studteaing

Friday // pics taken in the library today during my “studyish” session. Right after lecture I like to decompress and collect myself a bit, while my brain recharges enough to focus again! During “studyish” times I look over my planner, read over assignments to improve my understanding, and generally take on tasks that are important but require a lower level of concentration & mental function. I really like the idea that you can work on something softly, without each time you sit down being incredibly intense. It’s good for when you need to recharge, or when you only have a little bit of time (like between classes or meetings).

8/22/18 • 5:00pm

This library / reading room at school makes my heart swell with happiness :) Also today was day 1 of instruction and I had 3 of my 4 classes. So far I am feeling good about them! Though when I got home I had a very scattered energy so I haven’t been able to begin the work I’ve set for myself... Good luck to everyone in their first weeks & enjoy your last bit of break if you’ve yet to start!

8/20/18 • 6:40

I believe that all individuals have the right to use their time as they choose. I also know that to each of us, internally, our work load and time constraints are the most pressing. But I’d like to acknowledge students with hardly any of that most valuable of commodities - time. I want to bring some visibility to the long-distance commuters, the parents, and the full-time employee students out there. When every moment is allocated towards a specific goal, and getting that degree seems more like a financial/familial/time drain than a whimsical journey of knowledge. Academia is difficult for us all at some points, but to those of you who have a bit more piled on: you are strong for managing the way you do.

New work station all set up in the antique desk I found on craigslist!! Super excited about it; I love its character. 

Hi! So for a post like this one I used a bunch of different techniques. Most of the basic layout is done in onenote using methods I learned from the wonderful @yolandastudies. Hereee is a link to that wonderful tutorial.

I also just used the check boxes and star markers that come within onenote - which you’re probably familiar with!

For the doodle, I hand drew it first. Vectorizing a hand drawn doodle is really easy in inkscape and then you can use it for all sorts of stuff! This tutorial shows you how to vectorize clipart, but if you import a picture/scan of a doodle it works exactly the same way. Stick to black&white or grayscale; making colored vectors off of hand drawn stuff can also be done but that’s a whole different tutorial. 

This tutorial shows you how to use the calendar function in inkscape. It was a while ago but I think to make that customized 2 month calendar I just used the function 2 times separately, then moved one calendar under the other and grouped 2 together.

Also~ to put doodles calendars or anything else you want in onenote from inkscape, first export as a png from inkscape because I don’t think onenote deals with the svg files well.