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41/100 days of productivity 🎋🌱

Theres a really cute 24 hour bakery near my house and the coffee is pretty cheap too!

Only thing is that the tables are way too small

Time to crack down on my essay I’ve been putting off this week

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『11.05.17』 Though November’s theme is simplicity, I still have this photo left to post~ I tried to journal on my bujo and it was nice :3 . 「Quick tip: Declutter your desk every now and then. You won’t realize how much stuff you actually don’t need anymore until you see them.」

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Some of you have requested that I show you my note taking technique. This is in no way a proven technique, but it really works for me and many of my professors have applauded my structure. So try it, and if you like it and it works for you, great! If not, I commend you on having a more structured system! These are my general rules when I take notes:

1. Leave space. A lot of space. While going through previous notes, whether it be right after class or a month later, I always found that I had information that I wanted to add, and cramped pages never allowed for that. Plus, it’s a bit less daunting on the eyes when there is some room between ideas. I do realize that this is not very eco-friendly, but hey! 

2. Use the margins in a smart way. I have developed a “legend” of symbols to draw in the margins so that when I need a quick scan of what pages in the textbooks I referenced or vocab, I can find what I need easily. It might not seem useful on this one page, but when you have a whole 3″ binder full of notes, it’s a blessing.

3. Write on one side of the page. Again, not a eco-friendly option. However, I’m sure there are those of you (my past self included) who have wished you just had another page to write down book notes or additional thoughts without having to get a fresh paper. This solves that! 

4. Make it pretty later. I know this page is visually appealing, but keep in mind that I was in my nice warm room by myself and listening to music while writing this. My notes straight out of class aren’t color coded and they definitely don’t have cute little decorations on them; just get the information down, worry about aesthetics later.

5. Put yourself in the classroom. You might think: “but I’m physically in the room what the hell are you talking about”. The concept is weird but it works. I always try everything I can to make sure I place as many visual cues in my notes as I can so that when I look back on them later I remember exactly where I was and what was happening. Are you not paying attention and thinking of food? Write it down. Did someone fart? Write it down. Placing yourself in the room is the most beneficial thing you can do for future you.

6. Keep it short. I can’t tell you how many times I freaked out when I first got to college because I was trying to write everything down. I was certain I was going to miss something. WELL HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU. You aren’t going to miss anything if you keep your bullets to a minimum of one sentence. It’s proven that short phrases in your own words help memory better than full sentences that the professor gives you. 

Finally, make it yours. This is a system that works for me because my brain is weird and can’t take notes the Cornell or outline way. The most important thing to learn in school is your own flow of things. Experiment, be creative! I hope I have helped those of you who aren’t traditional learners realize that there isn’t just one way to process information. If any of you have any questions or need specific examples, let me know! (I realize there is a typo on this but hey don’t worry about it) 🙈 

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Staying organised is a really personal thing as everybody has their own preferences! In this post, I’ll be sharing some tips to help you find your organisational system and I’ll be showing mine!

How I stay organised:

I use one cardboard folder to hold all my loose leaf paper and worksheets for each subject. They’re thin, light, sturdy and keep everything together!

Once we’ve finished a topic in class and I’ve made my neat notes, I transfer all the content to the ringbinder folders I keep at home - one for each subject.

I separate the neat and rough notes so that I can revise for future tests easily in the future.

Every Sunday I’ll do a big tidy of my desk area and at the end of every day, I’ll tidy up for five minutes so I have a tidy desk to come back to in the morning.

General tips:

Ringbinder folders are often too bulky to carry to college - if people do bring them, they’ll generally just bring one and keep everything in there.

Separate rough and neat notes for easy revision in the future

Every Sunday, empty your school bag and file everything away into it’s correct folder.

Try and stay on top of filing throughout the week as well by doing five minutes at the end of every working day

Throw away scraps of paper and old pens

Keep your desk clear of clutter and stack books into piles so they don’t take up too much room.

Don’t stuff random papers into your bag - they’ll get crumpled really easily. Instead, I use a plastic folder to hold all random pieces of paper. This is really useful when you’ve got things like a part-time job, university application and other things going on that need to be looked after.

A tidy desk is a tidy mind and it’s so much easier to work in!

Packing your bag the night before makes it a lot easier to get up in the morning as I feel like I can simply walk out the door with no fuss

Overall, staying organised is just keeping on top of things and trying to keep your environment tidy and filing things away.

I hope these tips have helped you! I understand that everyone is different with how they like to organise their lives, but I felt like a little insight into what I do could be useful for some of you! Let me know how you like to organise your papers for college!

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16/8/17- august week 3

this week’s yellow spread ft. my favorite mustard sweater 💛

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this is the perfect grade of good luck

reblog in 5 seconds and all of your grades will inch ever closer to perfect

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Day 3/100 days of productivity || 1.5.17 Very convenient when your readings for two classes overlap 😊 creating notes of George Orwell's Guide to Writing Well for my two political science classes. Went grocery shopping earlier and got every item but 1 on sale! 🎉✨

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2/100 days of productivity || 1.4.17 I bought my textbooks today! That was a painful $300 😅 on the bright side, my first full day of classes went wonderfully, and now I’m going to spend the evening doing my readings for upcoming classes 😊✨

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Day 1/100 days of productivity || 1.3.17

Back and ready to go for semester two! Kicking off the new year, I realized there is roughly 100 days of my semester from start to exams. I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to start the 100 days of productivity challenge! Tomorrow is my first full day of classes, so I am spending the night prepping my notebooks and organizing my dorm room while I painfully wait for the heater to kick back on! 🤓✨

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7.20 I’m like a day behind schedule for the online astronomy course I’m taking but it’s nothing I can’t handle:)) ft. a lil book “stars and planets: understanding the universe” that isn’t actually for this course but it’s ~aesthetic~ is gr8

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28/10/2016, exams are approaching faster than i can revise 😭😭 but i got this, we all got this 💪🏼💪🏼

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I think I'm going to do 100 days of productivity for second semester! It's roughly 100 days from term start to exam week, so I figure it will be fun motivation. Does anyone have tips for me? Much appreciated! 😊

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cute pens and minimalistic planners and hot chocolate and good grades and clean skin and a lot of dreams and polaroids and beautiful buildings and shining eyes.

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How do I stop procrastinating?

close this tab, turn off your phone, pause netflix, put your distractions in another room if possible

get up and jump around a little, stretch your muscles!!

write a to do list (quick and concise- no messing around!)

change your environment if you can

take your earphones out unless they’re absolutely necessary (music is great but it is a distraction!!! this sucks, i know!)

go have a pee, wash your hands with cool water, splash some on your face (cold water, not pee)

get a glass of water, eat a fucking apple

gET OUT YOUR BOOKS

GET A PEN AND SOME PAPER

DO YOUR FUCKING WORK!!!

nobody can stop you from procrastinating except yourself

be PROACTIVE and do it yourself!!

you can stop procrastinating by stopping procrastinating!

rip off the band aid and just do your fucking work

YOU HAVE TO FORCE YOURSELF

you can chill later- you’ll feel 6000000% better about letting yourself relax once you’ve actually done some work

seriously, you just have to do it

stop now!!!!

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eEEYYYYY the studyblr community has some amazing note taking methods and so i wanted to put a bunch of them in one place :]

flashcards:

fc: cute language ones

fc: biochemistry paths

fc: disease summaries

fc: pretty biology ones

fc: the leitner methods

fc: ap us history ones

fc: o chem + color code

alternative 2 flashcards

sticky notes:

printing on sticky notes

take notes from textbook

plot summaries [literature]

many ways to use post its

english reading summaries

character maps 4 english

outlines:

color coded + neat

cornell + color code

digital cornell notes

learn from mistakes

super duper cute

outline with onenote

the margin method

in class / lectures:

for all classes + color

spaced out + pretty

for all classes / hw

advice @ infographic

2 notebook method

organized + colors

reference sidebar

method infographic

specific classes:

sciences + maths

history methods

learning types

sketchnotes:

introduction to it

cute symbols to use

+adorable symbols

+insp @ nice symbols

how to draw ribbon

illustrating ur notes

over the top amazing:

homemade textbook

digital study guides [1]

revision study guide

mini moleskine guide

digital study guides

handwritten studying

+masterposts!!!

back to school advice

productive summers

note taking methods

starting a study blog

time managements

succeed @ school

ap world history

web resources

ap psychology

bullet journals

school advice

happy things

ace ur exams

study sounds

stress reliefs

annotations

essay writin

study 101

printables

sat help

+more

hope this helped u all with taking notes!!!!!! [youtube + instagram] xoxo sareena 

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I love your blog. Your note taking is crazy awesome and I want to ask you so much. I'm going to be a freshman in college majoring in biochemistry, and I guess to start I was wondering shays your advice on how to take notes? I used to be one of those who tried to write down everything possible but that doesn't exactly help you retain info. How do you decide what to write and how do you organize?

Hi! First of all, thank you for the compliment! I’m so flattered wow

Regarding my notetaking - I’m the type of person who tries to write down as much info as possible in my lecture notes. Here are some tips that could prove helpful:

1. Pre-read. If possible, read through (or even just skim) the textbook. This way you will be able to recognise the lecture materials that can be found in the textbook and those that aren’t in the textbook. Focus on writing down the things that CAN’T be found in the textbook.

2. Take notes religiously during class discussions. Also, take detailed notes when the lecturer is going through an example. Chances are new material that cannot be found in the textbook, lecture slides, etc. can be introduced during these occasions.

3. Write down what the lecturer says, but rephrase it into your own words. This way, you can gain some comprehension in the process of rephrasing, and often also save time because you can significantly shorten what you have to write down.

4. Use abbreviations and shorthands. Make up your own abbreviations and keywords! As long as you can understand what you have written, it’s okay. For example, I write “diff.” instead of “different”, and “En.” instead of “energy”. This actually does help me save time.

5. Voice record your lectures. This way, when you are lost going through your notes you can refer back to the voice recording.

6. Go over your notes after lectures to identify the things you don’t understand, and the things that need additional explanation. Sort them out ASAP. Leaving them till later will make your workload snowball exponentially! (speaking from experience here)

7. Don’t try so hard to make your lecture notes neat that it slows you down. Personally, I cannot make neat notes in class because my thoughts and ideas are scattered everywhere and disorganised during lectures. During lectures, new info is being thrown at me and I’m often not ready to organise them in one go. So during class time I make notes, focusing on writing down as much info as possible and not caring about how it looks as long as it is legible. Only after class would I organise the info into neat summaries once I have an understanding of the lecture materials.

I hope this helps! xoxo