• 1) pick out your tea. Rose tea or chamomile tea with lavender works best but pick whichever you like best UwU (I like to use green tea, personally)
• 2) add a little bit of rosemary and pour in your water
• 3) hold your rose quartz in your least dominant hand and stir in the honey, in a clockwise motion, with your dominant hand while visualizing the energy of love and happiness and kindness that the rose quartz represents
• 4) find a quiet and relaxing place (possibly with a warm blanket) and drink your tea! ✨

• Concentration. A lot of it actually. If you find it hard to focus, please read this
• A pen or ballpoint pen, preferably in blue
• Some fineliners in different colours, at least green, red and a “neutral” colour like violet (neutral in the sense that is not associated with positive or negative, wrong or right)
• A highlighter, perferably in yellow
• Lots of paper
• And of course the text you need to study

• Read the text you need to study thoroughly
• Highlight the most important aspects while reading it
• Write down these most important aspects on your sheets of paper (you can also do this in word of course)
• You can write it down while or afterwards reading the text!

• First of all, some people prefer a mind-map over an excerpt, so make sure you try that out too!
• Make coloured headings if you write it per hand, use a bigger font if you write it in word.
• Use colours to mark important words, or highlight them
• If you have postive and negative aspects of a topic, write them down in green and red
• Remeber to make paragraphs, so it has more structure to it and you can easily get an overview over the page
• Don´t do a new heading within the last quarter of a page, just take a new one
• If you are writing in a book or a booklet, do not write too close to the fold/seam
• Make sure to number your pages, or you may spend hours on putting them in the right order again and you definitely don´t want that!
• Make small sketches with a pencil or a black fineliner to illustrate realtions and connections
• Use arrows (->), bullet points, and keywords instead of whole sentences
• I also like to leave some space on the left side and instead of doing subheadings, I write keywords on the left side of the paragraphs. I normally do this in red so I can see immediatelly which paragraphs I have in front of me.

• Headings
• Subheadings
• Definitions
• Relations and Conncetions
• Words you find difficult to remeber
• Names and dates you need to know
• Sketches
• Short summaries in keywords
• Lists
• Charts to compare two topics, aspects, perceptions etc. 

• Write in blue
• Highlight in yellow
• Write important words in red
• For me personally highlighting the begin of every bullet point in a different colour also works very well, especially if I do it in rainbowcolours because if you keep them always in the same order, you get a feeling for how many bullet person you have, just by looking quickly at it. Which is great when you have a test where you have to list them one by one

• Do not write on the whole page without leaving any space free
• Do not doodle around or decorate the page with little drawings. It will distract your mind from the text and the information
• Do not write many whole sentences. It´s best to only use them for definitons
• Do not write in colours, only the most important words should be in colour
• Do not write in black, it is harder for the brain to memorize black font than blue font. So let it be, no matter how elegant or stylish it looks

• Your handwriting does not have to be perfect. You don´t need to write the headings in calligraphy or draw ribbons around them. As long as you keep a neat structure and can read your hadnwriting without problems, everything is fine.
• Find out what works best for you. For most people my paragraph about what colours to use is true, but it might be different for some.
• Not everyone learns a lot by doing an excerpt or reading one. Try different methods to find out how you study best.
• What works best for others must not work for you and the other way round. Just do what is best for your studying, and if it differs from the norm, who cares!

1. Louise Labé - “Je vis, je meurs”

2. Jean de La Fontaine - “La cigale e la fourmi”

3. Fabre d’Églantine - “Il pleut, il pleut, bergère”

4. Charles Baudelaire - “Spleen”

5. José Maria de Hérédia - “Les Conquérants”

6. Louisa Siefert - “Tous les rires d’enfant”

7. Marceline Desbordes-Valmore - “Les roses de Saadi”

8. Marceline Desbordes-Valmore - “Une lettre de femme”

9. Paul Verlaine - “Clair de Lune”

10. Stéphane Mallarmé - “Quelconque une solitude”

11. Stéphane Mallarmé - “Sainte”

12. Tristan Corbière - “Le poète e la cigale”

13. Victor Hugo - “L’art et le peuple”

14. Aimé Césaire - “Mot-macumba”

15. Aimé Césaire - “Nous savoir”

16. Alain Bosquet - “Célébrités”

17. Alain Bosquet - “Merci”

18. Andrée Chedid - “Ce que nous sommes”

19. Andrée Chedid - “La femme des longues patiences”

20. Andrée Chedid - “Liberté”

21. Anne-Marie Grosser - “Dans un coin, le sapin”

22. Christine Fayolle - “La rentrée de Poème”

23. David Diop - “Afrique mon Afrique”

24. David Diop - “Défi à la force”

25. Delphine Guichard - “Mes cinq sens”

26. Eugène Guillevic - “Durée”

27. Eugène Guillevic - “Étoile”

28. Géo Norge [Georges Mogin] - “Monsieur”

29. Géo Norge [Georges Mogin] - “Une chanson”

30. Guillaume Apollinaire - “Guerre”

31. Jacques Prévert - “Chanson pour les enfants l’hiver”

32. Jacques Prévert - “Confession publique”

33. Jacques Prévert - “Le discours sur la paix”

34. Louis Aragon - “Heureux celui qui meurt d’aimer”

35. Paul Eluard - “Liberté”

36. Pierre Reverdy - “Nomade”

37. Raymond Queneau - “Pour un art poétique”

38. Alain Kasanda - “L'instant d'avant”

39. Camille Case - “Le chant des sirènes”

40. Céline Renoux - “Par poignées de silence”

41. Chantal Couliou - “Crayons de couleur”

42. Clotilde De Brito - “Meus Pais (Mes parents)”

43. Édith Azam - “On sait l’autre”

44. Françoise Ascal - “[Je ferme les yeux et laisse le mot venir]”

45. Linda Maria Baros - “Le phacochère”

46. Lucas Ottin - “Tous les matins”

47. Lucie Taïeb - “[se cacher sous les mots]”

48. Maggy de Coster - “Poème acrostiche”

49. Mélodie Lauret - “Ma Lumineuse”

50. Nathalie Man - “Rouge Nation”

51. Nimrod - “[Tu poseras ton faix]”

52. Thierry François - “Je suis un solitaire”

1. Get enough sleep. Your brain needs it. Set yourself a ‘bed time’ and fall into the routine of going to bed and waking up at the same times each day.
2. Drink water and lots of it. Aim for 2 litres a day. This one’s easy, you can do it. Ditch the juices and carbonated beverages, just add a slice of lemon to your water if you feel like something fancy.
3. Allow yourself to switch off. Don’t be afraid to read books that have nothing to do with your studies. Go to the cinema. Work out. Take your mind away from your workload.
4. Take care of your skin. Wash your face every morning and night. Moisturise after every shower and bath. Don’t go to bed with your make-up on, no matter how tired you are.
5. Talk to your friends and family about something other than school. Don’t let your studies detach you from the things going on around you.
6. Work out. Even just once a week, or whenever you can. Go for a walk or a run, maybe just for 15 minutes. Follow along with a YouTube exercise video from the comfort of your own home or try out some yoga moves.
7. Make time for your hobbies. Studying is your full time job, but there’s plenty of hours left in the day. Don’t neglect the things you love.
8. Cook. Sometimes all we have time for is microwave noodles, but don’t fall into the habit of relying on the basics. You’ll feel the difference.
9. Don’t forget to laugh. Watch a hilarious film. See a comedian at a local venue. Watch funny videos on YouTube. Reminisce with friends. It’ll do you good.
10. Ditch the caffeine. Don’t rely on Starbucks. It’s delicious but you don’t need it. Save up all the money you’d usually spend on coffee and treat yourself to something instead.
11. Make your bed every morning. You’ll be grateful at the end of a long day when you can get into a cosy bed that doesn’t look like you just rolled out of it.

• organic chemistry notes
• a quick tip for writers out there, who use Microsoft Word
• how i rewrite my notes
• masterpost of everything
• note-taking tips
• the complete study guide for every type of learner
• how to study
• how to study psychology
• how to take effective notes
• symbols & abbreviations for note taking
• how to efficiently take notes
• notes, studying, and self-study resources
• how to make mindmaps!!
• taking lecture notes
• studying biology
• how to use cornell note-taking method on onenote - a tutorial on how to take class notes
• cornell note-taking method
• how to illustrate your notes
• how to maintain good notes
• taking notes as a science student
• decorative underlines for notes
• studyquill’s summerstudy tag w/ lots of notes!!!
• types in the classroom
• masterpost: studying methods
• physics resources and link, including notes!!!
• tips you never knew you needed
• study advice masterpost, including notes tips
• + i have a post coming soon in this series that deals with how i take my notes using my own modified cornell method so keep an eye out for that!

• note-taking printables
• organic chemistry printable
• vocabulary list + others
• formula list + others
• definitions, formulas, etc.

• notes from a presentation
• digital notes!!
• more notes!!!
• apush notes
• notes over the abdomen
• notes throughout of mice and men
• the psychology of music
• handwritten physics notes from grade 11
• astrophysics
• earth & the universe
• more astrophysics!!!
• uk and british politics
• + you can check out my /tagged/ref page for more of my fave posts :)
• + you can also check out my /tagged/notes page for more notes!!!

• use actual note cards for vocab. yes, apps like quizlet are dandy when you’re on the go, but actually physically writing out each note card helps put the information into memory faster than typing them.
• visual learner? make charts and diagrams. they don’t have to be pretty. the lines don’t have to be perfectly straight. it doesn’t have to be photogenic. but if it helps you learn, do it.
• after you take notes (in class or at home/from your text book), write down possible quiz questions about the material on the next page while it’s still fresh in your mind. later on when you’re studying for the test, use these questions to gauge what specifics out of that chapter you need to work on the most.
• start sooner rather than later. i know, you’ve heard this a million times from every teacher ever. but it’s legit. especially as you get into harder level classes and college courses because there is literally so much material that the tests cover that you simply can not accurately learn all of it over night. instead, start about 10 days in advance (but of coarse, the sooner the better).
• studying doesn’t have to be a big giant study session that takes hours. if you start far enough in advance, study sessions can be around an hour, hell even 45 minutes is a good. if you go too long in one study session your brain will be fried and studying will be pointless because your brain won’t be processing any of it. that’s why it’s important to take breaks and not just cram for 5 hours the night before an exam.
• actually study. hold yourself accountable and make your education a priority. if you have homework and studying to do, make it a priority over going partying or watching tv. there will be another party. you can dvr your show. you can’t take your test on a later day because you don’t feel ready. so be ready.
• be careful with study groups. if you have a study group with all of your best friends, lets face it, you’re going to end up spending more time talking about harry styles and supernatural than actually studying. it’s better to have a study group with people who are your friends, but not best friends. and it’s better to keep it between 5-7 people so that everyone can be involved.
• if the material is just super confusing and you can’t seem to understand it no matter how hard you study, it’s not you. it’s the way you were taught it. each teacher teaches a bit differently, and maybe their style of teaching just isn’t for you. if this happens, find a way that explains it the best for you. for example, if chemistry is just super confusing for you, try watching the Crash Course chemistry videos on youtube or have a friend explain it to you. this will give you a completely different perspective on the material and will help you understand it better.
• at the end of the day, remember that everything will be okay. studying can be stressful, especially if it’s in a class that you struggle in. but i promise you that you are not the only one who struggles sometimes in school, it’s a part of being human. as long as you actually put in an effort and try your best, be proud of yourself. take a deep breath. and remember: you got this.