guys bad grades are not a sign of weakness and should never make you feel bad enough to slide into depression.
bad grades are just reminders for us to learn that content to the point of easily retrieving that information. it is a sign of us not knowing that information well enough to spit it up from our memory.
bad grades should serve as a reminder that there is this bottom that i’ve hit and should use that as the bottom of the pool to push off of and reach the top. break the surface and breathe. don’t let the bad grades drown you.
when we fall to the bottom and succumb, we are not letting ourselves live. we are letting ourselves fall.
that being said, you define a bad grade. a 70 could be bad for person a but be spectacular for person b. so don’t base your definition of a bad grade on other peoples’ expectations/standards/goals . you make your own goal and live for it.
This past month (or longer, I think) I switched from regular, written journaling to audio journaling, and I thought it’d be great to share my experience: the practice, what I actually do, why I do it, and some things to think about if you wanna try it out.
I keep all my audio journals on the voice memos app on my phone, but if any of you know an alternate platform to do so, feel free to share!
Anyway, hope this helps, and as usual, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to send me a message or drop me an ask. Have an awesome week :)
Rare study tips just in time for the new year Credit: Tips by @studybllog, poster by me
if you are seeing this, you are going to prosper. you are experiencing a new part of your life where you will bloom into a better version of yourself and flourish. abundance is coming your way; love is coming your way; peace and clarity are coming your way. you have nothing to fear and even less to worry about. the darkness around you has been the soil and you are now getting ready to sprout. you are going to prosper
Crash Course LITERATURE.
Crash Course CHEMISTRY.
Crash Course PSYCHOLOGY.
Crash Course BIOLOGY.
Crash Course ANATOMY/PHYSIOLOGY.
Crash Course WORLD HISTORY. AND WORLD HISTORY II.
Crash Course US HISTORY.
Crash Course BIG HISTORY.
Crash Course US POLITICS/GOV.
Crash Course ECONOMICS.
Crash Course PHYSICS.
AND HERE ARE SOME BLOOPERS FOR YOU TO RELAX TO.
YOU’RE WELCOME.
“If you were alone, feeling could overtake you and stick to you like a shadow.”
— Beloved, Toni Morrison
Art prints by KOMBOH. Collect them all!
If you look at the world and say “Yes, there are enough homes for people, yes, there is enough food for people, but if we give it away for free they won’t have earned it and the economy will collapse.” Then you have chosen money (a constructed medium of exchange) over living beings who only want to continue living in peace and safety.
And I have no qualms telling you, that is the wrong choice, and you have been brainwashed by this destructive, exploitative system.
yemen and how to help
help save yemen linktree
two links with more links and resources to help yemen, including what to read to know more, where to donate, petitions to sign, etc.
SQ3R Reading
The Pomodoro technique
Online Pomodoro timer
Feynman Technique
100 Things to do in your study break
Develop active learning strategies
Cramming (last minute option)
How to make flashcards (electronic and paper)
What to write on flashcards
Uses for flashcards
Creating and using mindmaps
Studying using textbooks
The benefits of textbooks
How to annotate
Tools for referencing
Tips for visual learners
How to read journal articles critically (by marielstudies)
Top 5 Study Tips to Achieve your Study Goals
How to pull an all nighter
How to pull an all nighter (2)
Studying vocabulary
Study guides
How to create a study guide (by studyspoinspo)
Using whiteboards
Assignment Calculator
Learning how to learn (by strive-for-da-best)
Get good grades (Youtube)
Learn how to memorise and find the memory techniques that work best for you.
Here’s an interesting article about long term memory.
6 research tested ways to improve your memory.
Here’s an ask about how to memorise material.
An ask about forgetting material within a few hours.
Some memory tips (by astackoftextbooks)
Learn instead of memorising
Thinking and memorising
How to prioritise tasks
Apps for scheduling
Creating a revision timetable
A post about making a timetable (by grxeek).
How to keep your revision focused
An online study planner.
Reasons to study
Blocking apps/extensions for phones and computers.
Reasons to study now
10 tips for getting started on an academic task
How to deal with family distracting you from study
How to stop procrastinating (Youtube)
10 Tips for managing procrastination
Questions to ask yourself for motivation
How to improve your concentration
Quick concentration tips
Get Motivated (Wikihow)
Choosing the appropriate study environment
Short and sharp motivation
Stress relief techniques and ideas
The 10 Best Yoga Poses for Stress Relief
Relaxing Yoga Poses for Beginners
20 Easy Steps to Stress Relief
Relaxation Techniques
23 Science Backed Ways to Reduce Stress
25 Destressing Techniques
Deep Breathing Exercises
Three Guided Relaxation Videos
Vent Anonymously Online
A sleep calculator here which will calculate when you should go to sleep/wake up (depending on what you’re working out) based on sleep cycles. This will make sure that you wake up refreshed and ready to work.
Problems with sleep
Failure anxiety
Do nothing for 2 minutes
Calm (meditation site)
There’s also some information here about studying with mental illness from MIND.
There’s a really great post here about depression in university (by landofstories)
There’s a similar post here about studying with depression (by bloggerforstudentprogress)
Studying with ADHD
Studying maths with dyscalculia
Managing test anxiety
Self help: test anxiety
Emergency Compliment (for when you’re feeling down)
Studying with dyslexia
Revision and exams for people with dyslexia
Study skills for dyslexic students
How I coped with OCD at university
Study skills and OCD
Study skills and OCD PDF
Nature sounds in calmsound
Sounds of rain
Beethoven
Coffee shop sounds
More coffee shop sounds
Mix sounds (soundrown)
Sounds of the ocean
Whitenoise
Study mixes on 8tracks
Music to boost concentration
Exam preparation
Exam life hacks (by studyblob)
The best ways to prepare for exams
Exam tips
The day before an exam
Tips on Taking Multiple-Choice Tests
How to write a great essay (by englishlit-chic)
Psychology Essay Exams (gives an example and how to answer)
Looking after yourself after exams
Oral tests and exams
Writing and presenting a good speech
Live panda camera (for destressing; you wouldn’t believe the amount of time I spend watching this camera).
Live animals
Try to find the ten gnomes
Origami
Create your own nebula
Easy magic tricks
DIY Home Spa (BY @recoverykitty)
Brownie in a cup
Cookie in a cup
I don't want female characters in a movie to be just the love interest. I want to see them fight. I want to see them hold things that are "too brutal for them" and "only for men". I want to see their eyes reflect that passion, that longing for their freedom, for their own rights. I want to see their "delicate muscles" to strain, their "small, little noses" to get flared up by intense scorn for unjustice, their "lithe fingers" pointing a gun at a person who looked down on them and called them "just a girl". I want to see women fight.