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If I write what I feel, it’s to reduce the fever of feeling.

Fernando Pessoa; “The Book of Disquiet” (via minuty)

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writing adult emails is awful

its like

hi [name of person], 

this formatting is making me uncomfortable but I have to tell you something / ask you something that is vital to my career as a student. 

I re-read and edited that sentence for an hour, but you’ll probably just glance over it for half a second.

thanks! 

- [name]

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Daisuke and Ken’s Jogress + Hikari and Miyako’s Jogress Parallels.

Episode 26 “Jogress Evolution - Now two hearts become one”

Episode 31 “Storm of Love - Silphymon”

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Pink study mood ☯️📕 (Not my pictures) ^_^

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a growth mindset | 17.11.2017

special thanks to @jasperstudies and miss piggott for being so positive while I was struggling with the A2 exams. now that those are over, it’s time to give back!

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I LOVE THIS FONT!!!! okay i’m shutting up now also this is another masterpost requested by you guys but especially for every-humanities-subject-ever <3 this is how to make your notes look better:

general

check out this post [it has apps too!!!]

huge masterpost

study methods pt.1

study methods pt.2

10 skills u need 4 visual note taking

why visual note taking works

fundamentals

pretty af notes

tips

+more tips

things you’ll need

get ur fineliners

or mildliners

or highlighters

or gel pens

or markers

or crayons

or anything that has colour tbh

+my supplies masterpost

letters

use ur handwriting [my handwriting masterpost]

variants- like bold and italic

be creative with the fonts you use

use a type of font for the word ur writing depending on meaning etc.. [eg. for fear use a spooky font u can come up w/ urself etc]

use word pictures [example here]

bullet points

u can use normal circles

maybe squares + triangles

STARS!!!!

clouds??

squiggly lines

whatever u want tbh, be as creative as u like!!!

connectors

like arrows n stuff

u can draw really simple ones

or maybe bigger + bolder ones

up to u

drawings

take advantage of ur art skills [if u have any]

diagrams!!!

draw lil ppl [even if just stick figures]

add a shadow to drawings??

banners

how to draw them

and another

put ur titles + other important stuff in these

mind mapping

how i make mine!!!

some more of mine B-)

nice!!!

another beautiful one

more

and even more

simple but rly cute!!!

a video here

hope all this helps you make prettier notes!! if it does + if you want to, please take a photo of them and tag me in them [my tag is #areistotle] + i will reblog them for sure!! have a great day <333

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hey guys!! i wanted to do a post of my favorite study apps + websites cause i’ve found some really helpful ones and i wanted to share them!!

for learning

duolingo!! (it’s awesome for learning languages!!)

albert (has tons of questions/lessons on major lit books and sat/act and also every ap subject!! basically what saved my ass in ap human geog)

quizlet (p self explanatory but it’s a hella good flashcard app/website)

dictionary (also self explanatory but they have a cool app too!!) 

this periodic table windows app is a GODSEND

crash course (honestly what can i say it’s a lifesaver)

khan academy (also the best thing- more videos + practice problems/questions for almost any subjects + sat prep!!)

learn latin + greek roots!

for planning + time management!

todoist (p basic task app but it’s awesome and simple and free for the basic version and i use it a lot!)

plan (awesome scheduling app/website and it’s awesome for time sensitive stuff!!)

google calendar (syncs with ur email, can share, etc)

streaks (haven’t used it but i’ve heard it’s good? pricey tho)

proud (kinda pricey but looks nice!!)

forest (gr8 for staying on task and stuff)

pomodrone (a pomodoro timer that is rly simple + minimalistic!!)

my study life (a chrome app that’s a coolio school planner!!)

sunrise calendar (has a v pretty design and integrates with google calendar!)

any.do aka a lists + tasks app

notes + writing!

google docs (kinda self explanatory? but theres an app for it and it’s rly nice for on the go stuff)

evernote (haven’t used it but i’ve heard it’s gr8!!)

paper (nice for simple notetaking)

onenote by microsoft!! i just started using it and i love it omg!

here’s a collection of minimalist writing platforms!

hemingway to check essays + stuff!!!

everything else schoolish??

onesafe (keeps passwords 4 u in one spot!! for ios and maybe android, but there are other apps out there)

star walk (is a bit pricey but it’s beautiful and the graphics are gorgeous and it’s such a stunning app)

put ur post it notes into digital format!

pulse is a gr8 and minimalistic metronome app

grammarly is like spell check on steroids and is super helpful!!

canva is an easy and rly awesome beginner graphic design site!

dafont has tons of free fonts!

write rhymes like a bamf

easybib which saved my ass every time i had to cite sources in mla

dropbox + google drive + google photos are the best for online storage + backup!

free resume creator!!

bunches of science songs!

music + ambient noise!

8tracks (+ mine + my collection of study mixes + my collection of classical mixes)

spotify (+ mine)

noizio (nice simple ambient noise for background working, can mix noises and its rly nice)

noisli aka another ambient noise app!

the best place for guitar chords + the best place for uke chords

free sheet music!! you can only see 3 pieces a day and you can’t save it but shh you can totally screenshot it

amazon music is AWESOME if you already have amazon prime!!

health stuff

stop breathe + think (has awesome lil meditations, get cute badges and it’s great for beginners!)

clue (for uterus-wielders this is a v clean and simple (and not pink) app for period tracking)

waterlogged water tracker!

vent (kinda a social network for feelings?? it’s like twitter kinda but with every post you pick a mood that you’re feeling and then you can rant/vent abt it, v nice community)

sleep cycle (nice for waking u up + tracking ur sleep

sleepyti.me (bedtime calculator!! super important omg)

plant nanny water tracker pt 2

earth mode extension calculates ur computer energy usage and then plants trees!!

dress up ur tech

momentum aka the chrome tab app that everyone has. super cute and #aesthetic

lanes a similar chrome tab app, but also has a pomodoro timer built in!

fliqlo aka the flip clock screensaver everyone has

calligraphy wallpapers!

embark~ another minimalistic new tab app

tabstract which gives you new art on every new tab!

cool polar clock new tab screen

super cute wallpapers for ur phone + computer!

more super cute wallpapers!!

games + distractions

subway surfers (i love this game tbh)

hocus is sort of like mc escher created an app?? super cool + weird + fun

do nothing for 2 minutes

little alchemy for some fun pretend chemistry

xo, bridget

more masterposts

what’s in my backpack what’s in my pen case summer productivity fave school supplies my bullet journal study playlists study tips + tricks lil happy things

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Popular apps perfect for students

Staying on top of all your to-dos, errands, tasks and due dates can get complicated but luckily there is an app for everything! If you’re looking for app to wake you up in a morning, manage your priorities or soothe your anxiety, you’ve come to the right place. Here is a list of all the top apps that students are using:

Organisation

Wunderlist

Planner Pro

24me

Remember The Milk

Google Calendar

Pocket Schedule - Class Schedule, Homework Planner

AwesomeNote2 - All in One Organiser

AnyList

The Homework App - Your Class Assignment & Timetable Schedule Planner

My Study Life

Calendars by Readdle - Event and Task Manager

Class Timetable

Countdown+

Due - Reminders, Countdown Timers

Do! - The Best of Simple To Do Lists

Workflow: Powerful Automation Made Simple

Glass Planner

Day One Journal

iStudiez Pro

Awesome Note 2

Grammarly

Konmari

Productivity

RescueTime

Streaks

Forest

ToDoIst

Tide - Stay focused, be peaceful

Focus Keeper

Habitica

Productive habits and daily goal tracker

HabitBull (recommend by @ravn-studies)

BrainFocus (recommend by @ravn-studies)

Toggle Time Tracker (recommend by @ravn-studies)

Self Control

Jot - Notes Widget

Swipes - To Do List

ClearFocus: Productivity Timer

Noisli

Binaural beats

Lanes

Note taking

Microsoft OneNote

Evernote

Quizlet

Notability

Byword

Flashcards+

Goodnotes

Outline

Boximize - Structured notetaking, personal database, form builder, manager and organiser

INKredible (recommend by @lottestudiesphysics)

RefME - Referencing Made Easy

Bear (recommended by @revisionsandcoffee​)

InkFlow Visual Notebook

Studying

Quizlet

Flashcards+

Duolingo

Khan Academy

Xmind

Writer

Studyblue

Coffitivity

Prezi

MindMeister

Hemingway Editor

StudyStack

Crashcourse

Shmoop

Beelinguapp

Brightstorm

Coggle mindmaps

Mindly

Sleeping

Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock

Sleep Genius

Rain Rain

Pillow: The sleep cycle alarm clock for sleep tracking

Sleepytime Sleep Scheduler

Mental health and self care

Headspace

Stop, Breathe & Think: Meditation and Mindfulness

Pacifica - Anxiety, Stress, & Depression relief

Centered

Buddhify

Calm: Meditation techniques for stress reduction

Moodnotes - Thought Journal/Mood Diary

Colorfy

7 Cups Anxiety, Stress & Depression Chat & Therapy

Companion 

Smiling Mind

Bsafe

Circle of 6

Health and fitness

Sweat with Kayla - Fitness & Bikini Body Workouts

Yoga Work Out

Freeletics

7-minutes workout

Waterlogged - Drink More Water, Daily Water Intake Tracker and Hydration Reminders

Sworkit (recommend by @leviosa-studies)

Medisafe pill reminder

Plant Nanny Water Reminder

Mealboard

Finance

UNiDAYS

Pocketbook Personal Finance Expense Tracker

Splitwise - Split bills and expenses the easy way

Pocket Expense - Personal Finance Assistant

Daily Budget Original Pro - Saving Is Fun!

Mvelopes

PocketGuard

Mint

The Coupons App

Groupon

Ebates

Hope this helps! x

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Web apps

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Fe1lesqUM

I make no profit off this video. It was simply made for fun.

Characters : Miraculous Ladybug

Audio : Shiny Heart & Who You Are - Disney’s Moana

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#jasminestudyblrchallenge @justjasminestudying

day 18- make an advice post

I’ve actually been wanting to make an infographic for ageeesss so I had a blast at this challenge!!

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Drawing in rooms.

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How to Doodle Masterpost

Hi everyone!! I decided to do a little doodles masterpost since there are so many talented people in this community. These are the ones that i like/reblogged or use as a reference when i wanna doodle. I tried to check and correctly credit everyone, but if you notice a problem please let me know. Hope you like this post, and if you have any other masterpost ideas that you would like me to do, you can message me or send an ask!

Doodle Ideas

Florals

Floral by @journalsanctuary

Plants/Florals by @merakinotes

Plants

Plants by @journalsanctuary

Plants by @architstudy

Plants by @grumpybeesexual

Plants by @miennstudies

Plants by @tinaillustration

Plants by @studywithinspo

Succulents by @architstudy

Space

Space Doodles by I Love Doodle

Space Doodles by @merakinotes

Space Doodles by @languagedarling

Misc

Misc by @soycake

Misc by @matissie

Misc by @studie-s

Misc by @studyrose

Misc II by @studyrose

Misc by @journalsanctuary

Misc by @soymilkstudies

Other

Tips by @journalsanctuary

How to Draw Better by @studywithinspo

October Doodles by @journalsanctuary

Easy Doodles by @studypetals

Weather and Seasons Doodles by @studyquill

Foods and Animals by @idlestudy

Plant + Food + Space + Autumn Doodles by @studywithinspo

Pen Doodles by @productiveflower

Doodles for Bullet Journal

Doodles for your Bullet Journal by @studywithinspo

Doodles by @studyrose

Doodles by @stvdybuddies

Banner Ideas by @studyinginstyle

Monthly Spread Inspo by @thatsmycue-card

Misc by @qdgardens

Monthly Spread Inspo by @studywithinspo

Banner and Heading Ideas by @haleystudies

Doodle  Inspo for Notes by @grangerscorner

Youtube Channels

Doodles by Sarah : tbh definitely check this one out, you can find doodles for every theme!!!!

AmandaRachLee : one of my favorites! she has amazing bullet journal and doodle videos!!

Pic Candle

Vexx2

Google Doodles : a good place to get some inspo!

KiraKiraDoodles : very cute kawai and doodles

Idle Doodle

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Here’s some weapons for your essay writing arsenal!

Hemingway Editor Calmly Writer  The Most Dangerous Writing App Purdue O.W.L. One Look Thesaurus JSTOR Google Scholar

Reply with your favourite or other great websites I didn’t include!

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I began to study hard about two years ago, when I started my final GCSE year and when I started my studyblr. Since then, I’ve discovered how I like to write my notes and the organisational techniques that work for me. However I’ve always struggled with finding a strategy of how to actually learn information for a test in an effective way. Hopefully by the end of this post you’ll have a few more ideas you can implement so you can see how you will learn over this next academic year!

Ask questions

This is the best way to understand a topic - and you need to understand it before you attempt writing notes on it and then studying it. I know that lots of people don’t like to ask questions during class, so stay behind for a few minutes at the end or email your questions to your teacher. Sometimes them just telling you 1:1 what they said in class can make more sense and once a topic clicks in your head and you understand it, you’ll be able to study it so much more effectively!

Write notes that work for you

This is the first step to understanding a concept! Though it may take a few attempts before you find a way of making notes that works for you (check out my post all about writing notes here), it will help tons in the long run as you can then re-read these multiple times and have them as a clear resource where everything you need to learn is is one place.

Mindmaps

Mindmaps are really useful for visual learners; I made mindmaps and read them so much I memorised them so that in exams you can simply pull up your mindmap to the front of your mind and read from it! Even if that’s not possible for you, this is a great way to actively study as you can try to write out your mindmap without looking at your notes, see how far you get relying on your memory and then you’ll know what you struggle with and need to learn!

Brain dump

Similar to mindmaps above, but done on a broader level, testing yourself is the best way to actively learn a subject! This can be done by a brain dump; once I finish making topic notes, I then make a mind map with only a few prompt words around it. Whenever I come to revise, I get a plain piece of paper, and my prompt words to write down everything I can remember. This is my brain dump of the topic. I then go through my brain dump with my proper notes and use a coloured pen to correct what I wrote down wrong and annotate it with anything I missed out. The act of writing everything down you know, everything you don’t know in a different colour and reading through your notes really gets the information in your head. 

Have others test you verbally

A quicker way to test yourself is to give your notes to a family member or a friend and have them test you on the content. This works in the same way as the brain dump but is quicker as you’re talking the answers, not writing them down. A way you can test yourself when you’re alone is to explain a process or topic to something/someone around you; I use my dogs, a cuddly toy or even just a lamp and explain the concept as clearly as I can to them.

Mind palace

Lots of people use a ‘mind palace’ technique to memorise a process or list of things. This is when you choose an object or room that you know extremely well and assign different parts of it to a step of the process or item on the list to. For example, I could memorise the factors affecting short term aggregate supply and assign them to my alarm clock; so labour costs is the face of the clock, price of raw materials is the ‘hour’ button and levels of tax and subsidies is the ‘minute’ button, etc. I haven’t used this technique myself before as I only discovered it recently, but I fully intend to use it over the next year for my a-levels!

Create acronyms

This is the method that I use for memorising lists and it works similarly to the mind palace technique above. I use these in economics mostly for factors affecting different markets, supply and demand, etc. As well as being extremely useful in the exam itself, they’re great beforehand as they don’t have to make sense and you can have fun creating them and testing yourself on them! So for macroeconomic evaluation points, I use CCCREEMTTT - it sounds a bit like ‘cream tea’ and makes me smile whenever I use it! They are a genuine lifesaver for me!

Use actual tests

After making sure that you know the content using the above methods, using practice papers or textbook questions really is the best way to perfect your exam technique. Mark your own work so you can see the mark scheme and get accustomed to the way in which they mark and what they’re looking for in your answers.

Focus on what you don’t know

It’s easy to summarise all the above points in just a few words; focus on actively studying what you don’t know. It’s all too easy to revise the same first chapter of your textbook each week because you know the content and it makes you feel good to get the answers right, however that isn’t helping your future self as you’re neglecting the topics that you don’t know. 

Try and be true to yourself and really question whether you’re studying in the most efficient way possible (’has reading the textbook for half an hour really helped me to understand this?’). Once you get into the habit of actively studying and finding which of the above methods works for you, you’ll find that you know and understand the topic and enjoy testing yourself and finding what you really know.

Thank you for reading and let me know which tip was your favourite or if there are any others that you’d like me to add! Go to my masterposts page here to see individual posts on how to study history, economics, maths and for GCSEs!