9.13.19 

i meant to post this last week but forgot lol 

good luck with your studies! 💕

the doodles are so cute!!

looking for studyblrs!!

i need new studyblrs to follow & be friends with!! like/reblog this if;

• you want to be friends!

• you study/are interested in psychology, criminology or english lit/lang

• basically any studyblr lmao

• LIKE for me to follow you

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Free 2019-2020 Digital Student Planner 

I’ve had many requests for a free digital planner so decided it might be time to make one :-) Hopefully this suits the needs of everyone and can be enjoyed!

This file is mainly designed for iPads & tablets with apps such as Goodnotes, Notability, Xodo, Zoomnotes. However, it can be used on a computer if needed.

You can download it for free at the links below:

This planner includes a multitude of pages such as yearly overviews, monthly/weekly/daily calendars, student organisers, etc. It includes the 12 months for you to customise, along with 5 weekly pages and a selection of daily options. A reminder that this is undated. Pages can be duplicated to add more, links should not be impacted. However, if you delete the page which holds the link, the link will no longer function. 

If you have any queries or questions, please direct them to my askbox!

Whilst this version is free, I do have a selection of paid options on my Etsy shop. There are several 2019 dated options, along with more student-specific calendars or for everyday use :-) These ones are much more extensive, include stickers and a variety of colour palettes and designs hence their price. I continually offer 10% discount using ‘student10′ if you are ever interested in making an additional purchase! I really appreciate the support I’ve had for my Etsy so far :D

I hope you enjoy using this! If you upload a photo featuring it, I’d love to see. Please tag me on Tumblr with #emmastudies or on Instagram with @emmastudiess. You can see other people using my items by visiting the #esprintables tag on my blog! Please remember, these printables are for personal use only and should not be redistributed as your own.

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truly love this pegboard by ikea 💖 the tape holder has changed my life haha ✨ where do you keep all your bullet journaling supplies?

hey friend! when my anxiety really started acting up (also in tenth grade, hmm), I had a really difficult time attending/paying attention in classes. I wasn’t getting enough sleep, and I was so stressed that I would exhaust myself by mid morning, even if I didn’t do anything at all.

I think the biggest issue I had was I saw schoolwork as kind of all-or-nothing. I felt that if I attended a class, I needed to pay attention. I needed to take notes. I needed to not look like a total mess in front of my classmates. I made all of these things one task, and that task was insurmountable. I couldn’t even attempt it many days.

it’s really difficult to step back when you’re constantly tired and upset, but looking back, I wish I had tried to break things down and do what I could. real actual feasible things, like asking my teacher if I could sit in the back (we had assigned seats) so I would feel less nervous around people, or asking if I could record lectures so when I didn’t have the energy to take notes, I still had the information to listen to later or take notes from later if I wanted.

if I couldn’t change my class environment, maybe just take notes for for five minutes and then listen for ten. I also found that asking if I could take a break and just walk around the hall for five minutes to break up class really helped me a lot. reading out loud to myself when I had long readings to do really helps me stay focused now, and I wish I had done it then.

anyway, I guess what I mean is even if what you can do is just show up to class, that’s better than nothing. taking a few notes is better than taking none. make sure you aren’t combining things into huge, process-like tasks. do whatever steps you can while you try to level yourself out, but don’t feel that by doing only some work you are failing. by not doing none, you have made the conscious decision to keep going. when people say to do their best, it’s easy to forget that some days, your best is not that much. but it’s better than nothing, and you’ll feel better for it.

hard work doesn’t always look the same, and I get the sense that you’ll feel a bit better if you have your study habits/situations for the moment settled on.

side note: I also benefited massively from to do lists, so I didn’t have a huge list of tasks I was constantly remembering, and being stressed about. it made me think realistically about what needed to be done, how much I felt like I could reasonably do with so little energy, and a deep sense of accomplishment for everything I did, even really little things.

Thank you so so much for this incredible response! 

So because Tumblr deleted my old account I have had to start again, so I am going to start to post old photos because I don’t go back to college until September so I don’t have any work to post! 

A reminder that turning in assignments for partial credit is better than not turning them in at all. It is. Even if you think you’ve done a bad job and are ashamed of your work, or it’s way overdue, you take whatever you can get. Partial credit dramatically improves your grade over a zero, and I’m always astounded by how often even the smartest kids don’t really comprehend that. 60% is worlds better than 0%. Even 10% is going to help you. Letter grades are misleading and are not created equal. “F"s are mathematically valuable. Turn that late assignment in.

If you are beginning your semester of school this upcoming week or sometime soon; I am wishing that you transition smoothly into your academic environment. I hope that you develop comfortable relationships with your professors and instructors. I pray any financial burdens that have arisen be resolved timely and easily.

Hey guys! I’m Emma and I’m a senior in mechanical engineering! I was diagnosed with ADHD and Dysgraphia when I was 17 and over the last 6 years, I’ve found a few helpful sites and apps for managing them. I hope you enjoy them and find them helpful as well! If you have anything to add, feel free!

Noisli

- Noisli is a website that has a variety of different white noises. You can combine them together or listen to one at a time! It’s super helpful when you want to have some sound, but get distracted by music. I pretty much always have it running in the background when I’m studying. The interface is super simple so it’s not distracting to look at. 

Calmly

- If you have Dysgraphia you know how frustrating writing papers can be. Staring at a blank word document trying to get words to come out is the absolute worst. So Calmly is, in my opinion, the BEST word processor for writing papers. It’s a blank page with no distractions, but you can change the background color, the font color, the font, the spacing, everything. But the best part is that it has the Dyslexic font available. If you don’t know what that is, it’s a font that is designed to be easier for people with Dyslexia to read, and I’ve found that it helps with the Dysgraphia as well. Another really cool feature is called Focus Mode, where the only thing highlighted on the screen is the paragraph you’re working on.

Grammarly

- You’ve probably already seen Grammarly by now, but in case you haven’t, I figured I would throw it in. With Dysgraphia I find that by the time I finally have my paper written, I don’t have any brain power left to edit. But Grammarly is really helpful because it not only helps with spelling, but it helps with sentence structure and grammar rules as well. 

Other Random Tips

- Change the font: I’ve found that even if you don’t use the Dyslexic font, changing the font from the standard Times or Cambria font, to something more smooth like Arial or Calibri makes a big difference. 

- Change the color: I’ve also found changing the font color or the paper color (or both!) to be helpful. Something about the black font on a white background makes my brain not happy, so changing the colors around makes reading and writing just a little bit easier. 

- Find some books or cheat sheets or other reference material for the things you’re struggling with. Spark Charts is a really good company that makes cheat sheets for everything you could ever want (that’s an exaggeration but still). I have some for science and math stuff and units that I use often being an engineer. They’re a good reference to have for those inevitable lapses in memory. I also have a book for writing, it’s this one. It’s something I’ve had for 6 years, and I always have it out when I’m writing anything. It has info on outlines, citations, etc. and it’s just handy to have. 

- If Noisli isn’t your thing, but music is distracting, I’ve found this binaural beat to be really helpful with focus. 

- Accommodations: They’re there for a reason! I’ve used them before, and they really helped. Don’t think it’s weak to use them, it’s not, they just help level the playing field. Also, don’t think that because you use them once you have to use them forever, I don’t currently use them but I will if I feel like I need them again. Most importantly, don’t deny yourself the help you need just because you feel like you shouldn’t need them! Which leads me to my next point…

- Therapy/Medication: I’ve been in therapy and on medication for ADHD since I was 17, and they’ve really changed my life. Therapy and medication are nothing to be ashamed of! 

(Okay now I’m gonna tag some people cause I have like… 13 followers lol)

@adhdstudying @adhd-n-ib @adhdstudyblr @adhd-community @studybutch @adhdstudytips  

shit dude, here’s to all of the quiet victories. the things that other people take for granted but are so, so hard for you. the way your voice didn’t shake when you ordered your drink, the time you felt a swell of pride at something instead of shame, how you got out of bed after only the second time hitting snooze even though you couldn’t imagine anything more difficult than facing another fucking day. fucking cherish those. relish them, rejoice in them, do not let anyone pluck them from your grasp because they are yours and they are important.

hey guys! im currently working on a budget plan for college and im kinda having trouble w estimating my spending n stuff.

so for those of u who r alrd in college (preferrably in the us bc thats where im going), could u tell me how much u spend each month and if possible what portions of that you spend on different categories (e.g. food, entertainment, etc.)?

thanks sm yall

Hey! I’m about to enter my third year in college, and I live in an on-campus apartment. I use a ton of gas driving to and from therapy and psychiatry, which is why my gas is so high, so if you’re planning to live on campus, I wouldn’t expect to spend as much. Here’s what my usual budget looks like!

Gas - $60/month

Groceries - $200-$250/month (I pretty much eat all my meals at home so this isn’t taking into account money saved with a meal plan and such)

Eating Out/Entertainment - ~$150/month

That’s a really rough estimate; since I can’t work right now, my mom sends me $100/week for my expenses so it comes out to about $400/month

things to do during break: create reading lists and work them off one by one, watch movies in foreign languages, attend lectures or seminars at places you’ve never been to before, discover a new library, visit museums and galleries, send postcards to your friends, take up a new skill like photography/digital drawing, write a daily poem, take an online course on something you always loved, pick flowers and press them, rate 10 cute cafes in town, test how much you can buy for 5$ on a flea market/in second hand shops, just start walking and see where the day takes you, plan a walk/hike/bike tour, start a new blog, create a vision board, write a letter to your future self, go to indie concerts, send cute anonymous messages, try out new ice cream flavors, make your own smoothies, buy artsy magazines, take the train/subway to nowhere, go to a party where you don’t know anyone, ditch a party and spend the whole day reading outside, set up a bullet journal, jot down 5 things you are grateful for each day, create playlist for different moods, try out a new language learning app, unwind and do not use your phone for a day, try meditation, go to a food market, sleep the whole day because you can, go to the theatre/cinema/opera, take aesthetic photos of the prettiest buildings in town

Got a new organiser for my pens!

2018 Free Student and Calendar Printables

With the new year approaching, I’ve decided to make a 12 page pack of free printables including a 2018 yearly overview and monthly breakdown! The pack comes in Monday and Sunday start options so you can pick the one you use most. All the pages come in a single file. Click the link below to download :-)

Other free printables you might like: Back to School Student Pack, 2018 Monthly Printables, Weekly Study Schedule, Week at a Glance, Exam Pack, and Notetaking Printables :-)

I hope you enjoy using and customising these printables! If you upload a photo featuring it, I’d love to see. Please tag me on Tumblr with #emmastudies or on Instagram with @emmastudiess. You can see other people using my printables by visiting the #esprintables tag on my blog!

If you want to find more organisational printable and support me, please check out my Etsy shop with lots of downloads dedicated to students. You can use ‘student10′ to get 10% off any purchase! :-)

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