what cannot be said will be wept

long story short i had to make a new blog because of some issues with my email. so this is a fresh new start with a proper introduction ❀ 



— tat, 22, infj — a gentle potato who just wants to meet nice people and have a good time — as a bilingual i speak polish + russian, am fluent in english + more or less so in spanish. currently i’m learning french + german — i’m doing two majors: french + philosophy. if you’re curious about my classes i have them listed on my tumblr ♡ — i’ve been on tumblr on and off for many years creating pretty successful original content for a couple of large fandoms, but that environment got a tad toxic, which is why i would leave every time as i’m all about that wholesomeness baby. but yay, photoshop experience! 



— philosophy, linguistics, sociology, poetry, modernist literature, film, baking, buying tons of stationery because ””it helps”” — my aesthetic: pastels, the sea, plants, warm baked goods 



— holding myself accountable and getting more motivation — creating aesthetically pleasing original content™ that i’m happy with — keeping my anxiety in check by focusing on what matters and connecting with people with similar experiences — my most important goal here is to make friends, as it will help me with all the aforementioned ones, so never hesitate to send me a message! ♡ i love meeting new people so so much 



original: — notes | bullet journal | study space | stationery | tips | gifsets (?) (i loved making those but i’m not sure whether they’d take off here; guess i’ll just try) — sometimes: travel photos | bento 


reblogged: — general studyblr content as listed above | language learning tips | masterposts | music for studying



finally here’s the list of all the studyblrs that inspire me the most:


@adelinestudiess | @academiix | @akydemics | @areistotle | @athenastudying | @blackgrad | @coffeeandpies | @cyclicstudies | @eintsein | @etudaire | @gloomstudy | @hannybstudies | @hannistudies | @hayley-studies | @hollstudies | @joyeuxstudies | @legallychic | @pltuo | @sonderstudy | @sprouht-studies | @stillstudies | @studypetals | @studyplants | @studyquill | @therobotstudies 

germany 🇩🇪 : do you like bread?

france 🇫🇷 : ever drunk alcohol?

england 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 : ever made a mistake you really regret?

scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 : do you prefer summer or winter?

italy 🇮🇹 : currently in a relationship?

wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 : how old are you?

finland 🇫🇮 : longest you’ve ever been in a relationship?

sweden 🇸🇪 : have you ever been to ikea?

norway 🇳🇴 : do you prefer wearing trousers or skirts?

spain 🇪🇸 : do you take naps during the day?

portugal 🇵🇹 : your sexuality?

estonia 🇪🇪 : do you have a crush?

ireland 🇮🇪 : favourite tv show?

denmark 🇩🇰: what were you doing at 20.30 last saturday?

poland 🇵🇱: do you have any pets?

austria 🇦🇹: do you like chocolate?

switzerland 🇨🇭: ever kissed a girl?

romania 🇷🇴: morning or evening?

bulgaria 🇧🇬: who was the last person you snapchatted?

czech republic 🇨🇿: is there a song that never fails to make you cry?

slovakia 🇸🇰: how many languages can you speak?

slovenia 🇸🇮: what colour is your hair at the moment?

monaco 🇲🇨: do you have an iPhone?

the netherlands 🇳🇱 : when did you last see your mum?

greece 🇬🇷: do you live with your father?

croatia 🇭🇷: do you wear glasses?

belgium 🇧🇪: favourite colour?

iceland 🇮🇸 : if you could chose one thing to be in your future, what would you choose?

ukraine 🇺🇦 : what’s the most money you’ve ever spent on clothes?

malta 🇲🇹 : have you ever been on a cruise?

hungary 🇭🇺 : would you date someone 3 years older than you?

cyprus 🇨🇾 : if you could kill one person without any risk of being caught for it, would it be someone related to you?

luxembourg 🇱🇺 : what’s the coldest temperature you’ve ever experienced?

serbia 🇷🇸 : do you use instagram?

albania 🇦🇱 : can you swim well?

lithuania 🇱🇹 : if you could go back in time to a moment in your life, when would you go back to?

montenegro 🇲🇪 : pizza or pasta?

latvia 🇱🇻 : do you have any scars with an interesting or grisly story?

macedonia 🇲🇰 : ever eaten snails?

belarus 🇧🇾 : last book you read?

bosnia 🇧🇦 : last time you cried?

general advice

tips for year 11s (1) (2)

gcse regrets

back to school tips from the hogwarts houses

exam season

super important!! make things easier for the examiner

20 things to do before exams

how to cope with exams for uk students

exam organisation printables

how to get good grades and still have a life

how to become a good test taker

tips to have a nice routine

dealing with stress in academia

how to balance life and school

motivation

study tips for a procrastinating mess

little activities to boost your study motivation 

getting stuff done; lack of motivation

tips for a productive study day

becoming a morning person

your day is not wasted!!!

studying when you really don’t want to

how to get started

how to survive bad school days

10 ways to have fun whilst you study

how to enjoy studying

motivation does not correlate to being a good student

english literature

8 interesting literary techniques

some simple macbeth quotes

how to do amazing single word analysis easily

how to get an a*/ 8 or 9 in a lit essay

argue your way into a grade 8/9 lit essay

annotated jekyll and hyde pdf

love and relationships poetry guide

power and conflict poetry guide

power and conflict poetry workbook

romeo and juliet key quotes simple & complex

romeo and juliet practise questions

macbeth revision guides (1) (2)

macbeth quote discussions

an inspector calls workbook

an inspector calls mindmap/cards

unseen poetry revision guide

jekyll and hyde structure and narrative form

pop me an ask if you’d like me to make more masterposts for any specific texts, i’d be happy to!

english language

paper 1 mini mocks

paper 1 - question 4 tutorial

paper 1 - infographic 

paper 2 mini mocks

paper 2 - non fiction - the greatest showman revision

paper 2 - planning

how to do amazing single word analysis easily

top tip - adopt a persona

extend your vocabulary

maths

how to study maths

edexcel higher tier revision checklist

practise paper & mark scheme generator

online maths tests

solutions and tutorials

notes and worked examples

edexcel necessary formulae quizlet

how to memorise formulae

science

the government’s rules on combined science for all exam boards

aqa combined science required practicals

bio notes (1) (2) (3)

biology glossary

chem notes (1) (2) (3)

chemistry glossary

physics notes (1) (2)

physics quizzes

physics glossary

freesciencelessons (youtube) (website)

primrose kitten (youtube) (website)

languages

how i taught myself gcse french🇫🇷

10 unusual language learning tips

100 reasons to learn a foreign language

100 reasons not to give up on your target language

how hermionie granger would study a language

improve your language skills

gcse spanish revision workbook

french movies

how to study a foreign language using fanfiction

the little prince in 32 languages

@lovelybluepanda

side note: when looking for language resources online, gcse level is equivalent to b1 on the cefr scale :)

humanities

guide to new spec history

how to study history

edexcel history resources

hehehe fun fact!!!!!

aqa religious studies resources

whole of aqa geography paper 1 video

how to study geography (1) (2)

plant lacey: geography revision (youtube)

edexcel history - elizabeth yt playlist

edexcel history - whitechapel yt playlist

edexcel history - weimar and nazi germany yt playlist

edexcel history - crime and punishment yt playlist

essay subjects

structuring essays

tips

substitutes for ‘shows’

misc

bitesize

bitesize app w/ flashcards (ios) (android)

gcsepod

seneca learning

revision world

s-cool

studywise gcse directory

081519.

My name is T, I’m 16 and I’m currently in 12th grade studying mathematics, physics, chemistry, English and physical education.

Reasons behind starting this studyblr:

1. I need motivation for my studies, and seriously what better place there is for study motivation than this.

2. I’m a sucker for study tips and hacks (as you can already see from my blog) and the studyblr community provides a ton of these.

3. It’s also because I keep procrastinating and slacking and having a studyblr kinda motivates me and keeps me accountable for all the studying I do (or don’t).

4. I want to make friends.

5. I want to become a better version of myself.

6. I want to learn french, coding and psychology and don’t actually have them as a part of my academic curriculum. Also I think I might be able to get some advice from y’all on how and where to start and go about learning them.

About me:

1. I’m Indian

2. I love reading novels, singing, playing guitar, music in general, writing, binge watching, etc.

3. I mostly listen to pop music and listen to just the music I’m recommended by friends or something from other genres.

Studyblrs that inspire me:

@studyign @joyeuxstudies @sayrei @how-to-notes @areistotle @indiaisstudying @etudaire @highlighteurs @getstudyblr @riseandstudy @elkstudies @study-nsp @marias-studyblr @studymuch @adelinestudiess and many many more💕

first of all, and probably most importantly, make that paper about something you actually give a shit about. if you can write an essay on how long shakespeare’s dick is when you’re talking to your friends, that’s a good topic. don’t choose something u don’t care about, you will Want To Die

“okay but the only topics are ones i don’t care about” talk 2 ur teacher 99% of the time if you’re like “here’s a well-thought-out thesis can i talk about this instead” they’re like “sure lmao i just couldn’t think of other paper topics to suggest”

“they said no” cool find the one u hate the least and try to tie it into something u like. for example i really hated this stupid paper i had to write about a stupid book so i ended up writing about the food inside the book and whether or not it was a historically accurate depiction of food. turns out i fucking love talking about food. i also remade some of the old recipes and brought them in as part of the presentation of my project and people went fuckken nuts bc BREAD. basically i thought about “what motivates me? uh food” and followed that. it was a 45-page book about bread and i looked like a really good student when really i just love bread (somewhere, oprah smiles over me)

the 20-pagers are the ones you Actually Cannot Do the night before. i know we all got real fuckken cocky back in hs when we learned how to do 5 pages in one night w/out trying too hard but 1. as a teacher now i can tell u for sure that teachers do know you rushed it, we just Don’t Care bc We’re Not Paid Enough and 2. twenty pages is not the same thing. you need to actually take the time to do it. this is the actual version of “you’re not in hs anymore” DONT lie to yourself and think “it’s fine i’ll do it in one day” you will !! Regret it!!!! 

“raquel. raquel. listen to me. do you actually believe i’m capable of time management. raquel i have depression i barely manage to exist.” same. but the truth is that when i started like?? actually following the rules of timelines and taking my time etc it actually really helps mental illness. you don’t feel pressured all the time by a deadline, so your anxiety chills a little bit. small progress being acceptable means that on depression days, you don’t have to worry you’re fucking it all up. when it’s 15 minutes every day (even if it’s only 1 word a day) it feels a lot better.

ask the teacher what timeline they’d recommend. they actually Know.

always ask if it’s informal or formal (if you can use “I” statements or not). informal essays can rely on personal feelings and are so much easier and trust me if you find out on the day it’s due that you could have written 12 pages about your feelings instead of 12 pages of research, you will Be Very Upset

i lie to myself all the time and move the deadline up. i write it in my agenda as at least 2 days before it’s due. surprise!!! i tricked u, self!!! you can’t procrastinate!! 

agendas/planners need to be what actually works for you. i liked to prioritize w/colors + keep lists. i really love crossing things off lists. it’s like… a balm. for me, i usually say i have to finish the first 2 things, start the 3rd thing, and “touch” at least half the list. if i finish the whole list i get a prize. also i get to cross off everything which is so satisfying i’m sure it’s someone’s idea of a rush. there’s so many “how to” documents on these that i won’t get into it but frankly?? if you don’t write it down you will not remember it. “yes i will” no you won’t greg. just do it. write it down. write it where u can see it. not there, greg. greg, somewhere good. my friend is smart af and uses a post-it on her laptop. that doesn’t work for me bc i can just? use my hand to cover the anxiety? so choose somewhere good greg.

nervous system, skeleton, meat, skin. nervous system is the thesis. skeleton is quotes/data. meat is the analysis of that data. skin is the fancy transitions + beautification.  meat goes on both sides of bone, and skin goes all around. nervous system has to touch everything. do what your teachers have been begging u to do since 3rd grade and start w/an outline. do this while you read/research. i usually have a starter thesis like “lady macbeth is a feminist ICON” then take the quotes i think fit. but if while you’re reading u realize u wanna talk about the use of feminine language and how shakespeare parallels daintiness w/sharpness, u still have a bunch of quotes you can use or not use. this works also w/research papers. just pull what u think is something u wanna talk about. copy-paste it but leave a link to where u got it. then put a bullet point under that says roughly why u mention it

if you just write the outline like you’re keeping notes to yourself you’d be amazed how quickly you write the essay bc we get stuck in academic language but it’s easier to translate “this is why bees are the #bomb” into a paragraph. i mean you just rewrite your notes to yourself in academic speech. “The above passage illustrates the growing necessity of pollinators such as bees in an agricultural environment.”

keep track of your sources + label them. don’t just write “(SOURCE)” instead if you’re using multiple sources use the lazygirl way which is (SA1) or whatever shorthand u have for each source. then when you need to finish your sources you go to your little source document, find the one labelled SA1 and then “Find+replace” w/the actual source.

integrate quotes so it reads w/clarity which means don’t do this but if you’re running late on it and don’t have time to look up the quote u want to fit this situation, technically you can “use any” word you want (56). so yeah “there is” a moral question about it but you “can” make up quotes (79, 90). don’t “actually” do this unless you’re seriously in a crunch. which u shouldn’t be, bc u managed ur time, right?

running late part 2 (which again would never happen bc you followed my advice and made a little time table for yourself but anyway if it does somehow magically happen) i really recommend using school computers to do your work. ur surrounded by people who will hold u accountable + u will focus

running late pt3 on the day of it being due, around 5 PM, be honest w/yourself and see where you are. if you’re like “it needs 2 more hours” okay. but if you’re like “this is……… not started” email the teacher. they’ll be so much more receptive the earlier you do this in the process. it looks like “i’m genuinely struggling and i hope to finish this on time but i’m worried i won’t” instead of “i started this at 11:58PM and am asking for an extension”. please also just… be honest? 

“my teacher won’t accept late work!” they all say that, he probably will, particularly if you have a note from the school therapist being like “lmao she’s got so many mental illnesses idek how to help her”

“no he really doesn’t, he doesn’t care” you can file for disability if you have mental illness, and, in fact, you should if it’s something that often stops you from completing work on time. i didn’t bc i found that it just let me procrastinate for a longer time, but having that on file means you can go to the dean.

“no!!! raquel you’re not listening i have 2 pages and he doesn’t take late work!!!!!!!!!”  okay. yeah that’s bad. but nerves, skeleton, meat, skin. what is it that you’re struggling with? is it that your can’t find any quotes to back up your thesis? impossible, tbh, you need to be more willing to purposefully misuse quotes (don’t do that). but the better option is to just change the thesis. 

“i don’t even have that!!” did you. do the reading? if you even just watched the movie, you probably have an opinion on something even if it’s “this is bad.” you can use that. use why you didn’t like it to write a hate-fueled examination on how whiny the main character is and why u think the author is trying to point out how miserable cis white boys are to deal with. 

“i don’t have enough sources!!!” go to wikipedia’s page about it and look @ the sources. try to like actually read some if you have time but frankly in a hurry a student (me) might be compelled to just slap the source in there. 

“how the fuck do i analyze this”. u know how ppl agonize over why an actor breathed in a scene. melt into that kind of thinking. you can literally force the words to mean whatever you want. i’ve talked about word choice so specific that i based a 12-page essay on three separate uses of the words “my dear”. i talked about the possessive “my” and how it developed for like 5 of those pages. and always repeat the thesis like a million times. after every analysis you should talk about how it links to the thesis. that is like a free 3 sentences every paragraph.

“i did all that and it’s still 3 pages too short” quick ways to Beef Him Up: definitions are great in research papers + essays bc you can talk about either word choice or like the definition of every process used in getting the data. also make the conclusion hella informative (it should answer “what does this mean moving forwards” most of the time, tie it into modern life or into the past). thicken ur intro with “here’s a quote from this guy about it and what he personally felt about acid-base titrations”, use a paragraph to talk about the history of the data/book, use a paragraph to talk about the modern reception of the data/book. also look for where you can use two words instead of one even tho like grammatically don’t do that.

worst comes to worst, brevity is the soul of wit. most teachers prefer concise over rambling and all over the place. if you choose to scoot under the page limit, tho, your writing etc needs to be exceptionally clean. frankly i’ve only done this once and it was terrifying

make computer read it aloud 2 u before u submit. “raquel….. i can’t look at it anymore”. you’re not looking @ it, you’re discovering you wrote “breath” not “breathe” and u need to change it

tutoring centers exist, i worked in one, and this is how i know they actually Help and have Good Ideas

ask about extra credit and do it tbh

like, you can tell your friend all about what you’re planning on writing, and talk about it for like 20 minutes straight?

make notes for imaginary slides for an imaginary presentation on the topic

oops you have an outline now! your imaginary slides? paragraphs (or if ur paper is long af, each imaginary bullet point is a paragraph and each imaginary slide is a couple pages)

Remember that your outline is your roadmap. Make it as easy to navigate for you as possible.

Your professor wants it done a certain way? There’s usually a reason. Ask your professor why they like it the way they do!

If it really seems like there isn’t any rhyme or reason to it or the format isn’t helpful to you, make a seperate outline for you than the one you turn in to them

And like they said please keep track of your sources.

And remember, the more work you do on the front end, the less you have to do at the end! Save the last few days before that paper is due for the polishing. Do as much work as possible ahead of time.

PLEASE USE YOUR TIME WISELY

she is absolutely right when she says you can’t write 20 pages in a night. Hear it from someone who bullshitted 34pages in like 6 days (I would’ve been quicker if I didn’t fall into sourcing hell)

also if you’re bad at keeping track of time, use a timer!!! ask your mum/ your friends to call you every 2 hours!! use the app “Forest” to lock your phone (it gives you a reward for that)