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22/04/18 Finally posting something of my own after a week of mock exams… This is how I plan film/book essays for French & Spanish A levels. They’re so useful to revise from :)

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13.08.17

Day 7-8/100 days of productivity

Amino acids flashcards using my new Muji memo key chain :

one side for the molecule

other side for class (color coded), names and chemical properties

I also tried out @emmastudies​ organic chemistry printable, so happy about how things turned out !

You can tell I already love my new highlighters :')

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20 Questions Tag

I was tagged by @ampersand-study! thank youuu

rules: answer the questions and tag 20 followers you’d like to get to know better!

name: Sophie

nickname: idk, maybe Soph? lol

zodiac sign: Scorpio

height: I actually don’t know omg I need to find out soon

orientation: straight

nationality: Irish

fav fruit: apples

fav season: winter

fav scent: lavender

fav colour: pink

fav animal: doggiiiiiieeeess

coffee, tea, hot chocolate: tea

avg. hours of sleep: god rn probably 8 or 9 but wait til college starts again lol

fav fictional characters: Ellie from The Last of Us, and Lee and Clementine from The Walking Dead

no. of blankets you sleep with: one, but 2 in winter

blog created: 22/06/17

favourite book: Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

favourite flower: lavender or baby’s breath

dream trip: Tokyo

dogs or cats: dogs dogs dogs (cats are cute too but dOGS)

tagging anyone who wants to do this!! just say I tagged you! and tag me so I can see your answers! (#sensiblestudy)

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~08/09/17~ 1/100 days of productivity

Some class notes from psychology today. I love my teacher so much, she’s always got a crazy story about something or other...

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11.08.17

More new stationery ! While I dislike bright ass highlighters, I have yet to order mildliners on Amazon and I am a die hard Frixion fan...so I got these gorgeous pastel highlighters *squeals*

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This is my first ever masterpost and I’m making it for Day 2 of @studyquill ‘s 30 Day Summer Study Challenge. 

I’ve always been fascinated by bullet journals because I love making lists and sorting the different areas of my life into different sections with tick boxes and little symbols. I actually have an entire Pinterest board with photos of different layouts and ideas for spreads but I never got as far as creating my own. Instead, I have a group of apps that perform many of the same functions as a bullet journal but for free and in a more portable form.

To-Do Lists:

This is undoubtedly a big part of bujo. Whether they appear in daily, weekly or monthly spreads, to-do lists are an important organisational tool that we probably all use in some form or another. There are dozens of apps that perform this function, the most popular of which are Evernote, Wunderlist and Todoist. My personal favourite is Todoist because I like the clean layout and the ability to group by category (e.g. school or errands) and priority. 

Diary:

This is another important part of a bullet journal. Having a space to record your dreams, memories or random invention ideas is a necessity, and again, the app stores are not short of solutions. The app that I use is called Diaro and it has a few features that I am very grateful for. Firstly, you can set a password, so even if an annoying sibling manages to guess your phone password, the contents of the app will remain hidden. Also, you can back up your diary entries to Dropbox which really helps when your phone stops working and you have to do a factory reset... Finally, you can put your entries in folders to make stuff easier to find. All the stuff I’ve written about mental health is in the folder ‘Mental Health’, and all the wacky dreams I’ve had are in the folder ‘Dreams’. Nice and simple.

School Planner:

Moving my planner from a physical planner to an app is one of the best things I did this year. I spent the first few weeks of Year 12 scrambling for my diary when the teacher announced the homework as the bell for the end of class rang and I ended up simply not writing things down and forgetting all about them. Now I use an app called Egenda which means I can write my homework down while walking to the next class and it sends you reminders so you can’t just pretend it’s not there... I also have an app called Timetable which (funnily enough) I use for my school timetable. You can put a widget on your homescreen which saves time messing around with a piece of paper.

Calendar:

This one is pretty self-explanatory. I have an Android phone so I use Google Calendar which is pretty decent. If I have a person’s birthday in their contact info then it automatically shows up on the calendar. You can use lots of pretty colours and it does lots of other cool stuff too like sending you reminders and can be viewed as a schedule, day, 3-day, week or month spread.

Miscellaneous:

Bullet journals have several other functions too but the digital world manages to keep up. There are apps for habit tracking, period tracking (download Clue), learning language vocabulary (Quizlet is amazing), keeping track of your finances (Money Lover is pretty good). You can personalise your digital bujo as much as you like, whether you’re into travel, cooking or fitness. Finding apps that fit you is fun and when they genuinely make your life a bit easier then that’s even better.

Well, that’s it for the masterpost. I hope it helps or gives someone some inspiration. Feel free to reblog and add on apps that you couldn’t live without and I hope you guys all have a lovely summer :) x

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24.08.17

Day 11-12/100 days of productivity

It's been a minute since my last post ! I'm still trying to prepare the upcoming semester, rewriting/revising old notes and being semi-productive. I actually managed to sit at my desk and study two days in a row woop ! Also, today I went for a run and man was it a good humility lesson, I'm so out of shape x)

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~04/08/17~

I’m trying to teach myself Portuguese. The regular verbs are really similar to Spanish which makes it easier but I have to remember to use você instead of tu.