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Free Book Giveaway!
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Keepers of the Gate's first publication, The Kingdom of Heaven by Evelyn M. Lewis, debuts on April 18, 2023.
It is currently available for pre-order on Barnes and Noble and Amazon. Add it to your to-read list on Goodreads today!
Reblog this post to enter into a giveaway for a free advance copy of the book! The giveaway ends on April 1. Only reblogs will be counted and you can enter a maximum of 2 times. After the contest concludes you must provide your shipping address in order to receive the book.
Images copyright-free courtesy unsplash.
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Langblr friends, I'm visiting my swiss-french family again this summer and I will be so embarrassed if I have to rely on my brother to do all the communicating again. What are your best resources for learning touristy/travelers French? I've done duolingo which is great but I feel like I need more to go with and I'm overwhelmed.
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Call for Linguistic Study Participants
Are you a Native English speaker? (of any dialect/variety)
Are you over 18 years old?
Do you want to help my best friend with their MA study?
Can you spare 20 minutes to do an online experiment where you learn some words in a new language? (preferably on a Windows laptop)
For more information follow this link:
please also reblog this if you can!
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The FreeCodeCamp Study Challenge!
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I literally just completed this challenge and I thought why not share the challenge on here for other people to take part in if they wanted to!
FreeCodeCamp is an open-source platform that offers various coding courses and certifications for web developers. The goal of this challenge is to choose one of the available courses on the FreeCodeCamp platform, complete the course, and earn the certificate at the end.
The challenge is self-paced, so the duration is entirely up to you. The challenge is there to motivate people into coding and/or continue their coding studies! Especially people in the Codeblr community!
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FreeCodeCamp [LINK] offers the following courses:
(NEW) Responsive Web Design Certification (I've done this one)
JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification (I am going to do this one next)
Front End Libraries Certification
Data Visualization Certification
APIs and Microservices Certification
Quality Assurance Certification
Scientific Computing with Python Certification
Data Analysis with Python Certification
Information Security Certification
Machine Learning with Python Certification
Each course is broken down into multiple sections, and completing all the sections in a course will earn you a certification for that course.
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To start the FreeCodeCamp Challenge, follow the steps below:
Choose a course on the FreeCodeCamp platform that you would like to complete.
Complete the course and earn the certificate.
Post about your progress every day that you study using the #freecodecampchallenge hashtag. You can post about what you have done towards the challenge, what you have learned, and any challenges you faced and how you overcame them.
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The FreeCodeCamp Challenge is an excellent opportunity to improve your coding skills and earn a valuable certification!!!! Even add that to your resume/CV! I completed this challenge and you can see me posting about it - LINK.
Remember to post about your progress using the #freecodecampchallenge hashtag to track your progress and connect with other participants AND you don't have to study straight days, meaning you can take days off whenever you feel like it!
Good luck!
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(01.24.2023) || does anyone else feel like January has been a really long month? I think that means February is going to feel shorter than usual. So far the year is off to a decent start. I'm still figuring myself out and trying to see where I'm headed. I've had some breakthroughs about why this past year has been so hard which has been good. Hopefully that means forward movement for me.
Over the past few weeks I've done some traveling, including to California to visit my dad which was amazing. I've been rediscovering my love of jewelry making. Trying to start writing again. And I just started a psychology class that I'm really excited about. Here's to 2023!
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(11.27.2022) || getting used to holidays alone is complicated, but having a cat and a pup helps ✨
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(11.23.22) || still in the process of recovering from a deep depressive episode, trying to find joy and peace in the little moments ✨
also I just joined landing.space and it's fun. if you join follow me and I'll follow back.
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reblog if you are an active studyblr/langblr!
i’m looking for active language learning accounts to be moots ^-^
currently, i’m focused on learning italian, portuguese, and french. i’m also interested in norwegian, greek, dutch, and polish!
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Sending good vibes, hope you get back to where you want to be quickly and smoothly ❤️
4 tips for getting ahead after falling behind
So ‘it’ happened. You got sick, you scheduled too much at once, you had a bad day (or week). We’ve all been there and it sucks. And now you’re behind and you’re feeling overwhelmed. These are just a few tips I have for getting back on track (and hopefully ahead) after falling behind.
If you are behind on homework it’s time to prioritize. You’re at a point where it might be worth it to let the tiny assignments that aren’t worth very much sit on the back burner until you’ve dealt with the important stuff. So what are your priorities?
Do you have work in a class that you’re doing really well in and you feel like you can set it aside and hand it in late, or you can afford to miss the assignment without screwing up your final grade? Great, set it aside and leave that stress for later.
Do you have work in a class you’re terrified of failing? Okay, focus in on that. If you don’t eliminate the chief point of stress first you’re going to find it very hard to focus on anything else.
Do you have exams coming up that you haven’t studied for? This is rough but you need to decide whether sleep or studying is better for you. There’s no wrong choice here; it’s different for everyone. I am a ‘needs sleep’ person but my roommate is a ‘stay up and get shit done’ person. If you know you can’t function without a decent amount of sleep then ixnay the idea of an all night all together.
 Now that you’ve figured that out it’s time to focus; what topics are you doing the worst in? Get started on figuring out what it is you don’t know. 
Also make sure to write down what you do know and keep looking over that constantly so you don’t lose the knowledge you already have. 
Now figure out what methods you actually have time for; if you’re in a crunch you may not have time for flashcards. I find that when it a crunch it’s helpful to essentially begin compiling a cheat sheet.
Write down everything you could possibly need for the exam as though you were going to be able to take it into the exam. Make it clear! Make it easy to glance at! Don’t waist time on making it look pretty!
As you go through creating the sheet make sure that you would know what kind of problem or topic that the concept/formula would go with and how you would use it to solve a problem.
The above means that you aren’t just copying over formulas, dates, quotes, etc.; You are committing the CONTEXT to your memory and if need be to your sheet.
 Is the problem reading? Heaven knows that’s been mine this week! First thing first: READ for the NEXT class. Don’t start with what you should’ve read last week; playing catch up is stressful and means that you may do a ton of work and still not be prepared for the next class.
 If you come across parts that don’t make sense because you haven’t read the earlier stuff skip back and skim those bits. 
Once you’ve read for the next class you can decide what the best option is for continuing. 
Either start at the back end of what you’re behind on or work your way backwards.
Is it an essay? Is it more than one? Okie doke. Break those kiddos down into the sections you think you need; intro, para 1, para 2, etc, conclusion. 
Alright, now give those sections titles and maybe like a brief summary. 
Okay now you’re ready; pick one section from one of your papers to start on. It doesn’t have to be the intro you just need to get started. I like to start with ones that require a bit of research on my part so that I can really get the ball rolling and start collecting articles. 
Then you should either set a timer for about thirty minutes and switch off every time the timer goes off, or (my preferred method) write until you finish the section before deciding which one to work on next. 
The real key is making sure that you change sections when you find yourself losing steam even if it’s in the middle of a sentence. Sometimes I start a sentence and then forget where I was going with it and it throws off the whole game so by changing sections you allow yourself to refresh and come back with new eyes.
That’s what I’ve got for now, I hope that some of this helps. I also want to remind you that you are not a bad person for getting behind whatever the reason was. Sometimes it happens even when you’re paying attention so try not to worry too much about it! If you find yourself getting overwhelmed and way too stressed out remember to let yourself breath and walk away for a few minutes. I wish you the best of luck and my ask/messenger is always open if you need anything.
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i can not and i mean i can not stress this enough… make a bibliography as you do your research. i mean, make a fully formed, correctly cited bibliography as you work. just do it. i know i know you’re being lazy or you hate making citations or you’ll just get to it later or you don’t want to get distracted etc etc etc
whatever your reasons just make the fuckin bibliography
and while im at it… put the footnotes in properly as you are writing. just… do it. for future you. please. for your sanity. do it.
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HEY If you’re a studyblr, bookblr, academia, productivity, positivity or recovery blog interact with this post if I can mass queue from you 🥭
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not a wave nor a particle but a secret third thing
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(10.28.2022) || spending the weekend with my extended family (aka one of my bffs, her husband, and their daughter who is also my goddaughter 😉). My goddaughter is the cutest kid on the planet, I know I'm biased but it's definitely true. She had gymnastics yesterday and let me say if you've never seen a three year old gymnastics class you've never seen true joy 🥰
I've been thinking about how depressed I've been for the last few years. I feel like all my goals are just out of reach. But I had a bit of a moment this past week where I realized I've been putting a lot on my younger self like "if I'd just done X when I was 22 then I would have Y now" but that's still true. And I had just as many obstacles when I was 22. Life was just as rough when I was an undergrad, that's why I didn't do X. So I owe it to 35 year old Lia to do X now. The worst I can do is fail again, and I've failed before so why not fail again but better this time?
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(10.24.2022) || celebrated my birthday the same way I have the last few years; quietly with my parents. I’ve been a terrible friend this year and feeling really isolated, but sometimes that’s just how it is. Here’s to a brighter year coming!
🎧: landslide by Fleetwood Mac
(if you want to buy me a coffee for my birthday my cash app is $mahaclaire since that seems like a thing people do now)
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10.13.2022 || took a few weeks off to try to apply for things and I'm once again back where I started ✨
🎧: lofi study
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