burn it up

hey guys, on my instagram i asked if people wanted to see videos that motivate me studying, pushing my limits, and most important help me stop procrastinating. so here is my top 5 videos, hope you like them!

video number one: The ABCs of SUCCESS - Amazing Motivational Video for Students, Studying & Success in Life

video number two: Grey’s Anatomy, Cristina Yang: “Be unstoppable.”

video number three: Legally Blonde - I’ll show you how valuable Elle Woods can be!

video number four: Michaela Pratt | That’s My Girl (How To Get Away With Murder)

video number five: From FAILING STUDENT to ROCKET SCIENTIST - The Motivational Video that Will Change Your Life

bonus video: Rory’s system to study her finals (Gilmore Girls)

hello everyone! i thought i would share some keyboard shortcuts in notion that i use the most often and that save me the most time.

note: most actions from word processors, like ctrl + b for bold, will already work in notion!

#, ##, or ### + space to create large, medium, and small headings respectively

> + space to create a toggle block

/, the forward slash, lets you create any page you want. just type out what you’re looking for (i.e. page, table, link)

ctrl + \ toggles the sidebar on and off

ctrl + shift + n opens a new notion window (i use this for notetaking)

ctrl + shift + u lets you go up a level in the page hierarchy (i.e. from february to all months)

duplicate any content by holding option or alt and dragging. you can highlight as many blocks as you want

ctrl + / to change the type of blocks you have selected

ctrl + shift + p to move the page you’re on to another one (i like to use this for my article list to move them to my already read list

here are a few study tips on how to learn a new language 💻☺️:

1. start speaking as soon as possible. even when you haven’t learned too many words yet, the most important part of studying a language is not being afraid of using it. so download apps like hellotalk to get in touch with natives! of course, it’s even easier if you already have friends or family members speaking your target language.

2. study the most frequent words! there are tons of free so-called “frequency lists” online that prevent you from studying vocabulary you don’t need in the long run. with only 500 of the right words you could already have basic conversations!

3. get a lot of native exposure - through podcasts, videos and movies. there are so many recommendations on the internet, no matter what language you’re learning. the earlier you start immersing yourself in native material, even if it’s children’s books, the faster you’ll find yourself having fluent conversations!!

4. keep a weekly or daily diary to practice writing in your target language. even if it’s only composed of basic sentences, it’s the best way to use the vocabulary you’ve learned!

qotd: what language would you like to study next? i really look forward to studying Italian once I have a little bit more time!! 💕

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✨With most schools, colleges and unis closed around the globe and most studyblr students now having school at home I thought I would create a challenge to help everyone stay focused and productive and also to connect with people so even though most people are self-isolating, we don’t feel lonely✨

✨Info✨

Because no one really knows when we’re going to be able to go back to schools and I know it will depend very much on where you live, I’m going to do a month of daily ‘challenges’ starting on Monday 23rd March 2020 but if the quarantine keeps going I’ll try to add as the weeks/months go on

I want to see what y’all are posting so please use the tag #2020 quarantine challenge and I’ll track this tag and reboot as much as possible!

On this note, I will reblog basically everything even if you don’t think it is ‘aesthetic’ cause I love seeing how everyone does their notes and stuff so please get involved 💕

✨Week 1 - Questions✨

Mon - Have you made a study schedule to help you study at home?

Tue - How are you being taught your lessons? (google classroom, teams etc.)

Wed - What’s your favourite study snack?

Thu - How are you keeping active?

Fri - What is your favourite subject/topic to study at the moment?

Sat - Where in your house is your favourite place to study?

Sun - What are you doing to relax?

✨Week 2 - Pictures✨

Mon - Take a picture of your desk/study space

Tue - Take a picture of the book you are currently reading

Wed - Take a picture of your most colourful notes

Thu - Take a picture of the pens/highlighters that you could not live without

Fri - Take a picture of the view outside your window

Sat - Take a picture of a meal you’ve cooked or something you’ve baked

Sun - Take a picture of some of your art or doodles

✨Week 3 - Questions✨

Mon - What is your favourite food to cook or prepare?

Tue - If you could go anywhere in the world for a week, where would you go?

Wed - What is your biggest goal for this year? Have you done anything so far to achieve this?

Thu - What is the song that makes you happy no matter what?

Fri - What is your favourite TV programme at the moment (on Netflix etc)?

Sat - Where is your favourite place in the world (eg a city you’ve been to, a restaurant, or a particular hiking spot)?

Sun - What is your favourite joke?

✨Week 4 - Tips advice ✨

Mon - What is your biggest tip for staying focused?

Tue - What is your biggest tip for not getting cabin fever?

Wed - What would be your advice to you from five years ago?

Thu - What is the best advice you’ve ever been given (e.g. from a teacher of friend)?

Fri - What is your biggest tip for organising your study space/study materials?

Sat - What is your best tip on how to relax?

Sun - What is you biggest tip to someone starting to learn your major/favourite subject/degree?

I’ve been overwhelmed with all the studyblrs who have joined in on this challenge and how supportive everyone is 💕

SO HERE’S MONTH 2

✨Week 5 - Questions✨

Mon - What is your favourite film?

Tue - What is your favourite book?

Wed - What is your favourite song?

Thu - Who is your hero?

Fri - What is your favourite thing about your subject/major/degree?

Sat - What is your favourite game or sport to watch and play?

Sun - What is your favourite childhood memory?

✨Week 6 - Pictures✨

Mon - Take a picture of your pet (if you don’t have one share a pciture of your favourite animal)

Tue - Take a picture of the sunset

Wed - Take a picture of your bookshelf

Thu - Take a picture of your plants/flowers

Fri - Take a picture of your binders

Sat - Take a picture of a title for some of your notes

Sun - Take a picture of something super close up

✨Week 7 - Questions✨

Mon - What's the most unusual thing you've ever eaten?

Tue - Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

Wed - Does your family have a “motto” – spoken or unspoken?

Thu - If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce?

Fri - Do you love or hate rollercoasters?

Sat - If you could share a meal with any 4 individuals, living or dead, who would they be?

Sun - If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have?

✨Week 8 - What Would You Rather✨

Mon - Would you rather be the funniest person in the room or the most intelligent?

Tue - Would you rather win $50,000 or let your best friend win $500,000?

Wed - Would you rather have a dog with a cat’s personality or a cat with a dog’s personality?

Thu - Would you rather have free Wi-Fi wherever you go or have free coffee where/whenever you want?

Fri - Would you rather speak all languages or be able to speak to all animals?

Sat - Would you rather get away with lying every time or always know that someone is lying?

Sun - Would you rather read minds or accurately predict future?

This is month 2 and i will be starting it on Monday 20th April 2020

If you haven’t done month 1 feel free to just start with month 2 anyway and i hope that we can continue to support each other!!!

[tagging some studyblrs under the cut that i know have been taking part - please reblog so we can spread the message! (sorry if you were tagged twice i accidentally posted this on my main the first time around)]

𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔;

saturday 25th january

what weird new hobby have you picked up?

have you had a crisis yet? about what?

how stir crazy are you on a scale of 1-10?

read anything yet?

are you keeping in touch with your friends?

learned anything about yourself?

what do you spend most of your time doing?

who do you miss the most?

are you in a relationship during this quarantine and how’s that going?

what are you going to do once the quarantine is over?

are you taking online classes? opinion on those classes?

do you agree with the way your government is handling the pandemic?

what’s keeping you sane?

how are you staying fit?

do you have a pet to keep you company?

who do you wish you were quarantined with?

if you could escape this pandemic into an existing fictional universe, where would you go?

what do you miss the most?

what do you not miss?

have you cried recently? about what?

how’s your sleep schedule looking?

what have you been doing more of?

have you done anything you regret?

do you have any motivation left?

Find the beauty in every day ✨🌼 Hope you’re all doing fine.

Before you start anything: get an overview. Write down when you have your exams, read your class syllabus, prepare.

Now think about the time. We all know that starting early is way better than cramming the night before a big exam. Maybe it helps you to make a structured plan for your studies to stay focused. Some may prefer to do it completely unstructured. Find your way. But keep in mind to take it slow. You know best, how many hours you can study before having a break-down. And only because others study for 8 hours straight doesn’t mean you have to do the same. Also keep an eye to the day form. I’m a huge fan of waking up early and doing my stuff so I have some free time at the end of the day. In addition to that I’m more a morning than a night person. After 9pm I can’t concentrate properly. Listen to your body!

Some learning methods: 

1. Mind-Mapping: helps with ordering the topics and finding connections and links between your notes.

2. Flashcards: for definitions and vocabulary. Still the best method for learning nomenclature ;) I like to use quizlet and the normal paper ones.

3. The Loci-Method: anyone familiar with Sherlock’s mind palace? You can actually learn anything with it. Even the first 100 decimals of pi. Takes a lot of effort and you have to take care of it, otherwise you will forget everything.

4. Drawing: great for nearly everything! Doesn’t have to look pretty. Make it quick and fun.

5. Mnemonics: I don’t know what I would do without them! Making them is so much fun, especially because the crazy ones you will never forget again in your life.

6. Study groups: might not work for everybody or only in certain classes, but explaining your notes to others or discussing certain difficulites can help you a lot!

7. Less rewriting more action: I know, having beautiful notes and flashcards is this ideal everybody wants to achiev, but in reality there are way better techniques to memorise stuff. You have to get invested into your studies. Ask yourself questions, do old exams, watch videos, explain it to other, anything but sitting passivly in front of your desk simply rewriting your notes.

8. Start with the topics you’re bad at: I know. It’s hard to start with the complicated topics. It’s so much easier to review the first topic which was so easy and clear. But this won’t help you in your exam. Before each study session ask yourself which topic is the most complicated for you and start with it!

And then there is this thing called motivation… I haven’t seen her in a while… I guess she’s hanging out with my discipline. Ok, so the thing with motivation is, you don’t have it always. That’s impossible. But there are some ways to get her: think about why your doing all this stuff. The reason can be as big as “I want to be a doctor and therfore I have to learn these chemistry formulas to pass this goddamned exam” or as small as “after the exam I’m going to eat a big icecream and hang out with my friends”. When you don’t have the motivation to start a certain topic, give yourself 5 min working on it and decide then if you want to finish it. Sometimes starting is the worst part and after some time into it you might find it interesting. And sometimes you have no other opportunity than getting your shit together and ask discipline to take over!