#studyblr confession

[adelinestudiess]

studyblr confessions

I was tagged by @athenastudying to do this, thank you Athena!

No posting schedule again

I repost my previous posts when I have no notes to take and post

I don't have any proper study schedules, I just study when there is tests/exams (does making notes count?)

Studying at the last minute every time I have a test/exam

Procrastinating all the time and only doing work when I feel like it or at the last minute

My "to-do list" is modified in such a way that I was able to finish all the things I stated there

i.e. I deleted some of the stuff I wrote there when I knew that I couldn't finish them to look good on myself

I have used Quizlet only once for revising for my biology test and I think it didn't really suit me

If you ever assumed that studyblrs drink coffee, pull all nighter, know that it is not me

I'll never pull all nighter for anything, cos I'll fall asleep at some point lmao

I hate studying

I guess I thought studyblr will be able to motivate me to study more but I ended up procrastinating more on this site

My handwriting isn't as neat as you'd see on this site when I'm doing classwork/tests/exams

My desk is in a mess, my worksheets and notes are lying on my couch so I'm not as organised as you think I am

I have an obsession with stationery only because I think they are studyblr must haves? (muji things I owned)

I tried bujo in the past but I gave up because my perfectionist self couldn't take it

My main motivation for studying is tests/exams or taking notes for studyspo pictures (if that counts)

I tag @oreo-studies and @thestudyfeels to do this! If you're reading thus far, you're tagged too!

[kindlyteach]

Dear Future Uni/College Students:

This is not something you hear from a studyblr, and that’s exactly why I’m going to say it:

I did not love going to university. In fact, I have hated a lot of it. Studying was not nice for me, it was hard, and sometimes unbearable.

Going to university was one of the HARDEST things I have ever done. It exacerbated my mental illness (which I didn’t know I was living with before uni) to the point of hospitalisation, many medication changes and reliving traumatic memories I didn’t know I had due to the content of my lectures that I wasn’t ready for.

I have struggled with my self-care, and I don’t mean face masks and spa weekends, I mean doing basic tasks like laundry, personal hygiene etc. because the workload and study schedule could not be well-balanced with my social life and I felt a perpetual sense of “I’m missing out” if I decided to put my mental health first.

My university overhauled their whole campus and moved to a brand new multi-million (but barely functional) campus halfway through my studies, causing a lot of disruption to current students in favour of attracting new students and bribing them with free laptops, while us current students had barely any support with the transition and the technology still causes problems!

My university’s mental health services were/are APALLING, the student union kicked a trans representative off the LGBTQ+ society presidency and was transphobic towards the outcry from other students. The sports teams got more funding than any other society, yet lost at varsity (so it was all worth it huh), yet they brag about being Gold for teaching and hold a mental health day, which was for us to sign up for volunteer at other companies for experience!!! Not to talk about our actual mental health!!

My university experience was pretty awful, aside from meeting my girlfriend. If I hadn’t, I would have spiralled downhill BADLY. I started smoking, drinking in the middle of the day, neglecting my studies because I couldn’t cope with it at all.

I only have 2 weeks until my official hand-in for my dissertation, and I’m only gathering my data tomorrow because our lecturers decided to take their annual leave right around hand in because it’s the Easter holiday, WHICH ALSO MEANS all the services and shops on campus are closed right now when we need them the most!!

I may graduate by the skin of my teeth this year, but it was no thanks to my university. I have fought and fought for help, but I have had to get myself through, and I may be proud at the end but it was not worth me having suicidal thoughts for nearly two years!!

If you need to drop out, or put uni off a year, then please do so! There is no shame in not going to uni, putting off uni or not finishing your degree! You are more important than a photo of you with a scroll!! I’d much rather you were healthy and happy than have two letters at the end of your name!

Please do not take the decision to go to university lightly. If you can get what you want without it, then just go for it, I support you 1000%, and you are not a failure for looking after yourself x

[psyduckstudies]

I should be using my time to review before class but here I am

a student who procrastinates by blogging about it.

[marias-studyblr]

I haven’t updated you all on my semester in a long time I feel! It’s really hard. I know you’re tired of hearing people say university is hard but the cliché is correct. I personally know 2 people who have decided to drop out, and I understand completely because if you think you feel judged and pressured in high school, get ready for a big surprise in college! 😫 It’s a setup. They know it’s impossible to know everything, yet that is what is asked of you. Play that with many still going through the first months of living without their parents... quite a recipe for disaster. I feel like in my uni we’re all in a trap in the first semester. One day at a time folks, one day at a time. ☕ Let’s CENTER, people! and remind ourselves we’re in our own journey, getting a degree = learning, and nothing, no grade, no number can take away your self-worth as a living breathing badass bitch human being

[polcry]

About Plagiarism in the Studyblr Community

So here’s the thing. 

It takes, like, no effort to take a photo of your desk, of your notes. At the end of the day, that takes like thirty seconds and a few minutes in VSCO. 

But by stealing somebody else’s photo, and reposting it and claiming it as your own, what you’re doing is negating the context of the photo. The hours of hard work it took to write that essay, or make that mind-map, or to tick every last item off that bullet journal to-do list. You’re denying people - whose story, whose strife, you don’t know - that little bit of pride and satisfaction that comes from somebody else acknowledging their hard work with a reblog or like. You can’t tell, with just a photo, that the poster overcame a panic attack in the morning to kick ass and finish that giant stack of reading, or that someone going through a really bad breakup still managed to drag himself out of bed and force himself to work. 

At the end of the day, a photo’s a photo. And while technically it’s theft, in the grand scheme of things it means fuck all. But what angers me is somebody else having the audacity to trivialise the actual blood, sweat and tears that went into making the photo happen. This community is supposed to be about supporting one another, applauding each other’s achievements (whether that’s a fantastic grade or just getting out of bed), and encouraging a nurturing environment where people want to share their hard work. But by stealing photos, you’re doing none of those things. You’re denying someone who has worked their ass off that little bit of credit, in the form of a like or reblog, that they deserve. You’re turning a community about support and admiration into a popularity contest you can’t even be bothered enough to contribute to, so you just steal someone else’s work.

I can’t even wrap my head around what photo thieves get from the reblogs, likes and followers that result from posting a stolen photo - how can you get any validation knowing full well you didn’t work at all for that photo? The very satisfaction of notes comes from the fact you worked hard for that photo, surely? So no, I can’t comprehend how sad and empty someone’s life must be if acknowledgement of someone else’s work is validation enough for you. 

[michelledoesschool]

Honestly, the imposter syndrome hit me hard today. Sitting in a class full of criminal justice students as a sociology student, discussing sex and gender while everyone else is interested in immigration and police violence, I felt unimportant and irrelevant.

It happens.

But I still deserve to be there. My input is important. My goals are just as important as everyone else in that room.

Sometimes you have to pull yourself out of your head and say, "Hey, dumbass, you wouldn't tell anyone else their interests are unimportant, so why are you telling yourself that??"

This was poorly written, but essentially, you deserve to be here. You deserve to learn. Your interests are important and necessary to your field.

[codingcoffeequeen]

Hello gang! So, you all know that I am a big book nerd, but did you know that I love TED talks too? I have been watching them for quite some time now and have gone back and compiled a list of my favorites. TED talks are great to watch/listen to during the summer because they are interesting AND teach you something. So, go grab some popcorn and give these a watch!

Why We Do What We Do – Tony Robbins

The surprising habits of original thinkers – Adam Grant

The Art of Asking – Amanda Palmer

The puzzle of motivation – Dan Pink

Why we choose suicide – Mark Henick

The difference between winning and succeeding – John Wooden

Why you should go after your fears instead of your goals – Tim Ferriss

What standardized tests don’t measure – Nikki Adeli

It is Okay to not have a plan – Mithila Palkar

How to travel the world with almost no money – Tomislav Perko

I’m taking my body back – Rupi Kaur

Perfection is the wrong direction – Isabella Fons

The Muslim on the Airplane – Amal Kassir

How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed – Daniel Levitin

The secret of becoming mentally strong – Amy Morin

What makes a hero? – Matthew Winkler

How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over – Mel Robbins

I am not a monster: Schizophrenia – Cecilia McGough

Questions every teenager needs to be asked – Laurence Lewars

Lessons from the mental hospital – Glennon Doyle Melton

How to get stuff done when you are depressed – Jessica Gimeno

What is wrong with me? Abosolutely nothing. – Gabi Ury

Are we over-medicalized? – Ivan Oransky

What they don’t tell you about mental illness – Elizabeth Medina

The Magic of not giving a F*** – Sarah Knight

My Philosophy for a Happy Life – Sam Berns

12 truths I’ve learned from life and writing – Anne Lamott

The skill of self-confidence – Dr. Ivan Joseph

The surprising science of happiness – Dan Gilbert

What I learned from 100 days of rejection – Jia Jiang

(#codingcoffeequeen | masterposts)

[just-wannabe-hermione]

The Whole College Thing: Explained

So if you’ve been keeping up with my blog at all you’ll know that I’m going to college next week. Yay! However, this is not ideal. I’m not going to university. Not this year anyway. Unfortunately, I did not get the grades to get into any of my desired courses or colleges this year based on my Leaving Cert grades (SATs, A-Levels etc equivalent in Ireland). I’m going to have to take what is called a backdoor entry route into university next year. This sucks to a new degree. It really does. It’s another year that I won’t be with my friends in college. But I have not given myself any time to dwell on it. And I really don’t want to. - I was in Bulgaria with my boyfriend when I found out I didn’t get into college. As you can imagine it put a dampener on my holiday. Fortunately, he was so supportive and treated me to everything that day and I felt much, much better. And I spent a lot of the day applying to PLC courses- post Leaving Cert. These can be backdoor routes into college or you can do your entire degree as a PLC, most commonly for careers like childcare, tourism and caring. I already had a place doing a pre-university course as a backup but I hated it, and luckily the community college let me change to journalism, which I was happy with. However, I found another course that was general arts and was run by Liberties College in Dublin city centre in association with Trinity College (that famous library in Ireland that has the Book of Kells in it is in there. It’s like the Harvard of Ireland). So I’m now sorted in a course that I love (well, I think I will love) and I can go to one of my top three college choices next year if I do well this year. And I get to study in the city centre. Perfect. - While I’ll be going to a beautiful college and while it’ll be a good opportunity to find out what I really want to study, it’s still not ideal. My closest friends are in my dream course, the only course I’ve ever wanted to do for years and the campus I have dreamed about going to to study for years. People look down on PLC courses so much and it infuriates me because they give so many opportunities that rushing into a university degree doesn’t. It’s another year added onto my education. It’s terrifying. And I know that if I had done my Leaving Cert under different circumstances in my home life, you would be reading a very different post. - I hope I enjoy this course, I really do. It has everything I’ve ever wanted to study (bar law and history): European studies, psychology, political science, social studies and English literature. It’ll give me a year to learn what I want to do. I’m just afraid to call it college because a lot of people don’t class it as college. Which reflects on them more badly than it does on me. And at least my boyfriend is taking a year out so we’ll start together. - I’m just making this post to let you know that everybody fails sometimes, and often it’s a blessing.