Small Ways To Improve Your Life

a few quick reminders:

- that thing you did that was kind of embarrassing and weird, everyone else forgot about that already

- you look fine today, if you can’t notice something on your face standing 6 feet from a mirror then nobody else will either

- if something is out of your control, do not let yourself or anyone else expect you to deal with it alone

- social lives can go through cycles sometimes, if you feel like your friends are all ignoring you for no reason they’re probably just busy with other things

- if you can’t stop thinking about someone or something, find something mentally occupying to do like reading a book or watching a movie. it won’t solve any serious problems but you will feel better

- nothing will always be easy, if you’re trying then that should be good enough for anyone. if it’s not then you’re talking with the wrong people

- never underestimate the importance of going to bed, if it’s dark outside and you feel bad just go to bed and deal with your problems the next day

For anyone feeling lost.

Revision tips needed

Hey, i was wondering if anyone had any useful revision tips? 

So far I have highlighted and read through my notes and i’m not sure what to do next that will be effective … 

I’m studying biomedical science so i have a lot of information that i need to remember 

If anyone has any suggestions I’d be really grateful for the help :) 

Test yourself!

Take a blank sheet of paper. If you’re a visual sort of person, draw flowcharts of processes, label diagrams, e.t.c. from memory and refer to your notes only when you really need to!

If you’re more of a word-person, write out an explanation of your work from memory. Else, if you’re more auditory, explain it to yourself (or someone else) out loud. Again, only refer to your notes when you really need to.

Flashcards are great too if there’s a lot of terminology you need to remember.

Else, find practice questions and go crazy.

i have very poor study habits for someone who runs a studyblr

Wednesday, June 17th 2015 // I did everything I could today. Nothing else to say.

PS: That post-it roll from Tiger is one of the best inventions of all times. 

Monday, April 27th 2015 // Back in Rome again, for the last 10 days of the semester. I can’t believe I’m almost done with my second year at Uni! Despite only having 4 hours to study today, I actually got quite a lot done… Not everything, but still… I’m quite satisfied. I’m starting to feel productive again!

So weird to scroll down the dash and see my own room popping up 😂

Sunday, August 2nd 2015 // Today I did good, especially in the afternoon! I studied all the pages I planned to do. I’m really enjoying studying Labour law - I never thought I would say that since the professor was so boring I couldn’t pay attention to a single word he said. It’s a bit like Private law, so it’s not hard to understand… it’s just quite a lot of things to memorize. 

I wish I could dedicate more time to Labour law, but I have to study EU law as well :/ I really don’t like studying that subject… which makes me wonder if I should choose the International law profile in the last 2 years of uni or not. Maybe the Civil law profile would be a wiser choice since I prefer in ‘technical’ subjects like Private, Commercial and Labour law… I don’t know. Anyway, I have another year to think about it!

In other news, my parents said I can go to London again later this year for Hamlet 😳 I never ever thought they would even consider it seriously! I mentioned the fact that there’s this play (Ben C is playing the main character, no big deal) that I’d love to go see and my mum just said “What’s the problem? Go see it!”. We’ve talked about it and they’re perfectly serious - I, Francesca, can go to London, where I’ve been a couple of weeks ago, to see Hamlet, played by Oscar-nominee Benedict Cumberbatch. So now my main past-time is refreshing the Barbican website in the hope that 2 tickets become available again! (My brother is coming with me ♥) This makes me even more motivated to do GREAT in my exams!

The days where I go to bed feeling like my brain is completely exhausted are good days.

Pictured above: a study guide I made about the EU economic governance.

Monday, November 2nd 2015 // I’m not dead! I’m just a bad blogger. I haven’t posted an update in ages, I know. I kept thinking “I’ll update the blog when I have something inspiring to say”, but that just didn’t happen, so here I am.

For the past 10 days or so I have studied just the bare minimum and I want to hit myself on the head for that. I have been really unmotivated, partly because I’m a lazy idiot and partly because of the book which is UNBELIEVABLY BORING AND HARD TO UNDERSTAND. I find myself rereading the same paragraph over and over again trying to understand what it’s saying, and the fact that it’s basically all very theorical stuff makes it so hard for me to remember.

Anyway, I’m hopefully going to finish it in the next couple of days and then start revising everything again. I’m going back to Rome tomorrow and I hope the life there won’t be too distracting. Not that I go out and party every night when I’m there… It’s just that I live with three other girls there and I kinda have to adjust to their schedules.

What are you guys up to? What are you currently studying? :)