1st May 2019,

thirty first of august - twenty nineteen

english is much much harder as higher than national 5. insanely high workload compared to last year and i can’t say i’m loving it.

18.06.20

today marks the end of the astrophysics/engineering program i have been involved in this week, and i am truly sorry to say goodbye to it. i may do a slightly rambling post about it later.

finally beginning to reach the end of term two- the easter break is next week and after that i’m back at school for two days and then off on exam leave for a month! and then because the school system is odd here we begin the next year of school at the start of june and break up for summer a month later, not long!!

some things i’ve learned while studying in quarantine

drink more water instead of more coffee.

weekly goals are bullshit. set yourself 3-day goals. you’ll be less laid-back.

don’t just mindlessly stare at words. before you start studying, know your approach to it. have a plan.

summarizing the concept in your own words is the key part of taking notes. don’t just copy things down, convert them into your own way of talking, your own vocabulary, no matter how dumb and unprofessional it sounds.

don’t let the “studyblr aesthetic” fool you. studying doesn’t have to be pretty. summaries and notes can be messy as long as they’re comprehensible. you can always rewrite and reorganize them later. (honestly, you better do. and you better keep them.)

don’t throw away the papers you’ve solved your problems in. staple them to the fucking textbook. you need to see them constantly. cause you’ll need reminders of how far you’ve came, when you’re feeling discouraged.

don’t be an armchair analyst for your issues. if you have an idea then act on it.

remember: the exact point where it becomes difficult, is where your growth begins. take a deep breath, and try to focus on the paragraph in front of you.

get off your high horse and understand that if you’re a zero, you won’t go to 100 in a couple of days. first, you’ll need to reach 30, then from 30 to 60, and then from 60 to 90. nobody is 100 everyday. that happens very rarely.

you need to have fun everyday. you need to have peaceful time every single day. even on exam night. especially on exam night, actually. so make sure you’ve studied enough so you can have some time to yourself.

once you’re on a roll and in need of some challenge to stay on track, start writing down your studying hours. tell yourself you’re not allowed to do less than 80% of what you did yesterday. whatever the hell it was, even just one hour. so if yesterday you really studied for like, say 8 hours, today your goal is to study for at least 6 and a half hours. if you can’t keep up with that, make it 70%, or 60%. 

be forgiving of yourself. be kind to yourself. even if you bounced back and lost your streak. start again. as slowly as you did before. take your time. it’s okay, you were there once you can get there again.

07/08/20

coded a rock, paper, scissors game! (=> completed one of my summer goals!)

did some mini exercises and summary post-it’s of rotational motion

read a third of the good immigrant

& tonight i’m going cycling with my dad and will do another violin session!

summer studying challenge, 7th aug: what is your favourite summer ‘beach read’?

red, white & royal blue by casey mcquiston!

in love with these bedsheets

hello! my exams are over, all 8 went well i think (obviously some stupid mistakes i’ve realised already lol) and i turned 16! (on the day of my second last exam. bummer.) now all i have is my violin exam at the end of may so i have two weeks holiday 🥳🥳 hope everybody’s exams are going well !! here’s all my notes/textbooks leading up to the exams- two years worth (i do national 5s, the scottish equivalent of gcses)

27th march 2020

was being all productive rewriting my higher physics notes (seeing as i’ve no set work until after easter -_-), but then i got onto fission and started raging about how undercredited lise meitner is, so now i’m in a state of feminist rage about the severe lack of women in stem and particularly physics. happy friday!

modern studies is my least favourite class, i hate it so so much. i genuinely can’t wait for the exam so i can drop it lmao, @ any scottish followers does anybody else have the misfortune of doing this class?? please dm me lets discuss our anguish