12.14.19 - This semester is officially over. I have one semester left before I graduate with my associates and move on to bigger things. Now it’s time to relax.
I hope you’re all feeling very proud of yourselves for getting through 2020 - you should be!
Wishing everyone a lovely amazing beautiful year ahead filled with hope and growth <3
In other news, I’m flying back to London in a measly five days, and I’m ready to get my head back in the uni game with fun practicals and all my amazing friends :) I’m a bit nervous because the global situation is still so uncertain, but I’m trying to stay optimistic.
As always, please send in your asks/messages/comments and feel free to come say hi to me whenever - I don’t bite and I always love hearing from you guys :p
This is what my journal looked like in November, it was my first time properly using a habit tracker and I loved (LOVED) it. This tracker was particularly nice because it allowed me to keep track of not only my productivity but also how i felt that day! Also my gratitude log which i love so much <3
send me ur asks/comments/messages, I always enjoy hearing from you guys and it really makes me days speaking to all of you :)
Hii friends - currently willing myself to sit through four hours worth of lectures on suturing. Basically which knots to tie and when. Kinda dull ngl, would much rather be learning about the surgeries themselves but I know every single bit of knowledge is a step in the right direction so I’ve got my bubble tea and i’m trying to pay close attention!
Also my driving instructor said I did good today hehehe. Next on the agenda after these lectures: draft my essay and edit a yt video on how I study!
Drop me any asks you have or comment or message me about how your day is going! I love speaking to all of you :D
HAI friends it me again, posting what I love posting, a handwriting closeup :D this is from our very first surgical lecture so it made me really happy to make them, I’m starting to feel like a real vet..
I’m working on yet another youtube video (omg they are so much FUN to make let me tell you) but if you want to check out my last one where I talk about vet school, link is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7C7dWX_hvs
as usual, I love hearing from you guys so feel free to send me asks or messages or coomments or whatever it is the kids do these days about how you’re doing and how your weeks are going <3 also I’m headed to a cat cafe later might spam everyone with cat pics sorry not sorry kbyeloveyou
hi friends i made a youtube video uwu please check it out and send me asks on what you’d like me to talk about next? If u feel like it? Send me messages and asks and leave comments about how ur day went <3
much love from a vet student away from vet school who just wants to hold an animal
it’s been approximately 3 years since I’ve attempted to be a langblr and uhh stuff has happened in my personal life, as I’m sure it has to everyone
for one, I’m actually in college now?? yay???
which on one hand it’s like “omg I should come back on and do more studyblr stuff, that would actually be useful to me now”
but on the other hand……i do have homework
not to mention my semester’s almost over PLAJSDFK
i might start up again and post more proficiently, someday
but for now I think I’ll focus on doing this when i feel like it, when it won’t be too stressful or overwhelming and I can really have fun posting my little notes and tips and shenanigans >:)
tl;dr–i’m kinda back! (might ghost for a few days but yknow)
i’ve had this studyblr for about a month, but yesterday i posted my first big info/masterpost and now have a lovely new set of people following me - hello, beautiful people! and hello to everyone that was following me before. it struck me that i haven’t done a proper introduction post about myself yet, so without further ado, here it is!
my name is sarah, and i’m a 25 year old master of public health student from australia. i’m in my eighth and final year of university - i’ve completed my honours in psychology, as well as one year of law and two years of nutrition and dietetics. studying public health is the best thing i’ve ever done at uni, and i couldn’t imagine doing anything else.
coincidentally, i’m also in my eighth year on tumblr! i’ve been many things over the years, have left and returned, but being a studyblr is the only thing that’s given me a sense of belonging to a wonderful community, to which i can contribute my ideas and experiences. and that’s because of all of you wonderful individuals! some brilliant individuals who have inspired my tumblr include @bookmocha,@studyign,@blacktoblack-studying,@studyvet,@study-deskand@grangergrades.
my study method is messy as hell. papers everywhere, answers and amendments scrawled over my notes, no permanent study space as i don’t study at home - it’s chaos and it works perfectly for me. that said, i’m a fanatic for organising my life, and i couldn’t cope without my bullet journal and planner.
outside of study, i live for running, pizza, the beach and pop culture references. i’m also an absolutely massive fan of the tv show “how to get away with murder” and will talk about it to absolutely anybody who will listen.
i love talking to people on here, so feel free to send me messages and tag me in your posts (@plannedstudies)!
Basics: Hi! I’m zaynab (zeestudies) and I’m a week old here in the studyblr community :) *this is a bit late and i’ve already started posting, but never introduced myself!
los angeles, california
design
freshman
Other:
Since I’m on break, I will post often but I’ll most likely slow once I return to school. I’m an art-based visual learner and enjoy everything aesthetically pleasing :-)
Everyone has their own quirks. And you know what those are for you better than anyone else. And when it comes down to me, I have a few things I do.
Don’t take notes in class. Well, not unless it’s completely necessary, like an equation with some key example that I can use for further reference. The reason why this works for me is that I see lectures like a conversation with my professor. If you’re in a conversation with your friend, you’re not going to type or write everything down. Instead, you try to follow what your friend is saying, right? You’re not going to remember everything, but you’re gonna remember the key aspects that make the story. I used to take notes in class but I noticed that I focused too much on taking notes instead of the actual content.
Take notes a day or two after your class. This will force you to recall what your professor said. According to a psychologist, Jeffrey Karpicke, simply practising and recalling the material, students learn far more and at a much deeper level by recalling than using any other approach. First I like to write what I remember down on a page. After, I start reading the textbook and make notes at the margins of other examples or anecdotes the professor used. If I paid attention, all these things will pop up into my mind. Just trust your brain on this one, you’ll be surprised by how much you actually remember. (I certainly was!) And then I take these 2 notes and make my final notes on the subject.
Get your pets and talk to them (Or yourself). After I am done with the notes, I like to wait a day or two before I go back to them. I often open the book on the index page, where you see the chapter’s title, paragraph and sub-paragraphs and use this as a shortcut page to my presentation. I stand up before a whiteboard. I make sure Burger (my cute-ass doggo) and Mr Fantastic (my grumpy cat) are on my bed. I take a deep breath and I start explaining the concepts to them. The idea here is to recall and make sure you put the concepts into your own words. What do you remember? What is it about? Can you explain this with an example? What are the practical uses of said concept? Most importantly, use that whiteboard. It’ll make you feel like a professor and that you know your shit. Once I start talking, I’ll realise what information I truly don’t know. Then I’ll pick up my final notes and go through them and see if I talked about everything. After I’m done with my talk, Burger looks at me like “Shirou, where’s ma food?” and Mr Fantastic is fast asleep or looking at me like she truly can’t be bothered.
So experiment! See what works for you and what doesn’t. Not sure where to start? Then I truly recommend you to check the free online course on Coursera “Learning how to learn”. It truly helped me to lay a basis of getting my shit together.
Let’s be honest, procrastination has hit us all one way or another. Even the best of us sometimes fall victim to it. We must remember that we all make mistakes and there will be times in which we will procrastinate. However, we should try our best to improve. So how can we try not to fall into procrastination?
1. Understand what makes you procrastinate. This step is very essential so we can come up with solutions.
In my case, reading made me procrastinate. Reading isn’t necessarily a bad thing but once you’re reading instead of actively working on your priorities, it truly becomes a problem. I would spend nights reading on my phone and had lack of sleep. Therefore I was also very tired and couldn’t perform as I needed to.
2. Define your goals. Writing down goals is very important as it gives you a specific end to work to. The goals are your expectations and having SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-Bound) will help you work effectively.
I decided I must do up to 5 tasks related to my priorities each day. I can’t read until I finish those tasks.
3. Identify possible courses of actions. This is the stage in which you’ll come up with ways to achieve those goals. The solutions you come up with have to help you find a way to overcome the reasons why you procrastinate.
Each week I must plan an overview of relevant goals I want to accomplish. Each night, as part of my night routine, I must write down important tasks I have to do the next day in order to achieve those goals. These can’t be more than 5 and I must make sure I can absolutely do those tasks. In order to avoid reading, I downloaded an app called self-control on my phone and laptop in order to avoid the sites I read stories on. In case I fail to accomplish this and decide to read, I must give my mom my phone for a day. My night routine starts at 6 PM, which means I can read till 6 PM in order not to disrupt my sleeping cycle.
4. Identify when you are the most productive. Some people are night-owls while others are early-risers. What time are you the most productive? When you know this, you can schedule a time to work on your priorities.
I work best in the early morning. Most people find my waking hours atrocious. However getting things done as early as 3 AM does wonders to me. Most people are already asleep at that time, which means no distractions coming from mobile notifications. The internet is crazy fast at that hour. And the quietness of everything makes me go real deep, real quick into my work.
5. Keep track of your habits. This will help you see how you’re actually working and it’s also the perfect time to reevaluate if things are going the way you want. Here you can also give yourself feedback. And if necessary, you can also go back and repeat the process.
It’s important to remember that each one of us has their own ways of working. What works for me, might not work for you. I encourage you all to experiment with all sorts of things in order to find a way that works for you and kick procrastination’s ass like a boss.
