#SpringQuarantineStudyChallenge

[spellsthename]

Day 15.

Mon. Feb. 8: Did you have a nice weekend? Did you take a good rest?

Lol. No. I feel so behind already this week I played catch up with chores all week and now I’m catching up on exercise and school AND chores.

We are hanging in there today.

Stay safe and healthy! ✨

#cicirambles #cici speaks #studyblr #studyspo #study motivation #study #studying #studygram #study notes #aesthetic #notes #study 100 challenge #spring quarter #springquarantinestudychallenge #sqsc #nature #green academia

[chaoshomeschooler]

1/29/21 - 3:40 AM

this is pretty long so here’s a read more

I’ve come to accept the fact that I simply do not operate in the daytime. The past several days I have ended up staying up until 4 saying “I’ll go to sleep soon” while getting nothing done. Then I sleep until some ungodly hour the next day - not like I’m in my bed sleeping until noon. No. I get up, go to work, then doze off at work between customers. Every time I fall asleep at work I get... scared? I hear these clicking sounds and I feel dread while I’m sleeping but I still just kind of sleep. It’s really not fun. But either way, I’ve been getting almost nothing done in the day because I sleep until really late (today I stayed home and I ended up being up for three hours then taking like a four hour nap) and then I get nothing done at night because I keep thinking I’ll go to sleep soon.

So today I’m just staying up all night, getting things done, and hopefully I’ll be so tired that I can get to sleep at a decent hour tomorrow, even if I end up dosing off all morning.

And guess what. It worked. I got an assignment done and I started on my next one. I’m still awake enough that I’m going to go work on a scholarship and a commission after this.

For me everything is about results and not method. Ideally I’d operate during regular hours but ya know - it may not be the right way but it’s the only thing that’s working for me right now.

Oh yeah and I’m actually using my desk for once in my life so I feel like a real student for once lol.

Stu-dna challenge days 27-29:

27. study in groups or study alone?

What’s a group?

JK umm when I used to be in co-ops (Classical Conversations or CC, for the initiated) and that one year I was at the career center I did have several group projects and breakouts in classes - I hated the group projects because either I was the only one who did any work (career center) or I was stuck with someone who hated me/the group was so big it was hard to get anything done (CC). So nah, in most cases I would rather study alone unless it’s with my one friend who actually cares about her grades like I do.

28. do you like the cold? what are your favourite winter activities?

I don’t necessarily like the cold but it’s better than the heat bc you can put on layers or use a space heater - in the heat there’s only so much you can do.

Uhhh my favorite winter activities would really just be anything Christmas related. Just hanging out at home and decorating or baking or making gifts for my friends or anything like that

29. do you have any hobbies?

I find it hard to define hobbies? Like I sew and crochet but that’s also my job. I learned embroidery over the summer and I also write but I don’t have time for either of those things any more.

I also play piano but it’s kind of a school subject due to the like intensity of my learning that (wow I can’t english rn). Cello is more of a hobby for me because I don’t take lessons anymore - but that’s another thing that I don’t have much time for.

spell-studies challenge:

3. Wed. Jan 27: what are you most excited for this semester/challenge?

This isn’t school related but it’s happening this semester - I’m going to go visit Belmont University and my Adult Friends aka my favorite band who all went there are gonna meet up with me there.

I guess describing them as my favorite band makes it sound really unrealistic - they’re a super tiny band and I met them when they were even way less famous - I started talking to them and one of them commissioned something from me etc etc now we talk on and off on social media and whenever they come to my area we hang out. Also they’re not that much older than me I think they’re like 7 or so years older.

4. Thur. Jan 28: Wanna post a work space pic?

I added the pic at the top of the post before I even saw this prompt lol :)

5. Fri. Jan 29: TGIF what’s today’s ~vibe~?

today’s (yesterday’s???) vibe is ✨disappointment✨ I slept way too much and got nothing done yaaayyyyy - so by the time my parents got home (they work like a million hours a day so I don’t get to see them much) I was still working so I couldn’t spend any time with them. I’ve been trying to spend more time with them bc I’m graduating this spring/summer (*barf*)

but the vibe going into the rest of today is ✨fuck you you better get some shit done and tire yourself out so you can go to sleep fuck you and your bad habits✨

#high school #stu-dna challenge #SpringQuarantineStudyChallenge #spring quarantine fall challenge #study challenge #homeschooler #homeschooling #home school studyblr #homeschool studyblr #home school #homeschool #studyblr

[randomstudyblr]

05.02.2021

Ich habe ein tinder Account, um für neuen Freunden zu finden gemacht. Das ist der Highlight auf meinem Tag, gotta love lockdown.

I have made a tinder account in the hopes of finding friends there, that's the highlight of my day. Gotta love lockdown.

Word of the day challenge, day 4: time

die Zeit (en)

Die Zeit vergeht wie im Flug, wenn man Spaß hat, ist das richtig? Dann, während Quarantäne habe ich kein Spaß gemacht gehabt. Die Zeit vergeht, sehr langsam, wie tropfender Honig, und ich bleibe in meinem Zimmer, allein. Wenn man etwas macht, wie ein neues Hobbys aufnehmen anfangen oder ein altes Interessen wieder starten anfangen, dann geht sie ein bisschen schneller. Aber vier Wänden sind zu kleinen für einen Mensch, und 24 Stunden sind zu lang für vier Wänden.

Spring quarantine study challenge, day 4: work space pic!

Today was a "watch nature documentaries while studying because otherwise you're not going to get anything done" kind of day, but that's life. I tend to keep my desk clean and shove all my stuff in a drawer, because remember, a clean space is just many things stuffed into tidy boxes.

#mine #photo #german #springquarantinestudychallenge #sqsc #heyspell-studies #langblrwotdchallenge #featuring myself on the reflections because i just couldn't be assed today #idk what that text was #it's the first time i write something slightly not telegraphic in german so cut me some slack plz

[messy-does-cosmology]

27.1.2021

I want to just honestly get through this challenge haha. I also want to make sure I stay on top of work in general and I don't want any mental breakdowns. Mostly, I want to do well on my research project.

Radiation and matter, stellar astrophysics, physics challenge and research project!

Honestly, most excited for the research project. We're using WISE data to look at variable active galaxies, and it is soooo exciting.

I'm so excited to be doing another challenge! I hope this will be helpful in keeping me focused on my long-term goals, and I can't wait to share my pretty WISE graphs here hehe.

#messyblr #mine #college #physics #science #studyblr #books & libraries #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #Physblr #SQSC #SpringQuarantineStudyChallenge #Stemblr

[spellsthename]

Day 5!

Fri. Jan 29: TGIF what’s today’s ~vibe~?

Today’s vibe is a rainy hike and then lots of studying! I’ll be filming a study with me video today for my YouTube! Would you guys be into that cause I can always drop a link here.

Today I’ve got a big to-do list! History homework, stylistic readings and quite a bit of homework from my linguistics class!

Hope you are all staying safe and warm! ✨

*edit I stg I hit post but this never got posted my b

#studyblr #studyspo #study motivation #study #studying #studygram #study notes #aesthetic #notes #study 100 challenge #springquarantinestudychallenge #sqsc #nature #hiking #nature aesthetic #study with me #study tips #messyblr #cici speaks

[randomstudyblr]

03.02.2021

Was für einen mittelmäßigen Tag lmao. Den größten Teil des Morgens war ich von meinem Biochemie-Professor genervt, weil er super unordentlich ist und die Slides sind sehr chaotisch. Ich bin sehr dankbar, weil ich schon fast alles weiß. Rechts sind die Fenster in der Aachener Dom ✨

What an average day lmao. I spent most of the morning with murderous thoughts towards my biochemistry professor, because his lessons and slides are very chaotic and all over the place. I'm really thankful that I already know most of the material, because otherwise I'd be really lost. The picture on the right is at the Cathedral in Aachen :)

Word of the day challenge, day 2: love

Ich habe ein Foto in unsplash gefunden, in dem zwei Frauen und ein Pferd sind. Die Frau, die Lockige Haare hat, sitze auf der Motorhaube eines Autos und beugt sich zu dem anderen Frau hinüber. Die zweite Frau hält ihr Gesicht und schaut in ihre Augen. Außerdem, sie hält den Zügen des Pferdes. Sie sind super süß!

Spring quarantine stud challenge, day 2: what classes are you taking this semester?

I will talk about the next semester but I'm not done yet with this one hahahaha for my master's we don't know much about what our future will look like, so no clue, hopefully some practicals and a few interesting electives. For my English degree, I'm taking translation, phonetics, english 4, german 2 and the second part of north american literature.

#mine #photo #german #springquarantinestudychallenge #sqsc #heyspell-studies #langblrwotdchallenge #science

[chaoshomeschooler]

1/31/21

I wrote one scholarship essay today that took like 4 hours? I submitted that and another scholarship. and I’m about to go finish my writing class assignment. I also went to a training meeting for Andrew Yang’s mayoral campaign which I’m volunteering on. Other than that I didn’t get anything done today. I had wanted to write at least one more scholarship essay and practice piano, but I slept in instead.

last 2 days of the stu-dna challenge (thanks again for making this!):

30: how do you plan for the next month? anything fun happening in february?

I haven’t been great at planning lately but I usually just make sure I have all the info I need written down in my planner and I try to clear out the notes on my phone and stuff. I’ll probably clean up my todos on habitica too.

I don’t really have anything fun going on. I am going on a trip but it’s just to visit colleges and go to a competition. I’m really nervous about that and I don’t want to go. BUT there’s one good thing which is that I’ll get to hang out with my internet friends/favorite band for a little bit while I’m there.

31: reflect on how it went & what could have gone better. have you improved anything about yourself this month?

It could have gone better in the sense that I could have been more focused and gotten my assignments done before the deadline instead of on it. One thing that went well at the very end is that I’m doing a lot better at correcting my sleep schedule which directly ties with how productive I am.

spell-studies challenge:

6. Sat. Jan 30: How did this week go for you?

It went,,,,, ehhhh. I realized I had a big problem with sleeping during the day earlier this week and lately I’ve been able to make some steps to correct that. I honestly can’t remember a lot that’s happened this week. It’s been a blur. I’ve been doing a lot of scholarships lately and that’s been stressing me out so that’s all I can think about.

7. Sun. Jan 31: What’s the plan for next week?

The plan is to not sleep during the day, get more scholarships done, get my assignments done earlier, finish at least one of my commissions, and finish my personal finance course.

#study challenge #spring quarantine fall challenge #SpringQuarantineStudyChallenge #stu-dna challenge #high school #homeschooler #homeschooling #home school studyblr #homeschool studyblr #home school #homeschool #studyblr

[spellsthename]

Day 16! 

Tue. Feb. 9: Small goals this week?

Oh boy, uh, survive?

Overall goals, wake up consistently, attend all my lectures, go for a hike and exercise, and get ahead on all my homework and reading.  Oh and upload a youtube video but it’s having a hard time getting onto my laptop?????

How are you guys all doing? I feel like so many people have gone radio silent? Reply and lemme know how you’re doing? 

#studyblr #studyspo #study motivation #study #studying #studygram #study notes #aesthetic #notes #study 100 challenge #cici speaks #springquarantinestudychallenge #academics unite

[randomstudyblr]

05.03.2021

A very beautiful informative drawing from my lab notes and one of the sunny days we've recently had.

Sqsc, days 32 and 33:

Cursive or print?

My cursive is illegible, so print, but I admire every single one of you who can make cursive beautiful. My inability to use it has been haunting me since I learned how to write.

Handwritten or typed notes?

I prefer handwriting because it feels more natural to me, but, again, it tends to look very bad. If it's for a class where the teacher speaks very fast or if I want them to be pretty, then typed. If there's a lot of diagrams and drawings, then handwritten.

#mine #photo #sqsc #springquarantinestudychallenge

[randomstudyblr]

04.02.2021

Ich habe entwickelt, dass 4 Testen pro Tag zu vielen Testen sind hahahaha die nächsten Tage plane ich nur 2 Testen zu machen, hoffentlich klappt's. Heute bin ich in einer langen Fahrradtour nach einem Wald, was für eine schöne Erfahrung :)

I think that trying to do 4 tests every day is too much, I haven't met my goal yet... I'll plan to do only 2 from now on, I hope that works out. I also went cycling to a forest and it was super nice :)

Word of the day challenge, day 3: memory

Memory-inspired vocab list coming up!

die Erinnerung (ohne pl) - memory - el recuerdo

erinnern (an) - remind (of/about) - recordar (a)

sich erinnern (an) - remember - acordarse (de)

die Merkfähigkeit (-en) - retentiveness - la retentiva

das Gedächtnis (-se) - memory - la memoria

die Vergangenheit (-en) - past - el pasado

der Rückblick (-e) - retrospective - la retrospectiva

das Detail (-s) - detail - el detalle

ausführlich - detailed - detallado

das Kopfkino (-s) - mental image - imagen mental

Spring quarantine study challenge, day 3: what are you most excited for this semester?

To be fair, so much is unknown right now that everything I was excited for has just left my mind. I'm very excited to go back to the lab, it's been almost a year now since I last stepped into one, and I'm also looking forward to taking some more advanced classes.

#mine #photo #german #springquarantinestudychallenge #sqsc #heyspell-studies #langblrwotdchallenge

[chaoshomeschooler]

1/26/2021

a personal note:

I did not get a n y studying done at all yesterday and I probably won’t get much done today. That’s bc my sleep schedule is insane right now - I was up til 4:30 cleaning my sewing room so I can finally start on commissions. For the record, it’s not my fault that it was a mess - my parents use it as a storage room so all their stuff was encroaching on mine.

 I’ve been sleeping when I should be studying because I have to go to my more intense job after this. I think I’ll be able to watch a lecture before I have to leave tho. Since I’m gonna be so tired all day I think I’ll be able to get to sleep as soon as I get home from work - then my sleep schedule will be normal and I’ll be able to do school all day tomorrow.

It’s kind of nice that I have like 5 followers rn so I can keep using this blog for whatever crap like this until I can actually figure out what I’m doing. I do actually have a studying tips post in the works so that’s exciting. I’ve been considering making it a youtube video but I’m not so sure about showing my face.

stu-dna challenge day 26:

what’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make?

Letting go. I can’t give a specific instance but I remember there’s been several times in my life when I’ve had to let go of something or of a person or a dream. Especially when I was younger and I was even more confused about my future - I would get it stuck in my head and heart that I wanted to do One Specific Thing as my career for the rest of my life - one of those dreams was being a composer. My mom kept telling me that I wouldn’t make any money and that it wouldn’t work out. I honestly didn’t have any natural talent for it but for some reason I was convinced that I was going to make it and like be the next Hans Zimmer or something.

I actually got the opportunity to try my hand at composing around that time. I was taking some kind of online masterclass in composing (I was in like 6th or 7th or 8th grade and this was designed for adults) (also I’m pretty sure the class was a scam) but my library had a recording studio - so I went in there, having done relatively minimal research on how to use the DAW and having no one to help me. But damn it I locked myself in that room for several hours a week until I had finally managed to kind of make something. If I remember correctly it was like 16 bars? or 8? I just know it wasn’t any longer than 3 minutes. That whole process was one of the hardest things I’ve done - partially because I was tiny and had no skills and no idea what I was doing but also because I was so. freaking. depressed. I think my grandfather who I was super close with had died earlier that year and I was in a really deep depression until November.

But yeah so basically once that whole process was done I was so drained and I had less than no hope - like my hope was in the negative if that’s possible. But I still wanted to be a composer so so badly even though what I had just went through was like the worst thing ever. I remember when I was going through the process of realizing I h a d to give up my dream even though it was the last thing I wanted to let go of.

Looking back on it like, I’m obviously not going to be great at My Future Career TM in 8th grade so I could have just tabled the idea and focused on the present. I think it worked out in the long run tho. I’m happy with my current creative abilities in other mediums. And if I ever want to indulge 8th grade Pineapple I can always go take a basic composing class and try again.

spell studies challenge day 2:

2. Tue. Jan 26: What classes are you taking this semester? 

Death and Dying

Technical writing

Trigonometry (I think I’ve been on trig for three years bc I always put math on the back burner. I can’t believe I actually have to finish it. I think I was supposed to be in calc by now)

Personal Finance

Them Bookz™ - idk what to call this but my mom assigns me a different self help/finance/networking book per month. so far I’ve read:

How to Win Friends and Influence People (9/10 - very good advice, pretty easy to understand and super interesting anecdotes. Would recommend to anyone no matter their age or career aspirations.)

Rich Dad Poor Dad (7.5/10 - pretty good but I read most of it all in one night so I don’t remember much of it and it was hard to summarize the main point/points - still has some good advice tho - just read it in a normal amount of time and during waking hours so you can actually understand. Also spoilers: he didn’t actually have two dads who refused to merge their finances despite being partners - the poor dad is his real dad and the rich dad is his friend’s dad)

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (3/10 - there’s a bit of good advice in the first three habits but don’t waste your time - just look up a summary online. I hate the author. Full post on this book here.)

I know this isn’t a course but all my college apps and scholarship essays take up as much time and effort as 2 or 3 courses so I would like to give myself credit for that

wow another apology:

This was excessively long. I have to figure out a new format

#study challenge #spring quarantine fall challenge #SpringQuarantineStudyChallenge #stu-dna challenge #high school #college applications #homeschooler #homeschooling #home school studyblr #homeschool studyblr #home school #homeschool #studyblr

[randomstudyblr]

02.02.2021

Yay, heute war ok! Oben sind ein paar Bilder, die ich dieses Wochenende in einer Reise nach Aachen gemacht habe. 

Whew, got through that one ok. Here are some pictures from my trip to Aachen this weekend :)

Word of the day challenge, day 1: rain

der Regen (-):

Niederschlag, der in Form von Wassertropfen zur Erde fällt.

Etwas in großer Anzahl zur Erde Niedergehendes

Synonyme: Fisselregen, Gewitterregen, Niederschlag, Nieselregen, Schauer, Regenguss

Spring quarantine study challenge, day 1: Welcome back to another challenge! What are your goals?

Wie ich diese Morgen gesagt habe, ich möchte mich für das Studium mehr motivieren und etwas mit der Studyblr-Gemeinschaft machen. Die Prompts hört sich super interessant an, und ich wünsche allen, die den Challenge machen möchten, viel Erfolg diesen Monaten!

Like I said this morning, I want to find some more motivation for studying and I also wanted to do something with the studyblr community. The prompts sound super interesting, so I’m really looking forward to completing them, and I wish good luck to everyone who’s doing the challenge!

#mine #photo #german #springquarantinestudychallenge #sqsc #heyspell-studies #langblrwotdchallenge

[chaoshomeschooler]

2/5/21 - 12:33 AM

8. Mon. Feb. 1: Favorite studyblr tip/quote?

I don’t have a specific favorite tip, but I’ve found a lot of useful information from @livebloggingmydescentintomadness​ ‘s blog and @star-anise​

9. Tue. Feb. 2: Shelfie!

I got a shelf a few years ago and I loooove it - I finally have a place to display all my favorite things and books :)

10. Wed. Feb. 3: What are you doing as a study break today? Post a pic!

I played Wizard101 and made some soup! Here’s my wizard and their pets

11. Thur. Feb. 4: Why did you join studyblr?

I joined it to keep me accountable and to have a place to put all the great study tip posts I come across.

#studyblr #SpringQuarantineStudyChallenge #studyblr challenge

[chaoshomeschooler]

It’s the first day of the Spring Quarantine Study Challenge from @spell-studies ! Thanks for writing up all these prompts, Spell :)

Even though it’s not my first day of school, I think I’m going to use this as a chance to start making little updates on my progress. I’ve seen other people do it in a really aesthetic way with pictures of their desks and stuff but,,, well,,, I am chaoshomeschooler for a reason. I don’t have a desk and my study process is really messy. So you just get blocks of text. That being said...

a personal note:

I have not studied at all today. It is 7:51 PM. I have so much scholarship stuff to do and I hate it so much. Plus I have commissions to work on. FML.

On a good note I’m getting prepared for a piano scholarship audition and so far it’s going pretty well. My piano teacher is really great - like not only is she super nice to me and actually cares about me?? but she’s also really freaking smart and making sure I get a well rounded music education. It’s been so nice to learn from someone who knows what they’re doing after a year of the not-so-great teacher I got stuck with after both my amazing teachers passed away.

challenge day 1:

1. Mon. Jan. 25: Welcome back to another challenge! What are your goals?

finish all assignments at least one day before the deadline

not pull any more all-nighters

not leave any readings to be caught up on later

read a little bit of something every day

work on multiple subjects/things per day instead of doing a huge block of one subject all day

I guess these are really different ways to say “don’t procrastinate.”

I’m already failing on a couple of them - last night I sent in an assignment in 15 minutes before the deadline and I have a couple chapters to catch up on.

an apology:

Sorry this was so long and messy. I promise the next one will be at least slightly better.

#SpringQuarantineStudyChallenge #SQSC #studyblr challenge #study challenge #spring quarantine fall challenge #high school studyblr #highschool studyblr #homeschooler #homeschooling #home school studyblr #homeschool studyblr #home school #homeschool #studyblr

[chaoshomeschooler]

12. Fri. Feb. 5: Currently reading?

The only thing I’m reading for fun right now is Interview with the Vampire, but I don’t think I’ve read it in nearly a month lol

13. Sat. Feb. 6: How did this week go for you?

It was really really stressful and I turned in my assignments right on the deadline - which I’ve been trying not to do

14. Sun. Feb. 7:   What’s the plan for next week? 

I have a big scholarship essay to write, another one to improve and an audition to record. I’m also really going to try to submit stuff before the deadline this week. I’m going to be working at my once a month job this week which is usually fun but I have a lot of stressful stuff going on this week so I’m afraid it’s really going to throw me off.

15. Mon. Feb. 8: Did you have a nice weekend? Did you take a good rest?

It was good because I got a lot done, but not very restful at all lol. I had a mock interview on Saturday, so I was up all Friday night studying for that. Then I had my real interview today, so I was up all last night studying for that. It’s been a lot. Lol also I severely burned my hand over the weekend so that was fun.

#study challenge #SpringQuarantineStudyChallenge #homeschool #studyblr

[randomstudyblr]

03.03.2021

Today I didn't feel super good, started the day tutoring a girl from my master's and, to be honest, I felt a bit used :/ at least I managed to study some german in the afternoon, I prepared a presentation on why it should be forbidden to smoke in public spaces hahahaha

Sqsc day 31: what is your favorite doodle? Show us!

Girl, I got nothing. I'm very creatively challenged, and my only doodles are scribbles and splatters. In exchange for a doodle I bring you my lab notebook, very messy, but very useful (featuring some notes from a presentation we had yesterday in german! I understood... let's say 2/3 of the contents)

#mine #photo #sqsc #springquarantinestudychallenge