The Black Feather Studyblr

I haven’t posted here in a while and I’m perfectly aware of that. It’s because I’ve been going through a very hard time.

I made this studyblr last year to help me study and focus because one thing led to another and I had huge difficulties with studying. Mostly with motivation and focus. This account helped me a bit but it wasn’t enough. 

I didn’t make it. I failed one subject, which made it impossible for me to continue my studies. You could easily say I got kicked out. 

Those few last months at uni taught me many important lessons I wish I had known while staring university in the first place. 

I decided to give myself one more try to I applied again. I got in and now I'm retaking the year I failed. Many things in the curriculum changed and I’d like to think that I changed too and this time I feel like I’m ready for the challenge that is studying medicine.

I thought I wouldn’t post here for a while because what if I was failing again? I would make a fool of myself. Now over a month has passed and I have never done better in uni. I never thought I’d be able to ever achieve such good grades even though among others, they’re not exceptional, but for me they are. 

One of my chemistry teachers told me a few weeks ago that it’s important that I picked myself up and got my life together and that I’m determined now because I learnt my lesson and everything she said is right. 

I’m not gonna lie to you guys and show you only the best things about studying. I wanna show you that even though sometimes it gets hard and sometimes you even fail, it’s not the end of the world. You just gotta push through and learn your lesson. Take a look at what was wrong and change it. 

Life’s been a lot lately and I had many ups and downs (mostly downs) but it’s high time I picked myself back up and finally passed this biophysics/chemistry exam. 

Keep your fingers crossed for me guys, I’m gonna need it a lot...

If anybody is in need of some study motivation, you might find it on this channel. I’ve recently found it very helpful, so I thought I’d share.

4/04/2019

Even though I don’t study in an English speaking country, we are supposed to know English very well. At least the medical vocabulary.

My high school programme allowed me to avoid English lessons at the university, but everyone has to pass the exam. 

I decided that for me, flashcards work best. Especially if they help me divide the vocabulary into categories. 

One word to describe my attitude: calm

23/01/2019

Midterms are still in progress. The amount of stress and material to study can be overwhelming. 

Today I’m revising what I already know about the thorax with my favourite book and the notes I took at the beginning of the term. And some that I just started making. The more the better, right?

Since the midterm anatomy exams are coming, it’s time to study. The theoretical part is much harder than the practical ones so commitment is important.

Here are some notes from upper limb that I did a while ago but forgot to post. They make the whole studying process much easier and more convenient.

7/01/19

Today we had our last biophysics. We focused on antropometry, so I decided to make some flashcards to help me remember the important points on the body.

The best part tho, was that we could get our body composition checked on this awesome and very precise machine, and since I’m a freak about controlling my body, I couldn’t miss that chance. It’s awesome to have access to things like that. Even if it’s just to know that I’m perfectly average ☺️

I completely forgot to post this one!

I studied about blood for histology and so far it’s been my favourite topic ever! Maybe I really have a potential to be a haematologist 😌

10/12/18

Days of productivity: 2/60

Once I got home from classes I started reading the chapter about blood from my histology books and tomorrow I’m gonna be taking notes of that. For now I just wanted to get an overview on the topic. I also organised my note folders. Of course, all under my teddy bear’s supervision.

I also decided that I need to manage time better so I downloaded this app called The Tick App and it works great!

9/12/2018

Days of productivity 1/60

It’s 60 days until the midterm exams are over (1st attempts at least) and since I wanna pass them, the next 60 days will be more productive than usually. 

I started with some chemistry revisions.

5/12/2018

Studying histology may not be as exciting as studying anatomy but its doable... And becomes more interesting once you get yourself to do it... and stop caring how many new words you have to learn 😅

So here you have some of my notes on the connective tissue (cartilage and bone).

Last revision before my limbs exam in progress. Colouring and the flashcards are really helpful ☺️🤓

28/10/2018

I was coming back to uni from home today and I did some revising (of chemistry) on my way here; on the train and at the train stations.

By the way, I PASSED that anatomy exam if anyone was concerned :)

24/10/2018

An important exam in anatomy (practical) is tomorrow so I’ve been revising the past week or so. Keep fingers crossed for me!