Mary-B Studies

Paint your nails. Doesn’t matter if you’re good at it or not. It’s a quiet, calming, easy activity that takes up the perfect amount of time for a break and still requires some amount of focus. Put on a Youtube video or Netflix while you do it.

Watch a John Oliver video. If you don’t know him, he’s a comedian and host of Last Week Tonight on HBO. His pieces are hilarious, informative, and all around 15-20 minutes. 

Change the sheets on your bed. Changing your sheets often is good for your skin, still technically productive, and who doesn’t love snuggling up in a fresh bed after a long day? 

While you’re at it, clean your space. It’ll get you on your feet and again, still technically being productive. 

Make yourself something to drink. I hate to be that blogger™ but  Stay hydrated, loves! No energy drinks, if you need something more exciting. We are adults in this household, we get our caffeine like adults. Always go tea or coffee. 

Take a nap. There are legends that if you drink a coffee before you take a nap, the caffeine will wake you up naturally a little bit later and you’ll feel super energized. That sounds fake but idk knock yourselves out. 

Put on an RIP Vine compilation and dissociate for a bit. I’m not kidding.

Take a shower. Or just stand there under the hot water a bit. You’ll feel like a new being. 

Know that you are a boss

Seriously 

First things first: this to work, I’m gonna need your help. This is as much to help me learn as it is for any of you.

Hi, I’m Mary-Bryant but feel free to call me Mary-B, MB, or even May-B, but never just Mary and never just Bryant. Thanks. I’m freshman college student, majoring in Mass Communications with a really self-righteous desire to save the world through journalism. 

As I’m sure a lot of you can relate to, last semester wrecked me but not in the all or nothing, razed to my very foundations kind of way. Work was hard and I had a lot of it, so it was imperative I figure out a way to manage it. And I survived. The answer to how is something I’m planning on exploring here. I’m no expert on studying, I’m no artist when it comes to note-taking, but I’m persistent. 

Persistent, unfortunately, in a way that sputters and stops at the most inconvenient times. I’ll have the loveliest notes you’ve ever seen at the start of a quarter and by the third week, it’s just scribbled hieroglyphics that make no sense out of context. Long story short, I suck at discipline. 

Enter you guys. 

I don’t think much of myself, but dang it if I’m not the most loyal person you’ll ever meet. If there are people (or even imagined people) out there watching for me to do something, I’ll do it. So here I am, starting a little study blog on my living room couch. I can’t make any promises that this won't sputter the same way my motivation tends to, but I’d like to see where it goes.