i’m starting the second semester of my junior year soon, and recently i’ve been dealing with a feeling of burnout and lack of motivation. it’s hard to force myself to study and power through.
one thing that has really helped is taking good study breaks! it definitely also helps if you’re staying up late studying or having a marathon study session… like for finals ;)
when should i take a study break?
here are a couple of options—find what works for you, or try a bunch of different methods!
pomodoro method - this generally involves working for 25 minutes, then breaking for 5 minutes. after 4 work sessions, you can break for 15 minutes. good pomodoro timers are the marinara chrome extension and tomato timer for iphone!
between subjects
between different assignments (ex. after a paper, then after a worksheet)
whenever you feel tired or unmotivated!
study break DON’Ts:
watching 5-10 minutes of a longer tv show episode - my ULTIMATE don’t. you’ll just be tempted to watch the full episode…and 3 more afterwards! save the tv-watching for after you’re all done. tv is meant to be compelling and enjoyable - NOT something you just watch 5 minutes of at a time.
reading a chapter of a book - for the same reason why tv-watching is super ineffective! you’ll just want to know what happens next.
watching 5-10 minutes of a longer youtube video
playing a video game
sleeping/napping - super short naps are ineffective and you’ll just be groggy. HOWEVER if you’re staying up super late and set an alarm to wake you up, a 30-minute power nap can be good!
scrolling through instagram/twitter
doing stuff you do before bed like showering or skincare - this will make you sleepier since you associate it with going to bed!
basically, don’t spend your study break doing things that are meant to suck your attention! save that for when you’re done and you can actually enjoy it :)
study break DOs:
eat a small snack
clean up your study area
wash your face or brush your hair - super effective, especially when studying late at night. splash cold water on the back of your neck!
listen to your favorite song and sing/dance along
drink a glass of water
do something boring - give your brain a break and do something important but super boring. send an email, get some forms filled out, etc.
and my ultimate study break tip…
WORK OUT!
this may seem really counterintuitive. why spend a work break doing MORE WORK? however, working out is SUCH A GOOD STUDY BREAK. it gives you a sense of accomplishment, gets some endorphins flowing, and COMPLETELY takes your mind off of studying.
my favorite study break workouts:
pretty much anything from blogilates:
really hard weightless arms workout
another really hard weightless arm workout
extreme abs
under 10 minute yoga practices
10-15 min yoga
i hope these help you! in 2020, let’s start conquering procrastination and lack of motivation together!! :-)
- amulya
My goals tomorrow:
Take out the trash
Clean off the desk
Meet up with my teacher on time
Do assigned tasks
Plan my day with boyfriend!!
I’ve been collecting pdfs over the years and I put them all in this google drive folder. I divided them into literature and theory and then by language: english, spanish, basque, italian, portuguese, turkish, russian and french.
anarchism | biography | black people & liberation | capitalism | colonialism (& gender) | disability | economics | education, pedagogy | feminism (& marxism, womanism) | grenada | health, eating disorders, fat studies | history | imperialism (& medicine, science) | incarceration | islam | israel & palestine | judaism | leftism, antifascism | lgbt, sexuality, gender | linguistics | maoism | marxian economics | marxism | ngo-ization | peru | philosophy, sociology | postcolonialism | psychiatry | psychology | race, racism | translation (& lgbt issues & colonialism) | trauma & recovery | turkey
last updated: 02 march 2021
I’ve resolved that every Wednesday, I will write a masterpost about self care and living clean and happy lifestyles. Mainly because my blog is devoted to that too, besides being a studyblr, but I hardly ever post original content about it, so hereeee we go. :)
Make a list of areas you want to tackle
Or items you want to go through
Set how long you’ll clean
And a little reward for yourself when you’ve reached that goal
Envision what you want your space to look like at the end
Set aside three baskets or areas: one for things to keep, one for things to trash, and one for things to donate/sell
There are just some ideas of things to get rid of or pare down. Feel free to add your own. :)
Bedroom
unnecessary pillows on your bed or extra blankets
monsters under your bed
chargers, wires, etc. that go to devices you don’t have anymore or that are broken
old devices, phones, ipods
books you felt kinda eh about while reading them
copies of books or CDs
old notebooks
sticky notes that have lost their stickiness
broken pencils
markers that have dried up
any art supply you don’t use
scrap paper that’s gotten too small
scrap yarn that’s gotten too small
old art projects
unfinished art projects
papers
candles w/o any smell
Scentsy-type stuff w/o any smell
Closet
clothes that don’t fit
all of those clothes you save for your “ugly days”
shoes that hurt that you don’t even like the looks of
underwear with holes (or blood stains - ya feel me, girls?)
socks without a matching pair
socks with holes
bras that are even looking tired
copies of clothes, like multiple white t-shirts
jewelry you don’t wear
childish jewelry
broken jewelry
Bathroom
hygiene products past their expiration date
faded towels
bottles with only a few drops of product left
worn out toothbrushes
hairbands that have lost their elasticity
congealed nail polish
makeup you regret buying
Social Media
Unfollow people, be merciless, make your social media a place of positivity
unfriend toxic people (see the next section)
go through your own posts and delete anything you regret posting
take social media breaks
Computer
upload all of your photos to Google photos or flickr or photobucket or onedrive or whatever, or even a CD, then delete them from your memory
also back up important documents or just things you want to keep to something else and delete them on your computer
go through and sort everything into files
delete any programs you don’t use
Phone
clean out your pictures, upload them to cloud or whatever
delete all of the apps you don’t use or need
go through your contacts and delete the people you don’t want to contact anymore
delete old text message conversations
give yourself a new background too, something clean and simple
Get rid of those people who are toxic in your life, mute notifications from them, unfollow them on social media (you can unfollow someone one facebook without unfriending them), don’t answer them often
make an effort to interact with people face-to-face rather than through text or the internet
decide who you want to actively invest your energy in
make a study schedule
prioritize your schedule – study the hardest subjects the most
remember that grades are important
also remember that grades aren’t everything
(pls don’t fire me from being a studyblr)
if you can’t get everything you need to do done in 24 hours without sacrificing 8 hours of sleep and a bit of time for yourself, then you’re doing too much
Best tip to stay decluttered: Learn to say no.
…unless???
because the tumblr algorithm works essentially solely on tags, it’s important to make sure that you use the right ones. in the studyblr community, many blogs ‘track tags’, which means that they follow the tag and reblog the posts within it.
in this post, i have collated many studyblrs and their tracking tags that you can use!
if you would like to be added to the post, please send me an ask and let me know. if you are already included and you change your tag/url, also kindly let me know so that i can keep this post up to date. If there are any mistakes, also let me know!
[note: you need to make sure that your blog is discoverable in your settings to make sure that i can tag you. otherwise i cannot include you]
@apalsant —> #apalsant
@architecturals —> #tusermelissa
@arctic-anna —> #arcticanna
@asteristudy —> #asteristudy
@a-students-lifebuoy —> #astudentslifebuoy or #a students lifebuoy
@athenastudying —> #athenastudying
@audreys-notes —> #heyaudrey
@blueplaidstudies —> #blueplaidlook
@boldlystudy —> #boldlystudy
@bulletnotestudies —> #bulletnotestudies
@caffeine-study —> #caffeinestudy
@captainofstudies —> #captainofstudies
@chicanastudies —> #chicanastudies
@colorcodedchai —> #colorcodedchai
@contre-qui —> #lookmari
@coralstudiies —> #heycora
@divinity-study —> #heyrei
@einstetic —> #einstetic
@emily-studies —> #emily-studies
@endlesstudies —> #heyendless
@gloomstudy —> #gloomstudy
@hannistudies —> #hanniscup
@idlestudy —> #idlestudy
@indie-bitch —> #indie-bitch
@jaeyuyoo —> #jaeyuyoonotes
@jarofsharpies —> #jarofsharpies
@jeonchemstudy —> #jeonchemstudy
@katistudies —> #katistudies
@keshiology —> #keshiology
@kindastudyingstuff —> #akastudies
@lantern-academia —> #lanternacademia
@lattesandlearning —> #lattesforlaura
@lattestudies —> #lattestudies
@lifeofthegrind —> #lifeofthegrind
@lostlibrariangirl —> #lostlibrariangirl
@make-granger-proud —> #makegrangerproud
@maraskull —> #maraskull
@mathias-researches —> #lookmatthias
@medical-magpie —> #medical magpie or #medical-magpie
@medblrr —> #medblrr
@mediblr —> #mediblr
@medustudies —> #medustudies
@melaschnie —> #studywithmelli
@melody-of-moon —> #studybucky
@moon-thestars —> #moonthestars
@museeofmoon —> #heyzainab
@music-of-physics —> @heyalyss
@myhoneststudyblr —> #myhoneststudyblr
@nadjastudies —> #takealooksid
@ndemic —> #heylihi
@niastudies —> #niastudies
@noctis-studies —> #noctisstudies
@paperandcaffeine —> #paperandcaffeine
@pastelsandhazelnutcoffee —> #pastelsandhazelnutcoffee
@peachblossomstudy —> #heypeachblossom
@philology-studies —> #philologystudies
@phoenixstudies —> #phoenixstudies
@poweredbygreentea —> #poweredbygreentea
@problematicprocrastinator —> #problematicprocrastinator
@productivewitch —> #productivewitch
@projecthappinez —> #projecthappinez
@raebae-studies —> #heyreags
@randomstudyblr —> #randomstudyblr
@rivkahstudies —> #rivkahlook
@rylie-studies —> #lookrylie
@samanthropologist —> #samanthastudies
@selkie-studies —> #selkiestudies
@seltzerstudies —> #seltzerstudies
@serendistudy —> #serendistudy
@shimmer-studies —> #shimmer-studies
@smileystudies —> #smileystudies
@soaked-in-starlight —> #starlightstudy
@somuchtostudysolittletime —> #somuchtostudysolittletime
@sonderstudy —> #sonderstudy
@spoonieacademia —> #heytheo
@starryuniversitas —> #starryuniversitas
@studiesnstationary —> #studiesnstationary
@studyblr-so-i-dont-failblr —> #ameerstudies
@studycris —> #studycris
@study-diaries —> #study diaries
@study-it-sightless —> #blindacademia
@studyingfilms —> #studyingfilms
@studying-nando —> #studying nando or #studying-nando
@study-van —> #studyvan
@studywithzorah —> #studywithzorah
@stuhde —> #stuhde
@stu-dna —> #heyharri and #heyharriet
@teapenguin —> #lookzuzia
@uglystudies —> #uglystudies
@venustudy —> #heyvenustudy
@vintage-lattes —> #vintage-lattes
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