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Tea on this rainy and windy day, along with studying the DSM5 and ASAM.

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Got a latin Test coming up, so here’s some conjugation

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Some Anthropology notes from the other day! 🎀🔮

Also on my studygram @ des.studies !

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Is there a skill you’ve always wanted to master someday, but kept procrastinating on? A language you started learning – then abandoned? A topic in class you’ve never quite grasped? Or maybe you just want to expand your horizon and try something new? Distract yourself from your usual studies?

This challenge is the perfect opportunity to achieve that! Pick a skill and see how much you can improve and grow in 30 days – or really start working on your to-read list (I know those books have been piling up), your portfolio for that dream job in Illustration you want, or your blog you’ve been meaning to post more original content on.

Self-growth and development are so, so important, which is the main reason why I created this challenge.

The idea of this challenge is that people from all communities come together to gain knowledge, add skills and just have fun with the amazing amount of resources out there. This way, we can all support and motivate each other, whatever field you might be interested in.

Post an introduction with the hashtag #30dol with your goals and expectations for the month (starting June 1st), and what your current level is. (Of course, you can join in later as well, but it’s fun to start a the same time!) In the end, you’ll be able to compare and see how much has changed!

Rules:

choose a topic or field you want to concentrate on

post an introduction to #30dol 

define your goals or aspirations

update daily or weekly, we want to hear from you! ♥

post a picture, a sketch, or audio, whatever you deem fitting to show us all your progress for the day/week

Here are some ideas for you:

bullet journaling (read about it here on @emmastudies, here’s an amazing online course on it) 

books/reading (if you don’t have a personal to-read list, here is one with the best books of the 20th century, best series with a gay plot/subplot, and books everyone should have read at least once)

coding (here are some sites to learn html, css, data science, python 3, java, etc.: x x x x)

design/illustration ( stickers and illustration, character illustration, Ink Illustration, 45 best adobe illustrator tutorials, 

business/freelance/open your own shop (tips on how to open your own sticker shop, digital skills: web analytics and marketing)

languages (apps like lingodeer, duolingo, lingvist, busuu, blogs like @lovelybluepanda. there are also so many pdfs and amazing websites out there depending on your target language!)

online mass education courses (edx, coursera, skillshare, futurelearn where universities and professionals teach you about their subject - be that astronomy, engineering, ancient greek history, artificial intelligence or medicine!)

social media (learn to take iphone photos for your tumblr or instagram, and here’s a great post by @studyquill on how to start and maintain a studyblr!)

photography (travel street photography, find photographers you admire like annie leibovitz or henri cartier bresson and read about their path, or browse youtube channels like negative feedback which specialize on photography)

creative writing (there are tons of workshops online - you could also try to set yourself a piece or word limit similar to nanowrimo) 

culinary (check recipe websites, or challenge yourself to try one new recipe a day, or dedicate the month to a specific cuisine)

music (learn music production, andrew huang has also made a video on how to start making music here)

film and filmmaking (karsten runquist’s channel is wonderful for film analysis,  learn about cinematography basics here and film history here)

painting (acrylic painting, sketchbook illustration. you could challenge yourself to fill an entire sketchbook/create a piece every day or week, or to improve a specific technique) 

Every resource linked is free (if you click on the links you can get Skillshare for free for two months and cancel anytime), so all you need is some free time and lots of motivation!!

I’m very happy to be announcing this to you all, and will be working on my Japanese for this challenge – so excited to see what you all and I will do and how far we can come!

Use #30dol as the general tag, and add your field (your specific subject, or writing, painting, lang(uages), pho(tography), film, book, design) to find people doing something similar! Though honestly one of the things I’m most excited about is the multidisciplinary aspect - we are such a brilliant and colorful community :)

Have fun guys!!

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Hey girrrl. Do you have any advice on how to handle stress when taking tough classes? I’m studying to become a social worker as well and I’m taking a reallly rough biology class and I’m ready to give up on the whole degree bc of it (a bit dramatic, but I’m overwhelmed)

hi, honey!! it makes me soooo happy to see other social workers on tumblr! I was in your position once where I had to take a biology class and it was very intense for me to manage. please do not give up!! if you need to, drop the biology class and pick it back up at a later time. it will be okay, it’s not the end of the world! but if you’re a tough cookie, which I assume you are, then try this:

set a schedule for yourself and stick to it

for example, I treat school like my part time job. I will leave my actual job at 12 and work on school until 5 or 6 in the evening. but as soon as the evening hits, that is MY free time. I earned it and I deserve it. it makes me feel empowered to work hard the following day when I know I will have time to myself.

understand exactly what is due every week

look at all your assignments on sunday night. not just what is due but the requirements for each assignment. this way you know what is going to be more demanding and what you should knock out first.

get enough sleep & don’t overstimulate

seriously, sleep is super important to how you retain information. don’t pull all nighters! also, caffiene can give you a jolt but it can also give you a huge crash later on. water will fuel your brain even more!

set realistic expectations

you know what you can accomplish. push yourself but don’t overwhelm yourself with impossible standards. if you can’t finish that assignment today, try finishing half of it.

“one bite at a time”

how do you eat an elephant? one bite at a time! how do you conquer this difficult class? one assignment at a time! do what you can. bit by bit. every little step adds up to the big picture!!

find an outlet for your stress

honestly, stress can’t be avoided. it’s innate in humans. but, an outlet for your stress can ease your anxieties! for me, I like to journal, talk out loud to myself (lmao in a I’m-totally-not-crazy way), dance, eat yummy food, watch funny bts videos to make me laugh, and spend time with my loved ones. 

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8.07.17 yes i took notes on an airplane, yes i was that bored, yes i am not ashamed at all

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For anyone who needs to hear it:

Your late teens/20s are a weird time in your life. Don’t panic if you think somebody is more “ahead” than you. The concept of being ahead is nonexistent anyway because life’s not a race and each person has different hurdles to overcome.

It’s totally fine if you’re single. It’s fine if you’re still finishing school. It’s fine if you are still looking for a better job, or for any job at all. It’s fine if you haven’t had sex yet, or haven’t gotten your driver license yet. It’s fine if you haven’t gotten your own place yet. It’s fine if you are still figuring things out, saving money, putting the pieces together. It’s fine.

Don’t feel jealous of or lesser than people your age who have done these things. You don’t know what obstacles they faced to get there and they don’t know what you’ve faced. Don’t undermine the progess you have made.

Because, trust me, you have made progress. Even if it hasn’t materialized yet in the traditional way.

You are still young. Like really young.

You got time.

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4/100 days of productivity | had brunch with friends and then baked this afternoon! afterwards, i ended up back at school to do physics notes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | 🎶 i am listening to: it’s you, gfriend

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Jan. 15, 2019~

The first day of college classes was yesterday! Taking three of my four classes in one day is certainly, but worth it. These are my notes from my first Hist. 1302 lecture!

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Just caught up with the newest episode of brooklyn 99 and trying to get myself to study after that

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[01.06.19] whew. writing the 19 instead of 18 has been confusing so far. doing a little bit of planning ahead for the first few weeks of school! writing down some things to help keep myself motivated, little affirmations, resolutions, etc. i’m also going to write a little encouraging message on every week! here’s hoping for a productive, happy, and good spring 2019 semester!

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11.14.18 // 10:00 am

ap statistics notes 

please take my quick poll here :)

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94+95/100 days of productivity 🌿

06.01.18//21:21

Spent a pretty chill weekend studying maths and chem…

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things I learned in French class: how to buy groceries in France 😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ posted on Instagram - http://bit.ly/2FDoYSr

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1.16.2019

green + blue

history + shakespeare + psychology

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13.01.19

Trying to write the date so that people in Europe can read it, please let me know if I did it wrong! Today I took photos of all of the spreads I set up for 2019! This is my first year using a bullet journal, and I am so excited! I’m really proud of how these turned out!

(tap/click on for better quality)

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january 11, 2019 // just checking in to say i am Stressed and good luck on finals if you have them! (basically i have to study for ap world and french finals this weekend and finish my very long ap world hw and finish this children’s book we have to make for this competition that we have to participate in for english?? how am i gonna do that? who knows maybe i’ll just die)