Fun is something we all need more of when the going gets hard, especially when the notes are long and the subject is hard! Here’s a few tips to help you become more interested in your work & keep on going.
Written Kitten: get a kitten/puppy/bunny pic every 100 words
Quizlet: play fun games with your flashcards
Memrise: add custom mnemonics to your vocab terms
Clozemaster: pretend your language learning is a video game
GoConqr: go and make those online mindmaps
Khan Academy: make your learning totally interactive
Online Resources: a masterpost from youtube to history!
101 Study Snacks: (mostly) healthy, fun & easy snacks
Study Foods: a fun & healthy guide to what you should eat
Feed Yo’ Brain: sweet, savoury, or a drink? all covered!
5 Recipes That Make Life Easier: simple & necessary
5 Cheap, Tasty, & Healthy Snacks
Buzzfeed Tasty: simple & delicious video recipes
Study Playlists Masterpost: everything you ever need
Study Playlist Masterpost: aaaand some more! in categories!
Soundtracks for Study: to help you get through that study sesh
& shoutouts to my favourite playlists:
calm down & work
rose redux
mildliners playlists
study nonstop
Study Sounds: not quite playlists, but calm and great for studying
Coffitivity: pretend you’re studying in a coffee shop
Noisli: study in nature rather than your room
How to Stay Organized: oodles of helpful tips!
Organization: advice both physical and digital
Organization Methods: a bunch of different strategies
The Organization Guide for Lazy Students
Staying Organized in College: a seven step guide
How to Keep Binders Organized For School
Study Break Ideas: bet you hadn’t thought of doing yoga
Energizing Study Break Ideas & What To Avoid
Online Pomodoro Timer: work, break, repeat: all timed
Study Breaks: ideas for those 5 minutes of downtime
Studying 101: The Pomodoro Technique
Non-Studying Things To Do During Your Free Period
How To Illustrate Your Notes: perfect for visual learners
Guide to Pretty Notes: spice up your dull note-taking habits
Fundamentals of Visual Notetaking
Doodle Ideas: an adorable guide from studypetals!
Tumblr’s Bullet Journal Explore Page: for ultimate doodliness
There you have it! Try mixing up all these different strategies for maximum fun while studying.
If you have a way of making studying fun that wasn’t included, please please reply & let everyone know!!
i mean this in the nicest way possible you guys but you NEED to take better care of yourselves online. getting severely anxious about mass quantities of horrible things you cant change every single day is normal considering the internet’s ability to educate on worldwide issues, it shows that you have empathy and that you truly do care. but relentless knowledge of constant suffering on this scale is NOT something humans are psychologically equipped to handle. it’s okay to shut off. it’s okay to just take a break and enjoy yourself for a while in your own localized space
apply for jobs you're not qualified for! audit upper-level classes! get drunk with your TAs! see that poster advertising that lecture series? go there take notes and ask questions! thank the presenter for talking about this topic you love! if the class is full before you register, email the professor and ask if they can squeeze you in! RAISE YOUR HAND! tell the disability accomodation office to do their goddamn job! ask for help! file complaints! go to class in your pajamas and destroy the reading! you got this! you KNOW you got this! be arrogant enough to learn EVERYTHING! take your meds! punch a velociraptor in the dick! fear is useless and temporary! glory is forever! shed your skin and erupt angel wings! help out! spread your sun! i had a really good morning! you deserve a really good morning! kill anyone who says you don't and build a throne from their bones!
Hey I have good news for everyone.
Cringe culture literally does not exist outside of the internet.
I take my Minecraft backpack to college and I get tons of compliments on it. My boss’s son plays Minecraft and he’s elated to have a “resident Minecraft expert.”
Lots of things that fall under “cringe” are very dear to me and my friends. Good people recognize and celebrate that passion, no matter what it’s for.
Personal growth becomes so addictive once you realize that it’s always possible to improve your experience of being.
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
Sorry for my absence on this blog lately! Life has just been kicking my butt. However, since the fall semester has just ended, I am now uploading all of my notes for anyone who needs them! Most of these notes are terms and other info that is necessary no matter where you take these classes.
US History I (HIST2111): Terms
US History I (HIST2111): Notes (There are A LOT of these notes as my professor lectured a bunch. Useful for those in APUSH as well as college US History.)
Algebra II: Notes/Terms/Examples
Physics: Notes/Terms (The first few pages are note sheets I created as an easy reference when studying for exams. Personally, I think they’re pretty helpful.)
I’m also reuploading my AP World History notes from last year, as I don’t think many of you saw them the first time I uploaded.
I have some notes from ENGL1101 too, but they are digital notes from Blackboard so I don’t feel comfortable sharing them openly online without permission from my professor. However, I would be happy to share them with anyone who messaged me!
I really hope my notes can help someone! Feel free to message me with any questions about my notes/my study style/literally anything, and also let me know if there are any issues in viewing these documents!
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!!
FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT you are allowed to feel proud of yourself for things that might seem silly to other people, like getting better at a video game or putting together a nice outfit for the next morning or finishing a book. You deserve to feel proud for your accomplishment.