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Do it for your damn self
HEYY :)
Does anybody wanna be appblr buds (if such a thing exists)? Currently stressing about my private RD applications and would love to talk to someone who is going through the same thing.
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With or without problems. Talk to god.
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S/o to my mom just cuz
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we are not born to die!! what are you talking about!! do you think a book begins just to finish? do you think a song opens with a beautiful chord just for it to end? you don’t read the book to finish it, you read the book to eat up the excitement and the emotions it evokes!! to learn and to digest and to fall in love and be heartbroken!! you listen to the song to dance and dance and sing your throat raw!!! to cry and smile and swell with the harmonies!! yes, we are born with the inevitable fate of death, we are mortal after all, but that is merely the finale of the play!! the final act, the closing of the curtains - we are not born to take a bow and exit stage left!! we are born to love and be joyous and yell and move and learn and cry and feelfeelfeel!!! we are not born to die, silly, we’re born to live!!!
groundergirlfriends
2018 mood
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🌼🌻study smarter🌻🌼
(here are some study tips straight from my psych notes)
1. interest: the brain prioritizes by meaning, value, and relevance so u remember things better if ur interested
- find a study partner
- do extra practice or research
- teach it to someone else (this works so well!)
2. intent: be actively paying attention. very little learning actually takes place without attention
- use a concentration check sheet (every time u get distracted, put a check on ur sheet. this is supposed to program ur mind to pay attention)
- while u read, talk back to the author
- ask questions during lectures (this is scary ik!! but do it!)
3. basic background: make connections to what u already know
- preview and skim the material before u read it. or google it!
- write out a list of vocab words before a lecture and leave some spaces between them to fill in during the lecture
- read ahead of lectures
- watch crashcourse tbh
4. selectivity: start by studying whats important
- look for bolded words, graphics, pictures, chapter review questions in ur readings
- listen for verbal clues like emphasis and repetition during lectures
- make urself a study guide as u read and write down questions for urself to answer later as review (kinda like cornell notes)
5. meaningful organization: u can learn/rmr better if u group ideas into diff categories
- apply vocab words to ur life
- make flashcards and sort them (try not to have more than seven items in one category!)
- use mnemonics
6. recitation: saying ideas aloud in ur own words strengthens synaptic connections! when u say something aloud u r forcing urself to pay attention
- after u read, ask urself questions
- talk abt what u learned w/ classmates outside of class
- again, teach someone else
7. visualization: ur brain’s quickest and longest-lasting response is to images
- convert info into a chart or graph
- draw it out
- make a mental video of a process
- look at picture/video examples
8. association: memory is increased when facts are consciously associated w something u already know. memory = making neural connections
- ask urself: is this something i already know?
9. consolidation: give ur brain some time to establish a neural pathway
- make a list of what u remember from class
- review notes at the end of the day, every day
- stop after reading each prg to write a question in ur notes
- make ur own practice quiz
10. distributed practice: we all know cramming doesnt work but we do it anyway! but yeah short and frequent study sections work better
- make a daily/weekly study schedule
- create a time budget/time tracker (track everything ur doing for a week and see how u can be more efficient w/ the time u waste)
- divide the reading/vocab by the number of days before an exam and do a little bit each day (u can use sticky notes to divide ur reading)
other tips:
- stop stressing! this sounds stupid and it isnt going to be easy, but anxiety causes u to lose focus. try ur best to think positively. sleep a lot. minimize ur caffeine intake. take a walk maybe
- when u need to remember something, look upward or close ur eyes (when ur eyes are open ur using visual parts of ur brain that u might not need to be using)
- find a rival! (like the person right above u in class rank) secretly compete w/ them (envy can improve mental persistence bc it makes u focus more intensely) but dont overdo it!
- walking and sleeping build memory storage in ur brain
- eat flavonoids! (grapes, berries, tea leaves, cocoa beans make neurons in the brain more capable of forming new memories + increase blood flow to the brain)
- obstacles force ur brain to try harder, so space learning lessons apart or create a puzzle to solve or change ur physical setting
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an aesthetic that will never go out of style: making others feel loved, needed, and important
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naturaekos
“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, Diary (via naturaekos)
Source: goo.gl
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6 Things to Tell Yourself Today
1. I matter.
2. I’ll get through this.
3. I am a beautiful.
4. I deserve to be loved.
5. I can find peace, happiness and contentment.
6. I have the power and the will to survive.
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You’re unstoppable
Go study for your finals. Write that paper and finish that presentation. Study those flash cards. Stop procrastinating, have more trust in you and get off your phone.
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studying is important, but so are you.
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Appreciate other people’s beauty without questioning your own.
Source: lmaoooo
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"37 Slogans For College Majors If They Were Actually Honest"
Accounting: selling your soul for money.
Aerospace Engineering: “it actually is rocket science.”
Anthropology: it’ll get you laid, but it won’t get you paid!
Archeology: if you don’t know what it is, it’s probably ceremonial.
Art History: and you thought making art was pointless!
Astrophysics: “Eh, I’m within an order of magnitude…”
Biochemistry: spend 4 years aspiring to discover the cure for cancer, and the rest of your life manufacturing shampoo.
Chemistry: where alcohol is a solution.
Communications: “we’ll teach you everything you need to know about convincing your friends that your degree is actually meaningful.”
Computer Engineering: tons of chicks, just not very many.
Computer Science (for a straight girl): the odds are good, but the goods are odd.
Creative Writing: because job security is for pussies.
Criminal Justice: we’re here because of Law & Order reruns.
Dental Hygienist: “something to do until you get knocked up.”
Engineering: the art of figuring out which parameters you can safely ignore.
English: so you want to be a teacher.
Film: forks on the left, knives on the right.
Finance: “accounting was too hard.”
Graphic Design: no, we’re not artists. We’re designers; there’s a difference.
History: history may repeat itself, but you definitely will.
Information Technology: let me Google that for you.
Journalism: learn how to construct an argument that no one will listen to.
Latin: because useful is overrated.
Linguistics: studied 17 languages, fluent in none of them.
Marine Biology: “I wanted to play with dolphins, but I’m looking at algae instead.”
Music Performance: if you don’t hate yourself, you’re doing it wrong.
Nursing: learning to save others’ lives while struggling not to take your own.
Philosophy: think about it.
Photography: it’s worth a shot.
Physics: “everything you learned last week was wrong.”
Political Science: your opinion is wrong
Pre-med: “I’ll probably switch majors in two years.”
Psychology: good luck doing anything until you get your Masters.
Speech Pathology: we have a way of making you talk.
Statistics: where everything’s made up, and numbers don’t matter.
Structural Engineering: because architects don’t know what physics is.
Zoology: because you can’t major in kittens.
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Eat, study, feed your plants, sleep and repeaaaaaat.
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things you need to hear this exam season
- don’t beat yourself up for struggling even if you’re doing your best - you are smart and capable so don’t let laziness stop you from achieving your potential - stop self sabotaging. that tv show can wait. take a break but don’t become your own obstacle to success. get shit done first - eating right, staying hydrated and sleeping well are non-negotiable. look after yourself - grades do not define you so be kind to yourself. but do your best and work hard for what you want
it’s that time of year again
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reminder to all studyblrs
- you don’t need a pristine white background to get notes
- at the same time notes aren’t everything! if you like your content, that’s what matters
- having several cups of coffee a night isn’t good for you, and i KNOW you know that
- expensive supplies aren’t necessary, crayola supertips work great for notes and still look pretty
- just because you have a study account doesn’t mean you should always be getting straight A’s. don’t be so hard on yourself
- messy notes doesn’t mean bad notes!
- failure means you have more room to make progress. so you failed that test, project, didn’t turn in that assignment, it’s okay. this too shall pass, i promise.