22/09/20

hope your studies go well and have a great day! x

thank you !! :) x

i saw @chazza-studies-alevels do this and it looked fun :)

what year are you? i’m scottish so uh i’m starting S6 after summer aka my last year of high school ?? it’s so confusing to compare to english years but i think year 13

what are you studying? advanced higher (similar to a level) maths, physics, and chemistry. also music performance!

what’s next after graduation? i want to study physics at university and maybe do a phd in astrophysics

morning or night person? i am such a night owl, my productivity and motivation spikes at 10pm

front/middle/back of the class? i have terrible eyesight (~-12 in both eyes with a strong astigmatism in my right) so front but sometimes i like the middle

best feedback from a teacher? my physics teacher (my fav teacher ever) said i’m the best student she’s taught 🥺🥺

best study tip? understand content, don’t memorise it

three fun facts: (1) i love terry pratchett’s novels. (2) i am terrible at keeping plants alive. (3) i cry at the finale of every tv show i watch

if you want to answer then i tag you !

How to Handle Having TOO MUCH To Do

So let’s say you’re in the same boat I am (this is a running theme, have you noticed?) and you’ve just got, like, SO MUCH STUFF that HAS to get done YESTERDAY or you will DIE (or fail/get fired/mope). Everything needs to be done yesterday, you’re sick, and for whatever reason you are focusing on the least important stuff first. What to do!

Take a deep breath, because this is a boot camp in prioritization.

Make a 3 by 4 grid. Make it pretty big. The line above your top row goes like this: Due YESTERDAY - due TOMORROW - due LATER. Along the side, write: Takes 5 min - Takes 30 min - Takes hours - Takes DAYS.

Divide ALL your tasks into one of these squares, based on how much work you still have to do. A thank you note for a present you received two weeks ago? That takes 5 minutes and was due YESTERDAY. Put it in that square. A five page paper that’s due tomorrow? That takes an hour/hours, place it appropriately. Tomorrow’s speech you just need to rehearse? Half an hour, due TOMORROW. Do the same for ALL of your tasks

Your priority goes like this:

5 minutes due YESTERDAY

5 minutes due TOMORROW

Half-hour due YESTERDAY

Half-hour due TOMORROW

Hours due YESTERDAY

Hours due TOMORROW

5 minutes due LATER

Half-hour due LATER

Hours due LATER

DAYS due YESTERDAY

DAYS due TOMORROW

DAYS due LATER

At this point you just go down the list in each section. If something feels especially urgent, for whatever reason - a certain professor is hounding you, you’re especially worried about that speech, whatever - you can bump that up to the top of the entire list. However, going through the list like this is what I find most efficient.

Some people do like to save the 5 minute tasks for kind of a break between longer-running tasks. If that’s what you want to try, go for it! You’re the one studying here.

So that’s how to prioritize. Now, how to actually do shit? That’s where the 20/10 method comes in. It’s simple: do stuff like a stuff-doing FIEND for 20 minutes, then take a ten minute break and do whatever you want. Repeat ad infinitum. It’s how I’ve gotten through my to do list, concussed and everything.

You’ve got this. Get a drink and start - we can do our stuff together!

17 people, 17 questions :)

1. nickname: soren lorenson

2. zodiac sign: taurus

3. height : 5’5”

4. hogwarts house: ravenclaw

5. last thing i googled: “steve aurora borealis”

6. song stuck in my head: flowers, from hadestown

7. no. of followers: 455

8. amount of sleep: it’s summer so ~10-11 hours a night

9. lucky number: 8

10. dream job: research astrophysicist

11. wearing: navy tshirt, black leggings and a black fleece

12. favourite song: currently catherine the great by jon caryl

13. favourite instrument: i play violin but i’d have to say my fav is bassoon/french horn

14. aesthetic: i simply cannot pin that down to one answer

15. favourite authors: terry pratchett, casey mcquiston, madeline miller

16. favourite animal house: owls

17. random fact: i love colouring in and am currently colouring a gbbo book!

tagging: @chazza-studies-alevels @stellar-kinematics @aztrolab @physics-studies @starrystvdy @studyaurore @peachblossomstudy @ficklefocus @shootingshadowss if you fancy :)

Please reblog if you're a British studyblr! :D

I'm trying to find more people to follow.

‘eat the frog' method

Hi all, it’s werelivingarts. I just stumbled across this method called ‘eat the frog’, which means you get the most difficult or important task out of your way first. I actually have been using this method for a long time, hope this post gives you a new way of managing your time and productivity! 😜 ❤️

“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” – Mark Twain 

24/08/20

gravitation notes!

24.07.2020 | 54/100 Days of Productivity

Matricial operations. Energy. Entropy in chemistry.

I'd like to thank my computer, morning coffee, afternoon tea, and excellent musical companions on today's productivity. That and the fact the house was quiet, for once. Also, had to adjust my screen's brightness for the photos, I use it on the lowest setting, always.

monday 23rd sept

started back at orchestra today, i missed it so much 🥳 love love love paperchase’s planning pads atm, so useful and i got them in a 3 for 2 sale, so it’s a win win.

baymax is a regional species of autism creature i think