Studying for a Better World

Hello! Welcome to this studyblr! I am A, 21 yo, female, and a business engineering student. I hope this blog will help both you and me feel positive and motivated about our studies. Hope you enjoy and feel free to ask me stuff! I'd love to interact with fellow students :) Have a nice reading and a nice day.

[theweirdwideweb]

[monstercub]

Wtf is that? A storm elemental?

[monkeysaysficus]

Ball lightning fuck me all the way up

[emotiona1shorty]

Excuse me what the fuck is this

[ichorandpride]

you literally captured whats called “ball lightning” which is the rarest form of lighting

its so rare that we dont even know how it forms other than by heat, static electricity, and humidity

[mylifewithfel]

storm elemental it is

[patron-saint-of-smart-asses-dea]

look guys this is how nature-based deities and spirits come about this is ridiculous

[greater-than-the-sword]

Are you aware that the first-ever video footage of ball lightning outside a laboratory was taken in 2014 and there are only like 3 or 4 videos like this in existence and this might be the most close-up one

[belovedbysetandsekhmet]

In any case, it’s fucking amazing!

[positivedoodles]

jackalope requested by Rozalyn on my patreon

[Drawing of a green jackalope with brown antlers saying “It’s okay if the years people told you would be the best of your life turned out not to be. There will be better years.” in a pink speech bubble against a green background.]

[thebelgianstudent]

I really needed this today. So far my uni years have definitely not been the best years of my life. And that's okay.

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

people I still want to stab over a decade later:

Creative Writing Professor at a former college: Welcome to creative writing! By the way, you will not write fantasy, ghost stories, pranormal, or science fiction in this class, as this is a creative writing course.”

[morgynleri]

What the ever loving fuck is with “creative” writing professors who think that speculative fiction of any stripe ISN’T CREATIVE?

[thebibliosphere]

I still remember my own creative writing teacher telling me this because he saw the Terry Pratchett book on my desk and got this smug smirk on his face like “aha, gotcha”. He had the nerve to pick it up and call it “popularist fiction”, like somehow being popular and easily accessible made it less inherent in intellectual value.

I had it in my back pack because I did my final thesis on the evolution of mythology and folk tails into fantasy and sci-fi and the societal importance of telling stories (before anyone asks, no I don’t have it, I lost it when I moved continents), and I used Terry Pratchett because there wasn’t a single humanitarian issue the man did not touch on.

Which I told him. And then he kind of floundered and went “ah, well but, it’s…well I mean it’s not exactly high brow”, like neither the fuck was Shakespeare or Dickens you self-important turnip. Dickens was literally selling his stories by the chapter. He was the popular author of his time. Shakespeare was too, he fucking made up words and phrases all the time because the language he needed to express himself didn’t exist in the way he needed it too.

Intellectual elitism is nothing more than a hold over from class warfare and the belief that only certain people should get to be truly educated. And it needs to be smashed.

[howtomusicmajor]

How to Handle Having TOO MUCH To Do

So let’s say you’re in the same boat I am (this is a running theme, have you noticed?) and you’ve just got, like, SO MUCH STUFF that HAS to get done YESTERDAY or you will DIE (or fail/get fired/mope). Everything needs to be done yesterday, you’re sick, and for whatever reason you are focusing on the least important stuff first. What to do!

Take a deep breath, because this is a boot camp in prioritization.

Make a 3 by 4 grid. Make it pretty big. The line above your top row goes like this: Due YESTERDAY - due TOMORROW - due LATER. Along the side, write: Takes 5 min - Takes 30 min - Takes hours - Takes DAYS.

Divide ALL your tasks into one of these squares, based on how much work you still have to do. A thank you note for a present you received two weeks ago? That takes 5 minutes and was due YESTERDAY. Put it in that square. A five page paper that’s due tomorrow? That takes an hour/hours, place it appropriately. Tomorrow’s speech you just need to rehearse? Half an hour, due TOMORROW. Do the same for ALL of your tasks

Your priority goes like this:

5 minutes due YESTERDAY

5 minutes due TOMORROW

Half-hour due YESTERDAY

Half-hour due TOMORROW

Hours due YESTERDAY

Hours due TOMORROW

5 minutes due LATER

Half-hour due LATER

Hours due LATER

DAYS due YESTERDAY

DAYS due TOMORROW

DAYS due LATER

At this point you just go down the list in each section. If something feels especially urgent, for whatever reason - a certain professor is hounding you, you’re especially worried about that speech, whatever - you can bump that up to the top of the entire list. However, going through the list like this is what I find most efficient.

Some people do like to save the 5 minute tasks for kind of a break between longer-running tasks. If that’s what you want to try, go for it! You’re the one studying here.

So that’s how to prioritize. Now, how to actually do shit? That’s where the 20/10 method comes in. It’s simple: do stuff like a stuff-doing FIEND for 20 minutes, then take a ten minute break and do whatever you want. Repeat ad infinitum. It’s how I’ve gotten through my to do list, concussed and everything.

You’ve got this. Get a drink and start - we can do our stuff together!

[allydsgn]

WOAH THIS SOUNDS HELPFUL. I’M GOING TO TRY THIS IMMEDIATELY. Also, I made a chart for myself, but if anyone else wants it for reference (or if this is wrong and I misread you can tell me) here it is:

[autisticphding]

Going to try this.

[thebelgianstudent]

This has helped me. A LOT. A lot a lot a lot!

[cosmik-homo]

Socks: the poor man’s edgedancing

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

i love that moment of absolute acceptance and tranquility that washes over you exactly 1 minute and 35 seconds before an exam begins. when you look at the notes you’ve been trying to absorb and realize that at this point you’re either ready or you’re not and you put them away and all the anxiety and doubt you had up until this moment just floats off you like steam from a hot summer sidewalk after a storm.

i think this exact situation is where actors who have to die on-screen draw their inspiration. that look in their eyes when they realize their wound doesn’t hurt anymore, and they look at their friend, their face awash with acceptance and near-relief, and the light leaves their eyes,

they learned that in a stats class.

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

the professor: everyone put your phones away and clear off your desks

me:

[thebelgianstudent]

It me.

[thebelgianstudent]

Guess who’s back?

Hello friends! You might not have noticed but I’ve been pretty much inactive on here for a long while now… Basically, 2 years ago I got my bachelors and I was so DONE with my university, my studies… My health (both physical and mental) was really crappy and I needed some time to take care of myself and figure everything out. 

I wouldn’t say I have figured everything out, but I’m “good enough” that I’ve started my master’s degree 3 weeks ago! Woohoo! So I thought I might return to this studyblr. I first created it mostly to help myself, because I needed the motivation that is abundant in the studyblr community and I also needed to hold myself accountable. I am returning to this community now for the same reasons. This year has started off at a very high pace and I have so many deadlines approaching at breackneck speeds so… Let’s get some work done! 

Today: finish the paper that’s needed for monday. This involves: 

1) finish research on company’s strategy

2) Write out strategy Analysis part

3) re-read all the other parts and make sure the whole is a cohesive analysis that hits all the requirements

4) Do the bibliography and make it look nice. 

I hope to do all of this in 4 to 6h. Let’s do it! (updates to come) 

[thebelgianstudent]

UPDATE : I worked until 2 am yesterday and am still not done... My stupid perfectionist self was not satisfied with my teammates' so I'm rewriting the whole dang 20 page report by myself 😭 I'm working super hard in hope of finishing it before 2pm to be able to go do a family activity that's been planned for a while and that I really want to do... It's going to be my reward!

[thebelgianstudent]

Guess who’s back?

Hello friends! You might not have noticed but I’ve been pretty much inactive on here for a long while now... Basically, 2 years ago I got my bachelors and I was so DONE with my university, my studies... My health (both physical and mental) was really crappy and I needed some time to take care of myself and figure everything out. 

I wouldn’t say I have figured everything out, but I’m “good enough” that I’ve started my master’s degree 3 weeks ago! Woohoo! So I thought I might return to this studyblr. I first created it mostly to help myself, because I needed the motivation that is abundant in the studyblr community and I also needed to hold myself accountable. I am returning to this community now for the same reasons. This year has started off at a very high pace and I have so many deadlines approaching at breackneck speeds so... Let’s get some work done! 

Today: finish the paper that’s needed for monday. This involves: 

1) finish research on company’s strategy

2) Write out strategy Analysis part

3) re-read all the other parts and make sure the whole is a cohesive analysis that hits all the requirements

4) Do the bibliography and make it look nice. 

I hope to do all of this in 4 to 6h. Let’s do it! (updates to come) 

[studylou]

hi everyone! since the holidays are over for most of us, i thought i’d make an inspirational and motivational masterpost all about notes! upgrading your notes by changing the layout, adding doodles, banners, using sticky notes, changing your handwriting etc. motivates me personally to study! 

out with the sloppy last minute notes and in with the new!

handwriting

how to write in cursive

some fonts to try out

how to improve your handwriting

note taking systems

study methods summed up

stationery to make it all happen

sticker printables to jazz it up

notes

how to take lecture notes

how to annotate books

taking notes from a textbook - studyign

note taking system - theorganisedstudent

note taking system - emmastudies

another note taking system - academicmind

another note taking system - wonderfullifee

the 2 notebook method

note taking with highlighters and post its

pretty timelines

note taking printables

plot summary with sticky notes

20 uses of sticky notes

colour code your notes

method with columns 

the cornell note taking system

the cornell note taking system using onenote

in class notes

another in class note taking format

what are sketchnotes?

online whiteboard

flashcards

how to make flashcards

another how to make flashcards

an example

another example (with sticky notes)

and another example (biology)

8 ways to improve your flashcards

make  and test flashcards online

alternative to flashcards - studyign

print onto flashcards

mindmaps

how to mindmap (1)

how to mindmap (2)

some examples

apps

notability

banners

simple banner

more banners

it’s a banner party over here

banners (shown how to draw in gifs)

illustrate your notes

how to illustrate your notes - reviseordie

sketchnote tips (banners, lettering, doodles)

more sketchnote tips

even more sketchnote tips

how to make your notes pretty - theorganisedstudent

how to make your notes pretty - studyspoinspo

how to make your notes pretty - booksflowersandtea

what is visual note taking?

a visual alphabet

note taking printables

dot grid 

note outline printables

lined cornell method printable

grid cornell method printable

hope you all had a good rest and are ready for a new year of studying!

xoxo lou

[studeying-blog]

Here’s my weekly planner printable from my instagram, in 3 colours :-)

Links to download:

blue version

pink version

black version

My other printables:

Assignment Tracker

To Do Lists: first version, second version, third version

Weekly To Do: first version, second version

Daily Schedule Planner

Printable tag on my blog

thank you, and enjoy! - sarah, aka @studeying + instagram

[passionateprocrastinator]

Urgh. Enjoy??? (I started making this six months ago so I’m obviously v productive) ✩✫✬✭✯✮✶✷

[fairy-studies-blr]

Ok but like this is great advice.

[toastyglow]

What people think perfectionism is: I’m going to do this 1,000 times until it’s completely perfect, and it doesn’t matter how tired I am or how many times I fail. Everything I do is super precise and I have absolute confidence but also am super pedantic about getting it right.

What perfectionism actually is: If I don’t get this right on the first try I’m going to cry in a corner and call myself a failure for the rest of my life. I’ve gotten nothing productive done because of this.

[alyssabethancourt]

See also: I know I’m never going to get this 100% right, so I’m never even going to try because that would be impossible to deal with.

[captocie]

see also: i have been at this quick & easy task for 5 hours bc i haven’t gotten the details juuuust right yet, i am tired and hungry and frustrated, and everyone thinks i’m a loser bc this is taking me so long

[the-bluespirit]

John Mulaney Wins Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City

[sophrosille-deactivated20170422]

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[studyblrmasterposts]

Oh YES! 

[apricot-studies]

thank you omg

[elienstudies-deactivated2019082]

20/11/2016 || My first post in the studyblr community! This is what my desk currently looks like. There is less than two months until my exams start, so it’s time to get serious! Have a nice day everyone!

[allbusybees]

studyblrs!! I love seeing people’s notes, but there’s so much more to studying than the notes themselves. I wanna see your favorite campus coffee shop, your pets napping near you, your doodles, that succulent you definitely named and put on your shelf, all the little slices of student life that neat notes leave out. As students, we dedicate so much time to just being students. Why not document it all?

[thenordroom]

1950s Pasadena home of Mandy Moore | photos by Trevor Tondro

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