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my monthly spread for April- Iâm really happy with how it turned out. hope youâre all having a good week đ«đĄ
Today I had my first real moment alone since arriving in Malta, over coffee and books this morning at a cafĂ© near the university. I love this spot; these balconies are everywhere in the city and they are so full of sunlight :â)
Hey guys, so Iâm nearing the end of my senior year, and itâs been great so far! I accomplished my academic tasks efficiently and didnât burn myself out, and I think the main contributor to my success as a student is my organization system. This system has been refined throughout my high school years, but I think now Iâve finally found the most effective methods.
Please remember that this isnât the only organization system you can adopt; this is just the one that works the best for me, and I hope that by sharing it with you, youâll gain a new perspective on how to stay organized as a high school student.
The first thing I wanna talk about is my notebook system, which I briefly mentioned in my Guide to Note-Taking.
My notebook system comprises three types of notebooks: the Everything Notebook, the subject notebook, and the revision notebook.
The Everything Notebook
The first stage is in-class notes. I only bring one notebook to school every day. I call it my Everything Notebook, and this is where I write down all of the notes I take in class. This way, I donât have to lug around six notebooks where Iâm only going to use a few pages in each of them that day.
Subject Notebooks
At the end of the day, I would revise my notes and compare them to the syllabus so I know where we are in the learning process. I would then transfer my class notes from my Everything Notebook to my different subject notebooks. This is stage two. I also start to jazz up my notes because I use the notes in my subject notebooks to study for tests.
In addition to my class notes, I include material from my teachersâ notes that they might not have elaborated on, as well as points in the syllabus (Iâm currently taking A2) that were only glazed over briefly, or not at all, in some cases. (Note: this does not mean they completely skip a chapter or topic; itâs more like they missed a few bullet points that should be in my notes but arenât. An example would be if weâre learning about phenol reactions and the teacher forgot to mention the use of FeCl3 as a test for phenol.)
Revision Notebooks
Stage three comes a little later, when exam week is just around the corner. Essentially, I rewrite and improve my notes from my five different subject notebooks into a single revision notebook or binder. (Recently, Iâve opted for a revision notebook because theyâre lighter and easier to carry around.)
Because my teachers donât always teach in the order of the syllabus, the first thing I do is organize my notes according to the syllabus. I would then fill in any other missing gaps in the material that hadnât been filled in stage two.
When compiling material for my revision notebook, I use as many sources as possible: my own notes, my teachersâ notes, youtube videos, online sites, and my favorite, the mark scheme! I add in some answers from past papers (explanations only, so no calculations) mainly to secure marks. Itâs safer to memorize definitions straight from the mark scheme than from the textbook or from handouts. I also do this to ease my memorization, especially for topics that require lengthy explanations. Itâs a lot easier to remember the 6 points I need to explain the principles of NMRI than to remember everything in the four-page handout my teacher gave me.
Folders and binders are essential to organizing your papers. Some people keep a single accordion folder for all their papers, but for me itâs just too heavy to carry around all the time. The same goes for subject folders that are brought to school every day.
Instead, my binder/folder system comprises my Everything Folder and my subject binders.
The Everything Folder
The folder I carry with me to school every day is this A4 folder I got from Tokyu Hands. It has 5 pockets, one for each day of the week, so all the papers I receive on Monday will go behind the first divider, and so on.
Some people also keep blank papers in their folders; I donât because my school has its own lined paper and graphing pads that I keep under my desk that I use if a teacher asks us to do an assignment on those papers. If I do work at home, I prefer to just use a plain A4 paper or a legal pad.
Subject Binders
At the end of the week, Iâll sort my papers into my subject binders. Sometimes Iâll keep some papers in the folder if I think Iâll be needing it the next week. This usually only applies to worksheets because all my teachersâ notes are available on Google Classroom, so I can access them even if I donât physically have them.
Each of these binders have sections inside them:
Physics: 1 for handouts, notes, and tests, 1 for Paper 4 (Theory), 1 for Paper 5 (Practical Planning). I included extra tabs to mark the different topics in the handouts section.
Chemistry: same as Physics.
Economics: 1 for Paper 3 (MCQ), 1 for Paper 4 (Case Study and Essay). A lot of my Economics material is online, though.
English: 1 for Paper 3 (Text and Discourse analysis), and 2 for Paper 4 (Language Topics, which includes 1 for Child Language Acquisition, 1 for World Englishes). Past papers, handouts, and notes all go under their respective topics.
Mathematics: I just keep everything together because I never revise math and just constantly do past papers.
This makes it easier for me to revise each subject because I can just take one binder with me instead of a messy folder with everything just shoved in there.
I keep a magazine file for each of my A-Level subjects (English and Mathematics are combined). All my textbooks, revision guides, and subject notebooks are kept here, so if I need to revise one subject, thatâs the magazine file Iâll take out.
These magazine files prevent any small things (like my book of flashcards) from being shoved to the back of my bookshelf, or materials from different subjects from getting mixed up.
In my senior year, I mostly plan using this app called Edo Agenda. It syncs across all my devices for free and has all the features I need: a to do list to organize tasks, monthly and weekly calendars to organize events, a journal to organize notes and memos.
I used to bullet journal regularly, but it takes too much time during weekdays, so now I just bullet journal for the therapeutic effects it gives me, and I use an app for organizing tasks and events. Sometimes at the end of each week, Iâll transfer my tasks to my bullet journal and then decorate the page, but again, this is just for its therapy.
Organizing your school supplies is just as important as organizing your papers and notes. With a more organized backpack and pencil case, you wonât waste time looking for your things at the bottom of an abyss.
Pencil Case
I donât find it necessary to bring so much stationery to school unless I plan on making notes at school (usually during revision week).
Backpack
Because weâre already in the revision term, I donât really carry a lot of things in my everyday backpack, just the following:
Pencil case
Everything Notebook
Everything Folder
Revision notebook
Kindle
Phone
Wallet
Earphones
Calculator
Speaker
Drinking bottle
A pouch with things like a hairbrush, pads, and lip balm
And thatâs all for now! I hope this post will help you organize your school life (if you havenât already) or at least provide some useful insights on some ways to stay organized as a high school student.

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IMPORTANT
Iâm not active here anymore. If you need IB / study advice, please find me on Instagram (my handle is @1.43am) and drop me a private message.
I respond very generously with my advise / suggestions / guidance, so please be gracious enough to reply when I do! Iâve had people asking me for IA help and when I give it they just... donât respond... which is frustrating because I went through all the trouble to annotate and provide feedback, you know? SO BE NICE.
hereâs how my spread looks while planning!! i tend to put the post it and headers up first, and as time goes by, i fill the spaces up by including to-do lists and random doodles!! đ±
types of study breaks for every situation
if you realize youâve been studying for hours: grab a snack to refuel your body and watch a sitcom to refuel your brain. then back to the books.
if youâre feeling stressed out: take some deep breaths, text your friends, maybe stare at a wall for a few minutes. gather yourself.
if you canât seem to focus: get moving and get outside. take out the garbage, check your mail box, maybe walk your dog. just get moving and get fresh air. itâll help bring you back.
if thereâs something else going on in your life and you canât get it off your mind: write down whatâs going through your head, sort of like a diary entry. itâll help you work things out.
if youâre just mentally and physically exhausted: set a timer for 25-30 minutes and take a nap. any longer and youâll hit REM and youâll wake up feeling just as tired. once you wake up, get some caffeine in you.
if the material is boring as hell: find another way to study. see if thereâs a crash course video online about it or draw out what youâre trying to learn in diagrams and pictures to make it fun.
if people around you wonât shut up: listen to some music. soundtrack and classical music is always good because they wonât absorb you as much as music with lyrics. white noise (like ocean waves, rain sounds, etc.) also works.
if you only half understand a concept: call/message a friend whoâs not in the class and try to teach the material to them. this will help you mentally work through the material and will help you remember it as well.
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happy september!! iâm excited to start doing 100 days of productivity! school started last monday and iâm already sleep-deprived đŽ theme inspired by the lovely @merostudies
from your friendly neighborhood librarian:
all books are good books. you are not a âlesser readerâ if you only read manga or comic books or a âbetter readerâ for reading academic heavy texts.
reading is reading no matter what it is, be it a graphic novel, a romance, a classic, an audiobook, a picture book, a cookbook, fanfiction, fucking whatever, read what makes you happy
reading is supposed to be fun and donât let elitism sap any joy out of it
i agree with this; read what you enjoy! BUT i also advocate challenging yourself with harder texts, IF youâre up for it, because that way you push yourself OUT of your comfort zone & LEARN.
find a balance that teaches you without pressuring you. make sure you still enjoy the material, but try to keep an open mind & venture out of what youâre used to, too.

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Do you have twitter or Facebook? If I wanna chat or ask a question or just be friends :)
yeah, i have a twitter that i check regularly. PM me & iâll tell you the user! x
02.10.2017 :: Iâve been in college for two weeks now and I managed to get one of the nicest graduate rooms in the ballot. Although Iâve been really busy I thought it was important to do some decoration and make it feel like home. Iâm pretty happy with how things are looking right now.
People kept stealing my pics so I had to resort to watermarking them sobssss why do people do this :ââ-((( buT HUZZAH finally a bujo update!!!
bby it took me under 2m to remove your watermark in paint bc i cbf 2 boot up ps ._.â
also are you a nigger?
whoâd want to pretend to be a nigger. P:â
oh, i get it, niggers are stealing your work.
of course.
chill fam she's just tryna do what she can to discourage people from claiming credit for HER work, no need to be all nasty about it.
05.09.2017. headed up north for a two week road trip around Scotland before I go up to Oxford. This morning I set out for the early morning train across the West Highlands from Fort William to Mallaig. If you recognise the viaduct itâs because this section of line was where they filmed most of the Hogwarts Express. đ§ïžđČđ
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Hey! I just came across your blog and it's been really helpful so far. Do you have any tips for french ab initio? My exams are coming up in november and I have no idea how to go about it. I'm currently at a 5/6 and I never study. So i think I have the potential to score a 7 but I don't know how to study.
Hi! Glad to hear that. If you want to skip past all the things I reblog, you can find my original posts here.
DISCLAIMER: I am completely aware that a lot of people provide advice for languages, like, âRead a lot! Expose yourself to the language and culture!â and while I completely agree, I also find that studying a language for an examination, especially in an accelerated language course such as the ab initio programme at the IB level, requires a certain structure, certainty and thoroughness â which is precisely what my study methods guided me towards achieving. My approach may seem a little rigid or clinical, as opposed to fluid and natural and poetic, but really itâs just accurate, methodical, organised and complete. That was the aim, anyway.
Notes on Grammar
I learnt / practiced how to conjugate regular verbs (âer, âir, âre), and made a list of commonly used regular verbs in their infinitive form (monter, aider, rencontrer, remercier). For important, irregular verbs (faire, pouvoir, dire, vouloir, prendre, tenir, etc.), I would write them down in infinitive form, and underneath each Iâd write out their respective conjugations in present tense.
Know when and how to use the following tenses / forms:
present
passé simple
passĂ© composĂ© (this means you need to know participe passĂ© for regular verbs and irregular verbs â e.g. âfaireâ > âfaitâ, âmettreâ > âmisâ, âprendreâ > âprisâ)
imparfait
présent progressif
passé récent
future proche
futur simple
conditionnel présent / passé (I always sound this a little tricky!!)
probable
possible
impossible
Grammar rules such as noun and adjective placement are crucial (e.g. itâs âles yeux bleusâ not âles bleus yeuxâ). Know small things such as:
how to form adverbs from adjectives
itâs very straightforward; you pretty much just add on âment
how to use âjamaisâ and ârienâ
le comparatif et le superlatif des adjectifs
âplus⊠queâŠâ
âmoins⊠queâŠâ
âle plusâ
âle moinsâ
âbon > meilleur(e)(s) que > le / la / les meilleur(e)(s)â
ââmauvais > pire(s) que > le / la / les pire(s)â
Connecting words like âtoutefoisâ, âsaufâ, âau lieu deâ, âdoncâ, âalorsâ and ây comprisâ come in handy a lot.
Essentially, cover your bases.
Notes on Vocabulary
What I did was compile vocabulary for every theme / topic: food, how to prepare a certain dish, places in the city, animals, chores around the house, rooms around the house, clothes, descriptions of people (this is super important â Iâm talking adjectives to describe peopleâs personalities and physical appearance), the environment, modes of transportation, etc.
I made a cheat sheet for other useful, miscellaneous phrases, such as those pertaining to feelings and opinions. Phrases such as âje considĂšre queâŠâ, âil me semble queâŠâ, âje suis un peu inquiĂšteâ, âj'ai soif / faimâ, âje dirais queâ, âĂ mon avisâ, âça ne serait pas Ă©tonnantâ, etc.
Notes on Paper 2
Know your Paper 2 formats. Typical formats include informal letters, formal letters, emails, brochures, etc.
Youâll also need specific vocabulary / phrases for formal letters / emails, in particular. Write a cheat sheet with good phrases to use â especially those you might not be able to form off the top of your head â such as âje vous, prie d'agrĂ©er, monsieur / madame, mes salutations distinguĂ©esâ and âen piĂšces jointes [vous trouvez] / [se trouve] ___________ pour votre rĂ©fĂ©renceâ and âdans l'attente de recevoir votre rĂ©ponseâ. Stuff like that.
Know how to structure sentences in different ways. For instance, you can say âelle a les longs cheveux blondsâ and âses cheveux sont longs et blondsâ. Ultimately, though, if youâre torn between a complex sentence structure you arenât 100% certain is correct, and a simpler sentence structure that you know for sure is right, go for the latter. "A good paper 2 does not need to be overly complicated; it just has to be accurate.â Remember that.
Other Notes
In terms of study methods, what Iâd do is note down what was said in class, then rewrite and transfer everything neatly into a binder for quick, easy, all-in-one-place reference. It was like my Bible, lol. I colour-coded, too. Red for verbs, pink for definitions in English, green for general grammar points, etc.
I know people recommend Duolingo but it was a little too simple for me (??) or I just didnât know how to utilise it optimally haha. I used Quizlet for a bit instead. You make your own flashcards!
For textbooks, my school used Panorama. We didnât go through it too much in class, but I personally found it useful and thus based my notes off that + relevant things from class + random but relevant words / phrases / grammar points Iâd Google.
Find past year papers for practice and do them, for sure! This is a must.
Also
I averaged 5-6 throughout the course, but in the first semester of my second year, I actually got, like, 3s and 4s for French. But I pulled it up to a comfortable 7 in time for the IB, so if youâre getting a 5 or 6 right now without studying, you should honestly be fine as it is (assuming your school standards are equivalent to that of the IB). Donât worry too much and donât neglect your other subjects!

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As you're nearly 30 now, what would you have told your 20 year old self if you had the chance? Do you have any advice or tips for people currently in their early 20's, possibly in college and worried about the future? Any advice to help build self-esteem and to achieve what they want? Thank you.
Combined with the following ask:
Do you have any tips for how to improve self-esteem and confidence? I think I may be an xNTJ but years of bullying, betrayal, depression, and bereavement have left me feeling pretty low and worthless.
A few thoughts below.
To my 20 year old self
You can be right and still lose the argument. How you communicate to someone and how you deliver the message is just as important as the contents of the message itself. If you disregard the nuances of other human beings and come off as a total asshole, theyâll completely shut down and reject your input no matter how great it is.
Donât fight battles with no rewards. If people canât stop you, theyâll try to distract you so youâll trip over your own feet and sabotage yourself. Donât let them.
Older people may be less intelligent than you, but they have more experienceâ listen and learn. Even idiots can teach you what not to do.
Shut up. Most situations donât require your input, your action, your reaction, or your intervention. Often times itâs like throwing gas on a fire to put it out. If youâre patient and wait, the answers tend to reveal themselves or the problem will solve itself.
Always do your laundry, thereâs nothing worse than running out of clean underwear.
On building self-esteem and confidence
Stop explaining yourself to people who have already made up their minds about you. Itâs a waste of time so tend to the relationships with the people who genuinely care for your well-being.
Finish. Quitting is a pathological disorder that can spread to other areas of your life. If you quit at one thing, the odds are you have low resilience and you will give up at other endeavors in your life. No matter whatâ finish. Get to the end. No matter how imperfect you think the outcome will be, finish. Youâll either have a sense of accomplishment from having completed something, lessons learned from the failure, or both.Â
Small victories build confidence. If you canât do the small things correctly, you wonât be able to tackle the big things. If you canât wake up in the morning and jog a mile consistently then youâre not going to be able to climb Mount Everest. Patience is key and biting off more than you can chew will often end in failure and demoralization. Practice makes perfect, and progress takes time.Â
Pain is weakness leaving the body. Build your tolerance by trying new things outside of your comfort zone, push yourself when you feel like you want to quit, and confront the things you fear the most. Similar to lifting weights, the only way your body can grow stronger is by steadily increasing the weights until you can bear heavier burdens. The more you do this, the easier it becomes.
Be a thermostat, not a thermometer. That is, be consistent in your values, personality, and habitsâ donât let your emotions and behavior mold to your environment because youâll always be in a state of flux. It makes you vulnerable to other people dictating your moods.
Follow your heart but take your brain with you. Do the things you love but in a logical and planned way. Donât question your goal if itâs what you truly want to do, but scrutinize your method because thatâs what will determine success or failure.
On college
Evidence is more powerful than theory. In college and in the real world, you must be able to prove your abilities with evidence because just being âsmartâ isnât enough. That evidence is superior performance, high grades, high test scores, and strong internships. You canât stroll into a job interview and debate the interviewer, declare victory, and secure the position. Come with proof. Â
Do well no matter what. Even if youâre unsure about your major, never let your performance slide because GPAs are cumulative. If you only do well in the subjects you love, it will reveal to employers that you have selective motivation. This is a problem because in the real world you wonât enjoy everything assigned to you even at a job you love and employers need to have confidence you can still succeed.
Who you know is as important as what you know. Connections matter in the real world, donât overlook building relationships with people who will be your peers, your friends, future colleagues, and potential future bosses for the rest of your life and professional career.
Donât fuck around. If youâre paying thousands of dollars in tuition and going into debt, make sure you pick a career that can sustain you after you graduate. No matter how much you love fine arts, if you go $100,000 into debt at 6.5% interest, your life will be extremely difficult. Find a balance between what you love and what can support you.
Have a job offer before you graduate. When youâre a student, you have the luxury of being an intern and trying new things without companies having to navigate complicated labor laws. Once you graduate, youâre just another unemployed person. Take advantage of the time you have as a student to seize those opportunities so the transition post-graduation is seamless.
I needed this.
Me too.Â