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27.11.2019; today i overslept a bit because i went to bed last night with a headache and it was still there when i woke up. now i'm feeling way better and i'm ready to conquer my day.
today i'll be doing some french and arabic homework and reading a lot, and also workout in the evening since i skipped it this morning; not a bad plan at all.
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came to realize that this thesis will not write itself and that being able to write and educate myself is a privilege. one more last month to go.š„
Hello, lovelies! Iāve gotten a couple of asks about studying so I decided to condense them into one post for you guys! Iām trying to hit a bunch of different topics so if you need an even more specific post you can send an ask! Without any further ado, have some tips! My studyblr is @spacey-scholarā
Prep
First, you always need a good base for your day! Especially if youāre studying a lot.
Make a good full breakfast! Ex. Eggs and Toast, Smoothie and fruit, Pancakes and a cup of juice.Ā
Howās your hygiene? Do you need to shower, brush your teeth, wash your face, condition your hair? Do it! Youāll be distracted if you feel messy!
Get dressed like itās a normal day. Staying in PJās is okay! But being ready for the day seriously helps focus!
Likewise, your space should be clean. A clean space is a clean mind! Remove dishes, trash, scrap paper, and extra items. Wide down your desk, organize your pens and books. Your space should feel like your space!
Now make a list of what you need to get done! What needs to be done Now, what needs to be done Soon, and what needs to be done Later?Ā
Order your list how you want your day to go, and donāt put super-tough subjects back to back, or subjects that are similar exercises i.e. reading thirty pages of two different books back to back is no fun.
The Studying
Itās important to buckle down with No Distractions! If you find yourself distracted put your phone away! If you need your phone, put it on Do Not Disturb until youāre done. I also do this at night for better sleep.Ā
Pick the best technique for you, Pomodoro, reward-based, group studying, etc.
Play music but only if it will not distract you! If you sing along or daydream itās the wrong music! Classical, Lo-fi, and White noise are all good! My Spotify Here has some good ones.
Use a nice journal (I donāt mean expensive!) and pens/pencils you enjoy using. I like to have a specific journal and color dedicated to each subject.Ā
Take notes on recorded lectures and classes, if youāre doing online classes right now try to screen record or record the audio! That way if you space out you can play it later and take notes, and you can absorb the lesson better instead of being distracted.
Donāt worry about your notes, stationary, pictures, being beautiful and your grades being perfect. Life doesnāt always look the way it does on Instagram. And the people who spend hours trying to get a good photo of their coffee are not studying!Ā
Use flashcards! Quizlet is good if you need premade ones! If you can save up and buy them, Barrons AP Flash Cards are the best in my opinion. Very clean, not too long, very durable, and cover all subjects.
Feeling DistractedĀ
If you catch yourself drifting off and getting into your head, get up and take a quick walk, stretch, or energizer.Ā
Itās okay if this happens, donāt guilt yourself! practice affirmation. The best and smartest still get distracted.Ā
If you are drifting, why? Are you hungry? Tired? Thirsty? Bored? Get a snack and some water, take a break and rest, find a way to make your studying more enjoyable.Ā
Remember that Motivation and Discipline are different things. Sometimes we just wonāt be motivated, we wonāt want to do it and it will be rather frustrating. But the cure to this is not shaming its discipline. Remind yourselfĀ āThis may be hard, and I may not want to do this, but I want to reach my goals and If this is what It takes I will make it happen.Ā
Always do just one more page of youāre tired. One at a time and oh you did it! Maybe just one more? One more? Eh, one more just to finish the train of thought, Oh just- Iām done? Nice!
If you really canāt focus just move on and come back to this subject, you can always ask for help.
Supplementary Things
There are so many apps you can use to study, for free! My favorites are Tide, Quizlet, Focus Keeper, Forest, Flora, Egenda, SpanishDict, Photomath, and Kahn Academy.Ā
You can also join a study group! You may know one, but if you donāt, there are a lot of online ones! Iām in a study Discord and have been for a while! it helps a lot and motivates me to finish my work!
You can make a studyblr, but donāt do it just for the aesthetics! Itās about studying, and sometimes that gets messy! Sometimes we fail a test, we spill our tea on our notes, we cry because we donāt understand the formula. Thatās the part you donāt see!
Having cute stationery can really help, as well as nice organizers and decorations for your space! I donāt have much money so I get a lot of stuff on Amazon or FB Marketplace.
Health
Remember that no matter what you are good enough. Itās okay if you fail, itās okay if you struggle.
Itās also okay if your path doesnāt go the way you expected! Maybe you go to a different school than expected! Or choose a trade instead! Maybe you take a gap year! Maybe your passion changes! Maybe it changes six times!
Your health is always more important than your school. If you are in pain, mentally or physically, if you are anxious, exhausted, burnt out, talk to your teachers about it! You matter more than a grade.
Your best is good enough! And your best doesnāt look the same as someone elseās best! Donāt compare!
Now go get out there and study!
here comes the sun.
last days of winter break aesthetics: trying to read as much as possible, empty journal pages, coffees cooling down while you are reading, unmade beds, stressing about new semester, still being excited about going back to school āļø
Realistic Study Moods
the āi accomplished somethingā mood: you decided to be productive that day but at night you realise you havenāt accomplished a single thing from your to-do-list. stressed you get yourself a cup off coffee and sit next to your desk really unmotivated and exhausted. half an hour later youāve solved one math problem. you smile, you have done something.
the āiām so fucking motivatedā mood: early morning. you get out of bed right after the alarm goes off. well-rested you brew yourself a cup of tea.you write your to-do-list. after that you take a seat in your bed and start reading trough the textbook of your fave subject.Ā āiāll succeed todayā you think and take a sip of your tea.
theĀ āoh iām so gonna prove you wrongā mood: āyou canāt do itā, they say. determined you start working early. you read, you write notes, you revise, you discuss, you watch videos. on the test day you walk in with confident, take your test & fully ace it. proudly you turn your back to those bastards.
theĀ āwhy do i not understand thisā mood: papers scattered everywhere, several coffee mugs on your desk. youāve been doing that same problem the whole day and still canāt solve it. youāve looked trough the theory, asked your friends & even your teacher. frustrated you pick up your phone and hope someone else has asked the same question on google.
theĀ āomg i get itā mood: youāve been reading the same theory over and over again, youāve watched several videos on the topic and googled everything about it. still, you canāt get the hang of it. frustrated you put your book down. later that day you pick up it again and start reading it. slowly but surely you realise thatĀ āhey i understand this! it isnāt that hard after allā. excited you read through rest of the theory.
ćā Here are some more cute Japanese stationery illustrations from a set I am currently working on ^_^)v
Ahhhh, the amount of luck I must have to have been able to adopt this little stinkerā¦ I love my little cyclops! #missmadeyemoodyhog https://www.instagram.com/p/B733S0Zl5Xb/?igshid=hfm55ua0me5m
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will attempt to revise all day for my exam tomorrow, mildly panicking but all is wellš
get your scheduling on: weekly planning with google calendar
there are days where iām an organized little dandelion. i can float through with minimal effort: i remember everywhere i need to be, everything i need to get done, and i can manage my time like itās my superpower.Ā itās glorious.Ā
there some days, though - nay, weeks, and maybe even months - where i am in dire need of a little (occasionally a lot of) structure. during those trying times, when i am convinced my superpower is actually the ability to flail my way madly through life, google calendar is my best lil buddy. it helps me practice time management and self-awareness, and support self-care and healthy habits.
if you, too, feel the urge or the need to schedule because youāre tired of flailing madly, hereās how my scheduling system goes on a typical (hopefully-sunny-and-caffeinated) sunday morning:Ā
gather your lists.Ā i start with gathering (or making) 3 lists: my priority-organizedĀ academic/work to-do list (ie. RA hours, marking, writing, etc), my life to-do list (ie. make a doctorās appointment, go grocery shopping, meal plan), and my daily and weekly cleaning list (ie. wash dishes, wipe down counters, sweep, clean bathroom, empty fridge)
plug in the non-negotiables. i pop open google calendar to the upcoming week and i plug in anything that is a non-negotiable commitment (things like teaching and office hours i schedule to appear weekly, but i add in meetings and planned social activities (birthday parties, dinners with the fam, etc) on a weekly basis). i also try to include, in this category, aĀ āsunday resetā (inspired by muchelle b on youtube!) that blocks out a few hours specifically for weekly planning, list-writing (this is where the above lists usually come from!), and organizing my digital workspaces. i also indicate my cleaning & catch-up day, which is typically on a friday or a saturday.
whatās your damage?Ā i figure out what iām struggling with this week. am i behind on schoolwork? do i have a serious load of academic work to do? have i overscheduled myself to the point where iām convinced iām going to miss something deadly important and run out of time to get my work done? am i lacking routine (and feeling like a frazzled, flailing mess)?
if your focus is academic workā¦ iĀ start by blocking out my most productive periods of time asĀ āwork hoursā. (iāve mentioned before that itās important to know your productive hours: if youāre most productive in the evening, block those out! if early mornings are your thing, take those! following your own schedule, created around your best work times, is far more efficient than following someone elseās.) i am as specific (10-11, research for my 310 paper; 11-12, draft intro & outline for 310 paper) or as general (8-12: work on 310 paper, 404 readings, and start 313 research) as i like. when iām feeling intensely overwhelmed, iām more specific; otherwise, i tend to remain more general and use my prioritized list of academic to-doās as my guidance during my blocked out work hours.
if your focus is all of your commitmentsā¦Ā i plugĀ āem all in. every last one. then i doublecheck: do they conflict with any big deadlines? if yes, i see if i can get an extension or i adjust my commitments accordingly. do i have time next week to play catch-up if my work needs to fall to the wayside this week? if not, i make adjustments to this week or next to balance it out. i try my best to make it so that i go into my commitment-heavy week with a calm(er) sense ofĀ āi do have time to get all of this doneā.Ā
if your focus is routineā¦Ā focus on consistency. i start with making my daily routine as consistent as possible: i schedule in the hour where iām doing my morning routine every day, and i list the items that should get done in that hour (morning routine: wake up, start coffee, drink water, wash face & do teeth, pour coffee, make smoothie, 10 min journal, 10 min meditiation). i do the same for my night routine. i try to schedule my work blocks, my reading hours, my breaks for meals and relaxing, and my workout at roughly the same time each day. itās less about the specifics of every hour, and more the general structure: providing myself with a routine to follow throughout the day removes the stress ofĀ āomg so much to do and i havenāt done anything and wow iām a disaster what do i doā and replaces it withĀ āright ok iām going to follow this and at the end of the day iāll still be a bit behind but iāll definitely be more organized and further along than i was beforeā.
donāt forget your life to-doās. itās super easy to forget about the life admin things when iām caught up in scheduling work and routine things. at this point, i take a look at my life to-doās and start figuring out where they fit best in the week iāve set out for myself. i like to attach things like grocery shopping to other outings, for example, so attaching it to the end of my planned coffee date with my sister is ideal. if i have a bit of a list happening - say, i need to make phone calls and go to appointments and get an oil change - i try to find a morning or an afternoon where i can get it all done in one go.
& do the same with your cleaning list.Ā i have a daily and weekly cleaning list that i keep in googlekeep (also inspired by muchelle b! sheās a wonder), and i incorporate them in two ways: the things i do daily get squeezed in during breaks (or during a scheduled hour of cleaning), and i always write those directly into my google calendar items (ie. break: tidy kitchen, sweep, flip laundry, grab a snack). for the things i do weekly, i try to schedule a day or partial day each week for cleaning and catching up. having a cleaning day gives me the chance to get caught up on things around the house, so even if iāve let things slide with the daily cleaning to-doās (which can (and does) happen during busy weeks!) it doesnāt build up past the end of the week and become an enormous, wow-iām-going-to-avoid-this problem.
google calendar works for me because itās easy to use, easy to check, it can prompt you with reminders, and you can set it up to repeat scheduled items daily, weekly, or monthly. (edit: A just informed me that it also has a new āgoalsā setting that iām absolutely going to check out.) i go through phases with it, but when iām in need of some structure, google calendar is always what i reach for.
& just to clarify, real quick, before we start panicking about just how structured this post makes my weeks look: the purpose of this, for me, is never to set up a schedule that doesnāt allow for flexibility. i view it, instead, as helping me stay aware of the amount that i have to do and the hours i have in which to do everything. at a glance i can see how busy my week is, so when iām tempted to throw the schedule out the window for a day at the lake, the schedule doesnāt tell meĀ ānoā - it tells me i canĀ if i want to, because iāll know what iām throwing out the window (aka: iāll know exactly what iāll be re-working into my schedule later).Ā
happy scheduling!
never not bribing myself with cute lattes in order to writeā¦
Iāve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but donāt know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. Iāve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps yāall out. :)
stereotypical delightful classical music:
battalia a 10 in d major (biber)
brandenburg concerto no. 5
brandenburg concerto no. 3
symphony no. 45 - āfarewellā (haydn)
if you need to chill:
rondo alla turca
fur elise
anitraās dance
in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)
if you need to sleep:
moonlight sonata
swan lake
corral nocturne
sleep (eric whitacre) (added by thelonecomposer)
if you need to wake up:
morning mood
summer (from the four seasons)
buckaroo holiday (if youāve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)
if you are feeling very proud:
pomp and circumstance
symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)
1812 overture
symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)
american (dvoÅĆ”k)
if you feel really excited:
hoedown (copland)
bacchanale
spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much youāll start hating it)
la gazza ladra
death and the maiden (schubert)
if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:
dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)
winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)
symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)
symphony no. 5 (beethoven)
totentanz (liszt)
quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)
young personās guide to the orchestra, fugueĀ (britten) (added by iwillsavemyworld)
symphony no. 5 mvt. 4 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)
marche slave (tchaikovsky) (added by eternal-cadenza)
if you want to cry for a really long time:
fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)
adagio for stringsĀ (barber)
violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)
aaseās death
andante festivo
vocalise (rachmaninoff) (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)
if you want to feel like youāre on an adventure:
an american in paris (gershwin)
if you want chills:
danse macabre
russian easter overture
egmont overture (added by shayshay526)
if you want to study:
eine kleine nachtmusik
bolero (ravel)
serenade for strings (elgar)
scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov)Ā (added by viola-ology)
pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)
if you really want to dance:
capriccio espagnolĀ (rimsky-korsakov)
blue danube
le cid (massenet)Ā (added by viola-ology)
radetzky march
if you want to start bouncing in your chair:
hopak (mussorgsky)
les toreadors (from carmen suite no.1)
if youāre about to pass out and you need energy:
hungarian dance no. 1
hungarian dance no. 5
if you want to hear suspense within music:
firebird
in the hall of the mountain king
ride of the valkyries
night on bald mountain (mussorgsky)Ā (added by viola-ology)
if you want a jazzy/classical feel:
rhapsody in blue
jazz suite no. 2 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)
if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:
introduction and rondo capriccioso
unfinished symphony (schubert)
symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven)Ā (added by viola-ology)
canon in d (pachelbel)
if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:
st. paulās suite
concerto for two violins (vivaldi)
lāarlĆ©sienne suite
concierto de aranjuez (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)
pieces that donāt really have a valid explanation:
symphony no. 40 (mozart)
cello suite no. 1 (bach)
polovtsian dances
enigma variations (elgar)Ā (added by viola-ology)
perpetuum mobile
moto perpetuo (paganini)
pieces that just sound really cool:
scherzo tarantelle
dance of the goblins
caprice no. 24 (paganini)
new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added byĀ viola-ologyā)
le tombeau de couperin (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)
carnival of the animals (added by shadowraven45662)
if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):
concerto for two violins (bach)
concerto for two violins (vivaldi)
violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)
violin concertoĀ (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)
violin concerto in d minor (sibelius) (added by eternal-cadenza)
cello concerto in c (haydn)
piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)
harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)
and if you really just hate classical music in general:
4ā²33ā³ (cage)
a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!
also, thank you to viola-ology, iwillsavemyworld, shayshay526, eternal-cadenza, tropicalmunchakoopas, shadowraven45662, and thelonecomposer for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!
