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just humanities student things

getting overly defensive of your favourite historical / literary / classical figure

suddenly remembering how much knowledge there is to acquire and getting stressed about the overwhelming amount of stuff you don’t know

roman numerals: you either love them or you hate them

when your teacher is obsessed with one bit of the course and teaches you that for weeks then breezes over the rest

anachronisms

you’ve listened to so many in our times that melvyn bragg is basically your internal monologue

waking up in the morning with a desire to know everything about one specific thing that’s totally unrelated to everything you’re studying

‘ooo i know this word!’ she did not know that word

muddling up the actual history, the fictionalised versions of the actual history, and the fanfictionalised versions of the fictionalised versions of the actual history

‘what can this cartoon / movie / song / art tell us about x’

history students are over prepared for politics and classics students are over prepared for english lit

reading aloud in terrible accents in english lit

j s t o r

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I want a lot and I’m gonna achieve all of it

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Over 25 Things You Can Add To Your Bullet Journal

This post was inspired by this article here. These additions are in no particular order. 

1.  Daily To-Do Lists: Sometimes it’s easy for busy people to forget important calls we need to make, things we need to buy, or work we need to get done. 

2. Blog Post Ideas: Personally, I have a note app in my phone for this. But I can see why it might be better to dedicate a page in my journal for such. 

3. Fitness Log: If you are anything like me (a.k.a. lazy), this could seem like a challenge to even add to your journal. In my habits log, I have a spot in my chart for physical activities. For you athletes, it’s probably best to have an entire section. (Tip: add the hours/minutes you work out, how much water you drink, and what activities you did)

4. Food Log: Keeping track of what you eat is super important. Sometimes we overeat and others we go to bed realizing we only ate breakfast. For those who want to be super-journalers, you could even add the calories/sugars/carbs to your log. 

5. Gift Lists: Whether someone’s birthday, a holiday, or special occasion is on the way, or even in the future, keeping a list of gift ideas is so smart. 

6. Grocery Lists: Personally, I do not agree with putting your grocery list in your bullet journal. My reasoning is that I am a creature of habit and I have always used a small notecard or note on my phone of the things I need to buy. Afterwards, I throw it out or delete it. But if you are someone who likes to bring a journal into the store, go for it. No judgement here. 

7. Goals: You can keep up with goals by year, month, week, and/or day. It’s nice to have a written reminder of the things we want to accomplish. 

8. Recipes and Food Prep Ideas: I’ve seen many journals that have recipes written down in them. It might even be smart to create a small folder in your journal for cut out recipes or ones you print off the Internet. 

9. Daily Affirmations: YES! Tell yourself in words how important you are, how great your life is, and that you can do anything! I would do this on the top of every new page or create a page and write one a day. 

10. Business Plans: For all of you that have your own business, this is a great idea. I have a section of my journal dedicated to my photography business. 

11. Birthdays: Keep track of all the important birthdays; parents, siblings, celebrity crushes, dogs, presidents, great-aunts, great aunts, etc. 

12. Work Hours Log: Incredibly important! When I babysat, I kept a log of which family paid me, for how many hours I was there, and with what kind of payment. 

13. Wishlists: Make a list of things you are saving up for or hope to one day be able to have. Boats, cars, food, pets, cameras, etc. 

14. Gratitude Log: It doesn’t have to be a holiday for you to be thankful for things. I have a page of people that I’m thankful for and a page for things, events, etc. that I am also thankful for. 

15. Quotes: It’s good to keep yourself inspired. Write down quotes that make you feel good, sad, smile, etc. Song lyrics count as quotes! 

16. Illustrations and Doodles: I actually have an entire other journal for doodling. It kind of looks like the Burn Book from Mean Girls, but that’s beside the point. (I can post pictures if you are curious)

17. Jokes: Ever think of a joke and scold yourself for not writing it down? I have and do constantly. You could also write down jokes that you didn’t come up with just to look back on and smile. 

18. New Discoveries/Interesting Facts: I love finding out new things. Writing down what cool things I’ve learned might actually be a good idea since I am continuously learning and sometimes forget things I just discovered. 

19. Travel Log: Did you go on vacation? Log it! Did you got to the mall? Write it down! Did you walk to the mailbox? Well…I guess you can log that too. 

20. Family and Friend’s Favorites: Make a list of things that people like. Scents, places, colors, tv shows, etc. Know the people in your life. 

21. DIY Projects: I have so many boards on Pinterest with DIY ideas. My room is like a huge DIY mess! I love it. 

22. Chore List: Remember the trash? Oh that’s right, you didn’t because you didn’t have a fancy chore list in your journal! Dedicate a page to the things you need to get done around the house. 

23. Bucketlist: I’ve seen some good pages for these. Crochet a blanket, skydive, travel across the country, go backpacking, write a book, buy a car, kill a man, drink some water, etc. 

24. Story Ideas: Sometimes I will be driving to school, watching tv, dancing, and an idea for a story will hit me. I have a page of just short synopses of stories in my journal. 

25. Period Log: People with periods, this is a great tool. I have an app and pages dedicated to my period. I keep track of my PMS Symptoms like acne and bloating, my Period Symptoms like cramps and nausea, and my Blood Flow. Sorry people without periods if this grosses you out, but guess what it’s not gross and it’s important for us to understand our period. 

26. Words That Make You Happy: Some words are fun to say and others are fun to write. Put both in your journal! You could also add words that you want to use more often. 

27. Things That Make You Happy: For example, in my journal, I have my favorite tv shows, scents that I like (freshly mowed grass), feelings I enjoy (a sunned carpet under my bare feet), or just random things that make me happy (mature oak trees with orange and yellow leaves next to a well build fence). 

28. Monthly Habits: Get to know yourself and improve yourself! Things I keep in my habit log are my hydration levels, if I blogged that day, did I work, did I study, did I spend money, did I go to the movies, etc. 

29. Story Titles: Sometimes a phrase pops into my head and I just think, “That would be a good book title.” 

30. Made Up Words: This is something I recently started doing. I was playing Scrabble and I was trying to make a word, as the game goes, and I had the letters “B-O-O-L-I-E-S.” For some reason, it made me laugh. 

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Hi, everyone!! I’ve had a studyblr for about a week now and have already met so many kind, supportive people. I couldn’t be more thankful. That said, I really wanted to give back to such an amazing community! So here’s my first printable for you! 

It includes:

a 5AM-10PM schedule (for my early hustlers)

‘Top 3 Priorities’ + ‘Can Wait’ categories

a ‘To-Do’ list

Daily Goals, Notes, Doodles

a water tracker (stay hydrated, friends!)

10 Good Things (reflect back on your day and jot down the little things that made you happy even if your day wasn’t the greatest)

They’re available for download in PDF and PNG formats + in pink, blue, yellow, and white! I’ve also made a grid and grid-less version! 

Grid

Blue: pdf / png Pink: pdf / png White: pdf / png Yellow: pdf / png

No Grid

Blue: pdf / png Pink: pdf / png White: pdf / png Yellow: pdf / png

And here’s a link to the entire folder on my DropBox!

Please tag me with #arystudies or mention me if you use these!! I’ve love to see them in action. :’) I’m also really curious to see what you all think of them, so please let me know!! 

Happy studying!  

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What Your Favorite Shakespeare Play Says About You:

Romeo and Juliet: You’re either a hopeless romantic or you really like YA lit, or both. Or you’re in high school and just haven’t read any other plays yet.

Hamlet: You’re gay, emo, death-obsessed, or some combination of the above. OR you’re one of those really pretentious types who like to talk about Shakespeare’s ‘masterpiece’ but I don’t think there’s a lot of those on Tumblr I hope

Othello: You’re either in high school in your Edgy Phase where you think Iago is cool, or you just like the speeches.

Macbeth: You either want to be Lady Macbeth, are gay for Lady Macbeth, or think the witches are rad, which they are. 

Titus Andronicus: You like slasher movies and also laugh in the face of death, probably.

King Lear: You’ve been around too long and have Seen Some Shit. You like to go for long walks and watch sad movies that you know will make you cry. You feel a lingering sense of despair and are yet ever enchanted by the continuing beauty in a grim and thoughtless world. Or you stan Edmund

Julius Caesar: You took Latin in high school and have very strong opinions about the Republic. You will cry about long-dead Romans at the drop of a hat and you are not ashamed. 

Antony and Cleopatra: You’re gay, love war movies, or you only like it because of ‘I wish you all the joy o’ th’ worm’

Coriolanus: You’re REALLY gay and probably most of what’s up there about Julius Caesar applies to you. You have a lot of Feelings also.

Timon of Athens: You love your friends. SO much. Too much

King John: You’re a medieval history nerd in love with the time period, have a weird relationship with your family, or you just like Lady Constance a whole lot. 

Richard II: You’re gay, on a first name basis with a lot of dead monarchs, or you really enjoy David Tennant. 

Henry IV, part 1: You like buddy comedies and having a good time. You cried when Hotspur died and felt no shame in this fact. You probably also like the entire Second Tetralogy but this one is just the most exciting. 

Henry IV, part 2: You watch movies and read books for the theme rather than for entertainment value.

Henry V: You can recite at least one speech from this play from memory, if not more (and will gladly do so if asked). You might be a medieval history nerd, or maybe you just think the battles are cool. You either love Tom Hiddleston or you hate Tom Hiddleston. 

Henry VI, part 1: You like Joan of Arc. A LOT. You’re very defensive and excitable. You think banter is funnier than well-played jokes.

Henry VI, part 2: You like Game of Thrones. You have mixed feelings about Humphrey of Gloucester.

Henry VI, part 3: You will defend Henry with your LIFE but he’s not your favorite character. Your favorite is either Margaret of Anjou or Richard of Gloucester. Also, you think death is funny. 

Richard III: You’re a self-hating misanthrope, or you’re one of those people who liked Iago in high school but grown up. 

Henry VIII: You like Wolsey, probably. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: You think romance is hilarious and no, you’re not romantic. You actually think love is stupid. Alternatively your favorite genres are fantasy and science fiction and you have Thoughts about the line “though she be but little, she is fierce” 

The Comedy of Errors: You’re easygoing. You love a good wholesome comedy without a lot of weird dark stuff. Puns are your favorite thing. You also have a soft spot for family (especially sibling) dynamics. 

Twelfth Night: You’re gay as hell but don’t have enough angst-ridden darkness in your soul to enjoy Hamlet. You have all the love of sibling dynamics mentioned for CoE but MORE SO. And you have Opinions about the plight of Malvolio.

The Taming of the Shrew: You lowkey ship Katerina and Petruchio but don’t know why. You secretly love this play but don’t say much about it because it’s really distasteful to modern audiences. Or you spend a lot of time and energy defending it to modern audiences.

Much Ado About Nothing: You wish it would get more notice in the fandom besides the ‘Kill Claudio’ meme but also have to bite your tongue because the meme is actually pretty funny. 

 As You Like It: You’re gay and you hate the ending of this play. You have rewritten various versions of your own ending. 

The Merry Wives of Windsor: You really, really love John Falstaff. 

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: You like Romeo and Juliet. And Twelfth Night. You like both of them better than this play, you just feel like someone should stan for Two Gentlemen.

Love’s Labors Lost: MAYHEM IS YOUR LIFE. Also you like a touch of depth to your comedy. Jokes are all well and good, but it’s the ending that really brings the point home. 

All’s Well That Ends Well: I don’t actually think anyone likes this play, honestly. 

The Merchant of Venice: You like being Conflicted and want a lot of themes in your comedy, dammit! Intrigue? Attempted murder? Racism? Homosexual undertones? Moneylending? Cross-dressing? Lawyer fraud? Weird fairy-tale-esque betrothal games? You want ALL of it. 

Measure for Measure: You either love the Duke or hate the Duke. You will protect Isabella with your life. You also kind of like being Conflicted but prefer (somewhat) happier endings than the Merchant crowd.

Troilus and Cressida: You love the Iliad. You actually don’t care about the title characters as much as you care about the war. Most people have not even heard of this play and you will explain in full detail. 

Cymbeline: You like fairy tales. Actually you love fairy tales. You’re close to your family, but you have a lot of self-reliance. 

Pericles: You probably like mythology and old drama. Also you would kill a man for Marina and think she deserved better. 

The Tempest: You loved Harry Potter as a kid. You love adventure stories the best, and have a dreamer’s spirit. You have a lot of opinions about the treatment of Ariel and Caliban, and you almost certainly cried when Ariel left for the last time. 

The Winter’s Tale: The use of ‘exeunt, pursued by a bear’ as comedy lowkey rubs you wrong but you’re still slightly enthused about claiming the line for your favorite. You love nature and feel at one with it. 

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If you wouldn’t say that to a friend, don’t say it to yourself!

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i’m concerned about boys with mental illnesses and eating disorders and abusive relationships and sexual assault survivor stories and self-harming tendencies who never get the attention or care or help they need because all of those things “don’t happen to men” or because “all men are horrible monsters” and i just wanna say if you’re a boy and you’re struggling with something hard, your gender doesn’t diminish or dismiss your struggles or make them any less significant or difficult and i love you and i’m here for you

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self care is spending all night drinking and talking philosophy and never experiencing an emotion, ever,

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☁️ 05/11/2017 ☁️

i sorta cried (a lot) yesterday, but you know what? it felt good :)

🎧 like we used to; the rose

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busy week 🐝

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What I’m focused on right now is reaching my goals, my personal growth, finding inner peace & surrounding myself with the right people.

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This evening/morning I am skim-reading a book I should have finished over the week!!! aaaaaa, I’m not usually this chaotic, but it’s been a super strange week.

 I am listening to cheesy rap to quickly push me through this wonderful (and strange) piece of Japanese literature.

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I’ve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but don’t know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. I’ve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps y’all out. :)

stereotypical delightful classical music:

battalia a 10 in d major (biber)

brandenburg concerto no. 5

brandenburg concerto no. 3

symphony no. 45 - “farewell” (haydn)

if you need to chill:

rondo alla turca

fur elise

anitra’s dance

in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)

if you need to sleep:

moonlight sonata

swan lake

corral nocturne

if you need to wake up:

morning mood

summer (from the four seasons)

buckaroo holiday (if you’ve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)

if you are feeling very proud:

pomp and circumstance

symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)

1812 overture

symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)

american (dvořák)

if you feel really excited:

hoedown (copland)

bacchanale

spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much you’ll start hating it)

la gazza ladra

death and the maiden (schubert)

if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:

dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)

winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)

symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)

symphony no. 5 (beethoven)

totentanz (liszt)

quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)

young person’s guide to the orchestra, fugue (britten) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

if you want to cry for a really long time:

fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)

adagio for strings (barber)

violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)

aase’s death

andante festivo

if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:

an american in paris (gershwin)

if you want chills:

danse macabre

russian easter overture

if you want to study:

eine kleine nachtmusik

bolero (ravel)

serenade for strings (elgar)

scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov) (added by viola-ology)

pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)

if you really want to dance:

capriccio espagnol (rimsky-korsakov)

blue danube

le cid (massenet) (added by viola-ology)

radetzky march

if you want to start bouncing in your chair:

hopak (mussorgsky)

les toreadors (from carmen suite no.1)

if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:

hungarian dance no. 1

hungarian dance no. 5

if you want to hear suspense within music:

firebird

in the hall of the mountain king

ride of the valkyries

night on bald mountain (mussorgsky) (added by viola-ology)

if you want a jazzy/classical feel:

rhapsody in blue

if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:

introduction and rondo capriccioso

unfinished symphony (schubert)

symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven) (added by viola-ology)

canon in d (pachelbel)

if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

st. paul’s suite

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

l’arlésienne suite

pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:

symphony no. 40 (mozart)

cello suite no. 1 (bach)

polovtsian dances

enigma variations (elgar) (added by viola-ology)

perpetuum mobile

pieces that just sound really cool:

scherzo tarantelle

dance of the goblins

caprice no. 24 (paganini)

new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added by viola-ology​)

if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):

concerto for two violins (bach)

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)

violin concerto (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

cello concerto in c (haydn)

piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)

and if you really just hate classical music in general:

4′33″ (cage)

a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!

also, thank you to viola-ology and iwillsavemyworld for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!

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Welcome to my studyblr intro. post

Me!

My name is Beatrice, I’m 16 years old and for a long while I was a Hufflepuff in denial ! But now I’m very accepting of my bumbling (and friendly!) traits. I am also an e/i-nfp and an Aquarius <3

Right now I’m attending the UWC - Atlantic College, I board in Wales and study the IB diploma ! Quite a few of my lessons are actually taught in the castle my school is based in, I feel as if I live in Hogwarts. It’s overwhelming and amazing and super interesting !!

I’m Studying:

At Higher level

- Social and cultural anthropology

- Global politics

- English literature

Standard level

- French ab initio

- Mathematical studies

- Environmental systems and societies

Interests

I really care for movies, cinematography and general photography ! I haven’t written in a long while but I very much enjoy it when I do. I like walking and cycling on my own and vegetables !!!! I also love reading for pleasure​ (particularly Japanese literature and Harry potter (to make me feel safe)) but I can’t seem to find the time anymore !!!

My blog

Sylvestris is Latin for ‘of the forest’ ! It’s also part of the latin name of my absolute favourite flower, cow parsley ! (Pictured above - Cr. To 'Stanmer and Beyond)

I hope that my Tumblr will become a place that motivates myself and others.

I’ll mainly reblog nice study music/playlists, pretty/useful notes, motivation and beautiful natural images.

My favourite study blogs

I adore the entire community but I particularly follow:

@emmastudies , @mathematicool , @studyplants , @studiees @stu-dyingsenior, @studyandstars, @studyblr , @studyquill and @studyign !!!

You are all wonderful and very inspiring <3

Thanks for reading !!!!

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what my room looks like at the end of the day

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My headings were taking too long so I decided to simplify them. Have a good weekend guys.