Bright-Study

July journal pages + clouds + new washi tape! ☁️

when your textbook conveniently matches with your notes ✨

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you can do this. stop sabotaging yourself and your dreams. there will be risks, there will be stress, but go on and actually pursue what you want to do. you will not regret having tried, all things considered. self-doubt can destroy so much of your life. don’t let it, please. 

when you’re stressed: 

this is temporary, this will pass.

i will not let stress overcome me.

i am living for the present, where i am calm and focused.

my stress will not be my downfall. 

when you’re about to hand up an assignment: 

i have no doubts in my ability to succeed. 

this represents my sound ability to learn, develop and succeed. 

i am intelligent and capable of successfully completing this assignment. 

when you need a little motivation:

i will accomplish all of my goals. 

i will stay attentive to all my work today. 

i am worthy of success.

i have an abundance of knowledge that must be used to my advantage. 

when you’re preparing for a test:

i am competent.

i am working to the absolute best of my ability.

i am a successful student.

Spent my day outside and taking notes for my English book/

08.06.18 // it’s my birthday today!! I’ve had a really lovely day going out for afternoon tea with my mum, and just getting to relax a bit after exams are over!

🎵: Anpanman - BTS | ig: softenotess

you go bitch. you write those notes, you make them pretty if you want them to be pretty. you make them messy if you like it like that. you eat healthy. you take care of yourself. you get yourself a bullet journal. you organize that shit like it’s no problem. you get those grades. you get that amazing GPA. the world is yours to take. raise your head and take it. live the fucking life. you mcfreaking go. 

“I study, I think about studying, then I study some more.” — Paris Geller

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March trackers ✨☺️ tried something new for this month!! Ft my happy polar bear tabs ⛄️ hope everyone had a good March!! Onwards to a more productive, happier and healthier April 🤙🏼

a new year ☁️🕊

idk man… this studyblr/gradblr thing is really motivational and all, but man… anybody else struggle to get their papers written on time? anybody else suck at waking up in the mornings? sleep way too late and sometimes end up skipping class? anybody ever go to class without having done the reading for the day? just to lie about and pretend to act smart like the rest of your classmates? late assignments? fuck it days? 

does everybody on this site really have their shit together but me??????? 

eyyyy sounds like me! my college career was a damn mess: skipped classes to sleep in/take naps, canceled on meetings bc i was just too damn tired, withdrew from a handful of classes bc ugh, procrastinated like hell, really didnt prepare well for my post-college life until well, after college… and i think i turned out ok, mess and all. I def learned a lot and worked really hard to be self-disciplined, but even now in grad school i still struggle at waking up in the morning (i snooze in bed for 2 hrs sometimes.. yeah it’s baaaad), and sometimes i just sit at my desk and scroll through tumblr for half an hour instead of working. i still get shit done tho, but yeah, sometimes it just be like that.

but i will say: it’s never about motivation. Motivation is fickle; discipline is the name of the game. Motivation may be the spark that lights the fire, but self-discpline is getting the firewood that will actually keep you warm.

I too am a hot-mess-in-progress. Sometimes I am really proud that I somehow got through the end of an impossible week! Sometimes I wonder how I got this far at all.

The truth is that for every 10 inspirational posts you see, maybe only a fraction do that level of work consistently. If you do a cute or organize, of course you’re gonna wanna share it. But who uploads the papers strewn across the couch and unwashed coffee mugs piling up and empty takeout boxes on the floor?

Sometimes you’re ON IT, and you should absolutely be proud, but keep that pride when you struggle. Shuffle along as best you can. Like cbphd said, it’s not motivation. It’s discipline. Determination. Pure-ass stubbornness. Eventually you hit that “now or never” point. I guess my goal is just to shift its boundary progressively backwards so not everything is last minute?

Anyway do the thing!

you guys… thank you so much for this. I definitely needed it. I was so caught up with feelings of incompetence, constantly comparing myself with other people, etc., and honestly this site was just making me feel more useless than anything but i’m so glad to hear that other people are struggling just as much as i am. grad school is haaaard. i mean obviously but they never do tell you about the sleepless nights and endless reading/writing  anyways.. I’d love to know if you guys have any tips on self-discipline? or any tips on how to actually get started on work/avoid procrastinating? how your work (or writing) process is? 

@cancerbiophd @doughygraduatestudent @themaybemd (or anybody else in school for that matter) 

for sure! the illusion that everyone here is always 100% on top of their things is def just an illusion. our online appearances are all carefully selected to only what we want others to see. when the truth is we are all quite the same.

so for self-discipline, i rely on two things:

as for my work/writing process:

so that’s what i do :) hopefully that helps, or gives you ideas on something else that may work best for you! best of luck out there. you can do it!!