#study things

[literature-cult]

so much to do. not sure where to start

[shadow-pixelle]

Two things I've learned so far during this particular uni semester;

One; literature analysists and stuff are way, way too obsessive on the idea of gay vampires and sex undertones and shit.

Two; Freud is fucking everywhere and will not leave.

The second one is honestly more annoying because like. If I wanted to talk about Freud I'd've done Psychology, ta, he's not that interesting.

[edicus]

March 26th, 2021

There are some days where I do nothing and feel bad for it, because I know I could have done better. And then there are days where I study all day but still feel like I haven't done enough. But I know I can't do everything in one sitting, especially on days when I am tired and at the same time stressed because I'm trying to catch up on things that I should have done over the course of the last few days. All I can say is I tried the best I could for now. While I am very slow when it comes to studying, it's better than doing nothing at all I guess.

5/100 days of prod.

[dakiryuu]

[30.08.21] ✧ Colorado Apologies I have been away for ages. It's been a rollercoaster lately - I wish I had a better way to describe how it's been going, but that pretty much sums it up. Somewhere towards the end of last semester I got so overwhelmed; I probably pulled 3 all-nighters in one week because I had procrastinated my work so badly. It was living hell. 

During the summer, I went to the north of France with Lucie for two weeks, staying with her brother and meeting her family. I went to the United States for three weeks. When I got back I stayed in the north with Lucie again for about a week, and then we came to Geneva together.

This past week, I made an emergency last-minute trip to the US because my grandma passed away. The funeral was last Friday, and finally I am here waiting at the Frankfurt airport.

Finally, I have been trying to get back into the swing of things, but it's continually being interrupted. I am starting online therapy, and going to try to do a wellness journey before classes start. I start work this week as well, and looking at buying a car in Geneva. I have also felt entirely lost with my thesis, so I have been reading a lot of methodology and research books to help me get a grip on it.

One of the things that's stuck with me so far - one of my good books recommends (well, rather demands) writing every morning for 90 minutes. I guess now I'm stuck at the part where it's like... what the hell do I write?  I certainly feel like my thesis topic is rough, and certainly an oversaturated topic, but maybe I'll write myself out of it.

I have an interview coming up, and I am actually looking forward to doing some research for once.

Also - one great thing. I am practically fluent in French. Sometimes I really feel fluent and sometimes I feel like I understand nothing. But either way, I never thought it was possible to make it this far. It's a pretty good feeling.

Will keep you all updated. Hope everyone has been having a lovely summer. <3

[writingonesdreams]

We see our lives as stories

Okay I had an amazing topic for the presentation today and I thought I would share.

During the narration analysis from ethnographic perspective (you can look up Silke Meyer 2014 for more) it was found out, that people literally see their lives as stories. We construct our memories into narrative structures so they are experienced as stories. We evaluate our past by our present situation and give it a story structure: literaly an introduction (time+place+people) with complications -> resulting in a sumary with a moral and generalization for people that are listening. 

We are encoded to think in stories. We structure our past and memories as stories so we can derive meaning from the structure and we present our lives as a story when we talk - we do this automatically. Just notice when you talk with someone next time that they structure what they say with a recognizible beginning-complications-ending and summary pattern. 

Kinda explains why stories are so irresistible for us, doesn’t it? :)

[miserabella]

today🐸🌿

finish reading essay abt virgil in paradiso (10 pages left)

(re)listen to lectures about the canti from inferno i need to know  (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 24, 25, 26, 30)

go over the main points from the essays + practice summarising them in italian

wash hair

aim to sleep before midnight

[4amstudies]

9/1/21

I thought I’d share my favourite notebooks to use! I got these from Amazon and the paper is thick, soft and smooth. Not to mention you can get an app to scan your notes in (I haven’t used that function yet). I mainly use these for quick recall notes & worksheets. My lectures are all digital which is handy! How have you guys been studying at home?