#study-well

hello! i’m a new studyblr who recently reached 200 followers and i want to thank all those 200 people following me and show them the blogs that inspired me to keep studying even if i want to procrastinate

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE ME TO STUDY MORE EVERYDAY

studyguideverified

study-well

grangergrades

cicistudies

miastudiess

manustudies

burymewithmyplanner

acadehmic

arystudies

studylittlestar

theoryofstudies

sapphirestudy

getstudyblr

afterbadgrades

camillestudies

nehrdist

intelectum

vestiblr

studygene

and of course the queen of this whole world who most helped me with her sweet voice and videos and everyting she does>>>>>>> SAREENA

For Amy (@chocolates-and-cream) who asked:

Hey! First of all, I freaking love your blog and second, I need some help getting my life organised. Do you by any chance know some apps that are like planners/agendas I can use? Thanks in advance! :))))) -amy xx

Thank you so much! Here's a few apps and extensions which I've found useful to sort my daily trainwreck of tasks...

APPS TO GET YOUR LIFE SORTED

Google Calendar

If you have a gmail account (who doesn't? rip hotmail you were too good to me) this is the one for you.  You can sync all your events across all platforms (ty google) including your phone, laptop, basically anything that enables you to log onto your gmail account.  You can enable alarms and desktop notifications alerting you to important deadlines and events or alternatively, an email will be sent to your inbox. You can colour code/ sort all your events aswell (e.g. "school", "subject A, subject B, subject C", "home", "work")

With every event you can include;

+time +location (TY GOOGLE MAPS) and it can estimate your ETA +alerts +communicate to other invitees

Thanks to the juggernaut which is google (+google accounts) you can easily share your calendar with your contacts. This is particularly useful if you're co-ordinating group projects or managing a team. Its much easier to invite your contacts to your events, given that you have immediate access to your entire email contact list/groups.

One of my favourite things about google calendar is that it's so easy to import and export your calendar. You won't have to worry about losing your data or scheduled events if you get a new phone/laptop etc. Its all on you google account. Perks! 

iCal

If you've sacrificed your first born to apple (as I have) this is the app for you. Think of it as google calendar, for apple. They share heaps of similar features.

Basically, iCal syncs all your events, deadlines (+ optional public holidays etc) across all platforms. There's a daily, weekly and monthly view and it's relatively easy to use. You can categorise each event (e.g. I have a sep colour for each subject). I love that you can add notes, attachments and links to every event. I usually attach the event flyer to the event so that I can have easy access to the dress code/ additional info handy. You can also add a google maps location to every event - be lost no more!

THE FEATURE THAT HAS SAVED MY ASS COUNTLESS TIMES IS the alert system which will send an email or a notification on your device prior to the event. If you set an alarm, it'll simultaneously scream at you from all your devices (and your inbox, if you want).

As an added bonus, you can sync a bunch of other events from other apps (e.g. your google calendar).

Note: I find iCal convenient (despite its limitations) as most of my devices run on iOS/ Mac OSX. If you're smart and haven't outsourced your life to apple, obv a lot of the above will not apply.

Remember the Milk

Remember the Milk basically does what Google Calendar and iCal does with a few added features. You can 'tag' each event with things like "to do", "priority", "tomorrow" etc. This is incredibly handy esp with the advanced search function. Similarly to the above apps, you can receive notifications alerting you to upcoming deadlines etc across all platforms.

I absolutely love the "create lists" function. If you have a penchant for lists, Remember the Milk lets you create a to do list etc and then break it down into subtasks!

Note: You can import all your tasks from google calendar etc into Remember the Milk. This makes it incredibly easy to set up and to sync tasks. 

Lanes

The new Lanes update has a handy weekly planner. You can make a daily 'to do list' or you can customise your own lists. Simply drag and drop to reorganise your tasks! Super handy if you need to reorganise your week.

My favourite feature is the 'Pomodoro' tab. Lanes will automatically program your to do list into a timed Pomodoro session!

Note: Lanes is a chrome extension, not a stand-alone app. 

Planner 

Planner covers all the essentials the apps above can - notifications, lists, sub lists, you name it. All with the benefit of colour coding! One of its standout features is the project organisation + notes section. You can sort your to do list by each project (handy if you've got concurrent projects) and write detailed notes for each task. 

Note: The free version is extremely limited. There's no week view, search function and doesn't have a project function.

One Note

For daily lists on the go or notes, I highly recommend One Note. The 'list function' on the mobile app automatically generates a checklist style list for all your tasks, and there's an inbuilt tagging system (important/remember for later/ highlight etc) on the desktop version.

Other Tips 

Apps for a better life by @areistotle

App Masterpost by @studiyng 

Helpful Apps by @gracelearns 

Helpful Apps by @studypeaks 

Time and Task Management by @pensandmachine

Theres an app for that by @studygene

Chrome Extensions by @living-the-ib-life

Apps to help you survive school by @sturdystudy

TimeTune recommended by @shreestudies here 

Flattomato recommended by @study-well here

Hope this helps!!

- fuckstudy

Masterposts are posted every other Sunday (asia pacific)/ Saturday (everywhere else). See previous masterposts here. Feel free to request topics here.

So many amazing blogs entered, and it was so tough to narrow down the winners to just a couple per category. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who entered!

best url

bookfinch // reviscn // study-well

best original posts 

studylou // melbstudent

best study tips

gryhffindors // hermionegoals

best original pictures/studyspo

raavenclaw // studybuzz // ngambis

most helpful/friendliest

academla // hystudies // saturdaystudying 

favorite new follows

hey nonny! i have maths tags here and here! i unfortunately am not the best at maths, but i know that i did my best, and what helped me the most were practice problems and past papers (past exams?). how’s that for alliteration!

as for maths-studying studyblrs, i unfortunately don’t know many. if i recall correctly, though, alex at @studylove is actually currently studying maths at durham! she’s also super lovely and responds to questions really thoroughly and kindly, so i’m sure you can pop her an ask!

you can also have a look at @study-well‘s community list, which has a bunch of maths studyblrs listed here.

good luck, nonny! i hope all goes well and you have a lovely day and achieve your dreams!