Please, Don’t Hurt Yourself. Drink Water, Eat, Breathe. You’re Okay. It’ll Be Okay. This Is A Sign.

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I used to follow like 1k blogs and now I’m only following 350 so PLEASE reblog this if you are a studyblr and I will check you out!

you like about yourself, publicly, then send this on to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is super cool!) (and i love your blog, it's so pretty!!) ~ balie

(Okay so the ask got cut off, but I think it was 5 things I like about myself. Also, thank you so much!!! That’s so sweet!!!)

I really like my eyes. I know that’s really basic, but it’s one of the few things I like about my appearance.

I work really hard. Even if what I produce isn’t always the best, people can always count on me to show effort and people care and thought into my work.

I can be really energetic. I think this is pretty cool because I have classes at seven in the morning and people joke about how awake I am. 

I care about people a lot. I really try my best to make sure people know I care about them. I just really hope that people know that they have someone who cares about them.

I love to improve as a person. No one is perfect and lately, I have been trying to tell myself that while also telling myself that I can be an alright person. For example, a few months ago I probably wouldn’t have been able to come up with five things I like about myself. Now I am not afraid to show myself some appreciation

Anyway, thank you so much for sending this to me. I know it took me a while to respond, but I promise I didn’t forget!!! I have just been taking a few days off of social media, but I am back!!!

you can like both humanities and STEM.

you don’t have to “pick a side” and completely discard the other field after choosing your major.

you can like both science and art, and none is better than the other.

english essays would be way cooler if they’d teach us to be just, super critical of classic literature 

imagine if the standard teaching approach to essays was more along the lines of “here’s an outdated written work by a member of the ruling class of a society that was conspicuously more prejudiced than ours. use textual examples to demonstrate why it would be hella inappropriate and probably quite shitty to publish-glorify today.

honey production does hurt the bees. the honey stolen is replaced with a toxic synthetic sugar substance which isn't healthy for them. honey isn't for humans to steal, please educate yourself.

Arright, sit down, you’re about to get some knowledge dropped on you by somebody with beekeepers and meadmakers in the family.

The “toxic synthetic sugar substance” you’re referring to? Is sugar water. Literally SUGAR and WATER. There’s nothing synthetic about it. And the bees only rarely need a LITTLE bit of sugar water to help them get through, because if they’re provided with enough nectar, bees will make a shit-ton of honey. Most hives generate more honey than they can ever use.

And when a hive starts getting too full, the bees may swarm and try to go find a new place to live. Do you know what happens to a more than three-quarters of swarms that leave their hive? THEY DIE. Yup. Either they can’t find a new hive, or they run into predators, or they wind up landing somewhere that humans don’t want them and then exterminators get called.

So removing a few frames from the hive, taking out the wax and the honey, and replacing them for the bees to fill with new comb and honey and larvae is actually GOOD for the hive. The bees stay busy, they’ve got frames to fill, the queen doesn’t feel the need to go anywhere, and their human buddies can help keep them safe from natural predators and pesticides.

The mutually-beneficial relationship between humans and bees has existed for literally thousands of years. People keep hives, bees pollinate crops and make honey, people harvest the honey, the bees get extra protection and can happily buzz away keeping the plants healthy and making more sweet sugary goo.

Honeybees are an endangered species. If they die, not only does your vegan diet become completely impossible, but the entire planet is royally fucked.

And do you know who’s doing more than anybody else to keep them alive and make sure we don’t all starve?

BEEKEEPERS. And they treat those bees like their own damn children. They’re not going to feed them toxins or “steal” all their food, they want the bees to be happy and healthy and THRIVING.

Being vegan is absolutely fine, but don’t go trying to tell other people how to eat and don’t sound off on shit until YOU educate YOURSELF. Try talking to an actual beekeeper sometime. Or at the very least, read an article by a beekeeper instead of relying on someone else’s scare tactics.

New year, new bujo, I guess!

Here’s what my cover, new years’ resolutions (I’ll post about those more in detail in another post) and weekly layout (while on break) look like. I promise it’ll be a lot nicer when school starts :)

7 Ways to organize your laptop because we can always be a little more organized on our devices (including myself). 

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 I’ve been working on my bullet journal and I’ve finished my monthly layout page for January! Please ignore the faded writing in the middle, that’s writing on the other side of the page. 

 I’m super happy with how this came out! I found a spread on Pinterest that I really liked and used some aspects of it for mine. Also on the far right is a little doodle I did of my best friend, who joked I should put her in my bullet journal. I love how it looks and will have a new one of her each month!