melissa.

Saturday, the 5th of November

Today promises to be good. I feel a tired content for the first time in a while after asking myself nonsensical questions all night. Now my thoughts are calm and collected as I sit on the train reading. Later on, I will go out for coffee with a friend. I am glad because I've missed her.

Studying

Read Obasan

Cultural Theory reading

Linguistics reading

Things I did for myself

Take a long shower

Breathing exercises

Read a lot

Stay hydrated

Eat with intent

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, from letters to Natalie Paley

02•11•22 // hi friends! I hope you are all doing well ✨

Thought I’d pop in and give a quick update. I decided to leave my full time law firm job about a month ago to focus on my licensing so I am fully in the thick of my licensing exams.

October 18, 2022 | 🍁

| 3 november 2022 |

✨️ pretty plants featuring me giving up on my high energy homework ✨️

high energy astro is beating my ass but at least all my classmates feel the same way hahaha, anyways my other classes have been fairly fun and I don't have to worry abt final exams (just final projects)

October 22, 2022 | 🍁

Now I am at my third semester at the university, so I‘ve had a lot of time to find the optimal study routine for me. Every day in my week is different, wich is why I basically start to doing my tasks at different times (so this routine only refers to the days off that I can use for studying). Maybe you will have read or heard some tips of mine, but you can still include them individually into you‘re own routine (if you want). I hope my routine motivates you as much as it does to me! All of the apps i'm talking about I have linked below. And a short information for y‘all, excuse my mistakes in english grammar, english is not the language i usally speak.

1. Get up between 6:00 am 7:00 am⏰

If I have the morning off, I try to start the day relaxed. Things that helping me to do this:

a cup with my favourite tea

drinkin‘ lot‘s of water (but I don‘t mange it it everday)

wearing my favorite cardigan (This might sound ridiculous, but I learn best when I'm wearing my favorite cardigan.)

listen to my favourite Spotify- playlists or watching Gilmore Girls 🎧 (Below I have linked the playllists i am using)

2. Create a good workspace✨

After strating good in the day, I collect all of the thing I need. These are the things I am using:

iPad + keyboard & mouse

Applepen

Airpods

notebook & pens

books (when I need them)

water or tea

I don‘t need many things because I have everything important on my iPad.

3. Get an owerview👀

To-do lists always help me a lot to get an owerview. I‘m using some Apps for this step: (but you can write it down on paper)

Actions

Structured

4. Set priorities✍🏻

For me there are 3 THINGS I have to decide between. These are:

STUDYING

First, I set myself a time limit (i can work better with this). I can learn very well with the following apps:

Forest (you won't believe me how much i love to plant these little trees)

Quizlet (this app helps me a lot when I'm studying for my final exams.)

COMPLETE MY NOTES

If you‘re a student at the university too, than you will know this. Most of the time you will get a „ugly“ PowerPoint for the lecture or seminar. For this reason I make my own study notes (with them I can lern better). When i am writing my notes i am using this App:

Goodnotes (Most of you probably know this app. I can no longer imagine my life without Goodnotes.)

DOING MY HOMEWOKS

For my homeworks I am also setting a timer with the Forest- App. During the semester I probably sit the longest on my homeworks. Since I'm studying Latin, I have to translate a lot of lectures, almost every day.

5. Check you‘re To-do lists again🗒️

When I think I have everything done, I look at my lists again & check them.

6. Tidy up you‘re workspace🧹

I always tidy up after a long study session. Believe me, it's worth it. Then next time you won't have such difficulties sitting down at your desk.

7. Go for a walk🚶🏻‍♀️

After hours of studying, it‘s beneficial to get some fresh air. (But I have to be honest, I can hardly manage it). But i‘m including this step because it should actually be done (in my opinion).

🎧My study- playlists🎧

✅My Apps✅

The future's unknown