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[celestudials]

TOP TEN IOS APPS by bree celestudials 

like many other students, i use my iphone for many purposes, including studying! a few of the apps i’m going to recommend here are classics, but most are more obscure to avoid giving repetitive information. all of them help me cope better with daily life, academic or otherwise. listed with their names and a description of their function. every app is free!

google calendar, google docs, & google drive

condensed to one point because they really go hand in hand, google’s organizational apps are a must-have for any student. syncing across multiple devices, with convenient organizational categories, they are most effective when used together.

discord

my favorite method of communication, discord is a chat app that far outstrips skype. it has text chat, voice call, and a video calling function is in beta right now. it has custom roles and emojis, and server management and nicknaming is much easier than ever before. despite being advertised as “chat for gamers,” it’s really for everyone!

duolingo

this studyblr staple is a great tool for on-the-go language learning. it partners with the duolingo website, and offers a vast variety of languages with customized learning paths. quiz yourself on the bus, or study during lunch: duolingo is here!

paper by 53

paper is a note-taking alternative for the creative mind; it has a word processing function, and it also offers a digital sketchpad. if you want to switch fast between doodling and writing, i recommend paper.

viridi

a classic calming app, viridi is a game where the player cultivates a bowl full of succulents in more or less real time. it’s always calming for me to check in on my plants and water them, but be warned that just like real succulents, they can die! nevertheless, i recommend viridi to anyone with anxiety or a busy schedule; it’s a quiet, meditative space that gives you room to breathe.

playmoss

a great music app for making playlists. it doesn’t host all youtube videos, but it allows you to do custom playlist cover art and titles, and it has free unlimited listening (unlike 8tracks). i’m celestudial on there; come say hi!

onenote

this app works in conjunction with onenote on windows, and is a great word processor and place to take notes. it does autocapitalize, which i’ve found to be somewhat annoying, but other than that its function is pretty much flawless!

VSCO

VSCO is a popular studyblr app; it’s a photo editor that produces crisp, professional images. use it to adjust your studyspo pictures to your liking, or to filter a selfie! it has many potential uses, especially for the artistically inclined.

i love fur

this one’s a little different: it’s a game app where you have to play with different textures of touch-sensitive fur. i find it very engaging and soothing, and it’s very helpful for my sensory issues.

clue (period tracker)

clue is a period tracking app, one of the more discreet that i’ve seen around. it allows you to keep track of your cycle, warns you when your next period should be coming, and it isn’t covered in pink and gendered symbolism for those of you (like me!) who have periods but aren’t female.

that’s all! if there are issues with any of these, my inbox is open. if this helped you, please let me know/tag me in a post. here are my other masterposts; go forth and achieve!

[acaddemia]

An Update

So I'm not dead. This quarter went okay. Grades were fine, social life was a lot better than last year, and I started branching out a bit with my extracurriculars/figuring out my major. Health shit hit the fan, though, both mentally and physically. I'd started a new dose of one of my psych meds this summer and it turned out to be the wrong dose. My ADHD was way worse, and to top it off I started having issues with abdominal pain. The abdominal pain ended up being something really minor, but it took ages, and tons of tests to figure that out. And I still haven't entirely figured out the meds situation.

Anyway, that's all to say that running a blog about disabled students has become a lot harder because... well... I'm too busy actually being a disabled student. While college has been absolutely amazing for me, in so many ways, my free time is generally not spent here--it's spent laying on my bed, staring at the ceiling and applying various ice/heat packs as required by my imperfect biology.

I want to spend time here. I think studyblr can be a great resource, and I want to be a resource for disabled students! I really care about that, I love school and am passionate about accessibility. But, realistically, that's hard. I have a very finite amount of spoons, and so many things I want to do with them.

I've been doing more disability work IRL, getting involved in my school's disabled student organization--helping to organize info sessions about accommodations and stim toy parties finals week, and fun things like that. So that's been kind of filling the need for me to interact with the disabled community--I didn't have a disabled community at all when I started this blog!

Anyway, that's all to say that this blog is not dead, but I don't know what'll happen to it. We'll see as the school year rolls on.

TL; DR: I really want to be active on this blog but it's hard to find the spoons to do so. Also, since I've found disabled community IRL, I feel less of a need to find it on the internet.

[whilemirandastudies]

It's been way too long but hey I'm at SCIENCES PO!! This looks pretty but in reality it's been a rough morning and I don't know if I can read any more. Studying Le discours de Bayeux (1946) et Les conditions juridiques (1958).

[mathophile]

8.2.17 // behold! I rise from the dead! doing Latin as always! outside!

I also realized I never said how I did on the calc BC. I got a 5! yay! woo!

[mentallyillwithakeyboard]

Hope

I've had troubles in high school since the end of freshman year. I'm a senior now and I have less than a week before the graduation ceremony. I'm still not on the graduation list yet due to my focus issues. My body refuses to cooperate. If I manage to force myself to work, I work at a sluggish pace and accomplish nothing at all. It's been a few months now since I first thought graduation was actually impossible. I'd thought for a while before then that it was unlikely, but I knew I could somehow pass my classes if I could focus. A few months ago, however, I finally broke and thought, "it isn't possible anymore. There isn't enough time to fix this." I wouldn't go down without a fight. I kept trying.. but I thought my grades were past the point of no return. It was a week ago that I met with my counceller and she told me exactly what I needed to do. I still didn't believe it was possible- there was just too much to do for 2 weeks- but then I actually took the time to look into every class and calculate the minimum I needed to pass. I realized... wow. It actually IS possible. My teachers were using my 504 to lower my requirements and I realized... it was possible. Even in just 2 weeks. I took my us history and economics finals and passed them. I'm done with that class. I finished my senior project research paper and turned it in. I found my resume and turned it in. I started my credit recovery packet and realized it wasn't that long. I calculated the minimum I'd need to do for english- just 2 quizes and 2 short essays. I have under a week left and a ton of work to do, but for the first time in months I believe it's possible, and for the first time in years I believe it's FEASIBLE. I have hope. It's still so hard to focus, but it's as if the hope has unlocked something that is allowing me to work for extended periods of time, with a consistent semi-focus. I will fucking do this. I will fucking graduate. I remember as a kid... I never would have dreamed that one day I would struggle to pass a class. I passed everything. I had straight A's. I had no idea that a person could try so hard with such poor results. I had no idea a person could have these focus issues. I just assumed that people who didn't work were lazy... and now I'm struggling just to GRADUATE. I'm gonna do it, though. I'm going to win this battle and it will be the hardest thing I've ever done.

[vic-studies]

[4/2/17] April is here and so is spring (finally)!

[celestudials]

adhd studyblr ask game:

 favorite stim?

what type of music helps you focus best, or do you prefer silence?

organization: planner, calendar, bullet journal, or memory?

what helps you perk up when you’re feeling down?

is caffeine helpful or distracting?

what reminders work best (phone alarms, sticky notes, etc)?

 lots of breaks or hyperfocus through it?

preferred fidget toy?

video captions: helpful or distracting?

leg bouncing or pen tapping?

do you doodle on paper or on yourself (or neither)?

how does your adhd interact with your academics?

how do you take notes: on paper, online, via recording, or not at all?

is your handwriting aesthetic or a disaster?

#1 tip for other adhd students?

[acaddemia]

Just got my math grade for the quarter back, and I somehow got an A- in the class, when I was expecting about a B, so that’s really exciting! I’m honestly really proud of that grade, even though it was way higher than expected, especially considering I did pretty poorly on my second midterm. I put a lot of work into the class and I learned so much. I also think that’s the best grade I’ve gotten in a math class since like... 9th grade? And other than 9th grade I think it was the only time I’ve ever gotten above B-range in a math class. At least this class has definitely made me realize that I do really enjoy higher math, and even if I don’t minor in it, I’ll still take math electives, because proofs can be really exciting and fun.

After that, it’s just my sosc paper, which isn’t hard, but I’m just having trouble making myself do it. I’m not incredibly interested in the subject matter and I’m so close to the end of the year that I’m losing the energy to do schoolwork I’m not interested in very, very fast.

I also have to finish packing. When I first moved into the dorm, I brought out one suitcase, and my parents brought out three more. Now, however, my parents can’t help me at all with move out (they have work), so I have to stuff four large suitcases worth of stuff into three bags, (all of which are probably over the plane weight limit so I’ll have to pay extra), and get them all the way home by myself. First of all, I’m concerned that I won’t be able to fit all of my stuff in my bags, but also that even if I do fit all my stuff in my bags, I’ll just be stranded at the airport because I won’t be able to get any of them off the conveyor belt.

I need to bring, like, exponentially less stuff to college next year.

But anyway, it’s essay time. Time to go read some Fanon, wish me luck!