Studyblr

University of Vitoria female student. Studyblr sideblog to @condradictionsandcliches. I don't think I've slept...ever but it's worth it?

[keep-on-shining]

“one day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again.”

— C.S. Lewis

[studyinrevolution]

Feeling weirdly good this weekend..wonder what I’ve forgotten.

[bluef00t]

“you talk like a smart/pretentious person” actually I just forget simple words constantly and am forced to rummage through my brain for the nearest synonym, which is usually twice as long and needlessly specific

[peachdoxie]

#see also: the exact feeling im trying to convey with my sentences doesnt get across the same way without that specific word

[theofficialvincenzo]

See also: my various hyperfixations expose me to words I like and get I excited to use them in sentences

[dolcifool]

I can and will use big words in sentences and I know innately that I’ve used them correctly. But I could not for the life of me tell you their definitions.

[pterodactyl-catching-detective]

My mom used to read the dictionary for fun so i grew up around those words and just think they are common place

[studyinrevolution]

I grew up reading books well above my grade level so I’ve always been just...like this and now it’s so much of a habit that it’s my personality and it now takes concentrated effort to speak like my peers. It gets worse when I’ve just been reading something particularly stilted for school like Victorian poetry or Shakespeare or some philosophers. Today I asked if we were to have an audience with my grandfather, because I couldn’t get my brain juice to say “happy hour”

[studyinrevolution]

School is overwhelming sometimes. It’s okay just to do a little bit. You’ll be able to do more when you have the mental energy, but do yourself a favour and read a page or half a page or a paragraph. In bed, on the toilet (yes I have one book a semester that replaces a magazine, don’t @ me because you don’t do anything but contemplate your mortality in silence for one to five mins a couple times a day, every day. That’s time you can’t get back may as well use it) in the break room, while cooking dinner, after a nap, on the way to class. Whenever you can, or wherever it’s manageable. It’s one less thing you’ll have to do later and if your bad days pile up it will mitigate the work you have to do later on. Do what you can for now even if it’s not a lot and it will maximize the time you have when you do have energy.

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My “classroom” at home

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Week three’s study board. Haha I’m already right into the semester! Setting small goals sure looks intimidating at first but it’s much less taxing to take something off the list!

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Study buddy

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Online school sucks

But, can you imagine online school in December? Like, being in bed while it’s cold outside. 

Waking up to the sound of christmas music.☃️🎄

Drinking hot chocolate in bed for breakfast 😏☕

[studyinrevolution]

So I know a lot of people are having school set up where one of their classes is a zoom meeting and the other is asynchronous lecture notes/slides/recordings etc. I just want to encourage everyone to treat that time as though it’s a real class. Dedicate that hour or so that would’ve been spent in a zoom meeting to actually doing the work portioned out for that time. Yes, even if it’s early. Not only will it help with a routine, it will keep you on track.

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Cosy morning reads

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I like to think about five years from now. All my loved ones are safe and healthy. The fears and stresses of now are all resolved. I come home every night to him in our beautiful new home we will spend the next two decades paying off. We have a beautiful kitchen and the ballet studio is half built. We just need to get better flooring but for now I dance barefoot on old carpets. We talk about having a pool someday when we can afford it. You have dinner waiting for me when I come home from work. It’s your night to cook. You learned how to cook just enough to take care of me when it’s your turn. We curl up watching tv together after dinner and I mark papers. Eventually, after I’ve been saying “just one more” for the past hour, you carry me to bed. I plan to visit my parents this weekend and I wanted to get as much work out of the way as possible first. I’ll finish the rest on the ferry. Your job doesn’t stress you out so much and when you come home you don’t need to decompress in silence for an hour unpacking the brutal lives you handled today. We never have to say goodbye again unless we choose to.

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School starts tomorrow and I have no idea what is happening Wednesday, but thank goodness ive got the zoom links to attend class on Friday.

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Hahahaha school starts in a week. I have made a mistake.

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Despite all the problems ahead, part of me is kinda excited for a very different back to school experience

This blog is back: a bit about me

I’m going into my fourth year and it’s looking like I now have two more years to my degree. I started university as a poli sci/English double major and by the end of first year, I was just Philosophy. Now, I’m going for a Philosophy major, an English minor and a teachable area (something between taking a lot of electives in one area and a minor, but really it’s just as many classes) in Theatre. My educational and career goals have changed dramatically with me. I’m not going to be a lawyer anymore, I want to teach English and Drama at a Highschool level.

What I’m up to this fall:

-taking 3 online classes in English, this year is about taking a break, so I’m not going to pressure myself too much. This is a new format of learning for me in a new atmosphere and I want to do my best for each class.

-running online theatre. I started a drama club for my university during second year when I realized the only thing like that on campus was the actual theatre program which is great if that’s your whole thing, but I realized many people from lots of different majors have a passion for theatre too and no outlet. So I made one. A free club for students to come work on theatre in their spare time just for the love of it. All this to say, I’m responsible for leading a community I won’t even be present in. It’s honestly my pride and joy and made me realize I really wanted to do that professionally. Then, I realized this was already a government job, so that’s why I want to be a drama teacher. I have been planning for months and now I just have to trust we will be able to work with what we are given like always.

-working. I’m going to be spending more time at work and saving up. I’m living back at home rent free (thanks mom and dad) and while there’s a lot of drawbacks to that (missing friends, boyfriend, aforementioned club), it’s safe and it’s giving me the chance to save up for longer term goals such as extended school and retirement (saving up for retirement in my 20’s was ever an expectation of mine so it’s a thrill to be able to chip in a couple thousand there) . One of my financial goals is to save up to move out by January if the case count is alright and hopefully live with my boyfriend. I actually like work. I’ve always liked being a barista but I feel safe and people must wear masks and the cases are realatively low (could be a lot lower tho!) and this is giving me a sense of routine in a fall that is looking like it will mostly be a struggle to take off my pjs during.

That’s me, I’m reviving the studyblr because these three things have always been an aspect of my daily life, but in between that was a lot of dating/being in a relationship, clubbing, partying, music sessions, fundraisers, dance classes and maintaining friendships with lots of people. I like a busy social life and now that I’ll have less of that I’ll have more time to prioritize education and this blog.

[studyinrevolution]

Still waiting to see if staying home in the fall will boost my grades because there’s nothing else to do or if it will tank them because being away from my friends and normal activities combined with the lack of structure from online learning will wreck havoc on my mental health. Guess we’re gonna find out though.

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Long time, no post. It’s been a rough couple of years. I failed my first ever class last semester and while I didn’t fail again, my report card this semester was not doing me any favours. So with that in tandem with learning that Covid is going to force my university online in the fall, I have made the difficult decision to take a semester off of school. This could potentially do a lot of damage in a lot of areas of my life (my club, my relationship, my sanity as I am now living for 7 months with my parents). But I’m hoping it will give me some time to really reevaluate and recharge. I’m scared. I will be doing a long distance relationship with my boyfriend of one year, and my musical will likely go on without me. However I already feel...lighter. Like I’m not staring down the barrel of another semester of falling short of my expectations no matter how hard I try to meet them. I feel like I have time to plan, as I have just made a new career decision with limited knowledge on how to approach it. I’m hoping this time will help with the complete burnout I’m feeling and I am intending to use this time to prepare for upcoming material by reading the requisite authors well in advance and taking notes on them now so that I can spend class taking in new information from the profs without having to worry about familiarizing myself with the content at the same time. I used to really love school. I want that again, and my grades need that again.

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Hey y’all

My life has been so busy this year that I’ve neglected this study blog (mostly cause my studying has been survival mode rather than aesthetic mode). I happen to be done school this semester, but I know some people are still struggling with studying under Covid-19. So I wanted to share my strategy with those who are dealing with having to be productive now. On days I just really can’t do studying, I commit to ten minutes. At the end of ten minutes, I’ll either have my flow started up or I’ll know that I’m really just not gonna get anywhere today. Either outcome? Perfectly fine because you know what?! Even if you choose to call off studying for the day a) at least that’s ten minutes left the next day and b) you know that it’s not from lack of effort so you can recharge guilt-free. Anyway self care is important and I wish I knew about this earlier because ten mins of reading every day adds up and even if you fall behind, it’s less ground you need to make up for when you’re ready. This is how I get myself out of burn-out, how do you?