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How to start a studyblr blog

One of the most common questions I am asked is how to start and run a studyblr. Some people consider being a studyblr means having a selection of certain pens or highlighters but that isn’t the case. Having a studyblr is about being part of a community that promotes self-improvement, positive study habits and tips to help yourself and others reach their full potential. Below are a few steps I recommend when starting a studyblr:

1. Decide whether you’re going to start a new blog or a secondary blog. Most studyblrs, myself included, run main blogs and then a studyblr as a side blog. If you’re wanting to have a completely new account, follow only studybrs, message (via asks) with a link to your studyblr then it is best to create a new account. If you’re happy to continue on one account, then creating a side blog is a good option. However, when you use a secondary blog for your studyblr, it will follow as your main account. I prefer having my studyblr as a secondary blog since you can stay logged into one account (so much easier on mobile!). Plus if you wanted to run a collaboration blog, you can add other members. Here is so more detailed information about the differences.

2. Pick a username/URL. You can be super creative like me and just use your name! Otherwise, you can name your studyblr anything you want. Whilst most people have a study related username, that isn’t totally necessary. Find something you like and use it! You do have the option to change it later on it you’re unhappy or think of something better.

3. Choose a theme. My best advice for a theme is pick something that is easy to navigate and nice to look at! Editing HTML can be quite difficult for first time Tumblr users, however many themes make adjusting the appearance of your theme really simple by using the tools on the customise page. Some popular theme makers include:

@pohroro

@modernisethemes

@cyantists

@magnusthemes

@sorrism

@acuite

@themesbyflorels

@roxiestheme

@felinum

@bychloethemes

@wonderfullythemes

Once you’ve picked a theme, follow the instructions the theme maker has left in the caption of the post. When you’re using a theme, remember to leave credit visible to the owner. By removing credit you’re breaking the conditions set by the creator. 

4. Make an icon. This is relatively optional. Most studyblrs just use a random picture for their icon however others create personalised ones just for their blog. You can create your own icon using applications like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Canva or Word/Pages. Canva is probably the easiest way to make your own, plus it is free! If you’re looking for something a little fancier, you can commission @annistudio to make one! Depending on the level of complexity, she charges between $3-9. She created my icon and it is so amazing!

5. Write up an introductory post. Once your blog is up and running, you should create a post to introduce yourself. Tell us a little bit about yourself, where you’re from, what you’re studying, your hobbies, etc. It is always nice to tag some of your favourite studyblrs! If someone has mentioned me or tagged #emmastudies in their post, I might see it and reblog it. Most blogs do the same! Making these posts will hopefully get you some new followers!

6. Post your own content. A great way to promote your blog is to upload your own posts. This can be anything, either pictures of your notes, advice posts, or infographics! Remember to update the content source and click-through links when uploading your posts. A little guide to taking photos can be found here. My editing process can also be found here. If you upload your own tips posts, feel free to submit them to @studyblrmasterposts.

7. Use popular hashtags. Before publishing your post remember to add hashtags. The most popular ones include #studyblr, #studyspo, #study. I track the tag #emmastudies so include that in your tags and I’ll see it! Most blogs also track their usernames so tag some of your favourites.

8. Join studyblr networks. You’ll often see these floating around Tumblr so if you see one, join it! There are ones dedicated to people graduating in a specific year, others for specific majors, or people who share a common trait/hobby! Alternatively, you can be added to my studyblr directory. It is a collection bloggers which can be filtered by categories such as education level, country, and exam system. You can apply here.

9. Use the queue option. By using the queue option, you don’t have to come on Tumblr every day to stay active. Set up a queue, select the number of posts and when you’d like them to be published and you’re ready to go. This option is great if you’re having a bit of an off-week and don’t fancy coming online or aren’t able to access the Internet!

10. Use other social media platforms. Whilst studyblr originated on Tumblr, we have since diversified across numerous different social networks. I’d totally recommend having a studygram! Mine is @emmastudiess if you wanted to check it out! Other accounts have YouTube (emma studies), Snapchat (@emmastudies), Spotify, Twitter, etc. Remember to provide links to your each account!

11. Be nice, friendly and polite. I think this is the golden rule for any blogger. Treat everyone with respect. Be kind when answering questions. Be grateful for your followers. Please, please, please don’t send anonymous hate! If you receive it, remember to delete and block that person. The studyblr community is one of the nicest I’ve come across and we want to keep it that way. 

12. Don’t be afraid to message other blogs and start a friendship! Interact with other accounts by sending them an ask or a direct message. I cannot begin to tell you how many wonderful people I’ve connected with from the studyblr community. I’d say the majority of studyblrs love receiving messages and would be happy to strike up a friendship with you!

I hope this can inspire you to start a studyblr or helps you set one up! Remember you can tag me in your introductory posts or uploaded pictures. Also, my ask and direct messages are always open if you want to chat xx

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Sometimes, when we are presenting, our bodies act completely irrationally. Sweating, stuttering, or just shutting down completely are all things I have encountered during public speaking; behaviour that is usually connected to extreme danger and fleeing behaviour. Completely unnecessary, as your teacher won’t kill you (hopefully), but trying to convince your body to be just as rational is a tough task. Turns out that this is exactly what we’re going to do. 

The basis for this (personal) advice all lies in my musical training, where posture is extremely important. Performance practice lessons have taught me one important thing: you can trick your body into thinking it’s okay, and with that, your audience. disclaimer: I have posted this information before in a slightly different way. Regard this as an updated version. Hopefully one with better spelling.

hoooooow???

Stand up and try to follow these instructions. I’m your only audience right now, so mistakes aren’t a problem. 

Start by relaxing your shoulders. Many people tense their shoulders when they’re anxious, which is a very natural reaction. However, tension in your shoulder automatically reaches through to your back and arms, and even your neck, tensing up your entire upper body. It’s confirming to your brain that yes! this is scary! Well, brain is wrong and we’re going to prove it wrong by relaxing our shoulders. Just let them hang down (make sure you don’t start leaning forward though, it should be just your shoulders). Doesn’t that immediately feel more relaxed?

Keep your feet a little bit apart, firm on the ground. This sends the message to your brain and audience that a single push will not have you fall over. Standing with your legs closely together simply isn’t as stable, and you want to radiate stability and confidence. Even if you’re feeling dizzy, this simple way of pretending will keep your feet on the ground. Literally. 

Chin up, back straight, eyes at the audience. I used to tend to look at the ground, or to lean forward. No, no no! You want to maintain an open posture, and to address the entire audience. When you do this, you’ll look more secure, and maybe you’ll even notice people will listen to you more closely. Make sure you address the entire room, and not just one spot. if you’re scared to look at faces, look at the back wall. But not just one spot, find some nice different wall spots to look at. 

What to do with your hands? I know I used to put my hands in my pocket, or fidget with something. Instead, try to talk with your hands more. When you’re using gestures, people will usually pay more attention to what you’re saying, and they’ll sometimes understand more easily (if you’re interested as to why, message me). 

Do not hide. This is special advice to musicians, too. I used to hide behind my music stand because it was nice and safe. During public speaking it’s easy to hide behind some notes or to stand behind other people of your group, maybe. Don’t. Remember, fake the confident posture till you make it. 

When you’re finished, don’t stop pretending just yet. When people ask how it went, always say it went okay. This is so so so important! Because if you’d say “ugh it was awful!! So many things went wrong, I suck at presenting!” they’ll start thinking hmm, yeah, there were indeed some mistakes… Could have been better. Whereas if you just say it was okay or good, or even decent, they’ll hardly even question it and will most likely remember the positive aspects, as humans tend to do. 

I promise this works, at least to some extent. It may not help you get rid of anxiety right away, especially in really severe cases, but it can help you feel more at ease in front of a group. After that, you can start working on other things, such as volume, intonation, powerpoint use etc. 

Just take a few seconds before you start talking to breathe, focus on those muscles, and to follow this with an amazing presentation (and a good grade). 

You can always send me an ask for advice on public speaking! Even though I’m not a professional coach or whatever, I have overcome my speaking anxiety and maybe I can be of any help at all <3

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Find some new studyblrs to follow!

If you’re new to studyblr and are wanting to find some new blogs to follow or gain your first few followers, reblog this post! Add a little about you and your blog as a caption if you wanted :-) x

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27.05.17 - 9/100 days of productivity just finished making my monthly spread for june

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06.29.17 // the academic year is over, and since i’m about to start using a new bullet journal, i thought i’d share my last one. here’s a snapshot of my favorite spreads this year.

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[Summer break 14.8]

I finally bought some ground, and I know one happy plant! I also bought one cheap diary to plan ahead in a better way. I love my bullet journal, but I need something to plan in advance properly. I reported the rest of August in there, but also what I already have planned for September (keeping my colour-coding to bring some life in there!). It’s pretty simple, plain, dull… but I’ll get myself a cuter one (probably more expensive too) for 2018 once the new stationery/bookshop opens nearby. It is 28°C in my studio, but that doesn’t stop me from lighting a peach-scented candle and make myself some apple/cinnamon-flavoured herbal tea. (Ah, smells so good in here!)

Listening to: Whiplash’s Original Soundtrack

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If you didn’t document your studying, did it even happen? 12/100 💫 w/ @study-slytherin

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Planner : monthly spread Instagram account : @jchristabel💕

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Notes

sparknotes

The Physics Classroom

MIT Open CourseWare

CliffsNotes

Physics of Music

itute

NCERT

News

phys.org

Scientific American

ScienceDaily

Discover

physics.org

IOP Physics World

D News

physnews

Entertainment

Physics Games

Interactives

Self-Learning

Khan Academy

Gravity! From the Big Bang to Black Holes

The Discovery of the Higgs Boson

Coursera

edX

YouTube

MinutePhysics

Physics Girl

Crash Course

Khan Academy

Tumblr posts

ap physics 1 by @marveloustudies & @solarstudy

Some tips for university/college physics by @munirastudies

succeed in physics by @motivatedhealthysuccess

ap physics tips by @noarasseo

Basic tips for success in physics courses by @hexaneandheels

ap physics c: mechanics by @acedemic

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i finally finished setting up my workspace in my new apartment and honestly??? i’m completely in love 

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i just recently hit 15k followers! are you kidding me!? a million thanks!! now, i decided to do blogrates! it’s my first time doing this, bear with ginny.

RULES

no need to follow, but appreciated!

must be a studyblr

reblog this post 

send me an ask with the title of your current favorite song, your #tag for original posts, and a ✧ if you think i should do blog awards next!

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FORMAT

song: dont know it | it’s ok | listened & i like it! | i love it | SAME

url: okay | nice | amazing | i love it | GIVE IT TO ME NOW

icon: okay | nice | amazing | i love it | I MUST HAVE IT

theme: okay | nice | amazing | i love it | BRB IM TAKING UR THEME

mobile theme: okay | nice | amazing | i love it | OUT OF THIS WORLD

posts: okay | nice | amazing | i love it | CHOCOLATE FOR THE EYES

following: no, but i still love you! | just did! | yes!! | FOREVER

blacklist #ginnyrates if you don’t want to see this on your dash!

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hey we’re olive and riley, both autistic lesbians, and we just started a studyblr! 

our interests:

knitting/crochet (riley)

linguistics (riley)

tarot (olive)

gerard way (olive)

cryptids/aliens (both)

sims (both)

girls (both)

our blog will consist of bujo stuff, study tips, masterposts, and whatever else we like! 

could we have a shoutout?

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hi everyone! i’m Sina (｡･ω･｡) I’ve been on tumblr since June and even before that I already knew that this thing called ‘studyblr’ exists. I got more and more interested in it and at some point I decided to check it out on the social media platform it originally started so I made a blog with the intention to start my own studblr a few weeks later. I am a huge procrastinator so it ended up taking 2 months to write my introductory post but well… here I am! ∗ stuff about me - I’m only 14 years old and I’m getting 15 on January 17 - I’m an ISFJ and a capricorn - I live in Germany - rn I have summer holidays but in 3 weeks I’ll be in 9th grade - so I don’t have any special classes or anything, there are just the ‘basic subjects’ like maths, history or sports (except my Chinese and Latin class, I could choose between different classes and decided to take those two) - but my favorites are my billingual* history class, my bilingual politics class and my chemistry class (*like I said: I live in Germany so in my bilingual classes we don’t talk in German but in English) - I don’t have any hobbies tbh but i like dancing - oh and I’m a hUGE kpop fan (especially bts, they destroyed my life hdkskd but I’m going to stan blackpink soon!) - I’m not that much of a study person but the studyblr community changed that in a blink??? - I’m so tall and skinny that it came to the point where i am really insecure about myself but I’m working on that! - I still don’t know everything when it comes to using tumblr but I’m working on that too! so please don’t be mad when I do something weird - I originally planned on making an Animal Crossing blog but then I stopped playing it which makes me kinda sad because I played this game since I was 7 or maybe even 6 (I couldn’t even read back then) - I’m really really scared of pigeons (I think it even became a phobia but I couldn’t find the term for it) [my mom just appeared behind me and said that she’s proud of my English skills which leads perfectly to the next point] - I love being praised and start smiling like a 6 year-old if someone says that i did a great job - I’m interested in modern art lately and because this already got longer than i expected I’ll go on with the studyblrs that inspired me emma / @emmastudies chrissie / @chrissiestudies and carol / @studylustre they also helped me by answering my questions about tumblr in general or my bujo so thank you ! ♡ i hope you’ll enjoy my blog and maybe I’ll even inspire others to do great things! i hope you have a great day! ♡

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URGENT ALL AUSSIES!!!

i know!!! the stupid liberal government has decided on the plebiscite and even tho it’s a waste of money….. please vote!! IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE 18 BEFORE NOVEMBER 25 ENROLL TO VOTE!!! PLEASE DO NOT THROW YOUR VOTE AWAY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME AND SO MANY OTHERS!!!!!!! PLEASE VOTE YES ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY!!!!!! WE CAN DO THIS!!!!

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08.16.17 || Summer vacation is coming to an end (soon), so here is a compilation of all the stationary I bought over the summer 💕 Got so many cute things in Beijing and HongKong ^_^

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i finally bought myself a bullet journal!! i’m super excited to use it n record all my thoughts n memories in a cute way :] i decided to go w/ a soft pink theme to match the book heh!!! look at jim hes so precious my tiny lil cotton puff angel:(

currently listening to: winner - i’m different