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What day is it tomorrow!

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so it’s our finals on criminal law tomorrow and here are my weapons..

codals + reviewer + 2 version of books + memory aid + countless mug of coffee

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Studying in the library with friends (an old photo I took on the 19th of december, just before our winter’s exams)

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27.09.15 // beginning the long process of sorting my life out // going through old grammar notes and making plans in my new lil diary

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Productive (well semi-productive) day in the library avec @languagesandliterature 💪

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Pages from my rough lecture notes book. I feel like I always post pictures of my perfect second drafts, so this is my first draft book, it looks way messier in person with scribbles all over the place.

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09.06.15 // I just bought some really cute notebooks and my mildliners just arrived! Hopefully this will motivate me to work hard in school this year ~

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How to establish a good study routine

Don’t be unrealistic with your goals. You know how much work you can do in one evening and what other things you have to do in the day.

Try to do your homework at the same time in evening or morning; this will make the work seem less taxing because you were already expecting to do it.

Before you start your work each day write down a list of what you need to achieve in order of importance, if you can also try to give a time frame to accomplish each task.

Make monthly and weekly goals so you know what to achieve.

A timetable is a great way to get stuff achieved during the day because it gives you a good idea of when your breaks are.

Try to revise your notes from class at least once a week. This is a great way to get revision done so there is less for you to do before your exam.

Get a study buddy; this could be a friend from school or a family member who can make sure that you are on top of your homework and goals. They could send you a text when it is time to start working or to give you some motivation when you are feeling down.

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[1/100 days of productivity] Finally using the patio to get some stuff done! Worked on a translation assignment for my technical writing class.

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Improve your life in just a month.

1. Donate/throw away all triggering things. This even means deleting those old messages that kind of hurt, but you have yet to erase.

2. Go for a walk. Look at all the flowers and trees. If you see a little buggy, stop and say hello. Look at the clouds. Feel the weight lifted from ridding your life of the negative things that triggered you.

3. Drink more water. (today and tomorrow and the next day and the next,etc)

4. Wake up and stretch.

5. Look in the mirror and tell yourself that you’re beautiful, no matter what you believe. Try to find things you like about yourself and then tell them to yourself aloud. Write them down to remember later. (P.S. You really are beautiful.)

6. Make a tangible goal that you could do today. Reward yourself when you accomplish it.

7. Go to bed a little early, or sleep in! A little extra z’s can do wonders on how you feel.

8. What are some things you have always wanted to try? What are you waiting for? Get started!

9. Declutter your wallet, purse, car, room, office. Clean up and visualize yourself clearing away the negative and stagnant energy.

10. Try meditating for 10 minutes. Continue this everyday if you’d like.

11. Tap into your creative nature! Paint, draw, dance, play guitar, write something,etc.

12. Get dressed up for no reason.. or make a reason! Get out of the house and do something, even if you catch a movie alone. It can actually be fun going solo. If that’s not your thing, ask a friend, family member or a significant other to come, too. 

13.  Eat clean today. Try to add in more fruits in vegetables to each meal.

14. Do yoga. If you don’t know any poses, just type in beginners yoga in youtube, something you can do will show up!

15. Find yourself a really good book. If reading isn’t your thing, find some new positive music to listen to.

16. What are the things that make you happy? Make a list and try to include as much as you can within your day. (and every day after this)

17. Try to spend today outside as much as you can. Walk around barefoot and take pictures. 

18. Start your journey on learning something new. Learn how to say “I love you” in as many languages as you can. Learn how to crochet, or make origami. Learn how to juggle, dance, play an instrument. Learn how to make bread from scratch. Chose something of interest to you.

19. Make a list of everything your grateful for.

20. Try to think and say only positive things today. If you catch yourself thinking or saying something negative, it’s okay, don’t beat yourself up over it. Just try to stop and start over. You’ll realize how often you aren’t so positive. Try to eliminate the negativity slowly from now on.

21. Compliment three people today.

22. Remember that list of the things you like about yourself? Add more to it. Read it to yourself aloud.

23. Watch a comedy act or a funny movie. Have a good laugh.

24. Remove negativity from you life. You can stop talking to those who make you feel bad about yourself,. You can change jobs. You can unfollow the blogs that post too many sad things and triggers you. You have the right to chose what is and isn’t in your life.

25.  Do a random act of kindness. Send a positive anon to someone. Pay for someone’s meal, or give the homeless man or woman that you always see a burger. Do something nice for someone.

26. Make a change. Do you want to dye your hair or get a new cut? Do you want to become vegetarian or vegan? Do you want to stop a bad habit? Do you want to start loving yourself more and be confident?

27. Join a club or a group.. or just make some new friends.

28. Watch less T.V. Spend less time online. Spend less time playing video games. Minimize the amount of time you use on technology, and increase the time you spend with friends, and family and just living.

29. Be a kid again. Play tag or hide and go seek. Climb trees, spin around in circles in the grass, play Connect-Four or a card game. Make a blanket fort.

30. Make a bucketlist. 

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Academic Writing Resources

General:

The Five-Paragraph Essay

Using Punctuation Marks

Deadly Sins Checklist

Formatting Your Paper

Writing About Literature

Basic Essay

Revision Checklist

Planning and Organization

Editing and Proofreading

Latin Terms

Essay Structure

Tips on Introducing Quotes

Academic Writing Tips

Introductions:

Introductory Paragraphs

Introductions

Writing an Introduction

Preparing to Write an Introduction

Introduction Strategies

The Introductory Paragraph

Writing Effective Introductions

In The Beginning

Introductions and Conclusions

The Introductory Paragraph

Writing Introductory Paragraphs

How to Write an Intro

Body Paragraphs:

Paragraph Development and Topic Sentences

Transitions

Transitions

Transitions

Four Components of an Effective Body Paragraph

Writing Paragraphs

Paragraph Development

Body Paragraphs

Body Paragraphs

Strong Body Paragraphs

Body Paragraphs

Writing Body Paragraphs

How to Write Body Paragraphs

Writing the Body

Writing Body Paragraphs

Body Paragraphs

Body Paragraphs that Defend a Thesis

How to Write Body Paragraphs

The Perfect Paragraph

Topic Sentences:

Topic Sentences

Writing Topic Sentences

Topic Sentences

Topic Sentences

The Topic Sentence

Paragraphs and Topic Sentences

The Topic Sentence

Topics, Main Ideas, and Topic Sentences

Writing a Good Topic Sentence

Good Topic Sentences

Conclusions:

Writing Effective Conclusions

Introductions and Conclusions

Conclusion Paragraphs

Conclusion Strategies

Conclusions

Tips for a Strong Conclusion

The Concluding Paragraph

Ending the Essay

Types of Conclusions

Writing a Strong Conclusion

How to Write a Conclusion

Writing Conclusions

Guide to Conclusions

Thesis Statements:

The Thesis Statement

Thesis Statements

Writing a Thesis Statement

Thesis Statement

Tips and Examples

Writing a Thesis

Writing the Thesis

How to Write Your Thesis

The Thesis

Thesis Statements

Guidelines for Writing a Thesis

Thesis Statements

Thesis

Thesis Statements

The Thesis

Create a Strong Thesis

How to Write a Thesis

Developing a Thesis

Guide to Writing Thesis Statements

Thesis Statements

Citing:

When to Cite

APA Documentation

MLA Documentation

Suggestions for Citing Sources

Research and Citation Resources

Citation Information

MLA Guidelines for Citing Poetry

MLA Style for Poetry

How to Format Your Paper

Argumentative Essays:

Argumentative Essays

Argument

Argumentative Essays

Persuasive or Argumentative Essays

Argumentative Essay

Argument/Argumentative

Argumentative Essays

How to Write a Good Argument

How to Write an Argumentative Essay

Writing Conclusions to Argumentative Essays

Argumentative Essay

Persuasive Essay Writing

Writing Concluding Paragraphs

Constructing the Argumentative Essay

Writing About Poetry:

Writing About Poetry

Writing About Poetry

Writing About Poetry Q & A

Poetry Explications

Writing About Poetry

Writing About Poems

Explicating a Poem

Writing About Poetry

Writing a Thesis Paper About a Poem

How to Start a Poetry Introduction

Poetry Essay Structure

Poetry Explication

Expository Essays:

Structure of a General Expository Essay

Expository Essay Examples

Sample Expository Essay

Expository Writing

Expository Essay Model

Elements of Expository Essays

Expository Writing Information

Expository Essays

Writing Expository Essays

How to Write an Expository Essay

Tips on Writing an Expository Essay

Expository Essays

Essay Map

Writing Expository Essays

How to Create a Strong Expository Essay

Expository Essay Writing

The Expository Essay

Research Papers:

How to Write a Research Paper in Literature

Writing a Research Paper

The Research Paper

How to Write a Research Paper

Five Paragraph Research Paper

Sample Research Paper

Writing a Research Paper

Tips for a Research Paper

How to Write a Research Paper

Writing a Scientific Research Paper

Writing Research Papers

Research and Writing

Research Papers that Rock

How to Write an Effective Research Paper

College Application Essays:

Application Essay Tips

Application Essays

Tips

10 Tips

Application Essays

How to Write a College Application Essay

Tips for an Effective Essay

Do’s and Don’t’s

College Application Essay

How to Write a College Application Essay

Narrative Essays:

Narrative and Descriptive

Narrative Essay Writing

The Personal Essay

Narrative Essays

Narrative Essays

Writing Narrative Essays

Narrative/Descriptive

Narrative Essay

Writing a Narrative Essay

Tips on Writing a Narrative Essay

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How to establish a good study routine

Don’t be unrealistic with your goals. You know how much work you can do in one evening and what other things you have to do in the day.

Try to do your homework at the same time in evening or morning; this will make the work seem less taxing because you were already expecting to do it.

Before you start your work each day write down a list of what you need to achieve in order of importance, if you can also try to give a time frame to accomplish each task.

Make monthly and weekly goals so you know what to achieve.

A timetable is a great way to get stuff achieved during the day because it gives you a good idea of when your breaks are.

Try to revise your notes from class at least once a week. This is a great way to get revision done so there is less for you to do before your exam.

Get a study buddy; this could be a friend from school or a family member who can make sure that you are on top of your homework and goals. They could send you a text when it is time to start working or to give you some motivation when you are feeling down.

(BeautifulLearning)

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Liquid oxygen is magnetic

Liquid oxygen sticks between the poles of a strong magnet until it boils away into its gas state. This is because it has unpaired electrons, which make each oxygen molecule a tiny magnet with a dipole. Normally, when oxygen is in a flask or in the air, these microscopic magnets point in all directions, cancelling out and meaning that there’s no net magnetic field. When it pours over the permanent magnet, the magnetic molecules all slightly align, creating an induced magnetic field, which reacts with the permanent magnet, making the oxygen stick to the poles. This is called paramagnetism. Click here to watch the video.

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Saturday Study Tips

1.) Sleep in!  I often make the mistake of thinking I need to pop up at the crack of dawn to get things done on Saturday, when in reality I need to recharge my batteries from grinding all week.  Be good to yourself, and you’ll be more productive in the long run.

2.) Set a time to start studying and stick to it.  If you set your alarm to sleep in until 10:30, give yourself a couple of hours to wake up, get dressed, eat, and drink coffee.  Whenever your set study time rolls around, be ready to rock and roll!

3.) Pack all of the essentials.  The #1 killer of a good study session is not having everything that you need–and I don’t just mean academic materials!  Here’s a little list of what I like to pack:

— Coffee — Water bottle — Enough healthy food to last me the length of time I plan to study (this is hugely important!) — Earbuds — A sweatshirt or jacket (another important one!) — Phone charger + laptop charger — Gum or mints — Ponytail holder + bobby pins — Phone, laptop, textbooks, notebooks, pens, highlighters — Agenda

4.) Choose a study location that is best suited for you.  Everyone is different–for me, I sometimes have a hard time focusing in the library because it’s too quiet/can feel isolating!  For casual studying, I love places like Barnes & Noble or Starbucks because the buzz and bustle is energizing but also white noise I can tune out in the background.  When I need to get serious, the library/a study room is the better option.

5.) Find a good playlist to help you get in the zone.  I personally cannot listen to anything with lyrics, because I find myself focusing more on the words of the song and less on what I’m studying!  There are great playlists on Youtube that are designed to facilitate studying and focus; search for ‘alpha wave studying music.’  I also enjoy listening to seasonal instrumental Pandora stations, like bluegrass in the fall and classical Christmas in the winter.

6.) Turn. Off. Your. Internet.  Sign. Out. Of. All. Apps.  This is the hardest part of studying for me and a terrible habit I am striving to kick.  The impulse to check Facebook or Instagram or Tumblr is almost a reflex for most of us, so I find that turning off my internet on my laptop and signing out of my apps on my phone helps tremendously.  Set small goals for yourself that will exercise and strengthen your self-control like a muscle.  For example, “I will complete two reading assignments and then have 5-10 minutes to check social media before starting my next assignment.”  It sounds pathetic, but compulsively checking social media is a learned behavior that you have to force yourself to unlearn in order to be truly productive.  There’s an app for MacBooks called “SelfControl�� that allows you to block certain websites for a set amount of time.  I strongly recommend it!

7.) Set realistic goals and take breaks.  The clock is your friend, not your enemy!  I work best in about 50-minute increments before I need a tiny 5-10 minute break.  During a regular study session, I usually can’t work for more than 3 hours before needing a larger break.  Exercising is always my go-to.  Get outside, breathe some fresh air, and let your body move.  It also helps to set a cap on your studying; I often pick a time I want to be totally finished for the day and focus my energy toward meeting that goal.

8.) Remember that constant studying is not healthy and perfect/imperfect grades do not define you.  You are more than your perceived academic abilities.  Working hard to achieve success is important but not everything.  There is a beautiful world out there beyond your desk.  Don’t be afraid to take time off to explore it :)

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| 9.13.15 | 7:08pm | had fun watching the us open men’s finals today. :) started a bullet journal too!! woohoo! :) also, some of you guys wanted to see what was in my pencil case (except for the mildliners). the pens are the 0.7 pilot g2 pens of any of you guys were wondering. happy sunday!! ^^

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