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update: FREE habit tracker template (with new progress bars!)🌱💗💞

i've received a few questions about how i track habits, which honestly changes often, but i thought i'd share how i do it right now.

other posts that may interest you: making a dashboard in notion (with template) | my notion tag | my other free notion templates

this is a pretty low-maintenance and simple way of tracking habits, while still using the wonderful database feature. i hope it helps you ✨😋

post text in alt text and also under the cut:

19 Sept 2022

Had a nice time at my dad’s wedding this weekend. Got to go to my childhood aquarium and explore some local book stores. Back to the grind now tho.

It’s here y’all!!! The 2021 Summer Studying Challenge! 

I’ve literally been planning on doing this since my last summer challenge so i’m so happy to finally have it out in the world and i can’t wait to see what everyone posts and discover some amazing new studyblrs! i am genuinely so excited to get back to posting consistently and finally having the time to engage with you all after my exams so please get involved and give it ago! 

so without further ado, here’s all you need to know:

✨Info ✨

If you do the challenge, use the tag #summer studying challenge so i (and others) can see your posts

I will try to reblog as many posts in the tag as possible (and it doesn’t matter if you think they aren’t ‘aesthetic’ cause i will reblog them!)

This challenge will run for two months - from the 1st July to the 31st August

There are daily prompts for every day of July and August 

But, as always, I don’t expect everyone to be able to post every day so you can always do catch-up posts or answer the prompts in batches

Likewise, you don’t have to post for the entire period - it is completely up to you but i will be posting for the entire two months 

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 is also @/myhoneststudyblr

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

✨ Prompts ✨

1st July - What are your plans for this summer?

2nd July - Do you have a specific goal for this summer?

3rd July - Do you have a lot of work to do for school, university or your job this summer?

4th July - What is the most important task that you need to complete this summer? 

5th July -  Do you have any special plans or activities for this summer?

6th July - What do you usually do during the summer? Is anything different this year?

7th July - What did you do during the summer when you were a young child?

8th July - What’s your happiest summer memory from your childhood?

9th July - Do you usually go on vacation during the summer?

10th July - What is the best vacation you have ever been on? (note: doesn’t have to be a summer vacation)

11th July - What is your favourite vacation memory?

12th July - What is the worst vacation you have ever been on?

13th July - What is your dream vacation?

14th July - Would you rather stay in one resort for a month or travel across the country for one month? 

15th July - Are there any special events for you in the summer? (for example, birthdays, festivals, etc.)

16th July - Do you have any summer traditions?

17th July - What is your typical daily routine in the summer?

18th July -  How do you stay motivated during the summer? (for example, to study)

19th July - Do you stay indoors or outdoors more in the summer?

20th July - Are you a ‘summer person’?

21st July - What is an unpopular opinion that you have about summer?

22nd July - What does summer feel like where you live?

23rd July - Would you prefer summer to be hotter or colder than it usually is for you?

24th July - Would you prefer your summer to be shorter or longer?

25th July - Daytime or nighttime – what’s your favourite time during summer?

26th July - Do your sleeping habits change during summer?

27th July - Do your eating habits change during summer?

28th July - When you hear the word ‘summer’, what is the first thing that you think of?

29th July - What colour do you associate with summer?

30th July - What would be your perfect summer day?

31st July - Would you rather spend the day at the beach or at the swimming pool?

1st August - What do you do when you go to the beach?

2nd August - What do you like most about the beach?

3rd August - What is your least favourite thing about the beach?

4th August - What is your song of the summer this year?

5th August - What is your ultimate summertime song?

6th August - What is your favourite summertime movie?

7th August - Do you read a lot in the summer?

8th August - What book are you currently reading?

9th August - What is your favourite summer ‘beach read’ book?

10th August - What TV show are you currently watching?

11th August - What was the last movie you watched?

12th August - What is your favourite summertime snack?

13th August - What is your favourite seasonal fruit to eat during the summer?

14th August - What is your favourite meal to have on the beach?

15th August - What is your favourite ice cream flavour?

16th August - What is the weirdest ice cream flavour that you’ve ever seen (and maybe even tasted?

17th August - If you could make up a new ice cream flavour, what ingredients would you use? What would you call it?  

18th August -  What is your favourite summer drink?

19th August - What is your go-to summer outfit?

20th August - Do you like wearing sunglasses?

21st August - Sandals or flip flops? 

22nd August - Do you wear sunscreen?

23rd August - Have you ever been really badly sunburnt? 

24th August - What three things would you take to your desert island? 

25th August - Imagine that you could fill a swimming pool with anything except water and swim in it. What would your pool be filled with?

26th August - Would you rather surf the waves or read a book?

27th August - What’s happening once this summer is over? Returning to school or uni? Starting something new? 

28th August - Have you managed to complete your main task and goal for the summer?

29th August - When you remember this summer, what three adjectives will define it?

30th August - What did you learn over the summer? (note: this doesn’t have to be academic-related)

31st August - What was your favourite memory from this summer?

✨ So this is the challenge! I hope that you will join in and enjoy doing it during the summer! 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:]

1.) I have so many talents to offer the world.

2.) I attract those with good, pure, intentions.

3.) I radiate light and positive energy.

4.) I attract kindness and compassion.

5.) I love my body; I do my best to take care of it.

6.) My soul is gentle and welcoming.

7.) I attract peace, calmness, and serenity.

8.) I create endless opportunities for myself.

9.) I am focused and steady.

10.) I trust the Universe’s timing.

Thursday, 25 March

el vínculo = bond, tie, link

a la deriva = adrift / lacking direction, aimless

el punto de inflexión = turning point

desolado/a = desolate, devastated, ravaged desolador(a) = bleak, horrific

sin rodeos = bluntly, “without beating around the bush”

célebre = distinguished, famous, iconic, celebrated ilustre = illustrious, distinguished, famous

indagar = to investigate, to look into, to delve into

fantasmal = ghostly, phantom / illusory, not real, ghost(ly) / eerie

temerario/a = reckless, hasty

topar con (alguien/algo) = to stumble across, to bump into, to run into toparse con alguien = to run into someone (by chance), to meet someone (by chance) topar con/contra (obstáculos) = to run into a problem, to hit a wall, “to hit a brick wall” 

el custodio, la custodia = guardian, protector, steward / custodian, keeper / guard, caretaker

dar por hecho / dar por sentado = to take for granted

la edad de oro = a golden age, a period of great growth and success

fulminante = sudden (and/or violent), or sudden and deadly / “smiting” / instant (success), instantaneous, “overnight” una mirada fulminante = a glare, a murderous look

los estragos = havoc, chaos hacer estragos = to wreak havoc [sometimes causar estragos but often hacer is more common]

el/la cambiaformas = shapeshifter

el peregrinaje = pilgrimage, a journey of spiritual importance

hacer caso = to obey, to heed, to pay attention to [uses indirect objects; no le hizo caso “they ignored him/her”]

el cómplice / el compinche = accomplice, partner-in-crime compinachado/a, confabulado/a = “in cahoots”, “working together”, “accomplices” 

educado/a = polite, courteous / educated

arriesgado/a = risky, dangerous

el viraje = sudden change / a twist / swerving motion

el ocio = free time, spare time / leisure, recreation

soberbio/a = superb, excellent, splendid / haughty, arrogant [less common]

la sanguijuela = leech / parasite, bloodsucker / mooch, freeloaded [also el/la chupasangre(s) which is literally “bloodsucker” or more emphatic, el/la chupavidas which is literally “life-sucker”]

contemplar = to look upon, to behold / to contemplate, to consider

malvado/a = evil, wicked

suponer = to suppose, to guess / to signify, to mean, to pose suponer un problema = to pose a problem suponer un riesgo = to pose a risk

puro/a = pure [adjective in back] / sheer [adjective in front] el oro puro = pure gold pura suerte / pura casualidad = sheer luck, dumb luck [unrelated but el puro is a “cigar” and that trips me up a lot]