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Make your dreams a priority. Make your mental health a priority. Make your relationships a priority. Make your happiness a priority. Make yourself a priority.
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heal yourself, first. the rest will come later.
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MOTIVATION AND DISCIPLINE
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NOTE TAKING
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ESSAYS
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Word will format your entire paper
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tools for referencing
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synonyms for words commonly used in students’ writings
45 ways to avoid using the word “very”
RESEARCH AND FREE BOOKS
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why you shouldn’t use torrents to get free textbooks and what to do instead
English literature masterpost
60 awesome search engines for serious writers
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HOW TO ACTUALLY WRITE AN ESSAY IN AN ACTUAL NUTSHELL
STUDY HACK: DO RESEARCH AND TAKE NOTES PREVIOUSLY, IT WILL MAKE EVERYTHING 100% EASIER (scientific fact proven by me & some pals)
INTRO
Intros and conclusions are often the hardest part of essay writing! Worry not, because here I will give you some tips to start your best essay yet!
* it can be just a general idea as many people prefer to write the intro until the essay is done *
- Start with a quote:
“The best novels should be sensational and realistic, both in the highest of levels” said Anthony Trollope. When we talk about Dickens’ novels……
- Start with a question:
How many words does it take to know you’re talking to an adult? In “Peter Pan,” J. M. Barrie needed just five: “Do you believe in fairies?” Such belief requires magical thinking. Children suspend disbelief. They trust that events happen with no physical….. (Magic May Lurk Inside Us All by C. Nathan)
- Start with a fact:
Our education system is in a state of crisis. Among developed countries, the United States is 55th in quality rankings of elementary math and science education, 20th in high school completion rate and 27th in the fraction of college students receiving undergraduate degrees in science or engineering. As a society, we….. (Death Knell for the Lecture: Technology as a Passport to Personalized Education by D. Coller)
- Start with some historical background of your topic:
Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries Americans developed a unique system of government with revolutionary ideals – never seen anywhere else before. Americans adopted representative governments with democratic principles that allowed…. (American Identity and Unity from A.P. Study Notes)
BODY
Develop theme 1. Finish that idea and connect it with the next one and so on. Now is when all the previous research pays off :D Pour all your knowledge here!!
E.g.: “….but we could not give all the credit to Fielding’s plot development if we do not discuss his ability to construct realistic characters. As Gerould expresses it: ‘Tom Jones is great because it pictures real men and women, and because its craftmanship [sic] is marvelous’”…..
Here I connected plot development [theme 1] with character development [theme 2], I inserted a quote to validate my opinion and I started to write about Fielding’s characters.
CONCLUSION
Ask yourself What is the point of all this? Why did I just wrote all the above? Basically, writing the conclusion is your ‘get to the point’ moment.
Here you should make a summary of everything you have written, mention every point you addressed in your essay with a final thought upon it. E.g.
In conclusion with (THEME 1) we can understand that ……. And with (THEME 2) the relevance of (YOUR TOPIC) is seen with a different perspective. However (THEME 3) shows that (YOUR TOPIC) is still a field that needs more analysis/investigation/understanding) but with the coming years we might hopefully find and answer to this.
Super generic yet, somehow effective. In conclusion: SUMARIZE EVERYTHING and say goodbye. (see, that is the conclusion of the conclusion section on this post. Not so hard, right?)
Hope this helps!
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BACK TO SCHOOL
high school supplies lists
back to school shopping list
the broke student guide to buying school supplies
keep your school bag organized
how to organize your desk
getting organised… and keeping it up
what to wear on the first day of school
how to prepare for a new semester
how to wake up early
the “secret” to doing well in school
how to study effectively and have a great school year
make a list of topics to cover in the next school year
an app that organizes your time for you
STUDY TIPS
things to keep in mind before you start studying
how to start studying
can’t start studying?
how to take a study break
things to do on a study break
planning your study time
10 mistakes when studying
studying: what to avoid
what to avoid
ways to avoid burnout
important things to remember
how to stay organized
5 tips on keeping your attention in class
Sunday checklist
what to do if you haven’t studied enough
when studyblr tips contradict…
MOTIVATION AND DISCIPLINE
5 tips for staying motivated
some tips to stay motivated
motivation tips
how to motivate yourself
give yourself an incentive
how to stay motivated
how to get motivated when you don’t feel like doing anything
what to do when you don’t feel like studying
why discipline is better than motivation
form good habits
don’t break the chain
how to stick to your plan
the curve of forgetting
websites/apps that will help you with procrastination
blocking apps and extensions
how to overcome procrastination
the science of procrastination, and how to beat it
NOTE TAKING
the Cornell method
the Cornell method 2
how to take good notes
note taking method
another note taking method
in class notes
5 tips for mindmapping
symbols and abbreviations for note taking
various types of subheading
fancy handwriting
ESSAYS
how to write an essay
essay writing tips
how to approach poetry analysis in an exam
guide on punctuation
Word will format your entire paper
do your eyes a favor and change the background color
tools for referencing
social media citation guide
100+ words for SAT
transition words
synonyms for “different”
synonyms for “shows”
synonyms for “suggests”
synonyms for “said”
synonyms for words commonly used in students’ writings
45 ways to avoid using the word “very”
RESEARCH AND FREE BOOKS
free research
free textbooks
free study resources
cheap online bookstore
why you shouldn’t use torrents to get free textbooks and what to do instead
English literature masterpost
60 awesome search engines for serious writers
how to utilize Google Scholar efficiently
Zotero
BULLET JOURNALS AND PLANNERS
guide to bullet journaling
guide to bullet journals
pros and cons of bullet journals
sample bullet journal legend
bullet journal tips
5 bullet journal page ideas
bullet journal setup
bullet journal setup 2
bullet journal setup 3
bullet journal setup 4
bullet journal setup 5
weekly spread
planners review
PRINTABLES
daily and weekly planner
today’s plan of action printable
today’s hustle
daily planner, essay planner, assignment planner
weekly planner
weekly class planner
course overview
goal getter, month at a glance and grade tracker
note-taking printables
study printables
studying for exams
study and revision planner
essay planner
THE STUDYBLR COMMUNITY
beginner’s guide to starting a studyblr
the studyblr community map
theorganisedstudent’s blog roll
noteblr: share your notes
IB studyblrs list
IB Kik study groups
the older studyblr crowd
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A note to all college kids, So Microsoft word has default settings for papers.
If you search MLA, or APA you can get an entire paper template.
REPEAT: Microsoft word will Format your entire paper!
You never have to spend hours lining everything up again.
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you know that feeling when you’re out in nature at 5 or 6am and everything’s still quiet and the air still smells like night time and it’s fresh so you shiver a bit but then slowly the first rays of sun peak over the edge of the earth and everything is bathed in foggy, golden light and you just stand there watching the earth awaken.. if that’s not soothing idk what is
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I love being horribly straightforward. I love sending reckless text messages (because how reckless can a form of digitized communication be?) and telling people I love them and telling people they are absolutely magical humans and I cannot believe they really exist. I love saying, Kiss me harder, and You’re a good person, and, You brighten my day. I live my life as straight-forward as possible. Because one day, I might get hit by a bus. Maybe it’s weird. Maybe it’s scary. Maybe it seems downright impossible to just be—to just let people know you want them, need them, feel like, in this very moment, you will die if you do not see them, hold them, touch them in some way whether its your feet on their thighs on the couch or your tongue in their mouth or your heart in their hands. But there is nothing more beautiful than being desperate. And there is nothing more risky than pretending not to care. We are young and we are human and we are beautiful and we are not as in control as we think we are. We never know who needs us back. We never know the magic that can arise between ourselves and other humans. We never know when the bus is coming.
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Be sad but get up. You don’t have to shower. You can put on the same clothes you wore yesterday. Nobody will care. The sky is blue, wildflowers are blooming by the side of the road. Strangers have stories to tell. Go for a walk, go for a drive, go to a greenhouse, a bookstore, a movie theater. You can stay in bed but nothing is going to happen there. Sometimes you’ve really just got to get the fuck up.
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Here’s to the ones who are not brilliant. Here’s to the people who question the very purpose of their existence, like I do. To the ones who feel like they do not belong, to the ones who feel they were born in the wrong century, in the wrong galaxy. Those who are full of insecurities, worries, doubts and fears. Those who feel crippled with paranoia and trapped in a meant coated skeleton. There are people like you and me, equally messed up, their souls equally complex and bruised. They too spend Sunday afternoons gazing at clear blue skies, trying to connect to their real self, looking for something to free them, to save them, waiting for miracles while sipping coffee. These people too are lost like you and me, their minds wandering aimlessly through forests and alleys, and places and countries, hoping to make sense of their own existence, hoping to be significant. Trying desperately to love themselves with the self-love they are told is the only cure, but failing miserably, horribly. So, on those evenings when your body and soul seem like two separate entities, when you feel exiled from the home within your own heart. Know, I have been there too and it will be okay, it will get better. It has to, right?
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