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mid-lecture note taking, 24.08 SUN

not much to say i’m actually taking notes now, i’m just waiting for the next part of the lecture (i did quick pause the lecture to do the tags though 🫡🤞)

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after study thoughts, 04.08 MON

hello hello! i am BACK omg !!! here’s the spread from today, and the changes i’ve made for this semester for my study!! just cleaned up these notes, so i thought i’d make a quick post!

anyways, i’ve switched back to handwriting notes completely. i used to do everything handwritten until i went to univeristy, and it feels like things slip away from me. i’ve found that my handwriting system never failed me then, wasn’t failing me for my assignments, so why not go back for everything? i did make it a rule i can’t pause my lectures (unless necessary), only 2 pages for every module/week, and if there is room on the oage tutorial notes need to be migrated in with further reflective notes.

i honestly feel better about doing my notes like physically because it limits what notes i can take and forces me to think about what i need to note down.

i still have an online study system using obsidian, i’ve retired the old system and created a new vault for the future. the new system has sections for assignment notes, tutorial notes (if i do them digitally), and mini-essays. i’ll probably use the mini-essays section the most, as it’ll allow me to reflect on all the content for that week/module, or content that relates across weeks/modules.

anyways, beginning of semester 2 of my second year! it’s genuinely so crazy holy shit 😭 catch ya in the next update!

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the worst part about AI research:

I am working on an assignment at the moment that is talking about the cognitive development and AI, and I wanted to see if anything from the environmental side of the issue can be weaved into my argument. I forgot to switch to google scholar to get academic articles and all that jazz. I ended up with the google AI's response to my question, and I felt the sigh leave my body before I even felt the disappointment.

These essays have been some of the worst I've had to do because there is a lot of contention between studies: some say it is all out good, some say its just bad, some are mixed in their results. None of it considered the wider impacts of AI, and I guess it makes sense – they are looking at cognitive development (problem-solving and critical-thinking). I just wonder if they do when they do their work.

I do, I think about it every time I get an AI summary at the top of my google search (I don't know how to disable it, is there a way?)

I'm so tired of these research projects/essays.

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everyday that i do research into AI my heart breaks a little.

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todays study background noise is me restarting the smoshcast because i need something to make me feel good about these assignments im doing atm.

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it’s been ages but hey guys how are we goingggg

i’m doing a winter intensive, so i am studying, but its like hell because its pretty much all i do!!! (its a BITTTT much..)

anyways, huge bonus of my study timer is being able to name the study sessions. and i think im funny about it.

(also the grindset is basically me letting myself know i need to be more locked in.)

anyways. going back to the depth of hell with this unit 🩷🩷 im not a fan of winter/summer classes AT ALL 🩷🩷

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i cannot be ass’d with the last question for this assignment.

yes its 250 words and im being a bitch about it. i just can’t be bothered.

if it wasn’t due tonight and the marker wasn’t the harshest marker i’ve had ever, i would probably suck it up and take the 5% penalty 😭 but i need that 5% just in case this goes badly.

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GUYS I GOT IT INNNN. AND I GOT IT IN BEFORE 11:30!!!!!!!!

look its in, and considering ive had a cold for like. the last couple days. im happy. it might not be the best work ive done because id been working on it sick, but its okay!!!

this is like. your motivational reminder that your essay writing doesnt have to be perfect all the time. nothing has to be. and shit can suck, but it mighy work out! all that.

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also another update: I have abandoned notion and set up my obsidian vault.

i originally wanted to use obsidian last year, but got super confronted by the coding aspects of the platform. Then i got back into it this year as i wanted to set up a 'digitised mind' where i record my thinking on what 'm reading digital, then be able to write on those ideas further.

aka i watched a few Odysseas videos (is that his youtube user???) and it was so worth while.

my uni vault is different from the other vault, but it works for me so well and I'm so happy I've migrated (again) and i don't think i'll be moving anytime soon.

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I've fallen in love with annotating my notes and books

🎶song: 'Put a Little Love on Me' by Niall Horan

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TLDR: 30 minutes on (studying), 10 minutes off (break) has been an incredibly productive mode of studying. Very similar to the pomodoro method, without the longer breaks

new study style i'm adapting is like the pomodoro method. except i'm not doing the longer breaks part.

30 minutes on, 10 minutes off, until i'm ahppy where I'm at, or I finish what i'm working on.

The timer app I'm using is sessions, and you can tag types of sessions. I have a 'Studying' session for just more relaxed study, or studying til I'm happy sessions. Then i have a 'GRINDSET' session, which is made for sessions until it's done.

The other bonus of this app is that you can set it up with app limiters, so while a session is going, you can't use distracting apps. which i need, because I have a habit of picking up my phone and having a quick (half hour) look at some social media scroll. I'm less tempted to look on my computer (even though I'm making this post from my computer...) (mainly because my phone's setting a little too far from me and i'm not bothering to reach for it).

anyways, I'll check in again soon. hopefully I have this essay finished by that time.

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i’ve been so checked out as of late holy shit 😭

just been super tired and caught a cold, and who lnew it’d throw me out completely!!!

anyways, went to the library today, got HEAPS done. i actually used timers on my phone to time my research and breaks, which was super productive !!! the app also blocks social medias and games on my phone, so i couldnt really open anything on there either…

ive found studying in public spaces really makes me work because i feel like im being held responsible because im not in my private space??? i know no one really cares what other people are doing, but its the feeling of being out and sitting with people who can see me working, but worse, see me DISTRACTED.

anyways, super productive day. my essay due tonight, so im smashing out the rest of the writing after i post this, using the same timer method.

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assignment study notes, 11.05 SUN

late night check-in, how’s everyone going?! it is nearly the end of the semester for me — cheers to that!! currently working on an assignment i’ve been putting off (who’s shocked, that’s right, no one!) if the notes can say anything, this one is on The Great Gatsby, and i’ve really gone in on the American Dream for this one.

can’t say i’ll be happy with this one yet, even though i actually haven’t started writing it, simply because i’m not feeling this assignment. it really has felt like a chore doing the research for this one, and also understanding expectations.

anyways, i’m clocking out and going to bed. goodnight!

quick edit add-on about the notes: the different pens (aqua and pink) have no specific meaning other than needing a colour to seperate when things get too congested — i will always suggest having three pens if you write like this. a plain pen for your ‘body’ of notes, and two secondary pens for thoughts and ideas stemming from that. as you can see, my ‘body’ of text are just quotes in this one!!

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submitted it late, but submitted it feeling semi-alright about it. better late than never !!

and if i was to submit my assignment late tomorrow who is to criticise me? because what the HELL is a 5:30PM deadline. that is VILE for an essay being submitted online.

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and if i was to submit my assignment late tomorrow who is to criticise me? because what the HELL is a 5:30PM deadline. that is VILE for an essay being submitted online.

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study on the train, 06.05 TUE

actually analysing the book!! i’ve got my notes that are in my copy, then the other notebook when my thoughts won’t fit in the book, or i really want to remember a page number or a particular thought.

it’s probably the best way i’ve decided to take notes on reading now? i used to jusg force fit everything in, but i like this system A LOT more, so i’d suggest it for my fellow lit studies people/people who just think a lot about what they read, and feel the need to write it down.