#studyblrs

[codemom]

INTRODUCTION

Hi everyone!

I'm excited to share that I'm starting a new chapter by diving into fullstack web development. In just a couple weeks, I'll be embarking on courses to learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python and more...

As a stay-at-home mom of one, I'm thrilled for this opportunity to expand my skills. I've always loved learning new things, whether it's knitting, gardening, or coding. Now I get to take my self-education to the next level!

My goals are to stay focused, avoid burnout, and find a healthy balance between studying and family. I know there will be challenges ahead, but I'm determined to succeed.

I plan to document my coding journey here, share tips, and connect with others in the field. Web development has always fascinated me, and I can't wait to become part of this community. Wish me luck!

[studyauthoress]

I'm trying out a monthly spread for my journaling again! It's also my first time using a lined notebook since I wanted to try using this drugstore notebook freebie as my journal.

Got my cards read today and it said that 2024 will be full of self-care and independence. The year is looking good so far!

[shestudiesabroad]

03/100 days of productivity

restocking on supplies from MUJI 📚

[crystalsenergy]

Important words for you, Student #1

Regardless of how your year has been so far, whether you are evaluating it as a good year, a bad year, or a reasonable year, I have something to say to you.

Especially if you are a student or experiencing any kind of pressure.

I believe that here in Tumblr we have many pre-university students or university applicants.

When you are a university applicant, the demands are high. Do not understand demands as synonymous with "success,"

such as:

"doing well in school and also doing well in the entrance exam", "getting good grades."

Some say that "so-and-so does well in school because they are demanded"; "so-and-so does well in the entrance exam because they are demanded," when in reality, it's not like that.

The pressure begins from the moment you hear about the exam and know that you will have to study for it like no one else. Right at the beginning of this university application journey, various ridiculous ideas of competition and comparison are implanted in your head.

This has side effects:

a person may feel pressured and incapable; or super potent and excessively competitive. Anything can happen. The idea of competition in the entrance exam is still very ingrained in the minds of young people. Which is terrible.

My main message is for you not to neglect yourself.

Don't get lost in the midst of this university application madness. I'm not telling you to give up. I'm telling and remembering you to take care of yourself, even while studying.

Because it's no use thinking that only reading and doing who-knows-how-many exercises will guarantee your spot. If your physical and mental health is deteriorating, even if you have read and studied all the content, you won't be 100% well to put these learnings into practice. I guarantee you that.

Hmm, I don't know if you, who are reading this and are a student, have already taken your exams, have passed, haven't passed... regardless of that, my message here is focused on congratulating and advising you.

This text has already been published in my language for students in my country to read if they came across it. At the time, it was 2017 or 2018. I had just finished my second semester in law school, and for many, that meant nothing. Oh, I passed. Cool. But for me, it meant A LOT. Really a lot.

I had a tumultuous, busy, and complicated semester, where I was also all over the place, so things didn't go in the best way. In this context, I didn't see myself giving my best because I wasn't getting the best results.

But now that it's over, I think differently. Well, I gave my BEST. Even with a shitty result on some days, in exams: I did my best. My moment was too difficult and now everything is passing, things are improving. I really feel better that the weather is opening up again.

About grades,

my advice is: don't compare yourself.

There will always be someone "ahead," who succeeded before, who did better until now. Okay, but so what? Your performance is within your current pace, and you shouldn't demand too much from yourself.

It's as if life gave you "limits" as a gift.

Each phase, you receive a different limit, which will be according to the phase you are currently in.

And it's no use looking at the neighbor's limit and comparing it with yours.

It's no use trying to exceed your current quota.

Relax, focus on doing what is within your reach at the moment.

I see young people - 17, 18, 19 years old, and so on - worrying about the future in a very heavy way.

I see people going crazy, devising plans for the future and already thinking it will go wrong.

I understand all the pressure that is placed. But it doesn't have to be that way. I don't like to call our parents and society enemies, it's not that. But they are completely mistaken in

thinking that young people have an obligation to follow the life manual to the letter.

I would like to ask you not to see them as enemies but as people who don't exactly know what is best for you.

The best for you at this moment is what your heart wants (Heart, not Ego).

It's putting everything that needs to be put in place.

You have felt enough pressure this year.

[keys-home]

2.11.2025 / tuesday

i'm currently training AI to help me with studying (as an assignment for a class, we're testing machine learning and helping develop it to be used in the future more widely to help students use AI as a study tool).

i'm just curious, so heres a poll

my personal take on AI in education:

i like using it as an aid if something is confusing, but i do not like using it to complete an assignment/cheat. i am interested in how training this AI works, essentially it was fed my textbook as where it pulls information from, and we're using it to ask practice questions, explain complex content, and aid studying. i think that it should never be used in lieu of a professor/teacher/tutor because the social connection is so important to development. i think using it as a tool, but not as the only tool is acceptable. i have, like most people have, used it to solve a problem or answer a question, but i feel that using it in that way deprives you of the understanding/learning experience which is essential for human growth!!

if you want to add on/explain your choice in the reblogs, feel free to! but be civil! im just interested in hearing peoples opinions, this is an opinion question. this is not something to argue over. just discuss. civilly. with an open mind.

[mudwisard]

my trick for getting through grad school is learning to navigate the quadrants with all their nuances

[joytri]

[macgyvermedical]

Took me until about halfway through college before I realized “study” means “play with the material in a variety of ways until you understand it” and not just “read the assigned chapters and do the homework” and I think that probably should have been discussed at some point prior to that.

[diaryofaphilosopher]

"The shift from the Afro-Caribbean zombie to the U.S. zombie is clear: in Caribbean folklore, people are scared of becoming zombies, whereas in U.S. narratives people are scared of zombies. This shift is significant because it maps the movement from the zombie as victim (Caribbean) to the zombie as an aggressive and terrifying monster who consumes human flesh (U.S.). In Haitian folklore, for instance, zombies do not physically threaten people; rather, the threat comes from the voduon practice whereby the sorcerer (master) subjugates the individual by robbing the victim of free will, language and cognition. The zombie is enslaved."

— Justin D. Edwards, "Mapping Tropical Gothic in the Americas" in Tropical Gothic in Literature and Culture.

Follow Diary of a Philosopher for more quotes!

[zoologica42]

[malusokay]

focus on the likes and not the wants

you may not want to clean your room, but you like the peace and call it brings you after

you may not want to study, but you like the confidence and satisfaction you get from being prepared

you may not not want to apologise, but you like the relief and connection that reconciliation brings

you may not want to cook, but you like the satisfaction of eating a healthy come cooked meal prepared with love

you may not want to exercise, but you like how you feel afterwards and how it makes you confident

you may not want to journal or write, but you like the reflection and calm it brings you

you may not want to step out of your comfort zone, but you like the new experiences and growth you gain from it

my insta @ malusokay

[studyauthoress]

Got myself to work outside. Food is hella expensive though.

[shestudiesabroad]

4/100 days of productivity

[liones-s]

one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

[shakespearesdaughters]

Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary, August 1921