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“When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.”

— Stephen King

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31/08

Just started reading a new biochem textbook and look who I found lol. It's always nice to see a trace of a previous owner.

(rough translation: b-day 05.12 17 - I started preparing for the exam; there's one and a half month left; starting the timer now; wish me luck)

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𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓊𝓃𝒾 🍑 

In this post, I list 7 of my all-time favorite apps / chrome extensions that I use daily.  I hope I can help out some fellow uni students who are struggling.  This might help make studying less painful and a tiny tiny bit more enjoyable. 

love, edith 🌾

ig.: @fivestarstudy_

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How I'm managing to organise my life and achieve my goals

A year and a half ago, I was a mess. I didn't have any hobbies or anything I was passionate about, not even my degree excited me. I failed 6 courses out of 10.

This year, I managed to pass all of my courses, achive an A1 level in japanese, start reading, painting and writing, learn programming in LaTeX and Python, and do a research project in astrophysics. I am nowhere near being brilliant or smart, but this system has helped me a lot:

1. First of all, I write all of my life goals. Everything I'd like to achive or do, from writing a book to buying a house. I write every little thing, as unrealistic as they sound.

2. From those life goals, I make a list of yearly goals. Not all of your life goals might be realistic at the time (maybe you don't plan on buying a house until you finish your degree, for example), so just write the ones that are doable for your next year. This goals have to be a bit more especific and they have to take you closer to your life goals in the long term. For example, if you plan on publishing a book, your yearly goal might be to write your first draft, or take a writing course.

3. Then, having my goals for the year, I break them down into monthly goals. Some of them might be reserved for the summer, or for a specific month. I only plan in more detail the following month. From the book example, a monthly goal could be to write a certain number of pages or write the outline of the novel.

4. Now, I write my daily and weekly goals for that next month. These ones have to be VERY specific. I first make a weekly routine, where I put everything I need to get done each day: on mondays and wednesdays I workout for an hour, on tuesdays I practice piano for 20 minutes, everyday I read for half an hour, etc. I try to make each day of the week balanced and also write quantifiable goals.

5. When you have organised your entire life, there comes the easier part: to-do lists. I use a calendar where I write for each day some other stuff I need to get done. Appoinments, uni stuff, trips, etc. For instance, I usually have a lot to do for my uni courses and I have to study daily. What I do is organise all the work in my calendar, making sure each day is not packed with stuff (if I have homework for different classes, I try to do each in a different day of the week). Now, each day you check your schedule for that day of the week AND also your calendar, and make a to-do list for the day. This way, on each day you only have to check the things you already wrote and foccus on DOING THEM, and not thinking about what you should do (which takes a lot of energy). With this small daily effort, you will get ahead on many things. Also, when I have to do lots of stuff (in exams season for example), I sometimes write my to-do's down by the hour, so that I can't even get distracted.

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came across this lovely song, I just wanted to pop in and share it with you all.

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when I’m doing my coursework I try v hard to steer clear of the news + social media because they’re just full of what’s going on at the moment. it seems important to keep well informed - but it also seems important to try and do my coursework as best as I can, so that my priority this week (it’s due tomorrow though, and I’m not really sure what I’m going to do with myself after that). however, while we’re all at home I’ll be filling my blog with wfh content - not reposting any photos of cafes or libraries, just bedrooms, home offices and kitchen tables! Its important that your space feels right, because you might be crammed in with five or six other people trying to work from home as well! (to that end, if you were going to spend some money on something that you don’t really need for your desk but have wanted for a while, consider this your sign! what else are you going to spend it on!) - in this weird and scary time we can’t do much, but for those of us who have taken the whole of university back to their dining room table, we can at least remind each other that it’s possible! big love gang 

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[03/03/2021] It’s been raining recently so I have been adding candles, slippers, and a blanket to my study routine for some comfy motivation.

IG: katie.med.studies

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just some pictures of my desk before it becomes a mess ☺️

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só duas fotinhas da minha mesa notes dela ficar toda bagunçada ☺️

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◼️◼️◼️ 11.5.18 ◼️◼️◼️

I submitted my family law coursework yesterday so with that out of the way I can now focus on revision 🙌🏻 I have MCQ in my exams so today I condensed one topic of my notes on defamation into a few pages of bullet points.

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i bought quite a few new plants over quarantine but i love them so much💕🌱

bio and chem are def a lot to keep up with (especially their labs) but so far i think i’m managing it pretty well :) we had our first bio quiz yesterday and i got a pretty good grade so i’m hoping it stays that way. also my chem prof is so nice he starts out all of his lectures doing karaoke and talks to his dog and cat all the time🥺

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04/03/2021

i got an anatomy colouring book for christmas and it’s really helpful as a med student! definitely helps me learn things without zoning out at least. i’ll admit that sometimes i don’t have the attention span for some of the more complex pages but otherwise it’s been really helpful for me.

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City of Edinburgh by Ian G Black

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2.10.21

Wellness Day today. Working on getting caught up on the cardiovascular system.

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It’s the first day of our second semester today!  ☁️ Back to virtual classes and school works again. Probably, this would be my workspace set-up for the next few months. 

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21.02.21 • After a very busy week at work, I took my Saturday afternoon off to enjoy a nice walk, order some Lebanese takeout and watch some van life videos on youtube. As often, I’m this close to selling everything I own to buy a van and park it right by the beach. In the meantime, I keep learning new german vocabulary x

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210216-210219 ➳ 19-22/100

the last couple days, i have 

done a lot of house and personal work that i’d been putting of due to school work

made biology review sheets ( over 2 days)

practiced chem equations and biology diagrams

cut my hair !!

again, i’m so sorry for not updating the past couple days :(( as i said yesterday, i wasn’t really in a good place so i decided to stay off of social media for a couple days, but i’ll be back to regular uploads again from now on ! 

🎧 genshin impact soundtrack ( really helped me get through the past couple days even though i don’t play the game sdfghjk)

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