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Good morning, loves. I hope today is kind to you. Remember that you are loved. You are not alone. You matter. You are you and that is enough. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. You deserve the absolute world, there is a bright future on the horizon. Just hang in there. You’ve got this. Everything will be okay. Take care of yourselves and I wish you all the best xxx

[bookwormpolyglot]

Hello, everyone! I'm a long-time lurker in the studyblr community, so I finally decided to join myself.

About me:

My name's Nina.

I'm 19 years old.

I'm from Serbia.

I'm a freshman at the Linguistics college, studying German and Spanish.

Why did I start this blog:

Last school year I really struggled with my mental health, and I think a creative outlet like a blog will help me manage it.

I want to be a part of this amazing community!

What you can find here:

I'll try to post original content in terms of how my studies are going.

I'll try to post study tips, tricks and mental health advice from professionals and experience.

Maybe you'll find a book review once in a while.

My interests:

Learning languages.

Reading.

Exercise.

Studyyblrs which inspired me:

@study-harder@eintsein@myhoneststudyblr@mymessystudyblr@lovelybluepanda@problematicprocrastinator@hard-coreprocrastinator@sayitaliano@sayitalianohome@selfhelpforstudents

It's probably worth mentioning that @selfhelpforstudents and I are working on a project centred around managing your mental health while studying. Stay tuned.

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it takes years to develop your craft. do not romanticize the idea of an ‘overnight success’. be a student. grow organically. get really good. hate your work. start over. find new ways to express the same ideas. the student becomes the master. your time will come.

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the worst vocabulary to learn in a language is numbers, this is an objective fact

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Do you have any regrets?

Absolutely! Thanks for the ask

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Don’t tell your daughter that when a boy is mean or rude to her it’s because he has a crush on her. Don’t teach her that abuse is a sign of love.

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my mom did many really really good parenting things that i didn’t realize were unusual until i became an adult and heard about other people’s less positive experiences

i will pass on to Current Youths ™ a perspective she gave me back when i was maybe…. 12

which was hugely impactful for my mental health

while most of my friends had parents who treated college as a default & anything other than that as a failure, this was what my mom told me

broken down to Bullet Point Principles

college might not be the path you want to take

there are other ways to study the topics that interest you

if you go to college, make sure you’re going either for the love of learning or with a clear end goal (a degree, certification, breadth of knowledge, etc) in mind

you might end up wanting to go to a trade school to do something with your hands

you might not want any post-high-school education at all

your career won’t define you and neither will your career opportunities

you can stay true to yourself even if you aren’t a high-powered career woman clawing your way up the ranks

in fact you’ll PROBABLY feel better doing menial mindless jobs & focusing your life around your spare time creative pursuits

[kitkat note about this one: absolutely true for me, may not be true for you]

you don’t have to find a dream job

you don’t have to have a detailed life plan

you don’t have to follow the expected path or do what people tell you to just because they think you’d be good at it

you don’t have to change the world

you don’t have to make your passions your career

i ended up dropping out of high school for a large number of different reasons.  but pearl clutching is unnecessary, this ^^ life outlook was not one of them.  i’d have dropped out whether or not she told me this

having all of this in mind meant that i knew my life WASN’T OVER after i dropped out.  so i failed at traditional education.  so i wasn’t gonna meet the potential everyone said i had.  so i wasn’t gonna go to college.  so i was gonna disappoint some people.  so my life was gonna be harder.

so what?  i still had everything else

i am so so SO grateful to my mom for this.  it was such a healthy outlook on school and future expectations & it gave me total freedom to do and be who i want to be.  & that is why i’m sharing it.  because when you’re in high school, EVERYTHING is ABOUT high school.  failures in high school feel like the end of the world

they’re not.  i promise.  don’t trick yourself into thinking they are

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It gets a little bit easier once you realize you can accomplish things at your own pace and that’s okay

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here’s to everyone hitting a low point after doing really well. you’re amazing and so strong and your hard work is not erased. you will find happiness again

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do u ever feel like ur pulling an academic icarus flying too close to your deadlines on wings of deeply flawed time management

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when i was a child, i could not comprehend in my little child brain that people who were not from my country had thoughts on another language other then the one i spoke, i couldn't comprehend how there were many languages in the world and they weren't just translations of my native language and when i think about it i just realize damn, is that how americans feel all the time? that must suck so bad :/

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Reblog this if you are a langblr learning German!

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its kinda scary how your whole life depends on how well you do as a teenager 

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Friends: A Summary.

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*hits the bong* ya know……i used to be a smart kid . i was so f ucking smart man. i can’t even read anymore dude

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2% girl 98% anxiety

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set small goals for yourself! you don’t need to be fluent right away, or graduate with straight As. it’s way better to have smaller goals, like “get an A on this test” or “use memrise every day for a month” - it’s so important not to overwhelm yourself, which can harm your motivation a lot. same goes for having a (study) blog, just set yourself some small milestones, instead of having one huge aspiration that seems impossible to achieve.