#study summer

✨Third Week of #Summer studying challenge by @myhoneststudyblr ✨

27th July - Do you stay indoors or outdoors more in the summer?

I’m totally an indoors person, and even more in summer. I spend my days next to the AC, and leave the house from time to time to have a bath in the pool.

28th July - How do you stay motivated to study during the summer?

I... I am usually not. It’s summer, it’s hot and I don’t sleep well during the night. I don’t study everyday, but I do it when I am bored. Boredom is my motivation lol

29th July - Have you done or are you planning to do any activities (such as work experience, summer schools or watching lectures) other than normal work during the summer?

Yes! I wasn’t planning to to this at first because I saw it very far, but I’m doing a little research for the  final undergraduate project that I’m going to do next school year. And reading about the topics I’m interested and listening to some podcasts.

30th July - Beach or Swimming pool?

100% swimming pool. I live very far from the beach, but I don’t really like it anyways. It’s always crowded, you don’t know what’s underwater and there’s sand everywhere.

31st July - What do you like most about the beach?

The only thing I like about the beach is the smell and the sound of the sea.

1st August - What is your least favourite thing about the beach?

You can’t see what’s underwater and that terrifies me. Besides, every time you go swimming return with sand in every part of your body.

2nd August - What is your song of the summer this year?

basically here’s a post of study tips i have missed my 18 years of living and that i found out recently thanks to an academy i’m attending !!

- studyblr is very based on notes. screw that. this one is about how you study for tests but as someone who has been always too absorbed into making notes pretty and copying them over and over again AND seeing i was failing, my teacher made me try doing exercices (as a more practical way) and IT CHANGED MY LIFE. if i spent 1 month on one topic a year ago; now if i practice it i can do it in 3 DAYS !!

- when starting a study lesson and see if you can’t concentrate, don’t study. if you are going to start a study lesson and you see you can’t seem to focus is because you have been doing it wrong !! i always started with reading notes and i could spend 2 hours reading notes because i couldn’t concentrate, now i start doing something productive (if it’s on the desk i’m studying then it’s better) like planning my entire week or day.. doing the dishes, organizing files.. something “light” that will get you on the studying mindset !!

- don’t force yourself to have breaks if you don’t need them. this one’s a bit controversial but i am a person that if i get in a good motivating mindset and start doing lots of works, i can carry this mindset for HOURS !! if i take a small break (even if it’s to go get some water or go to the bathroom) my motivation is gone ! of course, i am not saying you shouldn’t take breaks, what i mean is that if you break your studying mindset if you take breaks every 45 minutes, try to make your study session a bit longer.

- this one’s related to the last one: use an alarm!! time managing is very very important so let’s say, you have been studying for an hour because you are very motivated but you do want to have a break somehow, then use an alarm and put yourself a LIMIT. ex, when the clock strickes 8pm i will stop studying and carry on a hobby. this will also motivate you to get your work done before the alarm goes off. of course, it really depends on the person.

- don’t try to make your study session “perfect”. i am one of these people who wait until a certain hour, and make my study space perfect (with my oil essence, soft music ..) well, it works for some people but personally, it doesn’t work for me. if you wait until a certain time, anything could happen (you get a call, someone wants to meet you, etc) so if you need to study, DO IT NOW !! grab what you need, a yummy tea, stationary and start studying !!

i’m sorry if these tips sound kind of harsh but i want to say that these tips are the ones that work for me !! maybe you work a different way but these are the tips that personally work for me !

I know I shouldn’t be working on vacation but I can’t help it! I did a indie book store crawl today and there was a shockingly large amount of interesting historiography books 🐙.