#original studyblr content

[historomy-blog]

[4/3/2018] Desk update! Not much has changed. Added some plants a few days ago, so I’ll let you know if I’m capable enough to keep them alive. My guess is no. These are some of the books I’m reading right now for my history courses. Exams are coming up so I'm stressed as hell. Also, yes that is a bottle of wine. Yes it is half empty. Yes I’m going to drink the rest of that tonight. Hope you’re doing fine x 

[historomy-blog]

[17/02/2018] I light candles in the daylight because it makes me feel warm and cosy, it also makes my room smell nice. I’ve been sick for the past couple of days, but today I’m trying to at least get some reading done for my Middle Ages course. It’s def not my favorite subject, but ya got to do what ya got to do right? Hope you’re all doing fantastic, x. 

[cherrysodastudies]

~My Chinese Study Planner~

Hi Tumblr! I’ve decided to do a little mini-post for my Chinese study planner. This is my first original content post outside of my regular personal productivity posts, so I’m learning as I go here.

Why Google Sheets?

I used Google Sheets to create my planner for a variety of reasons:

I use a Macbook Air, so Excel isn’t super friendly on my computer; I’d rather not download any large softwares if I can avoid it, as my laptop has very limited storage.

Google Sheets is accessible from all my devices, so I can view and edit from my phone (or any device with internet, really) if I want.

I’m already familiar with Google Sheets and its features.

How It’s Set Up

Every row has four days, as that’s the amount of days I could fit in comfortably without having to scroll left and right. It may seem kind of awkward to have four days instead of a full seven in a row, but it makes using the planner easier for me. I also split up the planner by the month as that seems to be by far the best way to avoid cluttered sheets.

Each day is split into two sections: review and new material. I have two cells for each of those sections, as I generally give myself two things to do for review and two things to do for my new material. I try to give myself one vocabulary and one grammar assignment/exercise for both review and for my new material.

So... that’s basically it! This was a pretty short post but it gave me a better idea of how I’m going to navigate making original content in the future.