21/09/18 - 10/100 Days Of Productivity

09/09/18 Year 13 starts tomorrow!

We are studying Der Vorleser in German in the coming year so I’m giving it a re-read to have it fresh in my head (I read it last year).

Absolutely! I don’t have a MacBook - I have a seven-year-old, slow and slightly broken HP laptop that has served loyally as a faithful study companion. I have mildliners, yes - but not because everyone else has them. I have them because I actually like them!

I take the time to write up my notes neatly because they go into a folder that is inspected by my teachers - we get told off if we put scruffy work in. But I make them more aesthetic as a way of assimilating information and having a productive way to chill out.

The whole point of having a studyblr for me was to keep on track for my personal targets. If those targets were straight Cs instead of straight A*s it wouldn’t be any less valid.

I don’t have muji pens or the finest notebooks - I save up and buy some of my favourite Pentel Energel pens whenever I can because they are actually fairly expensive as pens go and I sure as hell wouldn’t buy them at all just because everyone else is raving about them. Otherwise, it’s a cheap notebook for me all the way - because guess what? The paper you use doesn’t impact the quality of your notes.

You do what’s right for you, studyblrs of the world.

Your aesthetic does not invalidate the quality of your account.

call for change: studyblrs

I have had this blog for about a year now, and I’ve come to realise the unattainable perfection of studyblrs. I created this account to motivate and educate myself and I feel as though these ‘perfect study notes’ hold unrealistic expectations. This is why I have decided to post things that are more realistic, educational and have a positive impact on the community. Please reblog this to spread the message: You do not need perfect notes, every stationary item, a macbook, top grades or an aesthetic study space to be a studyblr. All you need to do is do the best you can.

Easter break has arrived!

Uni has worked me very hard this week, but the highlight was definitely being introduced to organometallics. These are some notes on bonding models of pi-acceptor ligands!

Coming up next week: revision for summer exams begins! My aim is to beat my Christmas exam marks - let’s do this!

This is an incredible book. Thoroughly recommend!

“She was brave and strong and broken all at once.”

— Anna Funder, Stasiland (via books-n-quotes)

14/08/19 22:11

Less than 11 hours until I get my results! My plan is to wake up at 7am... except this plan is inherently flawed because it follows the (false) assumption that I will sleep at all.

I’m so stressed even though I shouldn’t be but I am because in this moment it’s a big deal even though it’s not really and oh my god why am I like this

I also have a studygram: x_lauren.anne_x

Bit inactive but starting back up in September!

I finally created a studygram (@studyblrin)!! If any of you have one as well, please reblog this with your username so I can follow you, so excited!! 🌻

Hi aus Deutschland!🤗

Und hallo zurück aus England! :)

I love bees!

save the bees🐝

About me!

This is a little late but let me introduce myself. My name is Lauren, but most people nowadays call me Lozza (or some variation thereof).

I’m a January baby, born in 2001 and I’m an absolute nerd! I love learning and am curious about just about anything so I thought I’d finally join the studyblr community because I love it here!

I’m that one friend who is always spouting out obscure facts you didn’t realise you needed to find out :)

I’m taking my A Levels at the end of this academic year (2018-19) and I’m studying:

- Biology

- Chemistry

- French

- German

- Maths (self-taught)

with the hope of going to Cambridge to study NatSci and eventually specialise as a chemist.

I love languages as much as I love science and am also a bit artsy sometimes - I used to want to be an author and I love writing. Art, too! I also love horses and used to ride (I can’t anymore unfortunately - my wrists have given up on me 😂)

Organic chemistry is my favourite thing ever and I do play with molecular modelling kits for fun. I’m also always buying books (mostly in French and German nowadays) and I never. end. up. reading. them.

Anyway, I’m always down for a chat so my ask box is open 24/7 if you need someone to talk to or even just want to say hi haha

I’m always looking for mutuals so don’t be shy ☺️

01/02/2020 - 1/100 days of productivity

Happy February! New month, new me? I’m going to do the productivity challenge again.

My mum visited me at uni today so I spent the afternoon with her in Birmingham. I decided to condense 3 handouts from my lecture course on carbonyl chemistry onto one summary page this morning before I met her, and I finished it off after she left to get the train home.

I decided to write up the mechanism for Swern oxidation even though it’s beyond the scope of the first year course; it helps me remember the conditions if I actually know what each reagent does!