exam tomorrow. last minute #study on my bed
a cosy #study afternoon
I studied with a mate yesterday... this is how many pens he uses to make his notes.
Also, I have instagram now, feel free to follow if you want
morning #study ft. too many beverages #university #studygram #coffee
reading recommendations #1 (june 8 2016)
reading recommendations is a thing I’m starting as a way of sharing cool or thought-provoking shit I find while studying/procrastinating. sharing knowledge is powerful and good, especially when it’s free (I’ll do my best to provide links and/or instructions on where to find this stuff for free, though if you have the $$, support writers/artists). you can view all my recommendation posts as they accumulate here, and you can suggest things for me to read over at my ask
stuff to read:
- e unibus pluram: television and u.s. fiction, an essay by david foster wallace. DFW is a bit of a wanker at times, and in a lot of ways this is a frustratingly ~white dude~ take, but he’s a beautiful writer and there’s a lot to think about in this essay. recommended if you’re trying to get out of a writer’s/creative block, if you’re interested in television, if you’re interested in procrastinating by having a long hard think.
stuff to watch:
- two american families, a documentary about working class poverty in the US. important and very good.
- requiem for the american dream, a documentary about inequality in america as discussed by noam chomsky (if you don’t know who he is, google is your friend. he’s produced some very interesting work, especially in linguistics). this is a good primer on the forces that create and produce inequality in society. it’s available on netflix, which offers a 30-day free trial if you have a spare email address handy.
that’s all for RR #1. my inbox is always open if you have thoughts and feelings, drop by any time.
throwback to an earlier assessment. glad this is over #study #studygram #university
you can do it!!! i believe in u and u are doing so so great 💕sending u lotsa positive vibes and light and love from melbourne xx
the state of my to-do list says a lot about the work I’m (not) getting done
presently doing a v stressful assessment, give me strength
doing some planning
hi there! I've gone through your FAQ for this because I feel like you may have mentioned this before - my apologies if I missed this! I remember some notes you had printed from onenote - would you mind sharing how you formatted them? for some reason i can't get get mine to format correctly for printing (the margins are way off)
Hey :) I generally print my notes from onenote either straight from onenote, or by saving from onenote to PDF and then printing the PDF. Either way, I don’t touch the margins at all, just leave it on the program’s default settings. If you want to send me a pic of the problem you’re having I’m happy to take a look, but otherwise I don’t know if I can help much, sorry!
Also thanks for reading the FAQ :)
bullet journal pages you could start in 2015
(or at any time, really, but lots of people have new journals now and it’s nice to get something happening in them)
- books to read this year
- books read this year (as a record)
- films to watch
- a self-care and self-rewards masterlist so you have something to refer to when you need a break or something nice
- things to learn
- things learnt
- music to listen to
- music discovered
- wishlist of things to find while thrift-shopping
- list of life reminders, to accumulate all the advice and good things you find this year
- a list of dream aesthetics because why not, who said a bullet journal has to be practical and work-focused always
- a list of resolutions, if that’s your kind of thing
- a list of road-trips to make
- a list of charities or causes to donate to (to return to and work through whenever you have extra money)
- a list of friends’ birthdays and important dates to remember
- a list of the names of new people you meet
- a list of the things that comprise the person you would like to be
- a list of things you want to do that are not about school or work, just about what you would like
- a list of ideas you find difficult but important
- a list of simple things you have every right to be proud about, be that getting out of bed one more time a week, or surviving all the small things.
- a list of small and large things that have happened to you this year, so at the end you look back and see, condensed, some of the things that changed you.
- whatever you want
It’s been a year since this post. With a change of date, it still applies. Happy new year, everyone :)
Hey! I've just started my blog and I would like to ask you for advice on how to stay motivated and not procrastinating. Thanks 🙂
I just wrote a long answer about motivation that you might find helpful, but the short version is this: motivation isn’t magic, it’s a muscle. Break things down into small chunks, break your goals into manageable steps, and do a little bit at a time. Do what you can do, forgive your mistakes along the way, and persist.
(Also put your phone away when you’re studying, block or sign out of distractions, investigate the pomodoro technique, use momentum to get the next thing done, take breaks)