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10 Female Written Short Stories Everyone Should Read
I have seen a post circulating for a while that lists 10 short stories everyone should read and, while these are great works, most of them are older and written by white men. I wanted to make a modern list that features fresh, fantastic and under represented voices. Enjoy!
1. A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahiri — A couple in a failing marriage share secrets during a blackout.
2. Stone Animals by Kelly Link — A family moves into a haunted house.
3. Reeling for the Empire by Karen Russell — Women are sold by their families to a silk factory, where they are slowly transformed into human silkworms.
4. Call My Name by Aimee Bender — A woman wearing a ball gown secretly auditions men on the subway.
5. The Man on the Stairs by Miranda July — A woman wakes up to a noise on the stairs.
6. Brownies by ZZ Packer — Rival Girl Scout troops are separated by race.
7. City of My Dreams by Zsuzi Gartner — A woman works at a shop selling food-inspired soap and tries not to think about her past.
8. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor — A family drives from Georgia to Florida, even though a serial killer is on the loose.
9. Hitting Budapest by NoViolet Bulawayo — A group of children, led by a girl named Darling, travel to a rich neighborhood to steal guavas.
10. You’re Ugly, Too by Lorrie Moore — A history professor flies to Manhattan to spend Halloween weekend with her younger sister.
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I LOVE THIS POST!!
I’d like to add:
11. Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor
12. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (this one is my favorite short story of all time)
13. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
14. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
15. Désirée’s Baby by Kate Chopin
16. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
17. Impressions of an Indian Childhood by Zitkala-Ša
(I wanted to put little summaries for each of them, but I’m afraid I’d spoil the whole story if I did!)
adding a few more! all by women of color, & the first four were published within the last few years
18. “My Dear You,” Rachel Khong — love, loss, & absurdity in the afterlife
19. “The Husband Stitch,” Carmen Maria Machado — a feminist retelling of the folklore story “The Green Ribbon”
20. “Inventory,” Carmen Maria Machado — one woman’s retrospective list of her life’s sexual encounters
21. “Boys Go to Jupiter,” Danielle Evans — what happens after a white college student poses for a photo in a Confederate flag bikini
22. “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere,” ZZ Packer — a Black woman attends Yale University
oh i have some of these too! many are science-fiction or science-fantasy, because the woman in those genres are severely under-represented ! The first two authors are slightly older, but their works are so important in the development of the roles of women in scifi as a genre so!
23. “Those Who Walk Away from Omelas” and “Mountain Ways” by Ursula K. Le Guin — The first is a study of philosophical questions similar to the trolley problem, told in very loose form. The second is a science-fantasy story about two women navigating love and sexuality in their society’s polyamorous marriage rituals. But honestly you should read all of Le Guin’s short stories and novels, she’s amazing.
24. “Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler — One of my all-time FAVORITE short stories, about a future where humans live alongside large insect-like aliens, and serve as hosts for their eggs and larval young. It’s gruesome, gory, unsettling, and honestly pretty horrific but it’s really wonderful–if you can handle horror in your stories I highly recommended it. Butler’s novels are also wonderful, please check them out if you can (not all of them are this unsettling)
25. “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi” by Pat Cadigan — A trans allegory in which future humans go through surgery to become invertebrate sea creatures (cephalopods and arthropods mostly) in order to better work in space. Wonderfully weird in so many ways.
26. “From the Lost Diary of Treefrog7” and “The Palm Tree Bandit” by Nnedi Okorafor — Lost Diary is a story about a woman and her husband exploring an alien jungle told through research log-style journal entries. Very much survival horror scifi. Palm Tree Bandit is told as a mother reciting a story to her daughter as she braids her hair, about her great-grandmother who started a kind of small revolution for women in Nigeria. Nnedi’s novels and other short stories, as well as her works within the comics industry, are all fantastic, so look into her more if you can!!!
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An Overview of Note-Taking Styles
Note-taking is one of the most essential skills a student should master. It allows you to record and review information to be used in the future. But what’s the best way to do so? Here’s an overview of note-taking styles that can help you maximize your learning!
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A list of nice words we should use more to describe people
- Adventurous : willing to undertake new and daring enterprises.
- Affectionate : having or displaying warmth or fondness.
- Ambitious : having a strong desire for success or achievement.
- Amiable : diffusing warmth and friendliness.
- Brave : not being afraid of danger.
- Considerate : showing concern for the rights and feelings of others.
- Courageous : able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.
- Courteous : characterized by politeness and gracious good manners.
- Diligent : characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks.
- Empathetic : showing ready comprehension of others’ states.
- Exuberant : unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings.
- Gregarious : temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others.
- Humble : marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful.
- Impartial : free from undue bias or preconceived opinions.
- Intuitive : obtained through instinctive knowledge.
- Inventive : marked by independence and creativity in thought or action.
- Kind : behaving in a caring way towards people
- Passionate : having or expressing strong emotions.
- Philosophical : meeting trouble with level-headed detachment.
- Practical : guided by experience and observation rather than theory.
- Rational : having its source in or being guided by the intellect.
- Reliable : worthy of trust.
- Resourceful : adroit or imaginative.
- Sensible : able to feel or perceive.
- Sincere : open and genuine; not deceitful.
- Sympathetic : expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings.
- Witty : demonstrating striking cleverness and humor.
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Imagine for a moment that we are nothing but the product of billions of years of molecules coming together and ratcheting up through natural selection, that we are composed only of highways of fluids and chemicals sliding along roadways within billions of dancing cells, that trillions of synaptic conversations hum in parallel, that this vast egglike fabric of micron-thin circuitry runs algorithms undreamt of in modern science, and that these neural programs give rise to our decision making, loves, desires, fears, and aspirations. To me, that understanding would be a numinous experience, better than anything ever proposed in anyone’s holy text.
David Eagleman, Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (via mednerds)
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24 Invaluable Skills To Learn For Free Online This Year
Here’s an easy resolution: This stuff is all free as long as you have access to a computer, and the skills you learn will be invaluable in your career, and/or life in general.
1. Become awesome at Excel.
Chandoo is one of many gracious Excel experts who wants to share their knowledge with the world. Excel excellence is one of those skills that will improve your chances of getting a good job instantly, and it will continue to prove invaluable over the course of your career. What are you waiting for?
2. Learn how to code.
Perhaps no other skill you can learn for free online has as much potential to lead to a lucrative career. Want to build a site for your startup? Want to build the next big app? Want to get hired at a place like BuzzFeed? You should learn to code. There are a lot of places that offer free or cheap online coding tutorials, but I recommend Code Academy for their breadth and innovative program. If you want to try a more traditional route, Harvard offers its excellent Introduction to Computer Science course online for free.
3. Make a dynamic website.
You could use a pre-existing template or blogging service, or you could learn Ruby on Rails and probably change your life forever. Here’s an extremely helpful long list of free Ruby learning tools that includes everything from Rails for Zombies to Learn Ruby The Hard Way. Go! Ruby! Some basic programming experience, like one of the courses above, might be helpful (but not necessarily required if you’re patient with yourself).
4. Learn to make a mobile game.
If you’re not interested in coding anything other than fun game apps, you could trythis course from the University of Reading. It promises to teach you how to build a game in Java, even if you don’t have programming experience! If you want to make a truly great game, you might want to read/listen up on Game Theory first.
5. Start reading faster.
Spreeder is a free online program that will improve your reading skill and comprehension no matter how old you are. With enough practice, you could learn to double, triple, or even quadruple the speed at which you read passages currently, which is basically like adding years to your life.
6. Learn a language!
With Duolingo, you can learn Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, or English (from any of the above or more). There’s a mobile app and a website, and the extensive courses are completely free.
Full disclosure: BuzzFeed and other websites are in a partnership with DuoLingo, but they did not pay or ask for this placement.
7. Pickle your own vegetables.
Tired of your farmer’s market haul going bad before you use it all? Or do you just love tangy pickled veggies? You too can pickle like a pro thanks to SkillShare and Travis Grillo.
8. Improve your public speaking skills.
You can take the University of Washington’s Intro to Public Speaking for free online. Once you learn a few tricks of the trade, you’ll be able to go into situations like being asked to present at a company meeting or giving a presentation in class without nearly as much fear and loathing.
9. Get a basic handle of statistics.
UC Berkeley put a stats intro class on iTunes. Once you know how to understand the numbers yourself, you’ll never read a biased “news” article the same way again — 100% of authors of this post agree!
10. Understand basic psychology.
Knowing the basics of psych will bring context to your understanding of yourself, the dynamics of your family and friendships, what’s really going on with your coworkers, and the woes and wonders of society in general. Yale University has its Intro to Psychology lectures online for free.
11. Make your own music.
Step one: Learn how to play guitar: Justin Guitar is a fine and free place to start learning chords and the basic skills you’ll need to be able to play guitar — from there, it’s up to you, but once you know the basics, just looking up tabs for your favorite songs and learning them on your own is how many young guitar players get their start (plus it’s an excellent party trick).
Step two: A delightful free voice lesson from Berklee College Of Music.
Step three: Have you always thought you had an inner TSwift? Berklee College of Music offers an Introduction to Songwriting course completely for free online. The course is six weeks long, and by the end of the lesson you’ll have at least one completed song.
Step four: Lifehacker’s basics of music production will help you put it all together once you have the skills down! You’ll be recording your own music, ready to share with your valentine or the entire world, in no time!
12. Learn to negotiate.
Let Stanford’s Stan Christensen explain how to negotiate in business and your personal life, managing relationships for your personal gain and not letting yourself be steamrolled. There are a lot of football metaphors and it’s great.
13. Stop hating math.
If you struggled with math throughout school and now have trouble applying it in real-world situations when it crops up, try Saylor.org’s Real World Math course. It will reteach you basic math skills as they apply IRL. Very helpful!
14. Start drawing!
All kids draw — so why do we become so afraid of it as adults? Everyone should feel comfortable with a sketchbook and pencil, and sketching is a wonderful way to express your creativity. DrawSpace is a great place to start. (I also highly recommend the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain if you can drop a few dollars for a used copy.)
15. Make your own animated GIF.
BuzzFeed’s own Katie Notopoulos has a great, simple guide to making an animated GIF without Photoshop. This is all you need to be the king or queen of Tumblr or your favorite email chains.
16. Appreciate jazz.
Have you never really “gotten” jazz? If you want to be able to participate in conversations at fancy parties and/or just add some context to your appreciation of all music, try this free online course from UT Austin.
17. Write well.
Macalester College’s lecture series is excellent. If you’re more interested in journalism, try Wikiversity’s course selection.
18. Get better at using Photoshop.
Another invaluable skill that will get you places in your career, learning Photoshop can be as fun as watching the hilarious videos on You Suck At Photoshop or as serious as this extensive Udemy training course (focused on photo retouching).
19. Take decent pictures.
Lifehacker’s basics of photography might be a good place to start. Learn how your camera works, the basic of composition, and editing images in post-production. If you finish that and you’re not sure what to do next, here’s a short course on displaying and sharing your digital photographs.
20. Learn to knit.
Instructables has a great course by a woman who is herself an online-taught knitter. You’ll be making baby hats and cute scarves before this winter’s over!
21. Get started with investing in stocks.
If you are lucky enough to have a regular income, you should start learning about savings and investment now. Investopedia has a ton of online resources, including this free stocks basics course. Invest away!
22. Clean your house in a short amount of time.
Unf$#k Your Habitat has a great emergency cleaning guide for when your mother-in-law springs a surprise visit on you. While you’re over there, the entire blog is good for getting organized and clean in the long term, not just in “emergencies.” You’ll be happier for it.
23. Start practicing yoga.
Most cities have free community classes (try just searching Google or inquiring at your local yoga studio), or if you’re more comfortable trying yoga at home, YogaGlohas a great 15-day trial and Yome is a compendium of 100% free yoga videos. If you’re already familiar with basic yoga positions but you need an easy way to practice at home, I recommend YogaTailor’s free trial as well.
24. Tie your shoelaces more efficiently.
It’s simple and just imagine the minutes of your life you’ll save!
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Anonymous asked:
Could you write a basic list of classical pieces? Only the essential, your favourites :) Thanks!
Baroque
BachBrandenburg Concerto 5H-moll-MesseWeihnachtsoratoriumFantasia in GFantasy and Fugue in G minor
VivaldiWinterConcerto for 2 Cellos in G minor
HandelWater Music
Classical
MozartSymphonies 39-41Oboe ConcertoBassoon ConcertoClarinet ConcertoRequiemSinfonia Concertante KV 297b
HaydnCello Concerto
Romantic
BeethovenSymphonies 3-5, 7Violin ConcertoPiano Sonate 1, 18, 21, 23, 29
MendelssohnSymphonies 3-4Violin ConcertoPaulusDie HebridenOctetDie NachtigallKyrie
SpohrSymphonies 2-4, 9-10Clarinet Concerti 3-4
SchumannSymphonies 2-3Piano Sonata 2Konzertstück für vier Hörner
SchubertWiderspruchDer Erlkönig
ChopinScherzo in Bb minorNocturne in Bb minorPiano Concerti 1-2
WeberDer Freischütz: OuvertüreClarinet Concerti 1-2
WagnerTristan und Isolde: Vorspiel und LiebestodLohengrin: Vorspiel zu Akt III, Elsa’s Procession to the CathedralDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg: VorspielTannhäuser: Vorspiel
TchaikovskySymphonies 1-4, 6Piano Concerto 1Marche Slave1812 OvertureFrancesca da RiminiRomeo & Juliet Fantasy OvertureViolin ConcertoString Quartet 1
RachmaninovSymphony 2Piano Concerti 1-2Preludes in Gm, D, C#mVespersDie Toteninsel
Johann Strauss IIDie Fledermaus: Overture
DvorákSymphonies 1, 3-4, 6-9Cello ConcertoString Quartet 12String QuintetCarnival OvertureSlavonic Dances: Op. 46 no. 8 and Op. 72 no. 7
BrahmsSymphonies 1, 3-4Clarinet Sonate 1-2String Quartet 1
Saint-SaënsSymphony 3TarantelleClarinet Sonata
GriegPeer Gynt Suites 1-2Lyric Pieces: Hochzeitstag auf TroldhaugenPiano Concerto
StraussTill Eulenspiegels lustige StreicheDon JuanEine AlpensinfonieSaloméViolin Concerto
SibeliusViolin Concerto
GlinkaRusslan und Ludmilla: Overture
LisztLa campanellaPiano Concerti 1-2
SmetanaMa vlast: Vltava
ElgarSymphony no. 2Cello Concerto
BrucknerSymphonies 4, 8
MahlerSymphonies 2-3, 5-10
DebussyLa MerPremière RhapsodiePréludes
20th Century & Contemporary
RespighiPini di RomaFontane di Roma
GlièreHorn ConcertoLes Sirènes
ShostakovichSymphonies 1, 5, 7, 9Festive OvertureFuneral and Triumphal PreludeString Quartet 8
HolstFirst Suite in E-flatSecond Suite in FSt. Paul’s SuiteThe Planets
StravinskyThe FirebirdPétrouchka: Danse russe
ProkofievSymphony 1Romeo and Juliet
KodályGalántai táncok
BernsteinCandide: OvertureSlava!Clarinet Sonata
PoulencFlute SonataClarinet Sonata
GraingerLincolnshire PosyShepherd’s HeyCountry GardensMolly on the ShoreDown Longford WayIn Dahomey
MárquezDanzón no. 2
AdamsShort Ride in a Fast Machine
OrffCarmina Burana
BrittenWar RequiemPeter Grimes: 4 Sea Interludes
WilliamsThe Mission
BarberAdagio for StringsViolin Concerto
de MeijSymphony 1
MaslankaGive Us This DaySymphony 4
StevensBenediction
McBethOf Sailors and Whales
Trad., arr. KirchnerWana Baraka
ClausenAt the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners
WhitacreSleepOctoberCloudburstThe Seal Lullaby
Looking for example essays for an eBook!
Hi everyone! I am currently working on an eBook in russian on the process of applying to U.S. universities and getting scholarships and financial aid.
I would like to include some examples of successful essays for prospective applicants. If you applied to colleges this year or in the past and would like to contribute, please message me on here!
I will, of course, give credits and mention your tumblr blog :)
wow it’s been a while
I still keep getting likes on my posts from 2016 when I got a full ride at Duke. It’s bringing back so many memories! I’m actually currently writing an e-book in russian on applying to US universities and I’m mentioning how much appblr community has helped me.
Should I start blogging again?
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Alternatives for 25 overused words in writing
1. Interesting- note worthy; thought-provoking; fascinating; attracting; appealing; attention-grabbing; captivating; gripping; invigorating; engrossing; engaging; electrifying.
2. Beautiful- striking; stunning; magnificent; lovely; charming; gorgeous; radiant; dazzling.
3. Good- acceptable, wonderful, exceptional; positive; brilliant; first-rate; notable; stellar; favorable; superb; marvellous; prime.
4. Bad- awful; lousy; poor; unacceptable; crummy; dreadful; rough; inferior; substandard; atrocious; appalling; dreadful; defective.
5. Look- glance; fixate; observe; stare; gaze; peer; scan; watch; study; browse; eye; glimpse; review; inspect.
6. Nice- lovely; superior; pleasant; satisfying; delightful; likeable; agreeable; correct; adequate; swell; fair; okay; approved.
7. Very- extremely; exceedingly; exceptionally; immensely; tremendously; abundantly; particularly; remarkably.
8. Fine- satisfactory; worthy; respectable; exquisite; suitable; well; imposing; decent; admirable; praise-worthy; decent.
9. Happy- cheerful; delighted; pleased; content; amused; thrilled; elated; thrilled; ecstatic; on cloud 9.
10. Really- genuinely; truly; honestly; actually; undoubtedly; certainly; remarkably; incredibly; downright; unquestionably; extremely.
11. Sad- miserable; gloomy; devastated; distressed; down at heard; distraught; distressed; dispirited; sorrowful; downcast; feeling blue; desolate.
12. Big- massive; huge; giant; gigantic; enormous; large; colossal; immense; bulky; tremendous; hefty; sizable; extensive; great; substantial.
13. Shocked- taken aback; lost for words; flabbergasted; staggered; outraged; astonished; astounded; stunned; speechless; appalled.
14. Small- tiny; petite; mini; miniature; microscopic; minuscule; compact; pocket-sized; cramped; puny; undersized; limited; meager; modest; minute; pint-sized.
15. Angry- irate; enraged; touchy; cross; resentful; indignant; infuriated; wound-up; worked-up; seething; raging; heated; bitter; bad-tempered; offended; frustrated.
16. Know- understand; comprehend; realize; learn; perceive; recognize; grasp; sense.
17. Change- alter; transform; replace; diversify; adjust; adapt; modify; remodel; vary; evolve; transfigure; redesign; refashion; advance; transition; shift; adjustment.
18. Old- aged; ancient; matured; elderly; senior; veteran; decrepit; seasoned; venerable; past one’s prime; doddering; senile.
19. Think- ponder; reflect; conceive; imagine; contemplate; consider; determine; realize; visualize; guess/assume; conclude; envision.
20. Funny- comical; ludicrous; amusing; droll; entertaining; absurd; hilarious; silly; whimsical; hysterical; joking; witty; facetious; slapstick; side-splitting; knee-slapping.
21. Go- move; proceed; advance; progress; travel; walk; journey; depart; exit; flee; make one’s way; clear out; get underway.
22. Give- grant; donate; hand-out; present; provide; deliver; hand over; offer; award; bestow; supply with; contribute to; send; entrust.
23. Get- acquire; obtain; receive; gain; earn; gather; collect; buy; purchase; attain; score; secure; take possession of; grab.
24. Easy- effortless; simple; clear; smooth; straightforward; uncomplicated; painless; accessible; apparent; basic; plain; child’s play; facile; elementary; cinch.
25. Fast- agile; brisk; rapid; nimble; swift; accelerated; fleeting; high-speed; active; dashing; winged; hurried; turbo.
Thank you!
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Every time you see this, reblog it. There is always someone in college that will see this.
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Popular apps perfect for students
Staying on top of all your to-dos, errands, tasks and due dates can get complicated but luckily there is an app for everything! If you’re looking for app to wake you up in a morning, manage your priorities or soothe your anxiety, you’ve come to the right place. Here is a list of all the top apps that students are using:
Organisation
- Wunderlist
- Planner Pro
- 24me
- Remember The Milk
- Google Calendar
- Pocket Schedule - Class Schedule, Homework Planner
- AwesomeNote2 - All in One Organiser
- AnyList
- The Homework App - Your Class Assignment & Timetable Schedule Planner
- My Study Life
- Calendars by Readdle - Event and Task Manager
- Class Timetable
- Countdown+
- Due - Reminders, Countdown Timers
- Do! - The Best of Simple To Do Lists
- Workflow: Powerful Automation Made Simple
- Glass Planner
- Day One Journal
- iStudiez Pro
- Awesome Note 2
- Grammarly
- Konmari
Productivity
- RescueTime
- Streaks
- Forest
- ToDoIst
- Tide - Stay focused, be peaceful
- Focus Keeper
- Habitica
- Productive habits and daily goal tracker
- HabitBull (recommend by @ravn-studies)
- BrainFocus (recommend by @ravn-studies)
- Toggle Time Tracker (recommend by @ravn-studies)
- Self Control
- Jot - Notes Widget
- Swipes - To Do List
- ClearFocus: Productivity Timer
- Noisli
- Binaural beats
- Lanes
Note taking
- Microsoft OneNote
- Evernote
- Quizlet
- Notability
- Byword
- Flashcards+
- Goodnotes
- Outline
- Boximize - Structured notetaking, personal database, form builder, manager and organiser
- INKredible (recommend by @lottestudiesphysics)
- RefME - Referencing Made Easy
- Bear (recommended by @revisionsandcoffee)
- InkFlow Visual Notebook
Studying
- Quizlet
- Flashcards+
- Duolingo
- Khan Academy
- Xmind
- Writer
- Studyblue
- Coffitivity
- Prezi
- MindMeister
- Hemingway Editor
- StudyStack
- Crashcourse
- Shmoop
- Beelinguapp
- Brightstorm
- Coggle mindmaps
- Mindly
Sleeping
- Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock
- Sleep Genius
- Rain Rain
- Pillow: The sleep cycle alarm clock for sleep tracking
- Sleepytime Sleep Scheduler
Mental health and self care
- Headspace
- Stop, Breathe & Think: Meditation and Mindfulness
- Pacifica - Anxiety, Stress, & Depression relief
- Centered
- Buddhify
- Calm: Meditation techniques for stress reduction
- Moodnotes - Thought Journal/Mood Diary
- Colorfy
- 7 Cups Anxiety, Stress & Depression Chat & Therapy
- Companion
- Smiling Mind
- Bsafe
- Circle of 6
Health and fitness
- Sweat with Kayla - Fitness & Bikini Body Workouts
- Yoga Work Out
- Freeletics
- 7-minutes workout
- Waterlogged - Drink More Water, Daily Water Intake Tracker and Hydration Reminders
- Sworkit (recommend by @leviosa-studies)
- Medisafe pill reminder
- Plant Nanny Water Reminder
- Mealboard
Finance
- UNiDAYS
- Pocketbook Personal Finance Expense Tracker
- Splitwise - Split bills and expenses the easy way
- Pocket Expense - Personal Finance Assistant
- Daily Budget Original Pro - Saving Is Fun!
- Mvelopes
- PocketGuard
- Mint
- The Coupons App
- Groupon
- Ebates
Hope this helps! x
Source: emmastudies.com
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Study masterlist
Studying for English:
- AP english tips
- How to do well in English class
- 7 tips for surviving an English class
- How to score more than 90% in the English board
- How to do well in English literature class
- Get your essay analyzed
- Analytical essay template
- Augmentative essay template
- Compare and contrast essay template
- Expository essay template
- Persuasive essay template
- Reflective essay template
- Research paper essay template
- How to write a speech
- 10 keys to writing a speech
- 10 tips on writing a kick-ass speech
- 7 things to do when you have to present a short speech
- How to give a great speech
- 10 ways to improve your creative writing
- How to write a short story
- 5 steps to write a short story
- 5 secret tips to writing a short story
- Crash course in literature
Studying foreign languages:
- Duolingo
- How diplomates learn foreign languages
- 12 rules for learning foreign languages
- 10 tips and tricks to learn foreign languages
- 22 for learning a foreign language
- Tips for foreign langauge studies
- Ten foreign language study tips
- The best way to learn a foreign language
- Learning a foreign language: five most common mistakes
Studying maths:
- Get the answer to any maths problem
- 7 tips for solving maths problems
- A guide for studying maths
- Success in mathematics
- Maths study tips
- How to study for a maths test
- Studying for a maths test
- 10 strategies to improve your math grades
Studying computer studies:
- Codeacademy
- 5 things to remember when studying IT
- 3 ways to study computer studies
- How to study for your computer studies exam
- 5 tips for computer science freshman
- 6 easy ways to learn coding and computer coding for free
- Get a college level computer science education with these free courses
Studying science:
- 5 study techniques to master biology
- Study tips for biology classes
- How to get an A in biology
- Crash course in biology
- Crash course in astronomy
- Crash course psychology
- Crash course in ecology
- Crash course in chemistry
- Crash course in anatomy and physiology
Studying art:
- Proko - drawing tutorials
- Drawing with Jazza - drawing and animation tutorials
- Markcrilley - drawing tutorials
- Made to sew - sewing
- DigitalRev TV - photography
- Art journalling
General study tips:
- 9 best scientific study tips
- How to use mind mapping
- How to have a productive study time
- How to study in college
- 9 apps to help shut off the internet and let you get back to work
Studying with mental illness:
- How to deal with mental illness in college
- How to study with a mental illness
- Studying with mental illness in college
- How to brainwash yourself to study while depressed
- Managing depression while studying forum
- 6 tips to get motivated while depressed
- How to deal with stress and anxiety
- How to calm anxiety
- Breathing technique to decrease anxiety
- 19 tips to break brain fog
- 10 tips for navigating through brain fog
- 10 websites to help you relax
- 6 ways to fight distractions
- 10 study tips for students with ADD/ADHD
- ADHD students: 8 study tips
Study playlist:
- Best music to help study
- Study playlists on 8tracks
- 2 hour long piano music for studying
- Study playlist masterlist
- Study playlist
Note taking:
- How to take notes
- How to take notes from a textbook
- How to take notes in class
- College note taking tips
- Cornell note taking method
- How to take lecture notes
- How to take notes faster
- Effective note taking for exams
Organization:
- 20 habits of organized people
- How to stay organized in high school
- 45 tips for staying organized in college
- Getting organized for the whole school year
- 10 ways to get organized this year
- Monster study planners
- 5 planner tips
- Beginner guide to bullet journaling
- Easy DIY planner
- Make your own planner
Exams:
- How to prepare for exams
- Don’t freak out over finals
- Ultimate finals guide
- Test anxiety tips
- How to study for an exam
Last minute advice:
- To help calm down anxiety or brain fog, try writing down all the things you need to do then organize them from mote important to least important or by due date.
- Don’t be afraid to be funny when writing down your notes. If something funny will help remember a certain fact then do it.
- If you fail something don’t panic. You are not the first and certainly not the last.
- Find out which way you learn the best and try to learn through that.
- My teacher once explained that she wrote all her notes down and placed them every where she would see them, even in the shower.
- If you are worried about certain issues then don’t be afraid to talk to your teacher.
- Make sure to take breaks, a clouded mind does no good when you need it most.
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Language Learning Book Masterpost
About 120 pdfs of language learning books - let me now if there are any problems :)
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note to self
- stop checking who’s watching your story compulsively, or at all - stop checking if theyve read your message - stop deleting posts and pictures when they dont get enough attention - who cares if they can hear your music blasting through your earphones, turn it up - stop comparing yourself to her. you are enough - stop apologizing for being sick - stop refreshing your notifications, my fingers are so sore - ignore the urge to conform to their expectations - stop talking, listen - do not let people tell you to calm down - stop trying to get them to want you , if they want you they will ask - stop making the same mistakes - stop feeling bad about thinking of his body against yours - stop refraining from appreciating yourself - stop explaining yourself - create. - you dont need people - stop feeling everything so damn much