It Doesn’t Make You Unlovable Or A Horrible Person If You Don’t Have Many Friends. It Can Be Difficult

If you’re in that place in your life where you’re trying to please everyone and feeling so bad about yourself because you’re not meeting other people’s expectations: I see you, and I love you.

It’s okay to not fit in! It’s okay to not please others. I’ve learned that lesson, but it was hard. I’m confident enough to make decisions that others might disapprove of, but I know are the right choices for me. I’ve learned to brush off meaningless criticism, but I’ve spent so many hours crying over what others have said about me. Maybe you don’t yet think it’s possible to be confident, to be comfortable in your skin, but it is. I love you. I love you so much.

a list of my masterposts

(i have too many to link under each masterpost so this will be updated every time i make a new one!)

notes, studying, and self-study resources

self-study resources

supplies

igcse resources

literature masterpost

organisation

aesthetically pleasing notes

annotating

studying a foreign language

really great apps

math

college + uni

motivation

biology

space

chemistry

physics

summary writing

the discursive/argumentative essay

the narrative essay + the descriptive essay

the ultimate english masterpost

stress relief

what i’ve learnt throughout my years of being a student

how to stay productive during holidays

bullet journals

melodic studying

philosophy

stay sated whilst you’re motivated

shakespeare

summer productivity

starting a studyblr

travel journals

masterpost of everything: part one

masterpost of everything: part two

book recommendations

ya novels

+ more

++ my study instagram

“Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.” Walden 1854

Henry D.Thoreau

i really wish i could get lost in the woods or through peaceful and empty small towns instead of being here at home panicking because of too many due exams.

‘ur quiet’ i am gatekeeping my personality from u

vaguely academic things to do to keep yourself entertained

go down a wikipedia research hole by clicking the first term you don’t understand

binge a crashcourse series end to end (personal recs: world history, history of science, big history, philosophy)

find free books on project gutenberg

download some western classics for free

borrow books and audiobooks from the libby app or borrowbox

start a commonplace book

take a khan academy course

browse MIT’s free online course materials

teach yourself to code

go on a google scholar essay dive

try the open access button to avoid some paywalls for academic media, or install unpaywall that does a similar thing

research the history of the place you where you live

tempt the wrath of the duolingo owl and learn a language

search for online streams of the local tv in your target language’s country and use as background noise for immersion points

print and scrapbook favourite poetry and literature quotes

improve your handwriting by doing handwriting exercises

learn philosophy with the philosophize this! podcast. actually just check out all the educational spotify podcasts there are many good ones

start a weekly club with friends to share new and interesting things you’ve learnt that week

clean and reorganise your study space, physical or digital

check out online museums

fave educational youtube channels that I adore: vsauce, crashcourse, smarter every day, kurzgesagt, school of life, tom scott, r. c. waldun, vsauce3, primer, mark rober, veritasium, asapSCIENCE, scishow, TED-ed

hopefully you’ll find something to enjoy! happy learning x

“The most dangerous thing a woman can possess is self-worth. Liking her own body, trusting her own instincts, valuing her own time and company, thinking she’s interesting and special, entering business and personal relationships based only on mutual benefit and respect. Sometimes this leads to advertisers having no idea how to corner us. If we don’t hate ourselves, how will we know what to buy? Sometimes self-worth leads to violence against us. Sometimes, though, self-worth sets us free.”

— Margaret Lyons, The Find Yourself Beauty of Shrill (via howtofightloneliness)