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２０１7年04月5日とうとう、また勉強しています！（＾ω＾）今日は良い天気ですよ！)^o^(

01.30.17 // turquoise + honeycomb yellow

here’s a peek of my newly started daily journal. it turned out better than i expected tbh. i hope i’ll be able to commit and finish the whole thing. *sighs* it’s been two years since i kept one (and it was a starbucks planner omg) anyways, i plan to use different color schemes each month or each week!

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sept 10 // getting some work done ☺️

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Sleeping, eating & studying

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a little sneak peek of my 2017 bullet journal! ☺️

ft. literature readings before class!

#studyblr #literature class #Anne Sexton review

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Motivation is overrated. No amount of motivation would’ve gotten me through hours of my accounting textbook. No “vision” is enough to keep me awake til the crack of dawn on an essay that I don’t even know if the professor will check. Discipline is what determines how far you go. On those days when your cute little list of #goals and vision of yourself 5 years from now aren’t enough, discipline will pull you out of bed and get you to work. I wish I knew this in high school because I thought I couldn’t work without motivation. I wasted so much time trying to find purpose before I realized that working now, albeit blindly, will ensure that I could chase any purpose I discover in the future. Sure, motivation is crucial, but it’s not consistent. It’s not reliable. You can only rely on yourself and your grit.

busymarina

THIS THIS THIS THIS

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Dear internet,

Please give me all the advice you have on writing cover letters. Like, the closer you can get to literally just writing a cover letter for me, the better. Ok bye.

emilysidhe

This is how I did the one for my librarian position. I hope it helps.

Dear Person Hiring for this Job,

I am writing to ask you to consider me for X position. This is a paragraph about why I want to do X position in general. It includes at least one personal detail and at least one job skill I consider a particular strength. It argues that I am passionate about this career. It is not long.

I have had the opportunity to gain experience in this job by - paragraph about my work or study experience. It should go from most recent experience back. Include some details about your responsibilities/achievements in your most recent or most important positions. If you have mostly study experience, give more detail about what exactly you studied. If you shadowed people, mention that. If your work experience is largely unrelated, try to shoehorn some of it in (e.g. I gained experience working with people by). You can supplement with relevant hobbies. (But if you do have recent, relevant work experience, you should largely be detailing that. Only embroider the other stuff if you need to flesh it out.) This should be the longest paragraph.

I hope you will consider allowing me to do X thing at your company. This is a few sentences about why I want to work at your company in particular and what I think I could bring. Try to mention at least one detail from the company website, so they know you visited it. This is a short paragraph that parallels the first one.

Thank you very much for your time and attention.

Sincerely,

Person You Would Be a Fool Not to At Least Interview

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oh my god thank you this is relevant to current interests

magpieandwhale

Two other points, to challenge what’s being said above a little:

1) Remember that the person reading this cover letter wants to know how you can contribute to the company. Not how excited you are about the position: it’s all about what they gain. Try framing the whole thing in that sense — “You would gain my X awesome skill that would help you Y with your mission.” “Here’s why I’m awesome and a great fit for making your company go better.”

2) At the end, ask for the interview. “I am available at PHONE NUMBER at your convenience. I look forward to speaking with you about this great opportunity soon.” Maybe even say you’ll be following up at a specific time and date. Ask for the job. People respond to that, and it’s a good way to fake confidence until you make it. Ask for the job.

Okay, three points. People reading cover letters get SO BORED going through them. Think about starting off with a story that relates to why you’re interested in the job, or that demonstrates a skill or a strong interest that would make you a good candidate. Be memorable — people remember stories, even (maybe especially) very little ones.

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*hoards advice*

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21//9 skyping my study buddy and doing some algebra revision. yay…it’s so fun. like it just rained and it’s really cooling outside, so I decided to study outside for while until the sun sets

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Some biology notes! Currently I’m using the notes plus app and an adonit jot pro stylus.

Catching up on week 1 notes for literature class! And then I gotta read 90-ish pages of Homer's Odyssey by Thursday - but it actually looks like a really fun read, so fingers crossed ☺️

#studyblr #lit class