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academicgurl · 4 years

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Tips to Boost Mental Health for Students (online school edition)

-Create new ways to relieve your stress. You can do this by taking up hobbies that aren’t stressful like painting, reading, journaling, jogging, sewing and even writing fanfictions or tumblr posts (kind of like what I’m doing now). If you’re not interested in doing hobbies then you can also relieve your stress by sleeping, crying or even screaming in your room. Whatever activity you choose just ensure that it won’t cause you any stress or any harm.

-Find time to hang out with your friends. Now I know that we’re in the middle of a global pandemic right now but it is very important to stay in contact with our friends and loved ones. So you can arrange in person meet ups with your friends. Just as long as you guys promise to social distance and take the necessary precautions. If you’re unable to meet up in person then you can also try keeping in touch over the screen by using facetime, zoom, skype, WhatsApp video call and many others like these.

-Form a spiritual practice. You don’t have to be religious to have a spiritual practice (not that I have anything against being religious). There are lots of stuff you can do in your spiritual practice. You can do guided meditations (you can check videos on YouTube), pray, make a gratitude list at the beginning or end of each day, practice deep breathing, write affirmations etc. These are things that you can either do by yourself or with your close friends and family members.

-Assign a ‘rest day’ each week. What I mean by a ‘rest day’ is put aside at least one day where you don’t do any school work and use this day to relax or do a hobby or do some self care or clean your room. Just choose a day where you don’t think about school or assignments for a full 24 hours. Trust me you may not think it’s possible but you need to start taking day offs from academics. Especially since many of us are unable to separate our school life from our home life now that online school is a thing now.

-And lastly check in with yourself. Ask yourself these questions as often as you can. “How am I feeling right now?” and “What do I need right now?” This is important so that you don’t end up neglecting your feelings and your needs.

I know this post was kind of long but if you have reached this far, I just hope that you are doing well despite the current situation of the world. And I know that it might be very difficult adjusting to online learning right now but I believe in us. WE CAN DO THIS GUYS. Please take care of yourself, both mentally and physically.

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belezaesperta · 5 years

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a few study tips for myself

If you didn’t study as much as you wanted to, didn’t get as many questions right as you wanted to, or anything towards the lines of ‘you didn’t reach a certain goal you wanted to reach in a certain period of time’, don’t torture yourself over it. Let it go. Move on. Try again.

DO >NOT<, I said DO NOT do all-nighters. They’re so bad for your anxiety and for your depression, and can often trigger both of them. Don’t do it!!! Just take the time to write down everything you need to do and do it throughout the week, or the next morning. There’s literally no need to do it all at once if you’re going to feel so bad over it afterwards.

If you didn’t wake up early, or as early as you wanted to, that’s okay, your day’s not wasted, you can still get a few things done, just adjust your day to the amount of hours you’re going to have. This one might seem silly, but lately with this whole productivity trend on tumblr and youtube, I feel sometimes like I have to wake up at 5am or 6am, like a lot of these people do,in order to get things done and start my day properly. Don’t get me wrong, waking up early is great and it does save you a lot of time, but it’s not essencial everyday - if maybe you were working late or you just slept in cause you were really tired/fatigued, just let it be, and then, like I said, work with the hours you have.

On that note: PRODUCTIVITY DOES NOT EQUAL HEALTH. Let that really sink in. You’re not a machine. You needing breaks and getting tired is what makes you human, so don’t judge those moments - and please, don’t advocate them either. Rest. And don’t ever feel guilty about it.

Don’t advocate time for yourself. Always have a few hours each day to be in touch with yourself, to engage in some kind of spiritual/religious practice, or just meditate. Always have a day of the week where you can stop and digest everything that happened throughout the week, maybe write about it, journal, and a day dedicated to your next week, where you can get your shit together, clean the house, and do some planning. Which brings me to my next point:

Always, always take a few hours of your weekend to plan your next week. Don’t ever advocate that either. It is needed and yes sometimes seeing the amount of work you’re gonna have to put up with that week can make you nervous, but just breath in and trust you can do it. Your weeks can get so messy and you end up having to work a lot more if you don’t plan, so. That also counts for your meals!! Plan your meals!! Save yourself some freaking time!! Like Kati Morton greatly said in a recent video, most times, self-care means not self-indulging into a movie, a tv show or a bunch of unhealthy food, but doing things for your future self. Plan ahead. Do your laundry and clean your house regularly. Don’t wait until everything’s messy and you have no clothes to wear to finally do things. Do your freaking homework and your assignments as soon as you can. You’ll feel so much better about yourself.

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ellelearns · 6 years

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The failure of an assignment, relationship, or any other important goal can extremely disappointing, especially when you expected so much more for yourself. However, you cannot avoid failure unless you avoid doing anything at all. So instead of beating yourself up, there are ways for you to regain motivation and get back up on your feet after getting knocked down.

Accept what you’re feeling. I’m not saying that you should stay in bed, wallowing in self-pity for days. But you should take a moment and be angry or sad or whatever you feel after a loss. This will enable you to work through your feelings without lashing out on others or letting it distract you later.

Remember that a few setbacks do NOT make you a failure. Everyone fails, okay? Do you know how many times J.K Rowling sent Harry Potter to publishers before getting published? 12 times. She failed 12 times before publishing what became one of the best novel series of all time. So instead of going into a self-hating spiral, remind yourself that just because you failed doesn’t mean that you won’t succeed the next time. See this failure as something temporary that will pass instead of a permanent roadblock

Address the cause of the failure. Ask yourself these questions: What caused this? Could it have been prevented? What can I do in the future to succeed? Were my initial expectations unrealistic? Take the time to think or write down about could have been done and what their consequences would have been.

Learn from this situation. Now, apply the behaviors you wrote down in the previous step. You want to get an A on your next test? Study smarter, take better notes, ask your teacher questions or even read this post I wrote. You want to get first place at your next swim meets? Practice, improve your diet, train outside of the pool. Whatever your goal is, implement ways in your weekly routine to achieve it.

Understand that some of your goals may be unrealistic. It’s important to work hard to attain your goals, but it’s also important to realize if your goal was too difficult to achieve. You can’t possibly get 100% on every single one of your tests or win every competition you enter. Knowing that there are some things that you may not achieve at the moment will prevent you from being disappointed.

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metallicmagpie-blog · 6 years

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scholarship masterpost

As someone who has been profoundly influenced by the cost of college in the US, I really wanted to help other people be better prepared than I was and make some dents in student debt. Having also gone to a public school without a fully developed counseling department, I missed out on a lot of info about scholarships and ways of paying for college. Additionally, I haven't seen much financial-aid based advice floating around the studyblr community and wanted to help fill that gap as well.

The following is a compilation of information, sources, and general help that will maybe bridge that information gap for those who don’t necessarily have easy access to it. I’m afraid the guide is pretty US-based simply because that’s the only system I have experience with, but perhaps others will be willing to add on. So here you go!

A scholarship is free money. You don’t pay it back (unlike a loan), and it is gifted to you by an outside organization. There are tons of places to find them, and they can greatly help reduce your cost of college.

Every scholarship has its own requirements for applying, and may ask you to do something (write an essay, make a video, etc) in order to compete.

Need Based Scholarships: You must demonstrate financing need to qualify for the scholarship. Usually, you’ll need to have filled out FAFSA and have an EFC (expected family contribution) lower than a certain number.

Merit Scholarships: Merit scholarships are awarded to the participant who demonstrates the most merit, or worthiness. This can be due to academic success, an personal talent, volunteer work, or other qualities that make someone a great candidate.

Both need and merit based scholarships may have additional requirements, such as only being open to people of certain genders, ethnicities, or backgrounds.

- The internet! Its full of scholarships, seriously. And tons of sites curate them, so I’ve added an entire section on that below.

- Local Community: If you have a local Rotary or Lions Club branch, these organizations almost always have scholarships for local grads. You can also check with any other organizations such as the community center, other clubs/fraternal associations, or businesses.

- At your job/your parents job: Parents work for a sizeable company? Many offer scholarships that are only open to the families of those employed. They can ask the HR department, or you can look on the company website. Other companies offer tuition assistance or scholarships for employees (ex: Chick-Fil-A has a 2.5k employee-only scholarship), so you should check your own place of work too.

- Career Center/Counselor: School counselors can get a bad rap, but they have tons of resources! Ask them if they have any scholarship info (they definitely will, they get sent this kind of stuff) if its not already posted in the room.

- Your current school: This is for both high school students and college students. If you’re a high schooler, check with the PTA to see what they offer, and check what the school offers (again, ask the counselor!). They usually at least have something small, often for students nominated by the teachers. For college students, check the financial aid web page for your school. Many list scholarships the school has partnered with or promotes, as well as alumni scholarships (funds provided by past graduates for current students).

- Your future school: Applying for college this year? Some schools will automatically send your application to relevant, school-sponsored scholarships for consideration, while others will require you to specifically choose this or to complete additional materials. Look this up early so you don’t miss any deadlines!

(I have personally used these websites and can vouch for them. However, I would love to add others as well so let me know!)

Fastweb - the OG scholarship website. Its literally just a huge list of lists of scholarships. Its not the prettiest website (or at least didnt use to be), or the easiest to sort through, but there is definitely plenty of opportunities.

Chegg - A legitimate source of scholarships, although they tend to list very popular and very competitive ones. While these are, of course, worth a lot of money, you’ll want to make sure you’re very competitive before applying so you don’t waste time.

Cappex - Yep, you have to sign up. But its totally worth it. Aside from having a really organized list (sort by amount, requirements, deadline, etc), they will also send emails to remind you of deadlines for apps you’ve started or scholarships your might qualify for. It will also help you look for colleges that fit your needs if you’re not sure where you want to go. 100% free. Highly recommend.

GoingMerry - This one is really really new, and I only know about it bc my school counselor let us in on it. Its supposed to be kind of like a commonApp for scholarships. So far it shown itself to have a lot of smaller, individual scholarships rather than large popular ones which is really nice. (non ref link).

DoSomething - This organization makes monthly initiatives (ex: get friends to register to vote, run a canned goods drive) and if you participate you can submit an entry for a scholarship. There are about 5 campaigns per month and they usually pick winners randomly. They’ll email with you with new campaigns and winners regularly. Its a good way to impact your community and maybe get some money for it!

This is definitely not a comprehensive list, but it will certainly get you started!

Some final words:

1. NEVER pay for a scholarship service. Sites that do this (such as Scholly) are scams. A legitimate scholarship fund/website will never charge you to apply for or match to scholarships.

2. Watch out for lottery scholarships where you have to sign up. Sites like Niche or Scholarship Points, etc will advertise that if you sign up you “could win a [insert large amount] scholarship”. In reality you’ll just get a lot of spam, since the entire thing is a lottery system and designed to increase their search engine rankings.

3. Make sure you know what you’re applying for- a judged or a lottery type scholarship. The former means you’re actually competing based on your application, while the latter simply has basic qualifications and then you’re thrown into a drawing (aka much less likely to win anything for your efforts).

4. Found a lot of scholarships? Make an excel sheet of them if they’re on different sites. This will help you keep track of due dates, eligibility, prompts, etc.

5. Don’t get discouraged! Apply to as many scholarships as possible. Free money is out there and while it may take you some time to win it, it is definitely attainable and you can do it!

Now go and get your free money!

(ps would anyone be interested in a guide to federal student aid/subsidized and unsubsizied loans/CSS/FAFSA/etc? I would be happy to put it infographic form too if that would help -- @metallicmagpie)

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hannybstudies · 5 years

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Happy birthday!

thank youuu!! 💫💓

#you are so precious #bday wishes #honeststudying

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shaysstudies · 6 years

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Hey, everybody! I’ve decided to post a link to a google drive that contains notes from my Calculus I and II and my Organic Chemistry I and II classes. I earned good grades in these classes and I hope these notes can help you guys do that too! The notes are arranged by date and they are also labelled with topics. I apologize for any mistakes that may be found. If you find something really erroneous, shoot me a message with the class and date and I’ll try to fix it when I get the chance.

If you found my notes useful, please reblog so that more people can see it! Happy studying!

Shaysstudies’ Google Drive

P.S. All of the notes have been revised and edited to look nice except for those in the Calc I folder. If I get the opportunity, I am going to rewrite and re-post them.

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studysketch · 6 years

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january 8th, 2018: day one

last week was my first day back, and i’m still trying to get back into the work mindset (after sleeping in and being lazy all break lmao). it’s also my first time doing this challenge! i hope that it can push me to be more productive each day. so here’s my bujo, along with a text i’m annotating for french class today

#100 days of productivity #studyblr #studyspo #study motivation #i have my workout schedule there but to be honest i haven't been following it well #ugh i have to get better #gloomstudy #honeststudying #studyquill #emmastudies #seatudying #tbhstudying #focusign #my stuff

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dutchlabstudent · 6 years

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I have no natural lightning in my room, so all of my pictures look so bad I’m rewriting my Molecular and biochemical techniques notes from last semester for my next exam

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ceceggstudies · 6 years

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11.23.17

Some US history notes :)

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foxscarf · 7 years

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28/100 days of productivity

Busy desk… (Wow I love biology)

#100 days of productivity #studyblr #my work #biology #biology a level #a levels #small studyblrs unite #small studyblr network #real studyblr #studyblrs get real #emma100dop #honeststudying #alimastudies #curiosi-tea #einstetic

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academicgurl · 4 years

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Hello there, a little birdie told me that you haven’t been taking care of yourself as much as you should. But don’t worry friend I’ve got you covered. Here are a few simple, inexpensive ways you can practice self care throughout this semester. Also I hope this serves as a quick reminder that self care should not be optional. Please try and find a way to incorporate a little bit of self care into your daily routine.

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belezaesperta · 6 years

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🌸10 study tips that have helped me a lot 🌸

1. Give teachers a chance. Maybe two or three chances. Even if their subject or the way they talk etc. is boring. Most times, it’s worth it - it will make you more interested in their class and you’ll learn things better.

2. If I’m ever stressed and need to chill, usually the things that work for me are:

taking a nap

talking to a friend about it

taking a hot shower

watching a funny/silly/cute tv show (my favorites are friends, brooklyn 99, steven universe or some slice of life/shoujo anime/k-drama).

3. always make sure you’re comfortable while you’re studying! I can never get through a long study session without having showered and changed into comfy clothes before starting it. Some people also like lighting candles and having nice snacks around, which are also always a plus! Just don’t put a lot of stuff into your ‘pre-study session’ routine; you’ll end up taking a lot of time to get ready and that can simply turn into procrastination and distraction. Just make sure you feel good enough to start and don’t forget to drink water!

4. I’m even gonna make this a single topic cause!! water is so important and useful!! Not only it helps keeping you fresh (specially if you add some cucumber or strawberries in it!) and focused, it’s also great to keep you awake if you’re feeling a bit sleepy. The effect doesn’t hit you as fast as coffee, for example, but it lasts much longer. Also caffeine is bad for you!! Make sure to not over drink it.

5. Always study keeping in mind how things are gonna fall on your test/exam. Make sure to write down the questions that your teacher asks while giving a class (and their answers, obviously) - these are quite often the things that will fall on your test and the teacher rarely ever writes it down on the board, so it might seem like it isn’t relevant, but it really helps you understand the thought process of the subject better.

6. Speaking of writing down questions, the Cornell Method has always worked really well to me, specially in History classes. It’s also great for memorization and revising!

7. This is something I’m still learning to do, but make sure to revise as much as you can! Doesn’t have to be a big revision; just looking through your notes at the end of the day/week (or even just after taking them!) helps a lot!

8. Please, please, always prioritize your mental health and sleep. You need energy and mental stability to study things properly. If you don’t, your brain won’t be able to select and properly learn all the things you’ve studied that day, you’ll feel super tired and dead inside and you will crash. It’s just not healthy. Don’t listen to the whole ‘you can go out/rest after you’ve passed your exams, it will be worth it’ or ‘my dreams are worth more than my sleep’ trend. Don’t do it!! It’s a trap. I know school usually makes you think you need to give your best at all times, but a) you really don’t; give yourself some slack once in a while, you need it, and b) your best doesn’t have to be working your as* off ‘til 3am everyday. It might just be studying for 4-6 hours everyday. Or eating ice cream and watching tv shows all day at least for one day. Your body decides. Let it be.

9. Use actual flashcards when it’s a very difficult/new subject, not just online ones like quizlet!! (this is a tip I learned from this post)

10. eat well! also maybe try taking vitamins - especially if you’re a useless blob like me and you don’t play any sports! I’ve been taking goji berry capsules and they help me a whole lot, specially if I’m feeling sleepy. Actually any type of berry is great for boosting up your energy!

🍒some rly good posts I recommend:

‘study smarter’ by @sleeptalkz

‘how I increased my productivity by 3x’ by @brbimstudying

‘conquering math’ by @thestudyfeels

‘bujo trackers for getting your sh*t together’ by @etudiaire

‘types of breaks for every situation’ by @samsstudygram

🍒productivity/study life youtubers I like:

rowena tsai (love her, rly good tips on organization and just nice overall aesthetic)

ana mascara (I always watch her videos when I feel like I’m lacking motivation. Her videos talk a lot about that and discipline, and how you should always ‘be comfortable with the uncomfortable’; just 10/10 rly good motivational and actually useful videos overall).

That’s it! sorry if this was too long. I still have some tips left that I didn’t include in this post so let me know if you want me to do another one of these!

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gloomstudy · 6 years

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Dragons?

dragons: what makes you feel powerful, what breathes life into you?

music!! it gives me the power to express what i can’t express with words, and it’s one of the things that i can’t live without.

send me some lovely asks?

#answered #honeststudying

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studyfeather · 7 years

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scarves?

SCARVES: if you could only wear one outfit for the rest of your life what would it be?

A DIFFICULT QUESTION .... a part of me wants like...joggers and a t-shirt but sdkjflkjs. probably basic skinny jeans, a v-neck, boots and a jacket! something simple but also nice.

send me an autumnal ask!

#ask #answered #scarves #honeststudying #autumnal asks

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hannybstudies · 7 years

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Congrats on 1K!! ✨ Any advice on how to prep for uni if you're not sure what your courses will consist of? (my school doesn't give us that information until the first day, so I don't know what textbooks I need/what research papers I'll be writing :/)

thank you!!♡ also, uGH not being able to buy textbooks ahead of time would stress me out to no end; how do you do it?!

here’s my advice:

see if there’s any information about the class online

not every class is the same but knowing a little bit about the subject before the first day may help you understand better

do you know anyone who has taken the class before?

does a friend or an acquaintance have old notes from the same class that you can look over?

better yet, maybe they have their old textbook!

get your planner/journal set up (as much as you can)

if you’re using a bullet journal, get a page or two set aside that you can easily add due dates to

this may be an actual due dates page, a calendar view, or whatever else floats your boat!

you could also make a schedule for yourself of when your classes are

then later, schedule times to study/do homework

I have an example of this (and other bujo pages) in my video!

and then, I (personally) would sit back and mentally prepare for a great semester!

other things you can do while waiting for the semester to start:

practice your handwriting

clean out your backpack

get all your laundry done (less worry once the homework starts rolling in!)

read old notes from past semesters, brush up on old tests, etc.

maybe try out a new note taking method

make a playlist for music you like to study to

make a list of goals (academic & personal) you want to accomplish this semester

I hope you have a great year! go out there and conquer it!!♡

want advice?

#advice #school advice #university advice #uni #studyblr #bullet journal #here to help you #studying #study #hi are you still reading these #come to me if you ever need anything ‪♡‬#honeststudying

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shaysstudies · 7 years

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07.19.17 || 19/100 DOP Bujo spreads from the last couple of weeks. Half-way done with Orgo II and I'm looking forward to vacation. Attending two grad parties this weekend, congratulations to those recent grads out there 🎉

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