I soaked them overnight,rinsed them, and threw them in a gallon lidded saucepan with 2 boxes of chicken stock (also on sale for $2), two bay leaves, sauteed green pepper, onion, and celery, some garlic from a jar, about two tablespoons of dried herbs de provence,and the âfancyâ bit was adding $6 bourbon and apple chicken sausages. You can actually sub veg stock for chicken and skip the sausage and make it vegan and it would still taste great.
Oh and Iâve been doing steel-cut oats. I donât buy the name brand ones, I just pick whatever store brand/generic I can get for less than $4. They take about ½ an hour to make, but theyâre super tasty and I make 2 cups of dried oats at a time with dried cranberries and thatâs breakfast for 4 days at least.Â
Iâve also been making black bean soup, red beans and rice, and curried potatoes and chick peas. I got 100 quart and pint take-away containers from Amazon for $20 and they all stack neatly and are perf for one serving of whatever.
Additionally, depending on where you live, whole rotisserie chickens are something like $4-$7 and are easily 4 - 6 servings of protein and on TOP of that, if you stick the carcass in a ziplock bag and then the freezer you have excellent soup makings. Using bones in soup literally squeezes all viable vitamins and minerals out of the suckers. Soup made from lots of bones is great to keep around if you get sick, itâll feed and sooth you relatively easily and as you get better you can add noodles. ON TOP OF THAT, a quarter to a half cup of soup broth added to a lot of dishes also adds those nutrients PLUS flavor.
Hereâs my âHow to eat for a week on $30âł post.
donât forget Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4 A Day
Yall are clutch for this lmao cuz ima need this for about the first month after I move
Reblogging cause who knows what your followers are going through rn
me after 15 seconds of work: i just cant do this anymore
How to Be Productive During the Weekend
The struggle is real: even though we have a wonderful 48 hours to get everything we need to done, time somehow slips through our hands. Hereâs how you can best utilize the weekend, so you can manage to fit in your work, some fun, and much needed rest.
1. Address your needs first
Did you miss out on a lot of sleep over the week? Use that first night of the weekend to fully recharge. Youâll be useless to yourself if youâre tired.
Are you just crazy burnt out from the week? Take some R & R time for yourself. Unwind with a few episodes of your favorite show on Netflix, read, take a bath, meditate, or go out with your friends. Do whatever it is that revitalizes you. Youâll also be useless over the weekend if youâre still burnt out.
2. Make a plan
As with anything you want to execute successfully, you need a plan. This is where you whip out the bujo, planner, or a bunch of sticky notes if thatâs your style.
Write down a list of everything you need to get done over the weekend. This is only the essentials, the top priorities. Example: study for A.P. Bio exam, write reading response, do laundry.
Next, take each item from the list and break it down into steps. Example for reading response: 1) Read chapters 1 & 2 of Jane Eyre; 2) brainstorm response ideas; 3) make a brief outline; 4) write response draft; 5) edit
Donât let seeing so many steps overwhelm you! The point is that youâre breaking down the larger, tougher projects into smaller, manageable tasks. You can check them off as youâve completed them for a delightful sense of accomplishment.
3. Schedule, schedule, schedule!
Scheduling allows you to make necessary social engagements or allocate chill time for that highly important balanced lifestyle.Â
If you need to break down your day into hours or even half hour units, then do it if it works for you. Allocate a realistic (generous) amount of time for each task. And stick to it.
4. âEasier said than done, Carolyn,â is what you may be thinking, and thatâs totally fair. Here are some tips to make all of this easier:
Be kind to yourself. Forgive yourself if you need to. We are all human and subject to imperfection. Thatâs just how it is, and thatâs okay. Please donât beat yourself up if you donât follow your schedule or feel like youâve accomplished every task you set out to do. Itâs okay, alright?
Put away your phone! In the other room! In a drawer! Have a friend hold on to it! Or just download Forest, which is a great app that incentivizes staying away from your phone.
Download the app SelfControl for your computer and block sites that tend to suck you in (like tumblr, for example!).
Stay well nourished and HYDRATED for maximum mental functioning.
And Iâm dead serious about this balanced lifestyle stuff: if all your needs are being met, then youâre more likely to stay focused and driven.
Finally, reward thyself. Youâve earned it. Bath bomb time!
How To Have A Good Morning - Habits Worth Starting
Wake up early : Running late isnât cool. Wake up at a reasonable hour so that you have time to get ready,eat a healthy breakfast,exersice etc.
Make your bed : You should start your day by doing something productive. Something that ââgets you goingââ . Making your bed is a great option.
Try yoga/meditation : Take some time to reflect and de-stress. You can do this by trying yoga and/or meditation. There are several yoga ââflowsââ in pinterest and great meditation apps to try out!Â
Gratitude Journal : Happiness is about wanting the things that you already have. Take some time of your morning to write down the blessings that youâre grateful for. Learn to count the small wins in life.
Plan / visualize : Write down a simple to-do list with all the tasks that you want to finish that day. Visualize your short or long - term goals. Whether they are monthly or yearly goals. Remind yourself what you are working towards.
Affirmations : It could be just a simple phrase like â I am powerful â or â I am healthyâ. Affirmations are those little (or long) phrases of positivity (like mantras ) in present tense that motivate you throughout the day.
Breakfast : I MUST include this to the list.Make yourself a nice breakfast. Donât have to be big just something healthy. It is the most important meal of the day. Donât skip it!!Â
Take care of yourself : Do your hair,put on some comfy clothes that make you confident or out on makeup if you feel like it. Other acts of selfcare can be : taking a shower, having a skincare routine, brushing your teeth.Â
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bad study/school habits to drop
like seriously, drop them asap.Â
theyâre toxic and prevent you from being productive and doing your best. change wonât come right away, but do your best to stop these bad habits.
comparing yourself to others. in anything, we tend to compare ourselves to others even though we know how unhealthy it is. stop comparing yourself to your friends and classmates because everyone works in different ways at different paces.
complaining. i get it. nobody wants to write multiple essays or do fifty math problems. itâs either you do it or you donât. if you donât do it, thereâs nothing to complain about. if you do the assignment, why complain if you know youâll finish it anyway ? complaining is counterproductive and honestly quite annoying.
being negative. âiâm gonna fail this test.â âi canât do it.â everyone says these things to themselves, including me. sometimes iâll say âi donât understand anythingâ even though iâve barely tried. speak your success into existence and put in the work. believe in yourself or at least accept the situation if you didnât prepare enough so you can do your best.
cramming. if you know you have a test on friday, start studying a few days before. rather than spending a whole 3 hours studying the night prior, study in smaller increments several days beforehand. take your time to understand the concepts. cramming stresses the body by trying to force memorization which usually doesnât end up well.
going out when you have homework. i get it. you want to hang out with your friends, but you really should get your work done. make an effort to finish most/all of your work before you go out. personally, the fact that i have work to do lingers in the back of my mind which lowkey stresses me when iâm trying to have fun. who wants that ?
procrastinating. you all know why you shouldnât do it so thereâs really nothing to say. itâs one of the worst habits to have, and i hope we can all work towards getting rid of it.
p.s. thank you to everyone who disagreed with my advice but gave me feedback in a polite way. iâll keep editing slightly because i usually write these at the end of a long day so sometimes my intended meaning doesnât get across to some people.
Study Tips that Arenât Bullshit
Ok. Listen. I just graduated college on time with two degrees, a minor, and a 3.9 GPA, and now that itâs back-to-school time for some of you folks (my grad program doesnât start until September) Iâve been seeing some study tips that are half-useful but mostly bullshit. So Iâm here to give you some tips for collegiate success as a person who was pretty successful in the collegiate realm.
1) The Three to One Rule is Useless
Hereâs the truth. Some classes are going to require minimal effort. Some are going to require more than three hours of outside study time per credit. Itâs not a good rule of thumb because different people have different skills and take different amounts of time to do shit. For organic chemistry, you might be spending more 9 hours per week studying (and according to the success rates of some of my peers, I recommend you spend at least that much time on o-chem). But thereâs also, say, Oceanography. I took that class. I studied/put in work⌠maybe an hour per week, and it was a three credit class. But I also took a class that was 3 credits called 18th Century America, and I would say I probably put something like 10-15 hours per week doing the readings and assignments for that class. It just depends, you guys. Figure out what works for each class and then distribute your time accordingly (and donât waste time studying for something you very obviously know and have already aced).Â
2) Study When You Can
Sometimes you have to cram. I donât recommend it, but it happens. If you do, use the whole day before to go over stuff and test yourself. Do not do it the morning of, donât do it right before the test. That is useless. If you have a good memory, you can study the night before/two days before.
That said, if memorization and improvisation arenât your strong suits, do go over your notes at the end of each day, and if you donât get something, as your prof or your TA or your friend who definitely knows what theyâre doing. Talking about it will only help you remember it more.
Overall, study when you can find the time. Sometimes that means staying off twitter for a few minutes and reviewing your notes instead, but if youâre paying good money for higher education (and I assume you are), donât waste it by never studying or blowing off an exam.Â
3) Manage Your Time, ButâŚ
Just because you manage your time to make school a priority does not mean that you should let the other things in your life fall by the wayside. People often forget basic self care when they put school before everything else. Remember to shower and brush your teeth and take a minute for yourself because life is a lot and school is just a small part of your life. You cannot let time management become a synonym for school > everything else. It just means that you need to spend all of your time wisely, whether thatâs getting some socialization in there or eating dinner or doing homework or taking a shower.
4) You Are Allowed to Forget Stuff
Look. I recommend always having more than one writing utensil, but you can forget one day. You can forget a notebook or a textbook every once and a while. I did, and yet I succeeded with flying colors. Definitely try not to be rushed all the time, but donât freak out if you grabbed the wrong notebook. Just take down notes and staple them into the right one, or however you do it.Â
Also, yeah, your college profs arenât here to attend to your personal needs, but if you have a class on one side of the campus and only ten minutes to get to the class on the other side of the campus, see if you can leave early or let the prof know that youâre going to be a few minutes late because you can only cross a mile so fast. Professors are far more understanding than they let on (some of them arenât, but theyâre just dicks, and youâll either have to deal with that or be prepared to challenge them).
And, of course, if youâre struggling, ask for help. Profs want you to succeed, actually, and if they donât, then it might be time for a discussion with the chair of the department.
5) Stay Organized, Whatever That Means
Some people stay organized with color-coded pens, tabs, and a designer planner. Some people have the patience for bullet journals. Some people write their assignments down on their phones, or set a google/apple calendar alert. However you remember things, just remember them. Whatâs organized to you wonât be organized for someone else, and whatâs organized for someone else might not look organized to you. There is no objective way to stay organized. I donât recommend trying to store everything inside your head, but youâll figure out what works for you.Â
6) You Donât Always Need to Read/You Donât Always Need to Take Notes
Some classes are really important, some are not; some textbooks are really useful, some are not; taking notes can be effective, or they could be useless to you by the time the exam or essay rolls around. I took very light notes for my Brit Lit class (and did 75% of the reading), my World Drama class (90% of the reading), my Monuments in History capstone (20% of the reading), and I got Aâs in all of those classes. I took heavy notes for Biology and Western Mythology and read about half of what was assigned. I took no notes for my Anthropology of Sex & Reproduction class, but I read absolutely everything.Â
It will probably take you about three weeks to figure out your profâs teaching style. If itâs an English class, youâre gonna need to read most of it. If itâs a science class, maybe not. If you only have a midterm and a final, and not tests i between those, you might want to keep the textbook handy. But different classes have different requirements, just like they do with the number of hours you spend studying. So you know, act accordingly.
7) Read The Assigned Chapter Before Class, But Donât Read Ahead
Look, most profs are gonna tell you to read the chapter before class on Monday, or maybe theyâll give you until Wednesday, so you should read in advance. But unless a prof says to read ahead, you really donât need to read ahead, especially if you have content-based reading quizzes. It just gets really confusing and getting ahead is only necessary when you know that otherwise youâll get behind. I mean, read ahead if you want to, but know that you probably donât have to.
8) Show Up, For Fuckâs Sake
Look, showing up is the easiest thing in the world. And I know what having those 8am/9am classes is like. Iâll admit, I didnât show up half the time to my 9am freshman philosophy class, but I bet I wouldnât have failed two tests if Iâd shown up (I still got an A in the class, donât worry, there were a lot of assignments and one test didnât count for much). I just wanted to sleep. But if you show up and pay attention, youâre more than likely going to get a lot of out of the class.
Oh, and if your prof takes attendance. Show up. Especially if itâs a small class. Trust me, theyâll notice, and it will be so embarrassing.Â
But also, donât sweat it if youâre sick one day or sleep through the alarm. It fucking happens, and like Iâve said before, profs are pretty understanding most of the time.Â
9) Take Notes However Works For You
Some people use that weird method of dividing the paper in half hot-dog style, and thatâs fine. Some people scribble shit down that no one else can read. Donât feel pressured to rewrite your notes unless you canât understand them. Do not review right after class - give your brain some fucking time to process that shit. But maybe review in the next 48 hours, itâll help you be ready for the next class.
10) Donât Be On Your Phone
Unless youâre literally not learning anything. I spent more time in my Geography class on my phone or computer getting useful things done or playing games than I did actually learning anything from the professor. In my Asian History class, the teacher was mediocre at best, so my friend and I sat there in the front row and played hangman (which was kind of disrespectful but we were idiots at the time so). But if your grades slip because youâre on your phone and not paying attention, or if your teacher has to tell you more than once to get off your phone, you might have phone addiction. See someone about that, k?
11) Review? Maybe
If you choose to review your notes, do so in a quiet, calm, and un-rushed manner. Donât just look at them - actually try to absorb them. Otherwise thereâs no point in reviewing them.Â
12) Study When You Can
Wait, didnât I already have this one? Yeah. But! I saw a thing that said study early and often, which is great if you can make the time, but the truth is that if you study too early youâll forget everything, and if you study too often you likely wonât be able to focus on other things that require your attention. So study not too long nor too shortly before the exam, and donât study so much that your brain explodes. Give yourself a break. Have a kit-kat.
13-14) Flashcards? Mnemonic Devices?Â
Use them if they work for you, and maybe try color coding them. That can help with memorization. But if they donât work for you, donât use them.
15) Donât Rewrite Your Notes
Unless you canât read them. Then definitely either rewrite them or type them up, so that theyâre actually usable.Â
16) Consolidate
This suggestion was actually pretty okay. Making lists and/or tables or whatever can really help, especially if youâre a visual learner. But if they donât help you, donât use them, because then itâs just a waste of your time.
17) Teach It To Someone Else
Yeah, this one is good, too. But make sure the person youâre explaining it to doesnât have a lot of background knowledge, because itâs being able to explain it correctly to someone who hasnât heard it before that really counts.
18) Is There Even Such a Thing as a Good Study Environment?
Some people canât study on their own. I sure have a hard time of it, especially because I get distracted on my own. For me, studying with others for exams has saved my grade. But there are times or assignments that are best done on your own.
What I will say, is that when you study with other people, sometimes itâs best to study with your friends who are studying something else. My friend Breea and I had completely different majors and classes, but we made the best study partners because she could explain science to me and I could explain anthropology and history to her, and thatâs how we knew we were good to go.Â
19) Sleeeeeeeeeep. Plan. Deal.Â
Get a good nightâs sleep before an exam and try not to be late. Mean profs will not let you make up a missed exam. Good profs will, even if it was just a traffic jam. But generally speaking, try to prepare for all worst case scenarios when you have an assignment due.Â
20) Ask. Questions. Jesus. Christ.
Look if you get something wrong, donât be embarrassed or ashamed. Ask why you got it wrong, and if you think you did something right but the TA or prof just graded it wrong, feel free to point out their mistakes (in private, though, not in front of the class). Go to office hours and make use of that time, or make an appointment with a prof so that you donât have to skip class to go to office hours.
21) Midterms and Finals Are Different. Or Not.
Ask your prof at the beginning if the final will be cumulative. If it is, keep reviewing that midterm material through the end of the class. If not, feel free to forget most of the stuff from the midterm and earlier. Each prof is different and some finals arenât even exams, theyâre papers or projects. So, you know, plan accordingly.Â
22) Donât Keep Your Fucking Textbooks
Look, unless you fell in love with a text (happens to English majors), sell back your books. And after a few weeks (or once the next term starts) throw out your notes, especially if you canât read them or if theyâre for a class you had to take for university credit but didnât actually need for your major.Â
SELL. THOSE. BOOKS. I canât say it enough, you wonât make much, but itâll be nice to get that lunch after finals are over. But remember, donât sell the book until youâve taken/turned in the final.Â
23) Talk to People!
I saw something that said not to discuss grades/quizzes/tests/exams with classmates. Fuck that. I mean, try not to talk about it before the exam starts or whatever, but fucking talk about that shit. In my Mediterranean Archaeology class, we all talked about the readings before class on Fridays because we had a reading quiz and no fucking idea what the reading was about (those were some of the hardest readings ever). It was really helpful to discuss and summarize to make sure we got the point of the article. Also, like, if youâre comfortable with sharing grades, do, and if youâre not, donât. Itâs your grade, you can do whatever you want with it.
Also, if youâre unsure about something, you can ask a classmate. Thatâs probably a better first resource than a prof, who will get annoyed, especially if you didnât do the reading.
THATâS IT.
Well, I hope this fucking helps. This was basically how I survived college, except add a lot of caffeine. Every major is different, some things are universal. So. You know. Go ham.
20 important study skills/tips iâve learned from my professors
1. start studying a week before every quiz/test. seriously.
2. watch youtube videos/ted talks on the topics you are learning about.
3. get lots of sleep! sleep helps you process the dayâs events, including what you learned.
4. write out your notes. itâs proven that handwritten notes help you learn better than typed out notes.
5. donât just read what your professor gives you. find academic journals, books, etc. that correspond with your subjects.
6. read the news! especially in the social sciences/humanities, connecting concepts with current events helps you understand and process more easily.
7. exercise! this doesnât have to be going on runs or lifting weights, it could even just be going for a 20 minute walk. just get your blood pumping, itâll help you focus.
8. study at your desk. it may be tempting to study in bed, but your brain connects your bed with sleep, so youâll get tired more quickly.
9. reviewing notes doesnât have to be something you sit down and do for an hour. skim through them and test your memory while eating breakfast!
10. expand your study time throughout the day to avoid burnout. for example, rather than studying for 5 hours straight, study for an hour here and there in between your activities.
11. make your notes organized and easy to read, but not distracting. bright colors and flashy notes may seem better, but can sometimes distract from the purpose of the notes.
12. use apps such as quizlet. this way, you can go through definitions while waiting in lines or walking to class.
13. itâs more important to know concepts rather than facts. for example, you should be able to take what you know and apply it to different situations, not just the situation the textbook gives you.
14. just because the professor doesnât require you to read textbook, doesnât mean you shouldnât. it helps explain concepts in a different way than your professor, and a lot of times hearing two different explanations for the same concept helps you understand it.
15. read in advance. read the textbook before your professor begins going over the chapter, so when he/she does, you can easily follow what they are saying.
16. do any extra credit work that comes your way. even if you donât need the extra boost now, you might later.
17. go to class!! if you always skip class and show up at office hours completely lost on the concepts, theyâll laugh in your face. theyâll take you 100x more seriously if you show up.
18. however, if you are sick, take a day off. itâs more beneficial to you in the long run.Â
19. learn how to say ânoâ. if you have an 8 am the next day, donât stay out until midnight with your friends.Â
20. donât stress too hard over quizzes. if you expect them to go horribly, they will. you got this.
IB STUDENT SURVIVAL PT.1
Iâve received a few (far more than one would think) asks regarding the International Baccalaureate Programme, and I felt that it was necessary to make a âmaster postâ of sorts. This can also be applied to students that are not in IB, so feel free to read regardless of your course of study. I sincerely hope this is helpful. Enjoy.
GET YOUR WORK DONE EARLY. Always try for this. Always. you will thank yourself later when your peers are scrambling to complete their assignments and you have free time to sleep, binge television shows, relax, and anything else you would like to do.Â
ASK QUESTIONS. Do not be afraid of looking silly or âdumbâ. Take notes and place question marks next to what youâre confused about, and leave no questions unanswered before leaving the classroom. If you must, stay a bit after in order to ask your questions privately.Â
PLAN AHEAD. Look out for absences such as doctor appointments and sports events and cultural/spiritual holidays and get that work turned in before the deadline and get all of the work you will be missing beforehand. Falling behind is easy. Catching up? Not so much.
ALLOW YOURSELF TIME to wallow in self-pity and hate that youâve chosen IB, but donât allow it to consume you. Give yourself five minutes before getting back into your work. Donât forget to be positive, as well. IB is hard, but 100% conquerable.
DONâT BEAT YOURSELF UP over perceived failures. Self-loathing will not turn your bad mark into a good one. Deprecation will not make anything better. Instead, let that disappointment drive you to do better the next time around. No one should be expected to be perfect and you should certainly not expect that of yourself.Â
SLEEP. I cannot stress this enough. It is a myth that you can âcatch upâ on sleep. Once that sleep is gone, itâs gone. The damage is done. A grade is not more important than your health. Sleep.
SELF-DISCIPLINE will be your best friend during this mentally taxing and truly trying time. Â Do things that improve it. Thatâs truly the best advice I can give. Motivation will carry you for temporary amounts of time in which you will have a burst of energy and inspiration to do all that you have previously put aside, but self-discipline will lead to a regular flow of productivity.Â
ALWAYS HAVE ALLIES in each of your classes. If youâre like me and prefer to do things on your own and rely on no one but yourself, this will be difficult, but having connections is an important thing both in school and the workplace as adults. You never know what circumstances will lead to you requiring the assistance of another person, so politeness and offering your help when you can truly go a long way.Â
SET A REASONABLE STANDARD FOR YOURSELF. Goals are the driving force behind success. It is immensely important to have goals, but setting them can be a bit counterproductive if your goes are 100% unreasonable. You can strive for anything that you want, but pushing yourself beyond your limits to an unhealthy (keyword) extent will not help you in the future. I stress the âunhealthyâ aspect because pushing yourself above your limits is necessary to expand those limits. Keep that in mind before setting your expectations. This is one of the hardest lessons that I have had to come to terms with, and I am still struggling to understand it now.Â
DO. YOUR. WORK. Teachers may give âoptionalâ work, but it is never truly optional. Put in that little extra work to possess the rewards of it in the future.Â
This is all the advice that I currently have to offer, and if it isnât enough, @anapedia-studies is also a person to ask for IB advice. She has already made several posts for tips to reach a 4.0 and is also part of the IB Programme.Â
With finals next week I just wanted to remind everyone
You got this
You will pass
Donât stress
Make sure you get enough sleep
Donât cram for your tests
Make sure you proof read your paper
Eat a healthy breakfast
MOST OF ALL: DO NOT TELL YOURSELF YOU CANNOT DO IT! TELL YOURSELF YOU CAN DO IT
how to deal with too much homework (or practically anything)
I know sometimes we all accumulate too much homework and I know that sometimes it means you also get overwhelmed. I know there are a lot of posts like this, but decided to make one of my own on how I used to do it.
First. Make a list of all the homework that you need to do. Just list it as simply as possible.
Second. Write out all the due dates so you know whatâs more important.
Third. If your homework is multi layered, like having to do several things that are connected but are different in what you do, list them as well.
Fourth. Estimate how long it might take you to do each of them, being as a whole or each individual layer of it.
Fifth. Prioritise based on the due date first and then by the amount of time and work you need to do for it.
Sixth. First do the things that have the due date very soon and especially if they have the most to be done or take the longest.
Seventh. Next do the things that take the shortest amount of time just so you get over with them or if they need more time to be done, you have that.
Eight. Finally do the rest that arenât a time crunch.
Finally. Once youâre all caught up with your homework, try and do anything that comes next as soon as you can so it doesnât pile up again and you donât get stressed.
*checks my email at the club*
advice from my therapistâŚ
your happiness is yours.
it is not dependent on anyone else. it does not change with someone elseâs level of happiness or success.
your happiness is yours.
own your happiness.
So I found out a few months ago that wanting to ânot existâ or wishing you could âjust sleep foreverâ is also considered suicidal (specifically suicidal idealization). It shocked me cause I used to think that way when I was younger but had previously thought that being suicidal meant explicitly wanting to die.. but it actually involves wanting to not live too.
I think its an important thing to note cause it might allow someone to realize the severity of their condition earlier.
This was the funniest thing to me. Because I was talking to a counselor, and they were like âAre you suicidal?â
âNo not really. But sometimes I donât want to exist thoughâ
âYou do know thatâs suicidal ideation?â
ââŚwhat?â
I wish I kind of knew before. Like honestly, we know so little about mental health.
Same goes for wanting to run away, I had this urge for the longest time, to just leave, I thought it was because I was looking for thrill or something but after a few dozen times of googling âwhy do I want to run away so badly?â And âis it normal to want to run away?â I found out that thatâs also a symptom of depression and suicidal idealization, obviously not as strong but definetly also a part thatâs not talked about a lot
well damnâŚ