sometimes studying

Feb 23, 2016 | As requested, some screenshots of my psych notes this week. 

A short textbook note-taking tutorial

I use tables whenever possible to organize materials, and as you can see I format them differently depending on the content they contain. For vocabulary and situations where I’m employing tables in lieu of columns (which conserves space), I’ll make the border white, but for tables like the ones on pages 1 and 2, I’ll keep the border there for definition.

I title each section with the subtitle given in the book and underline it, then make a vocabulary list (bolding terms), and insert my tables. For actual notes (as shown on page 4), I try to keep it as simple as I can with lists instead of blocks of text.

Afterwards, I’ll go into Quizlet and make a set of flashcards (the last image shows the beginnings of what flashcards for this set of notes would look like). I’ll cut out unnecessary content from the notes (and trim examples down to prompts rather than full explanations), and in examples like page 4, I’ll condense each numbered point and its sub-points to the section I bolded, which summarizes the general idea.

+day 93 // 100 days of productivity - I just really like colouring in when it comes to anti diff - it’s 10:06pm and I’m also cramming for a chemistry practice exam tomorrow cry - two days till it’s back to school?!

9/100 | sunday november 27 2016

Well I haven’t been on here in a while. This school year has been absolutely insane and so much has happened in these past couple months. In order to keep this short I’m just going to stick with three highlights:

I was named a national merit semifinalist!

I was named my school’s August senior of the month!

these are all extensions for google chrome users that customize your new tab page. 

1 | momentum (a studyblr classic) - to do list, weather, focus, daily photography, daily quote, links, search

2 | infinity - links w/ icons, custom wallpapers, to do, search, chrome apps, notepad

3 | tabby cat - a new generated cat for each new tab

4 | minimal clock - minimalist clock + date

5 | palettab - discover fonts and colors 

6 | flashtabs - review flash cards

7 | embark - time, daily photography

8 | mainchi - learn japanese

9 | laterbox - priority to do

10 | lanes (my personal favorite) - clock, pomodoro timer, weekview, to do