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Babushka Books, Shanklin, Isle of Wight

A new discovery for me and a very pleasant surprise. Plenty of modern classics and poetry to browse. I ended up buying A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bertrand Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy and a book about Heidegger.

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copenhagen, february 2019

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different ways you can study

╰ exam questions/practice questions

╰ rewriting notes

╰ grab a textbook and highlighter (only important stuff!!)

╰ bullet pointing notes (use funky arrows or pretty heart bullets)

╰ reading over a page for 2 minutes then trying to recall as much as you can on paper - repeat (very effective)

╰ watching educational videos/documentaries

╰ flashcards (2 types) - you can either write a word with the definition on the back or do a full subtopic on a flashcard for portable revision

╰ plain reading - this is underrated but reading simple articles or just reading over your notes is considered studying too !!

╰ teaching - talking to a pet or a person or even a wall, trying to teach them what you’re learning helps retain the information and get your brain working

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9/100 days of productivity (5.2.2018)

Another chemistry day is now behind.

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was studying for sat when suddenly pretty pretty light filtered through my window. i couldnt resist so here it is yall

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i finally finished setting up my workspace in my new apartment and honestly??? i’m completely in love 

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I made a spontaneous trip to IKEA on Tuesday and bought this desk lamp. I’m in complete love; it’s adjustable and stable, meaning that when I’m studying late at night, I can ensure that my eyes are protected from the bright glare. 10/10, highly recommend. 

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Moodboard inspired by Mamma Mia: Here we go again

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11.04.16 // Last day before school starts and I’m studying with friends 🎒

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scenes from today. worked long and hard all afternoon on a classics/film essay, and i’m seeing greek comedy in everything now. shoutout to that hazlenut latte for keeping me going.

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14.06.18 12:42pm. Annotating the revision guide and doing my level best not to shred my physics books.

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- ̗̀ physical chemistry lecture + study notes ̖́-

29-07-2018 // Found some more of my Physical Chemistry lecture + study notes while cleaning up my books + notes today! During semester 2, I was beating my brains out trying to understand this chapter, especially the inter-molecular forces topic.

Gonna be quite busy tomorrow to do some tasks for my degree in September! Btw, I’ve been trying to make phone wallpapers / lock screens recently. I’ll post them if I’ve made some that I’m satisfied with! :)

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days of productivity [12/100]

more chinese things + a change of view

i’ve never studied at this starbucks before but after today i like it because its outdoors and next to the road and so there’s a lot of white noise which i find makes me more productive??

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after 2 weeks of intense procrastination, i’m officially back on my bullshit

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How to Handle Having TOO MUCH To Do

So let’s say you’re in the same boat I am (this is a running theme, have you noticed?) and you’ve just got, like, SO MUCH STUFF that HAS to get done YESTERDAY or you will DIE (or fail/get fired/mope). Everything needs to be done yesterday, you’re sick, and for whatever reason you are focusing on the least important stuff first. What to do!

Take a deep breath, because this is a boot camp in prioritization.

Make a 3 by 4 grid. Make it pretty big. The line above your top row goes like this: Due YESTERDAY - due TOMORROW - due LATER. Along the side, write: Takes 5 min - Takes 30 min - Takes hours - Takes DAYS.

Divide ALL your tasks into one of these squares, based on how much work you still have to do. A thank you note for a present you received two weeks ago? That takes 5 minutes and was due YESTERDAY. Put it in that square. A five page paper that’s due tomorrow? That takes an hour/hours, place it appropriately. Tomorrow’s speech you just need to rehearse? Half an hour, due TOMORROW. Do the same for ALL of your tasks

Your priority goes like this:

5 minutes due YESTERDAY

5 minutes due TOMORROW

Half-hour due YESTERDAY

Half-hour due TOMORROW

Hours due YESTERDAY

Hours due TOMORROW

5 minutes due LATER

Half-hour due LATER

Hours due LATER

DAYS due YESTERDAY

DAYS due TOMORROW

DAYS due LATER

At this point you just go down the list in each section. If something feels especially urgent, for whatever reason - a certain professor is hounding you, you’re especially worried about that speech, whatever - you can bump that up to the top of the entire list. However, going through the list like this is what I find most efficient.

Some people do like to save the 5 minute tasks for kind of a break between longer-running tasks. If that’s what you want to try, go for it! You’re the one studying here.

So that’s how to prioritize. Now, how to actually do shit? That’s where the 20/10 method comes in. It’s simple: do stuff like a stuff-doing FIEND for 20 minutes, then take a ten minute break and do whatever you want. Repeat ad infinitum. It’s how I’ve gotten through my to do list, concussed and everything.

You’ve got this. Get a drink and start - we can do our stuff together!