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Other advice posts that may be of interest:

All About Procrastination

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Common Study Mistakes

7 Strategies to Improve Concentration

How to make your notes aesthetic

7 Ways to Power Up Your Notetaking 

Okumaya devam et

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[b1rdonawire]

college is like. i am the stupidest person in the world. i am a god. i am universally loved. these people only tolerate me because they live with me. everyone in this library desires me carnally. i am repulsive. i am myself. i am as far from myself as i have ever been. i am an adult and i have never left the womb. 

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No to Low Stress College Study Strategy

I started using this study method my 2nd month of college, when I realized that it was better for study-life balance and my emotional wellbeing. It makes me feel productive and alert all day, and gives me plenty of free time to pursue hobbies, clubs, and personal interests. It sounds kind of hardcore at first, but it’s seriously wonderful if you give it a try! Here’s the game plan:

After the first few days of the semester, I sit down with all of the syllabi from all of my classes and write down every single assignment for the rest of the semester into my planner. Include exams, readings, lab report due dates, worksheets, essays, etc. Everything.

Every weekend, I set aside however much time I need to knock out every single assignment for the upcoming week that is possible to do in advance. I do my textbook readings, textbook practice problems, my humanities readings, short essays or write-ups to accompany those humanities readings, etc.

Even though I’m doing more work, I generally spend the same amount of time in the library as my friends who only do their work for Monday over the weekend. This is because if you don’t commit to doing a large number of assignments, you tend to spend a lot more time on minor assignments than is truly necessary - do I really need to spend 3 hours on this 1-page essay for my English class if it’s only graded on a 10 point scale? Couldn’t I finish this in 1 hour and then devote more time to the rest of the readings I need to do for that class this week?

I still have enough time to sleep in, have long lunch breaks, go the gym, go to parties in the evening, etc.

You can do this, no matter your workload. I am a pre-med science major taking 20 credits (max course load) a semester, with two labs, and I can get it done. My roommate is an English major with heavy novel reading assignments and she can get it done. (Disclaimer: this mostly applies to undergraduates.)

Research papers and midterm exam studying generally get their own day separate from homework assignments. I like writing essays in 1 or 2 sittings, but if you like to spread it out just break up the essay into manageable pieces and do it over multiple weekends, or do the pieces between classes (see next bullet point).

After blasting through most of my assignments over the weekend, during the week I generally only have to do busy-work that is assigned at the end of classes and continue studying for midterms that week. I easily finish these assignments in the breaks between classes during the day.

With this strategy, I always complete all of my homework well before dinnertime, and often have days when I don’t have any assignments to do. I use this free time for club meetings, hanging out with friends, going to the gym, marathoning Netflix, pursuing hobbies, working a job, whatever.

I also use this extra time to be able to study for exams much more effectively - when you don’t have busywork assignments floating in the back of your mind, it is much easier to focus. You will study more productively and effectively, and with much less stress. Exams are worth way more of your grade than the homework assignments you blast through each weekend, so it’s best to be able to focus exclusively on them Monday - Friday.

The best part about this strategy is that your workload is heavy on Sunday and sometimes Saturday, but you get to relax Monday - Friday. You basically have a 5 day weekend every week, assuming you enjoy going to class.

If anyone also uses this method, I’d love to hear from you or hear your variants/study suggestions! If anyone tries out this method for 1 or 2 weeks and finds that it works for them, I’d love to hear about it! If you try it and hate it with a fiery burning passion and loathe me for even suggesting it, I’d love to hear about it!

I believe in you!<3 No matter what study method you choose to use, just do your best and exceed your own expectations.

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13 May 2021

Hi besties!! im so sorry i ghosted everyone for like 3 months but i guess i am studying for another prep exam because my finals got postponed. I’m not going to lie the past few months have been difficult but we’re trying to slowly do our best.

I hope you guys are doing well

11/100 days of productivity

[sundayscholar-deactivated201704]

A brief informative guide to highlighting your notes/book the right way so it doesn’t look like your book/notes exploded into a rainbow.

[anxietyproblem]

[female-twink-deactivated2021032]

Also instead of “problem behaviour” call it “distressed behaviour” for a more accurate picture of what the person is actually facing

[dreadfaeriejack]

I can’t reblog this enough, I will do it every damn time I see it from now to death.

[themostineptthateverstepped]

When someone frames your mental health issues as attention seeking behavior, problem behavior, or any other negatively-coded context, it creates an environment that makes you feel guilty, wrong, and selfish for struggling with things outside of your control. As a result, serious issues are allowed to arise in the absence of support.

[tinyq]

This month’s calendar is Jester! 😀 (And my calligraphy skills have not improved…). 😭

[saintacephale]

we should all be like animal crossing villagers… being always kind and saying a lot of cute pet names…

[vi-pdf]

I really liked how my march page turned out!

[thoradvice]

it's so easy to deny yourself basic things, like food and sleep, in order to punish yourself. but you deserve better. you deserve tasty foods that make you smile, to sleep in and go to bed early, to be warm and cozy. you never have to "earn" that. you deserve all of that and more just by existing. you're allowed to be kind to yourself. kindess is brave.

[vi-pdf]

1 Feb 2021

Hellooo I’m back!! I took a much needed break from studying generally, my first prep exams went pretty okay now i’m back studying for my second set of prep exams which is offline and I’m not super excited to go to school but it can’t be avoided.

Today I’m doing a bit of psychology revision while watching Doyoung’s Bday live.

10/100 Days of Productivity ( YAY 10 days!!)

🎧: Bubble Pop - HyunA

[vi-pdf]

i’m late but HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL OF YOUU!!! i hope 2021 treats you all well <33

[vi-pdf]

7 Dec 2020

9/100 Days of Productivity

I accompanied my mum to her office today and ended up studying there. I’m really trying to study as much as i can before my prep exams and it’s not going that great sigh

🎧: Criminal - Taemin

[vi-pdf]

16 Dec 2020

10/100 Days of productivity

I am so inconsistent with posting but i’ve been doing work constantly because i want to do well in my preparatory exams but today i’m going to be studying into the early hours because i have to prepare for my psychology exam next.

🎧: I cant stop me - Twice

[vi-pdf]

i’m so tired but i need to study because i have an exam tomorrow school give me a break challenge [failed]

[vi-pdf]

7 Dec 2020

9/100 Days of Productivity

I accompanied my mum to her office today and ended up studying there. I’m really trying to study as much as i can before my prep exams and it’s not going that great sigh

🎧: Criminal - Taemin