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12/100 days of productivity

it’s September and the start of the school is dawning upon you. you feel great. this is gonna be the year. no more all-nighters, no more finishing your work 5 minutes before the class it’s due. you have a killer organization system and you will use it every. single. day.

flash forward to November: you’re starting your semester project two days before it’s due, you haven’t opened your planner for three weeks,  and a good night rest seems like a distant memory. if this sounds anything like you, you need to get your shit together.

hah i’m kind of the laziest piece of shit i know but always half way through the year i decide that i need to be a #betterme so i’ve become an expert at changing my ways overnight. here is my semi-comprehensive and v messy guide

fake it till you make it

biggest. tip. let yourself think that you’re being extremely productive and that you know what you’re doing until it is your reality. here’s how:

make a to-do list of all the things you need to accomplish for the day. on that list, also include the things you already did. even if all it is is brush teeth and get dressed, write that shit down. a partly finished to-do list looks A LOT better than a completely uncompleted one.

also, divide up your huge daunting tasks into smaller steps, each individual task will look a lot more approachable and that will motivate you to get working

write down your morning routine and stick to it. the stuff you do everyday (or should be doing everyday) will now feel as if you’re being productive the second you wake up which will get you in that grind.

some morning routine inspiration x x x

deep clean

ok, you’ve decided that you can no longer live on the brink of insanity. the first step is to clean. PUT ON SOME BOPS AND GET IT DONE

maybe invite a friend? my closet habitually turns into a black hole and i end up just falling asleep on the floor every time i try cleaning it by myself because i hate cleaning(a lot of people like it, and if you do, i envy u). SO solution: invite a friend over that will FORCE U help u out!

clean your study space. who wants to work on a cluttered desk? no one.

throw out all the papers you don’t need and if you think you need them but you’re not really sure(like old notes that your younger sibling might want), then move them to a folder and put it in storage

clean your closet. no one talks about the closet, but you gotta organize it because how are you supposed to be in that productive jam when you go to get dressed and it takes you 10 minutes to find a clean t-shirt? prevent the prospect of a unmotivated funk!

next: clean your entire room. the entire room.

ALSO why not deep clean your body?

face and hair masks always make me feel bougie&zen

for hair masks i use coconut oil 

an hour before you shower, melt some coconut oil and run it through your hair, then braid it and leave it in until you wash it out in the shower

here are some diy face masks x  x  x

healthy choices!!

eating good food is so beneficial for your body and mind. i’m not telling you to stop eating your favorite meal, but if you’re stuck with only a bag of chips for lunch because you’re too lazy to pack food (tbt to freshman yr), then that’s not okay.

my masterpost for healthy eating during the school year

my masterpost for study snacks

tea can work wonders my friend. here’s an infographic for ten teas and their benefits

DRINK WATER. get a water bottle that you will use and keep on filling it up!! water makes you feel and look better (hello glowing skin).

you need sleep. everyone know the amount of sleep they need to be able to get through the day effectively, so strive to get that amount. 

when you start getting back on track, it’ll seem like you have so much work to do that you won’t be able to go to sleep at a reasonable hour, but if you plan accordingly and really utilize your time, then you should be able to do it

plus once it gets to an hour where you can barely keep your eyes open, the work that takes you 3 hours will take you 30 min in the morning

the super classified secret to how some magical people wake up refreshed instead of groggy is waking up at the end of sleep cycle, instead of the middle of one. i use sleepyti.me to tell me when to go to sleep according to the time i want to wake up

not only should you strive for a healthier body, but why not a healthier mind?

meditation is great. (two great meditation apps x  x)

here’s a nice self-care masterpost by @ashleigh-studies

manage yo time

USE SOME SORT OF PLANNER. sometimes in the studyblr community it seems like everyone has a bullet journal, but that’s not necessarily the case.

i loved using a bullet journal, but during the school year, i would get extremely lazy and the prospect of me having to spend ten minutes on the simple spread i did sounded like death. if this sounds anything like u, there are other methods of planning.

online apps or websites. (masterpost by @mujistudies)

a pre-made planner (the one i use).

OR if you love the idea of being able to completely customize your organization system. here’s where to start with a bujo:

official guide to starting a bullet journal

a great bullet journal masterpost by @studyign 

my bullet journal tag.

FOREST SAVED MY LIFE. i used to regularly be sucked into the black hole that is the instagram explore page in the middle of doing an assignment and lose hours of good productive time!!!

this app has you plant a tree, and if you go on your phone your tree dies and that’s sad so u wont go on ur phone

i recommend creating a study schedule. this is a great guide w a printable by @eintsein

i recently started using getplan.co that allows you to drag your tasks to make a study schedule, so if you prefer something digital, i highly recommend this website.

11/100 days of productivity - august 24, 2017

10/100 days of productivity

hellooo i just finished my physics class and even though i enjoyed it a lot, it was intense. so here’s a bunch of my tips that helped me get through the year

HOMEWORK

DO YOUR HOMEWORK!! unless ur a literal prodigy the only way to really succeed in this class w studying the least and most effective amount is to do ur homework every night(esp for honors). my teacher only grazed it over and anyone who just wrote random things never got the grades they wanted despite how much they studied the night before.

list your givens and what u gotta figure out it makes ur life sm easier

make sure all units match up and are SI

read the q carefully. if u don’t u could miss something or solve for the wrong thing

draw diagrams!!! they help so much and make sure to label everything (especially helpful for kinematics and forces)

STUDYING

u gotta be efficient when studying for physics bc just trying to memorize won’t get you anywhere if the majority of the test is open-ended math questions.

if you found that all the homework was pretty easy for that chapter and you got the majority of it right, then you can go back into the textbook to look for extras just to make sure you didn’t forget anything.

RESOURCES

crash course HIGHLY RECOMMEND they go through the topics pretty quickly but it’s great when you just want a 10 min review before you finish studying

khan academy great for when you don’t understand a concept

sparknotes

minute physics by far my favorite video explanations. this video made me really understand magnetism and for that, i am gr8ful.

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