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i finally finished setting up my workspace in my new apartment and honestly??? iâm completely in loveÂ

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To all my freshman babies who are panicking right now about how much your college textbooks cost: Yeah, youâre right, thatâs some highway robbery. No, you donât have to lie down and take it. You have options. Follow my advice and fly on your own debt free wings.
1. Forgoe the bookstore entirely. Sometimes you can get a good deal on something, usually a rental, but itâs usually going to be considerably more expensive to go through official channels. Outsmart them, babies.
2. Does your syllabus call for edition eight? Get edition seven. Old editions are considered worthless in the buyback trades, so they sell for dirt cheap, no matter how new they are. Itâs a gamble, sure; there might be something in edition eight you desperately need, but that never happened to me. However, Iâve only ever pulled this stunt for literature/mass comm/religious studies books, so I donât know it would work in the sciences.
3. Thriftbooks.com, especially for nonfiction and fiction. Books are usually four or five dollars unless theyâre really new, and shipping is 99 cents unless you buy over 10$ in books, in which case shipping is free.Â
4. Bigwords.com. It will scan every textbook seller on the internet for the lowest price available, and will do the same to find the highest price when you try to sell your books back at the end of term. Timesaver, lifesaver.
5. In all probability, your library offers a service called interlibrary loan which is included in your tuition. This means if your library doesnât carry a book you can order it for free from any library nationwide in your libraryâs network and it will be shipped to you in a number of days. Ask a librarian to show you how to search for materials at your library as well as though interlibrary loan; youâll need to master this skill soon anyway. If you get lucky you can just have your required reading shipped to you a week before you need to start reading, then renew vigorously until you no longer need to item. Iâm saving over 100$ on a History of Islam class this way.
You professors might side-eye you for bringing an old edition or a library copy, but you just smile right back honey, because you can pay your rent and go clubbing this month. You came here to win. So go forth and slay.
Can I add to this? 6. Find PDFs of your book to store on your computer. I managed to find an up-to-date edition of my textbook for sociology by doing this, and other books for other classes. It may be risky to have to look high and low for them, but itâs a godsend trust me
Other things to help college-bound kidlets:
Get Windows Office free.
If youâre having a panic attack.
When youâre writing a term paper.
Cheap school/college things. (Not all links are active, but still.)
College tips.
Cheap or free college booksÂ
Hobbies. (Because sometimes you need to turn off your brain.)
Libre Office. (Because Windows sucks.)
Practice in case youâre attacked.
If you have to deal with cops. (Especially important for POC because racism is still alive, sadly.)
3 Study Methods You Should Use More Often
This was originally for an article writing assignment, but I thought âwhy not write something I can also post on my blog?â so here are three study methods that I havenât seen a lot of in the studyblr community but are definitely worth mentioning.
The Leitner System
     Flash cards have remained one of the most popular ways to study. Some people use them to memorize vocabulary, remember answers to specific questions, or even associate dates with events. Although the use of flash cards is convenient, their effectiveness has been reduced due to most peopleâs habits of prioritizing each card equally and therefore spending too much time memorizing the information on them.
     The Leitner System, created by a German popularizer of science named Sebastian Leitner, is a more efficient method of studying that implements the concept of spaced repetition. All the cards start off in one pile. You would first scan through these cards, then test yourself. Each card you answer correctly goes to a second pile, while those you answer incorrectly should be revised then placed at the bottom of the pile. When you review the cards in the second pile and get them correct, they will be promoted to a third pile. An incorrect card will always get demoted to the first pile, even if they had previously been promoted to the last pile.
     The reason why this method is so effective is that you end up reviewing the first pile of cards more frequentlyâthe cards you donât know very well. Some people choose to review their Stack 1 cards every day, Stack 2 cards every other day, Stack 3 cards once every three days, and so on.
     Once all your cards have been promoted to the highest box, study them thoroughly and then start over. The continuous revision trains your speed so that you may reach fluency, which allows you to recall the information faster.
Timed Memorization
     The name tells it all: you memorize a certain text within a time limit, normally around five to ten minutes depending on your fluency and memorization abilities. When the timer starts, you begin memorizing. When time is up, you flip to the next page, even if you havenât finished the previous page yet. Continue until youâve gone through all your material.
     Timed memorization helps you to discipline yourself because your brain thinks that thereâs no time for messing around; you have to do this here and now. Make sure to repeat the things you missed and revise everything frequently. This method is actually one of the most effective for cramming as it gives a better coverage than if you spend a whole half hour memorizing one subtopic.
The Memory Palace or Mind Palace
      Sound familiar? In BBCâs Sherlock, the âhighly functioning sociopathâ uses this method to remember vital information and facts. A mind palace is a systematic arrangement of information, each detail corresponding to a specific object in a familiar place. To ensure that you really remember everything, the objects have to appear shocking and conspicuous.
      Hereâs an example: if I wanted to memorize âcrimson, 11, delight, petrichor (the smell after rain)â, aside from imagining Amy Pond or the Doctor saying it, I would first choose a place, letâs say my school. Iâd imagine myself walking up to the front gate and seeing that the entire building has been painted the color of bloodâcrimson. The building would then rise as though it were lifted from the earth and crumble into rubble, controlled by Eleven, the character from Stranger Things. Now, since I canât really picture delight specifically, Iâd probably end up visualizing a colossal sign that simply reads âdelightâ posted in front of my school. As for petrichor, Iâd imagine curves rising out of the puddles on the asphalt after a rainy night, a visual representation of the smell of the rain. Of course, these visualizations have been created to suit my memory. (I wouldnât know if you watched Stranger Things.)
      I used this method when memorizing case studies for geography, although I chose to visualize fictional places from television series and cartoons. Some people do opt to create artificial places, but these often become blurry and are easily forgotten.
      As with any study method, repetition is vital to storing the information in your long-term memory. Visit your âpalaceâ as often as you can. Soon enough, youâll remember the data as well as you remember the place associated with the data.
So there you have it, three lesser known methods of studying that have proven to be immensely efficient. Now, there is no âcorrectâ way to study, but there are methods that can ease your learning process.
9/14 - My new study desk. Yaaay so happyyy!! âşď¸ Okay now back to crim. I donât feel confident with our class later. I hope I donât get called.
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29.05.17 ⢠day 1/30
hereâs the first page of my June spread and some bio notes I did today!!
will be aiming to achieve 30 days of productivity starting from today in preparation for mid-years right after June break ;-;
managed to review my bio test, watch an online holiday lecture and do up some notes today, letâs hope that I will continue being this productive!!! (Űśâ˘Ěá´â˘Ě)Űś
Prof: Youâre allowed to have one cheat sheet for the final exam Me: *Fits entire course into cheat sheet*
(throwback to first year Intercultural studies)
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A Really Fucking Vulgar Guide to Not Losing Your Shit in College (Condensed Version)
Bitches love to put things into lists. Moreover, bitches love numbered shit. Hereâs some numbered shit in list format to help you not suck in higher education. Youâre welcome.
1. Go to class. Like 210% serious. I donât give a shit if youâre a get by on nothing, A+ slacker. Youâre fucking paying for this crap so you might as well get the services owed to you. Take your ass to class even if you zone out 99% of the time. You know 1% more than you did when you walked up in there. Congrats, asshole.
2. All that free time you have during your first week of classes? Make it your bitch. Donât just print the goddamn syllabus and be like all done. No motherfucker. Take a good fucking look at that assignment list. Whatâs due next week? Yeah, do that shit now bc I know you donât have anything else to do. Then when youâre coughing up a lung six weeks into the semester and donât feel like getting your ass up to do that calculus homework, youâll remember this week. Youâll remember that youâve been a week ahead this whole damn semester. Pat yourself on the back, ass wipe.
3. Prepare yo self. No seriously. You got notes to print for class? Sure you could be like all those other bitches and just shove them into your backpack, or you could actually /prepare/ for class. Iâm talking looking that shit over, identifying key concepts, getting a decent grasp of the material before your ass is even in class. You a STEM major? Yeah, make this kinda shit your life because now class is like one bomb ass group review session. Again, youâre welcome.
4. Snack like a motherfucker, but save that junk food shit for the weekends. From now on, you are a fucking health guru during the week or if youâre a slacker like me, at least on the days you have class. Fruits? Hell yeah. Pack some of those. Mind wandering in class? Snack on some apple slices. Canât stay awake? Keep eating some almonds or some shit, but donât be that bitch with the potato chips. Just donât.
5. Read. Yeah, you heard me. Read and Iâm not just talking assigned reading. I bet my left butt cheek that your campus library has /something/ of interest to you. Commuting and donât want to drive out there? Library databases bro. Weâre in the digital age, motherfucker. Iâd bet my other butt cheek that the shit you want is in a nice little PDF somewhere. But na man, you thinking maybe you want to go into computer science? Check out computer science books and eat them up bro. You donât like reading them? Probably not the field for you. You a biology major in your second year? Yeah dumbass. Time to break out the bio books and not the ones your professor is shoving in your face. Amaze your friends and teachers with your out of class knowledge. Be a fucking star.
9.2.17â4/100 days of productivityâ
18.48// Biology Completing Monohybrid Crosses and calculating genetic ratios 21.50// Ad Infinitum
a new year fuckstudy: 2017 tracker
New Year, new beginnings. A welcome change in routine after graduating law school. Moving on to bigger and better things. Swapped out my hobonichi techno for a laconic planner this year. A little trial and error as I devise a new system that will complement the changes in my routine. Stay tuned.Â

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Study Sunday
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The beginnings of a weekly spread. Florals and gold a plenty. Hoping to be able to add a job interview to my to-doâs this week :)
Tracing paper sticky notes are such a clever idea. Theyâre perfect for text books as they donât leave any marks behind.
As part of my orientation for first year uni, I attended a session on how to make the most of lectures. Some of these tips and tricks are pretty straight forward, and can carry on from high school depending on the type of student you are/were. However, some of these also encourage you to become a more critical thinker, and help to better understand the content youâre learning in your lectures!
FIRSTLY, it is important to know WHY we go to lectures.
Lectures give us the essential and practical information we need to know about each subject weâre learning - Typically, lectures give you all the information you need to know for that week, and then you use that information in your tutorials later on.
Lectures provide an expertâs perspective of the content - Lecturers are usually well equipped with the knowledge surrounding your subject and provide useful perspectives, ideas and points of view regarding what youâre learning. This helps you to understand stuff more thoroughly, even if you donât feel that way at first.
Following on from the previous point, lecture help to understand difficult concepts - Having someone talk through the information can help sort it out in your head rather than just reading a slab of text. Many lecturers will also use examples and anecdotes to substantiate the content, which not only helps you to understand, but can also be useful in assignments.
Lectures also encourage discipline specific styles of thinking - Different subjects require you to think differently eg. languages as compared to philosophy or a science. Going to lectures can expose us to these different thinking styles, which we also may adopt to other subjects should it suit.
PREPARING FOR LECTURES
Before your lectures, itâs important and helpful to have a general idea of what youâll be expected to learn.
Review your lecture outline - This would usually be in your subject outline if you have one. It should specify what youâll be learning each week. Try to determine what the aims of the lecture will be.
Consider how the topic fits in - Think about what youâll be learning and how itâs connected to your subject. This causes you to think critically about what you will be learning.
READINGS - Make sure you read all the required readings before your lectures and tutorials so you can apply them to what youâre learning in class.
Make up questions - So while you donât exactly know what you will be learning yet, you have a kind of general idea. Make up some questions of what you want answered in that lecture. If you have questions that follow the lecture or are during the lecture, write them down so you can ask them in your tutorial.
DURING LECTURES
Now that youâve prepared for your lecture, what do you do? Let me tell you that it is not to use the free uni wifi to do some online shopping!
Make a written record - Write down what you hear, see, feel. Obviously you want to mostly be taking notes of what your lecturer is actually saying, but adding reflective commentary helps to make your notes more memorable of the moment in which you actually learnt the content.
Listen for main ideas and clues to details - Your lecturer will be emphasising certain parts of their spiel so keep an ear out for them because theyâre important!
Copy/create graphic aids - If your lecturer has included them in their slides then it clearly is meant to be helpful. Creating your own also helps you to better learn and understand.
Write down examples - Your lecturer may often refer to examples which help back up and explain what they are trying to say. These are important to help you understand and can also be useful in your essays and papers.
Write down any questions - Keep these for your tutorials so clarify anything youâre unsure about.
ACTIVELY LISTENING
Actually listening in a lecture can be hard when thereâs one person at the front of the room monotonously saying words that somehow sound like gibberish. So how do we make sure that weâre taking in everything we need to be?
Posture - Make sure youâre sitting up straight and not slouching in your chair! This engages your muscles, making you more alert and encourages blood to pump more efficiently through your body. Also try to sit in the first third of the theatre, closest to the lecturer to help you engage with the lecturer and reduce your likeliness to get distracted.
Look up from your notes and engage with your lecturer - Lecturers like this because it means youâre actually interested, and it can also force you to actually learn something instead of passively looking at your laptop or pen and paper.
Anticipate - Try to be at least one step ahead of the lecture. Not literally, but try to think about what they could be talking about next. This means youâre processing what theyâre saying and grasping a better understanding.
QUESTIONS! - Iâll say it a million times, questions concerning anything youâre confused about are so important because it means you know what you donât know and you have some intention of figuring it out.
Alternate listening, thinking and writing - Youâll have to be doing al three in your lecture so itâs important to master the rotation of them all.
BALANCING LISTENING AND NOTE TAKING
Sometimes note taking can affect our ability to listen to what the lecturer is actually saying, or sometimes we get so invested in what the lecturer is saying we forget to write it down. So whereâs the happy medium?
Listen for clues - These may be any notes or graphics they put up on the screen, repetition, pauses or emphasis, their tone of voice, or the amount of time they spend on a particular topic. These are good to keep an ear out for as they can help you what to write down.
Listen for sign posts - These include words such as âthis illustratesâŚâ, âwe know this becauseâŚâ, or âscholars debateâŚâ Lecturers are providing examples, evidence and issues within the topic here, which are important for you to have a better understanding and influence you to really reflect on it later on.
NOTE TAKING
All this stuff about note taking, but why do we actually do it???
Helps us concentrate
Identifying what is most important
Helps embed the content into our memory
Improves analytical skills
Helps in later assignments for that subject
So how do we effectively take notes?
Obvious one, but donât write everything down! - only what appears to be useful and the key points
Examples are really useful to have so take note of those
Questions (again lol), thoughts and reflective comments
New terminology, references and readings - create a glossary with any new terms youâre unsure of and take note of what your lecturer refers to and recommends that you read because these can extend you in your assessments and exams
Determine if the information is available elsewhere - if you have access to lecture slides then copious notes are not as necessary because the information will be readily available. If you wonât be able to get access to the lecture again make sure you have everything you need to know!
If the purpose of the lecture is to provide background or context, listen more than you write. This information is not vital to your subject, but having a thorough understanding in your head rather than on a piece of paper is very important.
If you are listening to your lecturers point of view on an issue, take note of their arguments and how they structure them. Having an understanding of this can be useful in the formulation of your own perspective on the issue.
Formatting notes seems to be such an important issue in the studyblr community, but really, everyone is individual and we all learn in different ways. These are just some tips that I heard in the session:
Leave lots of space - Negative space in your notes can help declutter your mind. Also if you need to write something else down on that page then you have more space!
Be creative with your notes - You donât need to make them pretty, but make them yours so you can understand them.
Itâs a good idea to write down the title of the lecture and the lecturer on your notes just for future reference.
You can make your notes diagrammatic - Not everything needs to be written down in words!
Use your own abbreviations
At the end of the day, you want your notes to be exam ready so youâre just reviewing them in your SWOTVAC period!!
AFTER THE LECTURE
When the lecture ends, that doesnât mean you should forget about everything you have just learnt. Reviewing the content is important so our brains donât give into Ebbinghausâ Forgetting Curve!!
Engage with the material again - Change the format of your notes, or imagine different applications of the information. This helps to have a better and stronger understanding.
Compare and contrast different ideas within the content.
Ask and answer any of your own questions, or even questions within a study group.
Make flash cards or mind maps or whatever helps you learn.
Discuss the material with your classmates
Try to apply the content to real life or real world issues.
Try to review within 24 hours of the lecture and then regular daily reviews for at least 15 minutes.
I hope that these tips are helpful in your studies, obviously not all of them are for everyone, but be open to try something new!! Good luck and much love, Emmanuelle xx

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3 Study Methods You Should Use More Often
This was originally for an article writing assignment, but I thought âwhy not write something I can also post on my blog?â so here are three study methods that I havenât seen a lot of in the studyblr community but are definitely worth mentioning.
The Leitner System
     Flash cards have remained one of the most popular ways to study. Some people use them to memorize vocabulary, remember answers to specific questions, or even associate dates with events. Although the use of flash cards is convenient, their effectiveness has been reduced due to most peopleâs habits of prioritizing each card equally and therefore spending too much time memorizing the information on them.
     The Leitner System, created by a German popularizer of science named Sebastian Leitner, is a more efficient method of studying that implements the concept of spaced repetition. All the cards start off in one pile. You would first scan through these cards, then test yourself. Each card you answer correctly goes to a second pile, while those you answer incorrectly should be revised then placed at the bottom of the pile. When you review the cards in the second pile and get them correct, they will be promoted to a third pile. An incorrect card will always get demoted to the first pile, even if they had previously been promoted to the last pile.
     The reason why this method is so effective is that you end up reviewing the first pile of cards more frequentlyâthe cards you donât know very well. Some people choose to review their Stack 1 cards every day, Stack 2 cards every other day, Stack 3 cards once every three days, and so on.
     Once all your cards have been promoted to the highest box, study them thoroughly and then start over. The continuous revision trains your speed so that you may reach fluency, which allows you to recall the information faster.
Timed Memorization
     The name tells it all: you memorize a certain text within a time limit, normally around five to ten minutes depending on your fluency and memorization abilities. When the timer starts, you begin memorizing. When time is up, you flip to the next page, even if you havenât finished the previous page yet. Continue until youâve gone through all your material.
     Timed memorization helps you to discipline yourself because your brain thinks that thereâs no time for messing around; you have to do this here and now. Make sure to repeat the things you missed and revise everything frequently. This method is actually one of the most effective for cramming as it gives a better coverage than if you spend a whole half hour memorizing one subtopic.
The Memory Palace or Mind Palace
      Sound familiar? In BBCâs Sherlock, the âhighly functioning sociopathâ uses this method to remember vital information and facts. A mind palace is a systematic arrangement of information, each detail corresponding to a specific object in a familiar place. To ensure that you really remember everything, the objects have to appear shocking and conspicuous.
      Hereâs an example: if I wanted to memorize âcrimson, 11, delight, petrichor (the smell after rain)â, aside from imagining Amy Pond or the Doctor saying it, I would first choose a place, letâs say my school. Iâd imagine myself walking up to the front gate and seeing that the entire building has been painted the color of bloodâcrimson. The building would then rise as though it were lifted from the earth and crumble into rubble, controlled by Eleven, the character from Stranger Things. Now, since I canât really picture delight specifically, Iâd probably end up visualizing a colossal sign that simply reads âdelightâ posted in front of my school. As for petrichor, Iâd imagine curves rising out of the puddles on the asphalt after a rainy night, a visual representation of the smell of the rain. Of course, these visualizations have been created to suit my memory. (I wouldnât know if you watched Stranger Things.)
      I used this method when memorizing case studies for geography, although I chose to visualize fictional places from television series and cartoons. Some people do opt to create artificial places, but these often become blurry and are easily forgotten.
      As with any study method, repetition is vital to storing the information in your long-term memory. Visit your âpalaceâ as often as you can. Soon enough, youâll remember the data as well as you remember the place associated with the data.
So there you have it, three lesser known methods of studying that have proven to be immensely efficient. Now, there is no âcorrectâ way to study, but there are methods that can ease your learning process.
a lot about mental health & wellness is mastering the balance between the âtreat yourself/lush bubble bath/pet a dogâ self care and the âgrinding it out/pushing yourself hard because you can do it/get it doneâ boss ass bitch mode. both in excessive amounts can be harmful. being too gentle with yourself could result in procrastinating, ignoring life, pushing out reality, and falling behind in work or school. but being too hard on yourself can lead to exhaustion, burning out, and holding yourself to impossible standards. learn yourself. figure out when your body and mind really do need a break. realize when youâre skipping out because youâre lazy. be kind to yourself but take yourself seriously too. youâre awesome. youâre great. now go get âem.Â