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here is my brand new challenge! i’m so excited for this one because i’ve never done an autumn challenge before but it is one of my favourite seasons! i hope lots of you will take part and i can’t wait to get to know you guys! <3

🍂 Info 🍂

If you do the challenge, use the tag #autumn studying challenge so i (and others) can see your posts. I will try to reblog as many posts in the tag as possible. 

This challenge will run for 40 days - from the 1st October to the 9th November

There are daily prompts for every day of the challenge

But, as always, I don’t expect everyone to be able to post every day so you can always do catch-up posts!

If you have any questions, feel free to send me an ask!

🍂 Rules 🍂

If you want to do the challenge, please reblog this post

If you do it on any other social media platform (ie. Instagram), please give credit! (my instagram | my tiktok | my pinterest)

The challenge will officially start on the 1st October, but if you come across this later, you can definitely start anytime during these two months!

🍂 Prompts 🍂

1st October - What is your favourite thing about autumn?

2nd October - Do you have any autumn traditions?

3rd October - What is a good memory that you have from autumn? 

4th October - Is there anything special happening for you this autumn?

5th October - Do you have any goals for this autumn? 

6th October - What is the weather like where you live during autumn?

7th October - What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘autumn’?

8th October - If autumn were a colour, what would it be?

9th October - What are three things that you associate with autumn?

10th October - What is your favourite autumn food?

11th October - What is your favourite autumn drink?

12th October - What is your favourite autumn scent?

13th October - What is your favourite autumn movie?

14th October - What are your favourite songs to listen to in autumn?

15th October - If you could magically get rid of anything about autumn, what would it be?

16th October - What is would your perfect autumn day be like?

17th October - Outside or inside?

18th October - Sunny autumn days or rainy autumn days?

19th October - Pumpkin spice lattes or hot chocolate?

20th October - What is your usual autumn outfit?

21st October - Falling rain or a crackling fireplace?

22nd October - Pumpkin pie or apple pie?

23rd October - Walk in the woods or read a book in front of the fire?

24th October - Fluffy socks or slippers?

25th October - Fireplace or bonfire?

26th October - Spooky mood or cozy mood?

27th October - Trick or treat?

28th October - Haunted house or Halloween party?

29th October - Buy a Halloween costume or make a Halloween costume?

30th October - If you could dress up as anything for Halloween, what would it be?

31st October - Are you doing anything for Halloween?

1st November - Fairy lights or candles?

2nd November - Vanilla or cinnamon?

3rd November - Splash in mud puddles or walk on crunchy leaves?

4th November - Bake cookies or make bread?

5th November - Sweater or cardigan?

6th November - Scarves or hats?

7th November - What do you prefer: winter or autumn?

8th November - How are you preparing for winter?

9th November - What was your favourite thing about autumn this year?

🍂 So this is the challenge! I hope that you will join in and enjoy doing it this autumn! Please message me or send me an ask if you have any questions about it or just want to have a chat <3 🍂

[Taglist under the cut:]

i mentioned this briefly in my recent vlog about how important it is to gain a better understanding of finances + i figured that it might be nice to share some resources for gaining financial literacy! hope this helps ✨

why financial literacy is important

resources on financial literacy from the national credit union administration

harvard’s take on financial literacy + additional links within that page

how credit cards work

tips for improving your credit score

how to check and improve your credit score

khan academy course on finance

cnn money 101

mymoney.gov from the financial literacy commission

gcf lessons (includes lessons on work / career / internet / microsoft / etc as well)

ally wallet wise

money as you grow

adult budgeting 101

tips for paying off student loans

common ways you waste money

strategies for paying off student loans

how insurance works

personal loans 101

guide to getting out of debt

I realize that I haven’t really made any specific vocab lists as of now. So, what could you actually need to be able to greet someone and introduce yourself in German? This list will include a lot of different phrasings (some of which you might not even need), and not all of them are easy at the beginning but as you get better it’ll all come together. 

Greetings:

Hallo - Hello (standard) Hi - Hi (informal) Hey - Hey (informal) Moin - Hey (informal, popular in northern Germany) Guten Tag/Morgen/Abend - Good day/morning/evening (casual, formal) Grüß Gott - God bless [you] (casual, used in southern Germany and Austria) Willkommen - Welcome (used when inviting someone, like in English) 

Wie geht es dir/Ihnen? - How are you? (informal/formal) Wie geht’s? - What’s up? (informal, casual) Was ist los? - What’s up?/ How’s it going? (informal, only in certain parts of Germany) Alles klar? - Everything alright? (informal, only in certain parts of Germany)

Topics of Conversation

Conveying basic information:

Mein Name ist […] - My name is […] Ich heiße […] - My name is […] / I am called […] Ich bin [Nummer] Jahre alt - I am [number] years old Ich bin [Alter] - I am [age] Ich komme aus [Land] - I am from [country] Ich bin [Nationalität] - I am [nationality] Meine Nummer ist […] - My number is […]

Ich lebe in [Stadt/Region/Land] - I live in [city/region/country] Ich gehe zur Schule - I go to school (before higher education) Ich gehe auf die Akademie - I study at an academy Ich gehe zur Uni/Universität - I go to university Ich studiere […] - I study […] (higher education, uni/academy etc.) Ich arbeite als [Arbeitsposition] - I work as [job position]

Talking about interests:

Ich mag […] - I like […] Mich interessiert […] - I’m interested in […] (singular, 3 per) Ich [Verb] gern - I like to [verb] Ich habe […] - I have […] Ich besitze […] - I own […] Ich übe [Verb] - I am practicing [Verb] Ich spiele [Instrument/Spiel/Sport] - I play [instrument/game/sport] In meiner Freizeit [Verb] ich - In my free time I [verb]

Ich mag zu [Verb] - I like to [verb] Ich mag [Essen] zu essen - I like to eat [food] Ich mag [Getränk] zu drinken - I like to drink [drink] Ich höre gerne [Musik] - I like to listen to [music] Ich lese gern […] - I like to read […] Meine Lieblingsfarbe ist [Farbe] - My favourite colour is […] Mein Lieblingstier ist [Tier] - My favourite animal is […] Mein Lieblingsessen ist [Essen] - My favourite food is […] Mein Sternzeichen ist [Sternzeichen] - My star sign is [star sign]

Confusion:

Ich kenne das nicht - I don’t know that / I am not familiar with that Ich verstehe dich nicht - I don’t understand you Ich kenne das Wort nicht - I don’t know that word Ich bin verwirrt - I am confused Ich weiß nicht - I don’t know

Short expressions

Bitte - Please/Excuse me Entschuldigung - Excuse me  Danke - Thank you Danke schön - Thank you very much Gern - With pleasure Tut mir leid - I’m sorry Warte - Wait Moment - One moment Keine Ahnung - No idea Lecker - Tasty

Krass - Cool/Rad  Cool - Cool Geil - Cool/Amazing (actually translates to “horny”)

Questions:

Kann ich etwas fragen? - Can I ask something?

Was meinst du? - What do you mean? (informal) Was meinen Sie? - What do you mean? (formal) Was bedeutet das? - What does that mean? Kannst du dich wiederholen? - Can you repeat yourself? (informal) Können Sie sich wiederholen? - Can you repeat yourself? (formal) Kannst du das wiederholen? - Can you repeat that? (informal) Können Sie das wiederholen? - Can you repeat that? (formal) Sollte ich das wiederholen? - Should I repeat that?

Was ist das? - What is that? Wie macht man das? - How do you do that? Kennst du ihn/sie/es? - Do you know him/her/them/it? (informal) Kennen Sie ihn/sie/es? - Do you know him/her/them/it? (formal)

Wie heißt du? - What is your name? (informal) Wie heißen Sie? - What is your name? (formal) Woher kommst du? - Where are you from? (informal) Woher kommen Sie? - Where are you from? (formal) Wo wohnst du? - Where do you live? (informal) Wo wohnen Sie? - Where  do you live? (formal)  Wie alt bist du? - How old are you? (informal) Wie alt sind Sie? - How old are you (formal) Als was arbeitest du? - What is your job? (informal) Als was arbeiten Sie? - What is your job? (formal) Kann ich deine Nummer haben? - Can I have your number? (informal) Kann ich Ihre Nummer haben? - Can I have your number? (formal)

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Other advice posts that may be of interest:

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Active Revision Techniques

How to Revise BIG Subjects

Common Study Mistakes

recently i saw a post on my dash compiling study music, so i decided to make one of my own! here are some of my favorite playlists on youtube to listen to while i’m working, hope you enjoy!

japanese music

japanese jazz when driving on a warm night

do you like some japanese jazz fusion?

japanese songs i think you should listen to at least once

japanese pop/rock songs to cheer you up! bc studies are hard (help me pls)

calm japanese song to forget all the chaos now 

japanese city pop mixtape vol. 11- seaside city

japanese pop/rock songs to cheer you up during quarantine

summer side | smooth 80′s japanese funk 

🌻 9:00am : shiny morning time (indie/jazz)

japanese blues/jazz while floating towards the surface

korean music

korean r&b mix

loona; energetic, upbeat bops

chill/study kpop playlist

bts late night study playlist 2020

bts playlist to study//sleep//chill 2020

listening to a chill bts playlist in your car on a rainy night

seventeen chill playlist

playlist created and curated by seventeen themselves

red velvet soft & chill playlist

iu’s best songs

songs that make me feel like i’m in a high-teen romance kdrama

･ﾟ☆✧ soft n’ chill ♡ | kpop playlist

classical music

a playlist for a 19th century villain scheming against his enemies

your pianist roommate may have made a pact with the devil, but you are too afraid to ask 

dark academia slightly obscure playlist

dark academia classical music but its only ballades

a playlist to you feel inside of ‘pride and prejudice’ while you’re waiting for your Mr. Darcy

a playlist of beethoven proving he’s an immortal god

that’s why tchaikovsky is the best composer

LADYNOIR:

Copycat (S1)

Dark Cupid (S1)

Origins (S1)

Stormy Weather (S1)

Reflekta (S1)

The Collector (S2)

Glaciator (S2)

Prime Queen (S2)

Sandboy (S2)

Zombizou (S2)

Reverser (S2)

Hero’s Day (S2)

Miracular (S3)

Gamer 2.0 (S3)

Ladybug (S3)

Miracle Queen (S3)

The Puppeteer 2 (S3)

Reflekdoll (S3)

Silencer (S3)

Felix (S3)

LADRIEN:

Gorizilla (S2)

The Bubbler (S1)

Simon Says (S1)

Volpina (S1)

Gorizilla (S2)

Riposte (S2)

Style Queen (S2)

ADRIENETTE:

Gamer (S1)

Kung Food (S1)

Horrificator (S1)

Despair Bear (S2)

Gorizilla (S2)

Style Queen (S2)

Frozer (S2)

Riposte (S2)

Frightningale (S2)

Chameleon (S3)

Stairtrain (S3)

Oblivio (S3)

Chat Blanc (S3)

The Puppeteer 2 (S3)

Heart Hunter (S3)

MARICHAT:

Gamer (S1)

The Puppeteer (S1)

Evilustrator (S1)

Befana (S2)

Glaciator (S2)

Weredad (S3)

Bakerix (S3)

Chat Blanc (S3)

Kwamibuster (S3)

LUKANETTE:

Captain Hardrock (S2)

Silencer (S3)

Desperada (S3)

ADRIGAMI:

Riposte (S2)

Frozer (S2)

Oni-Chan (S3)

DJWIFI:

Animan (S1)

Glaciator (S2)

Anansi (S2)

Zombizou (S2)

Hero’s Day (S2)

[🇰🇷/🇬🇧/🇮🇹]

딸기 - strawberry - (la) fragola

레몬 - lemon - (il) limone

바나나 - banana - (la) banana

배 - pear - (la) pera

복숭아 - peaches - (le) pesche

사과 - apple - (la) mela

살구 - apricot - (la/l’) albicocca

자두 - plum - (la) prugna

수박 - watermelon - (la/l’) anguria

석류 - pomegranate - (il) melograno

멜론 - melon - (il) melone

체리 - cherry - (la) ciliegia

오렌지 - orange - (la/l’) arancia

귤 - tangerine - (il) mandarino

파파야 - papaya - (la) papaya

포도 - grapes - (la/l’) uva

파인애플 - pineapple - (ll’) ananas

감 - persimmon - (il) cachi

키위 - kiwi- (il) kiwi

산딸기 - raspberry - (il) lampone

블루베리 - blueberry - (il) mirtillo

코코넛 - coconut - (il) cocco

무화과 - fig - (il) fico

대추이지 - date - (il) dattero

천도 복숭아 - nectarine - (la) nettarina

아몬드 - almond - (la) mandorla

호두나무 - walnut - (la) noce

땅콩 - peanut - (la/l’) arachide

헤즐넛 - hazelnut - (la) nocciola

아보카도 - avocado - (lo/l’) avocado

망고 - mango - (il) mango

사보텐의 열매 - prickly pear - (il) fico d’india

자몽 - grapefruit - (il) pompelmo

블랙베리 - blackberry - (la) mora

i recently got asked how i get such bright lighting for my posts and i thought it would be a good opportunity to tell you all how i edit my pictures! i’ve recently changed how i edit my pictures and it works so well so why not share! it was inspired by how one of my favourite studygram accounts (tasneemstudying) edits her pictures! check out her account and she has a highlight on her profile where it shows how she edits her pictures!

if you have anymore questions, feel free to send me an ask! and make sure to check out my masterpost with all my other advice!

General

i use the app snapseed

in the past i’ve used VSCO but i’e found that you can do a lot more with snapseed and the pictures always turn out better

i wouldn’t necessarily recommend using filters or presets for editing because in my experience every photo needs to be edited differently

for example, i always edit each photo individually 

try to get as much natural lighting as possible 

i know it can be difficult in winter so i would recommend that when you have decent lighting, take as many pictures as possible when it is good

take multiple pictures of the same notes/set up but from different angles so you have options when editing

1. Curve Function

open the snapseed app

insert the picture that you want to edit

crop/rotate etc. if needed

use the curve function to change the lighting and make it brighter (this is particularly useful in winter when lighting isn’t as good)

you just need to play around with it until you are happy with it

2. Decrease Saturation

next go to the tune image tool

scroll to saturation

reduce the saturation completely to -100

it should be black and white now

3. Return Saturation to Certain Areas

this is perhaps the confusing bit but it’s very important:

return to the main screen

in the top right hand corner, click the button with the layered squares and the arrow

then click view edits

this will take you to the point shown in the lefthand picture

tap on the ‘tune image’

click on the paintbrush option

then click the invert button and the mask button

this should get you to the point shown in the righthand picture

this means that the paper and handwriting in black will be very defined and not have their colour distorted by any editing

but at the same time you can erase the low saturation to make colourful parts of the notes stand out

make sure the brush setting is at zero

start going over the areas with colour

the red will go away and the colour will no longer be black and white

make sure to zoom in close so you can get really close the the edges of the coloured areas

do this for all areas of colour

if you make a mistake, you can simply increase the brush setting to 100, paint over the area with the mistake and this will make it unsaturated again

4. Increase Brightness

then return to the tools menu and click on the ‘selective’ tool

select a spot that you want to brighten and tap to add the spot

swipe left and right to change the brightness

you are probably going to want to increase the brightness, particularly of the background

add more selective points wherever needed and repeat with the brightness

if you want to change the extent of the selective effect do a pinching movement

5. Add the Watermark

return to the tools page

click on the text tool

type in your watermark or name

choose the font and colour

place on your photo

6. Save!

save your picture!

and you are done

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Here are some more tips from my answer to an ask about how to take studyblr pictures