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reblog for a perfect second semester

the universe knows you will learn from your first semester mistakes

second semester is when we all get 4.0s

we got this. 

reblog to help a friend

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Your work is absolutely amazing. So beautiful without ever ditracting from the meaning of the words. How did you get started on web design and design in general? Could you please give me some pointers on software, tutorials, sites or books that could help me get started? Anything would be very much appreciated!

Hi, dear!

Just to note, I’m only a beginner in creating websites at the moment since I’m still studying, but I have listed a few of my favourite resources that have helped me so far throughout both web design and the actual development.

My area of interest is mostly coding, so I’m afraid I don’t have that many reliable resources for the design aspect.

As far as I’m aware, at the time of writing, all these resources are online and free (though some may require you to register an account).

Web Development

HTML & CSS

HTML and CSS are coding languages which help to create very basic websites and style them. They’re also really easy to learn as a beginner.

Codecademy

Codebar

Interneting Is Hard

JavaScript

JavaScript is a programming language that can be used to help make websites more interactive for users.

You can learn a little bit more about it here.

Codecademy

Khan Academy

W3Schools

Codebar

PHP

PHP is a server-side scripting language which is made specifically for web development.

You can learn a little bit more about it here.

Codecademy

When you’re testing PHP, you will need a server. I prefer to use USB Web Server for its simplicity, but I’m sure there are many more if you search for them.

Web Design

Smashing Magazine

My go-to for all things web design and development-related. I highly recommend it. There are some fantastic articles there that will help guide you and keep you up-to-date with current design standards.

Usability

Explains a lot of the theory behind design decisions. A good foundation for learning more about web design and how this affects your website.

There are many amazing resources out there if you do a quick Google search. The ones that I have listed above are ones that I have used a lot and have genuinely helped me. If you have any specific questions, please do let me know I’ll try my best to answer.

Also, if anyone with more experience with web design and development would like to add on to this with some more resources or advice for beginners, that would be fantastic. Feel free to do so.

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Topics to write about in your target language(s)

These are for a range of different levels so do what you can!

Introduce yourself. Talk about your birthday, hobbies, languages you speak, etc.

Create characters and introduce them

Talk about your favourite book/book series. Why do you like it?

Favourite movie?

Favourite animal(s)?

Least favourite animal(s)?

What’s the weather like outside? What was it like yesterday? What do you hope it’ll be like tomorrow?

Describe your favourite colour without using the word

Talk about a childhood memory

Talk about a family member

Describe your pet/a pet you want

Where do you see yourself in the next year? next 5 years? next 10?

Describe your dream date

Complain about something that’s been bugging you lately

Talk about your day

Write a letter to anyone. Your mom, your friend, a stranger you saw on the train

Write a poem

Write about anything but the first letter of each sentence has to spell a word

Write what you need to do in the next week, month, year

Talk about your favourite food

What was your favourite story you read as a kid? Who read it to you?

Why did you start learning your target language(s)?

What language(s) would you like to learn in the future?

Talk about a dream you had

Pretend you’re at a restaurant. What type of conversations will you have there?

What’s something you’d never tell anyone? Why would you never tell anyone?

Your pet suddenly got the ability to talk. What do they say to you?

You’ve woken up somewhere you’ve never been before. Describe what it looks like

What do you want to do in the future?

Dream trip?

Do you want kids? Why or why not?

Translate a conversation you had with someone

Talk about your favourite weather

Favourite season?

Pretend you’re telling your childhood stuffed animal something

Write a to-do list

Talk about your favourite plant(s)

Write about something funny that happened to you or someone you know

Write about a time you were scared

A time when you were happy

Sad

Angry

Miserable

Give a summary of different books/movies you’ve read/watched

Write about your favourite teacher. Why did you like them?

What’s your favourite meal? Who makes it?

What’s your dream job? It doesn’t have to be realistic

What names do you like. Why?

Write about one of your fears

What motivates you to learn your target language(s)?

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✨Introducing The Library✨

The newest studyblr community discord server! I posted asking weather anybody would be interested in this kind of thing earlier this week and lots of you said yes, so here we are! Click here to join the server if you’re interested. Reblogging this post to share it with the rest of the community would be much appreciated ☺️

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do you ever wonder if the stars shine out for you? 🌟

ig: cawefee

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i’ve been really productive the past few months, which is actually quite rare for me bc i’m a slave to procrastination i get burnt out v easily. this time was a little different, i managed to keep my productivity levels really high for a whole 2 months all the way until exams ended, studying every single day without fail, around 10 hours a day, when i used to only do an average of 3 or 4. so here’s what worked for me and what didn’t!

what works: schedule your day

what happens when ur a virgo studyblr? u plan. i would write out everything i needed to accomplish for the day, the night before, and be really specific about it. i would then plug in the timings, this works for me, but u can choose to put the time in first and plan what u want to do around the time. 

a structured time plan pressures me and i end up getting everything done, especially when i set an alarm on my phone for all the timings!

what does not: cramming a lot of hours into a day

12+ hour work days are ideal, especially when u watch all the ‘study with me: 14 hour work day!’ youtube videos, but they are just tedious and unreasonable. 

let’s face it, even if u do complete one or two long study days, ur just gonna get bored and tired and have no mood to continuing this for a week or more. slow and steady wins the race!

what works: tweaking the pomodoro technique

i hate the pomodoro method. at the 25 minute mark, i’m normally on a roll and super focused on the task; and the 5 minute breaks were too short for me to actually take a break. 

that’s why i tweaked it to 45-minute study sessions with 10-minute breaks, and after 3 study sessions, a 30-minute break. longer study sessions meant i get a break when i really start to get restless, and longer breaks gave me more time to recharge. i suggest tweaking this to match what works for you.

what does not work; doing too many / too little subjects a day

1. u don’t want to cram all the same topics and subjects into one day. ultimately, it’s a choice of spending 8 hours solely on a subject / topic and not touching it for the next few days / weeks, OR doing just 2 or 3 hours of one subject / topic each day over a few days / week

2. just thinking about doing only one subject for a whole day already tires me out. i have tried it, but normally i get so sick and tired of it that after a few hours, i can’t bring myself to focus on it any longer. on the contrary, if i keep switching between subjects, i get super confused because i have to remember too much of very different info. 

what works: leaving the last portion of your day ambiguous 

i like to start and end my days early. but in the process, i found a benefit of ending them early: i end up w a chunk of time at the end where there are two scenarios:

i’m super motivated and want to continue studying

i’m rly tired and cannot bring myself to continue bc i need a break !1!!

surprisingly, option 1 does happen a lot. and i think this is a rly good work-life balance. u don’t get burnt out easily, but from time to time, u get a bonus extra few hours of work done! 

what does not work: forgoing sleep

sleep is so important omg. 3 hours of studying while sleepy = 1 hour of studying when ur refreshed and ur brain’s working. a tired mind is a slow mind, and an awake mind is a fast mind!

do not worry about that rly hard chapter that u must understand and complete! ur mind continue to works even when ur sleeping, i assume bc it’s rewiring and sorting through new information. after waking up, i find myself being able to better remember and understand information that i struggled on the night before!

what works: finding out ur energy levels and use it to ur advantage

some people work best at 6am and can’t focus after 9pm, some people can’t focus before 11am and work best at midnight. take note of and chart ur energy levels throughout the day for about a week or so, are u particularly refreshed in the morning? do u feel urself always dozing off at 4? are u the most productive at night? 

work ur body clock out and work around it! every body functions differently! like in the last point, 3 hours of studying at ur worst energy levels = 1 hour of studying at ur peak energy level! forcing urself to work when ur body refuses to do so will only lead to procrastination. 

i sincerely hope these few tips can help u out w being productive! what are some of the things u do to get shit done? 

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You cannot live alone on the fantasies you feed to your mind, eventually you have to touch your life for real, assess and analyze your habits, understand your character, try not to hate yourself for your character as it was shaped when you were very young by circumstances outside of you, and begin learning how to cope with your character, how to build habits that work for you, finish small projects, finish big projects, expose yourself to more uncomfortable situations, assess why you want to leave that friendship before you leave it, raise your anxiety levels on purpose, so that you can grow, raise your work load on purpose, so that you can grow, so that you can build resilience, so that your life expands, and can be experienced by you in full and in reality

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i mentioned this briefly in my recent vlog about how important it is to gain a better understanding of finances + i figured that it might be nice to share some resources for gaining financial literacy! hope this helps ✨

why financial literacy is important

resources on financial literacy from the national credit union administration

harvard’s take on financial literacy + additional links within that page

how credit cards work

tips for improving your credit score

how to check and improve your credit score

khan academy course on finance

cnn money 101

mymoney.gov from the financial literacy commission

gcf lessons (includes lessons on work / career / internet / microsoft / etc as well)

ally wallet wise

money as you grow

adult budgeting 101

tips for paying off student loans

common ways you waste money

strategies for paying off student loans

how insurance works

personal loans 101

guide to getting out of debt

how student loans work

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u know what pals? we’re gonna be fine. sit down, drink some water, treat urself to a face mask. we’re going to make it through.

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I love my university, our beautiful libraries and I am so grateful that I can study here

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if nobody has told you this i’m telling you now: it’s okay not to have a specific goal in life or one big dream you live and breathe for. i know there’s something awfully romantic about the idea of waking up every day working towards something specific and feeling like that’s your purpose in life, but that’s not all life is about, you know? if you have that, that’s great! and if you don’t, that’s great too! wake up every day wanting to try something new, to explore your mind and this world with it. there’s nothing wrong with changing hobbies every week, one person’s goal can be to play the piano like mozart, but you’re also allowed to just follow your curiosity and try 50 different instruments just to know how they make your heart feel. you can try ballet one day and explore heavy metal playlists the next. don’t let anyone tell you that you need a purpose to be happy and to feel like you really deserve to be here, because you don’t. your purpose is YOU and the magical mystery of how stardust came alive in the shape of your body, mind and soul. and that’s enough, i promise. YOU are enough, i promise.

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- ̗̀ 25//09//19 ̖́-

me, exhausted? it’s more likely than you think.

📻 now playing: falling for u ♡ - peachy!

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when i need motivation i ask myself “would professor mcgonagall be disappointed in me if i half-assed this?”  and if the answer is yes i end up working that little bit harder

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study follow spree

Hello! Since I'm a relative new studyblr (waking from hiatus), I want to spice up my dash! It's sadly empty. ~

Reblog this is you are / do the following:

Medblr

Studyblr (uni)

Booklr

Lit analysis/review

Writeblr

Bujo

Resources (uni)

Academic facts/memes

Funny/Geeky facts

Selfcare

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some on-campus snaps :) it’s only my second day on campus and I’m falling in love with it more and more as the first day of quarter approaches. I know it’ll probably eventually wear off, but as for now I just feel lucky to be here. I’m far away from home, but exploring new grounds has never felt more exciting.

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here it is, my first playlist masterpost!

these are the playlists i’m loving right now (oct 2018)

- coffee house: curl up with a book in your favourite coffee house

- lo-fi: mellow and good for your concentration

- synths & co: synth goodness

- muted: a place for songs with no words

- first coffee: just getting you through the morning

- green tea: restore your mind and body

- introduction: it’s the world’s best song intros

- oatmeal: it’s warm and cosy, a bowl (or playlist) of comfort

- boss lady: you’re a boss lady, here’s some songs to make you feel like it

- happiest: songs from all the films that make disney the happiest place on earth

- 01:59: when it’s 01:59 and you’re feeling lonely, this is company

- espresso: bitter and disappointed

- gibson: it’s what alex turner plays, right?

- peachy: upbeat and fresh, some peachy tunes

- lavender: your ideal bath playlist

- sunny d: 90s bops

enjoy!