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15.12.19

Hey, hope you had an amazing weekend! As for me, I didn’t do much 🙃 it was a chill day hehe

Ig: study_ambitious

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12.26.19 🌷

I’m in that quiet week in between Christmas & New Year’s where I can slow down and be happy just being around family. I should be working on planning my goals for next year, but I took some time to clean my room at home and found this old book I bought at a flea market awhile ago. Now I just want to know the story behind Leila and her book of Lowell’s poems. 

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if you're reading this, it's a sign that everything is going to be alright.

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10월 26일 2019년

i need to study for a math test, but i need to clean my room first before my mom yells at me in angry korean

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October 12, 2018

Looking at my to-do list this weekend and trying not to cry, how are you doing? 😭

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september 28th, 2019 | this week was super busy & I feel like I didn’t get anything done, so I spent today checking things off my todo list. this month has flown by!

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Here are some alt angles. Immune system’s been taking a big hit this winter; on the bright side, the code is running but i’m ruining things by taking forever to plot it all :

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22.01.2018 ♡ summative hell is upon us yet again; these will probs be my last neat notes for a while *sobs*

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12.11.19 // new bullet journal, who dis

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- ̗̀ 100 Days of Productivity | [3/100] ̖́-

26.12.2019

x-mas was fun, but now that ’s over- I’m back to cramming for the upcoming exams!

today, i:

studied a chapter (1) of pathophysiology using mind-mapping (pictured is one of the 6 mindmaps I ended up making to condense it);

summarized a different chapter for pathophysiology (4);

summarized 2 chapters of analytical chemistry 2;

finished reading a book that i’m already missing; 

♡ ♡ ♡

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9.16 basically this week’s productivity ; I put way more effort into this picture than I’m willing to admit of but hey, I put in the work so I can be as proud of it as I want :) also I don’t think I showed my new study space bc college so here it is!!

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07.09.19 | 11:33am | 1/100

Starting 100 days of productivity bc I’m lucky at the moment if I can go 100 seconds.

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Imagine where you could be by this time next year. Now do the work

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GOOD STUDYING VS BAD STUDYING

GOOD STUDYING

Use recall. When you look at a passage and try to study it,  look away and recall the main ideas. Try recalling concepts when you are walking to class or in a different room from where you originally learned it. An ability to recall—to generate the ideas from inside yourself—is one of the key indicators of good learning.

Test yourself. On everything. All the time. Flashcards are your best friend. Use quizlet if you don’t want to hand-make flashcards. Get somebody to test you on your notes.

Space your repetition. Spread out your learning in any subject a little every day, just like an athlete. Don’t sit and study one subject for 2 hours, do half an hour every day.

Take breaks. It is common to be unable to solve problems or figure out concepts in math or science the first time you encounter them. This is why a little study every day is much better than a lot of studying all at once. When you get frustrated, take a break so that another part of your mind can take over and work in the background. You need breaks in order for your brain to retain the information. Try the Pomodoro method if you have trouble timing breaks!

Use simple analogies. Whenever you are struggling with a concept, think to yourself, How can I explain this so that a ten-year-old could understand it? Using an analogy really helps. Say it out loud, like you’re teaching it, whether it’s to an imaginary class or your sister who couldn’t care less.  The additional effort of teaching out loud allows you to more deeply encode.

Focus. Turn off your phone / iPad / any distractions and clear your desk of everything you do not need. Use apps like Forest if you can’t stay off them!

Do the hardest thing earliest in the day, when you’re wide awake and less likely to push it aside.

BAD STUDYING

Avoid these techniques—they can waste your time even while they fool you into thinking you’re learning!

Passive rereading—sitting passively and running your eyes back over a page. This is a waste of time, frankly, and doesn’t do anything to help information pass into your brain without recall.

Over-highlighting. Colouring a passage of text in highlighter isn’t helpful at all. It’s good for flagging up key points to trigger concepts and information, but make sure what you highlight goes in.

Waiting until the last minute to study. DON’T CRAM!!!

Doing what you know. This isn’t studying! This is like learning how to juggle but only throwing one ball. 

Neglecting the textbook. Would you dive into a pool before you knew how to swim? The textbook is your swimming instructor—it guides you toward the answers. 

Not asking your teachers for help. They are used to lost students coming in for guidance—it’s their job to help you. 

Not getting enough sleep. Your brain practices and repeats whatever you put in mind before you go to sleep, as well as retaining information and repairing itself. Prolonged fatigue allows toxins to build up in the brain that disrupts the neural connections you need to think quickly and well. 

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Does anyone else get those random rushes of motivation like, “I’m gonna be so fucking successful dammit, watch me”

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4/12/19

Here is a glimpse into the nonsense that comes with studying creative writing

🎶 The Cure - Little Mix

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[17/12/2019] ~ Tomorrow is my last final - Ophthalmology, and I can't wait to wrap up this year. It feels like the whole time has been a blur of exams and more exams 😭

Also, my friends laughed at the amount of sticky notes I had shoved into my books during last phase of revision lol.