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🌻• how to stress relieve •🌻

now that it’s back to school season, here are some ways to stress relieve during the school term

fun things to do

spa days

go to the cinema

make playlists (for your friends, for different moods, etc)

go to the park

thrifting

painting

play/learn an instrument

play minecraft :) (if u want to play with me, my xbox name is kaitlin980 ;))

spend time with family

draw

journal

hang out with pets

binge-watch your fave shows

be around friends 

keeping mental health in check

eat healthily (but with cheat days!)

drink lots of water

have a routine

take days off

relax in your breaks

try not to feel guilty

don’t procrastinate!!

take the stress out of studying

get ready beforehand (snacks, water, clean space)

study with friends

study in the library

listen to music

use pretty colours

use fun methods (quizlet, teaching ur family and pets teehee)

again don’t procrastinate!!

be organized

learn about other things, not just your curriculum

hope this helps in the coming term! im rooting for all of you <3

6 Small But Powerful Study Habits

Many students—including myself at one point—tend to think that making big strides towards their academic goals means also making drastic changes to how they’re used to approaching academics and studying; however, making big strides towards your goals oftentimes only requires that you make small changes in your day-to-day behavior. For instance, you can replace small unhelpful habits (like checking social media between classes) with small helpful habits (like reviewing notes or flashcards between classes). These little behaviors accumulate over time to lessen the burden of big tasks. They can also build a stronger sense of self-efficacy and mastery, both of which go a long way to motivating you when it comes to the bigger goals. Here are 6 small but powerful study habits that you can adopt: 

1. Do 5 minutes of revision everyday by reading through your class notes and creating questions for yourself to answer at a later time. 

Doing this will help you identify what you don’t understand early on so you have time to learn and ask questions. It also gives you a chance to practice and quiz yourself on material you may feel confident about. As a result, you might be able to narrow your focus on what you truly need to study come exam time and not waste time reviewing material you’ve already mastered.

2. Write down your homework and important due dates during or at the end of each lesson, ideally in a planner that you include other tasks and events. 

This is one of the simplest yet most important steps you can take towards better academic performance. It ensures you meet your deadlines and can help you realistically visualize the time you have available in comparison to all your other tasks and events. If you don’t have an accurate sense of the amount of time and energy you have to complete a certain task or meet a deadline, you won’t be engaging in other small, helpful habits to work towards that goal. 

3. Self-monitor your learning. 

During class, ask yourself if you’re understanding what the professor is saying. While taking notes, reading, watching an educational video, or doing any other study task, ask yourself what the key points were and try to identify areas that you can’t articulate or summarize well. If you identify these areas and come up with questions, be sure to write them down and fill in the answer at a later time to measure how well you addressed those lapses in comprehension. If you find that the answer still seems confusing, you can then ask your professor for additional guidance. 

4. File notes in the right place everyday. 

Make sure that your notes for each class are separate from other classes and grouped with other related notes. It would be even better if each subject was filed or organized in a way that you can easily distinguish between units and sub-units within each class/subject. Keeping your notes organized allows you to easily revise and review. It also creates a mental image of the information. For example,if you have a specific method to organizing your notes and use that method to review them, then you may be able to imagine going through your notebook or binder to find a particular piece of information during the exam. 

5. Read one online article or watch an educational video to supplement your classroom learning everyday.

Extra reading reinforces the ideas that you’ve learned in class and places them in a wider context. It also strengthens your critical thinking and comprehension skills. 

6. Reflect often. Each day, ask yourself: what went well? What didn’t go well? How could you improve?

The more specific you can be, the better you can identify solutions to improve. It’s also helpful to ask these kinds of questions after big events like the end of a project, essay, exams, and the end of the semester. 

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Cleaning Routine

I’m a creature of schedule. If I don’t follow a schedule, I’m pretty aimless. It also forces me to be accountable and to have some standard of discipline, which, when it comes to cleaning, I really need haha. No one likes to scrub down their toilet. Here’s the schedule I’m trying to stick to!

Daily (a 10 minute clean):

make my bed: Make this part of your morning routine, as it honestly makes your bedroom look so much cleaner.

tidy up, put things away: Try to do this at night before you go to sleep, so that when you wake up in the morning, your room is already clean. It will motivate you just a little bit more to be productive.

fold any clothes and make sure they’re put away: My dudes, when I get ready each morning, I am a total hurricane.My closet gets the worst of it, but it’s super ugly to have clothes everywhere, so personally I really have to stay on top of this.

Weekly (an hour clean on Saturday):

clean my bathroom (Saturday): I always clean my bathroom on Saturday so Sunday (which is my rest day) can be free of clutter-induced stress. Because I clean it frequently, it’s a pretty quick clean.

wash my bath towels (or however frequently you need to wash them)

Bi-weekly:

wash my clothes: There’s nothing more annoying than not being able to wear your favorite Harry Potter shirt because it’s 

disinfect surfaces: Like your desk, your shelves, your windows, even your doors — these things build up dirt too!

Monthly

declutter: Every month I find I accumulate an awful lot of junk, and every month I try to pare down my possessions.

wash my bed sheets: Really important!

Previous #Wellness Wednesdays post: New Goals, New Semester, New You

DO: Plan thoroughly. Use a project planner such as this one to map out exactly what you need and your partners need to do in order to complete your project, who’s going to do each task and how much time it’s all going to take. Planning is essential in order to stay on track, as well as avoiding any confusions like someone not completing something because they thought some else was going to do it.

DON’T: Have a bad attitude. I know it’s frustrating when you’re paired up with lazy people or people you don’t like, but approaching the project with a bad attitude won’t help. So suck it up and be positive and nice with your fellow members. It’ll make working together so much easier.

DO: Divide work according to strengths. I’m sure most if not all of your partners will have a special skill set that will be a great contribution to your project. If someone has great writing skills, let them proofread everything before you send it in. If someone else is good at graphic design, make sure that they design your slides (if applicable). Whatever it might be, find out about everyone’s strengths and let them shine.

DON’T: Use your teacher’s due date. By this, I mean that you should plan to finish a couple of days before your project’s due. Why? Because life happens. Some people might be busy with other classes, have an emergency or just slack off. By aiming to finish a couple of days before the due date, you can ensure the completion and quality of your projects.

DO: Check in with your group mates often. Communication is key! Talk to ensure often to ensure that everyone is on track and know the status of the individual parts of the project. You’ll also figure out if anyone’s struggling and will then be able to help them. Also, a few compliments here and there like: “This paragraph is really well written” and “I love the fonts and colors you used. Nice eye” will make your partners happy and improve their confidence. You’ll work better with happy partners and good partnership will improve the quality of your project.

DON’T: Be afraid to disagree with others. You don’t want to be insulting or over dominate your group, but if you disagree with how something is being done or know a better way to do it, speak up. Your grade shouldn’t suffer because of a simple mistake.

DO: Use online collaborative tools. As much as I love Word and Powerpoint, Google Docs and Google Slides are some of the best tools for group work. You can all work on something at the same time as well as see who did what and at what time.

link to free pdfs

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

afternoon planning with Notion and, well, a regular planner. a bit stressed but still looking forward to next week’s activities!