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hey pals!! i haven’t done one of these in a whiiiiile, but i start my spring semester in about two weeks so i figured i would make one about how to��prepare for a new semester!

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making your schedule

so, hopefully you’ve already decided what classes you’re going to take, and even if you haven’t, i find that there are a few things i like to do before the semester starts so that i’ll be able to make sure i can handle it!!

one thing i learned recently to do is to rate all of my responsibilities (classes, extra-curricular activities, job, etc) out of 5 based on difficulty. so, for instance, my physics class, which has two lectures a week and a lab once a week (a 4-credit course) would, most likely, be a smack-in-the-face 5/5. on the other hand, my PE class (fricken exercise and toning) would be a 0/5 (no out of class assignments, a 50-minute class twice a week).

make sure you’re not taking back to back classes!! please!! it is so stressful feeling like you’re going to be late to a class because another went over by even a few minutes. my school does scheduling so that there’s a ten-minute break between all time slots and that’s still really strenuous for me. 

make sure you have enough time to eat, pal. i don’t know how other (read: bigger) schools do it, but my tiny school doesn’t let you take anything out of the dining hall. plus, it’s so much more fun to have time to sit down and talk with your friends – it’s also a really great way to destress in the middle of the day!

don’t overload. seriously. overload at my school is 19 credits and honestly the only reason you should be taking 19 credits a semester is if you’re graduating early (but you should have brought credits in so there would be no need) or you’re at a credit deficit (don’t….do that). so like. don’t overload. it’s really bad for you omg

textbooks!!!

don’t make the same mistake i did my first year and buy every textbook brand new!! here are some resources for free textbooks online + by the way, slader.com has answers to pretty much every textbook on the planet!

free textbooks

more free textbooks

medical textbooks

science + math books

business textbooks

classic lit + references/study guides

planning/bullet journaling

using a planner and/or bullet journal is honestly the best thing you can do for yourself. i only use a planner (which works for me enormously because i like to plan according to due dates and the calendars already set up for me work better than anything i could come up with!) but i’ve heard that bullet journals are a great way to keep lists and everything you have to do in one place!

i am currently using a 17-month ban.do planner and i love it to pieces; it’s an easy way to keep all of my assignments in one place. i also keep a separate journals for to-do lists!

intro to bullet journaling (this is the official website!)

studyign’s bullet journal tag and masterpost

another masterpost on bullet journals

free printable planner

jammin’ on your planner (read: organization tips)

setting goals

setting goals for yourself is really, really important if you want to make sure you don’t end up the typical college student: in the library at 3am the day something is due, chugging coffee like your life depends on it and typing so frantically you think your fingers might fall off.

long-term goals may seem scary at first, but if you set short-term goals in order to help you accomplish those long-term goals, it’s easy as pie!

set due dates for yourself, i.e. if you have a big essay due in two weeks, maybe have a first draft done in a week so you have the rest of the time to edit it (and maybe you’ll even finish early?)

setting goals is also important for when you hit that inevitable middle-of-the-semester slump. it happens, and sometimes you can’t get out of bed for your 8 am class, and that’s fine, whatever; but don’t make it a habit. maybe make it a goal to only miss one meeting of each of your courses?? (wink wink)

make a to do + doing + done board (i made one of these last semester and although as the semester went on i had a tough time keeping up with it i found it really helpful!!)

use your bullet journal/planner to help you with these goalsss!

forget how do study?

i know i always forget how to do anything related to school over the month-long break between semesters because i essentially become a couch potato, so here are a few posts with study techniques/resources/etc to help you readjust!!

general study masterpost (includes such resources as help for essays, ways to get motivated, and tips on how to study when you suffer from a mental illness)

how to take notes in your lecture when your professor speaks so fast and you can’t keep up

creating your own study guide!

please, for the love of the powers that be, learn time management (you’ll thank me and yourself) + pomodoro technique!!

taking a language this semester?

no fear shakespeare (this is mostly for me tbh)

apps to help you study!

…don’t stress! take care of yourselves!

everyone gets so stressed out they can’t breathe every once in a while, so here are some things that could help 

color mandalas

study playlists

my yoga masterpost

meditation exercises

how to eat healthy this semester amid all the stress

understanding anxiety (this one was really, really helpful for me!)

ok free rice is my L I F E (feed ppl and improve your vocab?? what else could u want)

studyign’s “little happy things” post – take a step back from whatever’s stressing you out; maybe even take a break entirely from it!

guided relaxation (i literally love this website so much)

all in all, just take deep breaths. i know school is important, but it’s not everything. one D does not mean you’re a failure. heck, one F does not mean you’re a failure. it’ll be okay.

printables

one thing that the studyblr community is just chock full of is printables to help you plan and to help you study. here are a few that i like to use!

daily planner, essay planner, assignment planner

revision pack!!!

for my literary friends, poetry terms

so! many! free! printables!!!

sticker printables ooo (these require sticker paper - or just regular paper and tape?)

your very own habit in 21 days!

why the heck not here’s another printables masterpost

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update: i am either concussed/drunk who knows

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Wenn ich die alle so sehe, würd’ ich am liebsten ein Schnitzel in den Fernsehr werfen.

Mein Papa beim Germanys Next Topmodel gucken (via oceanspell)

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He kissed her mouth once, twice, then the tip of her nose, nipping it with his canines. She hissed and batted him away, and his deep chuckle rumbled against the wooden walls. ‘That’s for not telling me,’ he said. 'Again.’

Rowan Whitethorn, Empire of Storms (Sarah J. Maas)  (via mysticaff)

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HERE is the full version of the current pottermore sorting quiz with all the possible questions gathered into one. the only real way of finding out which house you’re really in

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concept: andrew conveniently “forgetting” that neil speaks german so that he can say i love you and deny it ever happened 

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I don't date I...

Fuck: Scorpio, Libra, Aries

Make friends and then fall in love with them: Cancer, Leo, Pisces, Sagittarius, Gemini

Forget to be social anywhere but the internet: Capricorn, Virgo, Aquarius, Taurus

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18-22 is a confusing age. I got friends getting married, some in prison, and some still have to ask their parents to stay out past curfew.

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Oh my god

I can’t do this but I thought the costume choice I got was pretty nice.

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“Fuck the past. This was the present.”

–The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

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hogwarts houses as the type of people the world gives you

gryffindor (earth): minds like caverns, hands like stone, to hold or to hurt, heavy irises, earthquake tempers, stubborn desire for constant reconstruction

ravenclaw (ocean): bodies full of stories, a will that ebbs and flows, lazy smiles, no real devotion to anything but existence itself, wordless lullabies

hufflepuff (light): glows when they talk, dewy eyes, radiates with a blessing from the sun, calm in the air and goodness in their hearts

slytherin (poison): an inexplicable sense of sharpness, hot tears, decaying cores, irreversible tornadoes and infectious whispers 

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Pixar’s 22 Rules for Writing

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Ten ways to say “I love you”

Straightforward. Soft and heavy, like morning before the coffee’s started brewing. Like that’s all there is to say.

Through laughter, over a chorus of voices, knowing it’ll strike home anyway. It’s meant for everyone here, after all.

Slipped under your tongue, twisted into something else. “I trust you,” maybe. Trust them to figure it out.

Instead of “thank you” or “see you soon” or “drive safe.” Because no matter what you say it’ll mean the same thing.

Casually, as if you don’t mean it. Trying like hell not to mean it.

Wrapped up in a question. How’s your day been, have you eaten, you know you can tell me anything, right? You know you can tell them anything. Right?

Under your breath while the whole house sleeps, just before you have to leave for the day. More for yourself than for them.

With a hand on their shoulder, a song on your lips, or a carton of their favorite ice cream in the freezer.

Over a nervous smile, biting back the just-this-side-of-desperate hope they’ll say it back.

With a soft sigh. Past exhaustion and frustration and despair, like it’s the only good thing left. Sometimes it is.

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british foxes au

hear me out, I am selfindulgent

kevin is northern irish okay

neil is welsh!!! he spent a lot of time up in north wales while on the run and he has an awful accent oh my god

dan, matt, allison, nicky and aaron are all from london

renee is from glasgow but went to live in london with stephanie walker

andrew was moved around a lot thanks to foster care but he spend almost all of his childhood in northern england and he also has a god-awful accent

they play exy in london and the ravens play in belfast

but anyway!! twinyards!!

Aaron is affronted by Andrews accent

how can someone look just like him and sound like that

he doesn’t pronounce anything right

andrew thinks aaron’s accent is worse, naturally

pre-uni nicky spends most of his time trying to get the twins to call a truce when they mimic everything the other says

aaron tells andrew daily that he can’t speak English

andrew tells aaron daily that he’s a chav

the one thing more annoying than andrew’s accent? kevin’s accent

just imagine; not only have they got someone screaming at them everyday that they’re not good enough, he screams in an irish accent

sometimes wymack wants to cry at this mess of a team

it gets worse when they recruit neil, oh god

he’s in a little village in west wales called aberporth when he’s recruited but he’s spent time in south and north wales too so his accent

it’s this awful mess of strong, heavy welsh mixed with a hard, common cardiff accent

wymack looks at him for twenty seconds the first time he talks, trying to translate in his head

andrew on drugs,, he doesn’t shut up about neil’s accent

neil.s accent gets stronger when he’s ranting and can you imagine him transitioning into welsh halfway through screaming at riko while watching a ravens game

andrew gets angry whenever neil speaks welsh because why is such an unattractive language so attractive when it comes out of his mouth because he already has english, german and french why does he need a language that 0 people speak

eden’s twilight is a nightclub in essex and instead of being all edgy and gothic it’s a gay bar lbr

aaron puts up with it because the drinks are cheaper and it was the only job that he was offered after leaving school with 0 qualifications and a report about all the fights he got into

aaron went to night school, turns out hes freaking intelligent and now hes in uni to become a doctor (he wont forget all the help from edens though)

neil is mr. unobservant despite being convinced that he is the master of being alert (unreliable narrator who) and doesn’t even realise it’s a gay bar until roland asks him about him and Andrew and he takes a second look around

there are drag queens there every night neil is2g

katelyn is from edinburgh purely because I love Scotland and katelyn is cute

aaron goes weak at her accent oh god

allison’s parents are actually royalty

like prince and princess or something, not the main family but still rich as hell

she’s been trying to escape their standards her whole life

can you imagine andrew and neil in their pro careers oh god

you’ve got this power couple, both sharp as anything, one on offense and one on defense and no one can fucking understand either of them

this is all I have for now but boy… i’ll probably add to this or write some specific scenes, i’m thinking of making ths a series

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Cassian: there’s a scary monster down in the library DON’T GO THERE

Feyre:

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the fact that this was written two years ago and it’s still relevant… what does that tell you?

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Everyone at Aelin’s plans