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TonIGHT

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Hello friends! Due to everything being online, I haven’t had much to post. I know this isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but I recently went through a religious shift and when I’m feeling overwhelmed (like now) , I like to think that this helps ease my mind

Anywho, I sincerely hope this doesn’t offend anyone! I hope you are all staying safe with school and work :)

#aesthetic #bujo #journal #studyblr #iced coffee #school #art #study #bible reading #biblevisuals

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Hey friends! Since COVID started, school has been all online so I haven’t had much content to post thats school related. Just been heading to work. Hope all is well!

#aesthetic #bujo #journal #studyblr #iced coffee #artists on tumblr #art #school

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Ya girl is back from her spring trip with the boy! Super sad to be home, but I promise I’ll have some content up. School break is being extended a week for me, so I’ll see what I can do :)

#school #college #student #journal #health #iced coffee #art #notes #aesthetic #travel #cruise #spring break

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sorry y’all, haven’t found any inspiration for photos just yet; very excited to be heading out on a cruise with my boyfriend and his family in a couple of weeks! I’ll be sure to have some content up before then. ily

#student #studyblr #journal #thoughts #notebook #study #college #semester #springbreak

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Not too much studying to do today, but I do have work in a bit. Just a quick stop for happy hour ☀️

#reading #bujo #painting #study motivation #studyblr #positivity #studying #iced coffee #studyspo #bookworm #starbucks #coffee

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Now that winter break is here, I had my first road trip over to Flagstaff and had such a lovely time over there! This was my breakfast yesterday morning before leaving for home. If you’re ever up there, go to Single Speed Cafe :)

#study motivation #motivation #studying #iced coffee #notes #literature #bookworm #studyspo #bujo #painting #mocha #savory knot #coffee #flagstaff #winter #snow #student

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Good morning y’all. Finished out the semester with 3/4 A’s! Still gotta wait for my final grade in math but ya girl is ready for her month off for winter break :)

How’s your morning so far?

#aesthetic #bujo #journal #bullet #bullet journal #studyblr #blue #study #notebook #happy #vibe #vibes #momentum #student

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she’s gonna pass her classes and she’s gonna graduate

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Haven’t been able to sleep too well this past week at all. Maybe it’s because finals are next week but who knows?

Drinking some night time tea my friend gave me 😌💕

Remember to take care of yourself

#aesthetic #bujo #journal #bullet #bullet journal #studyblr #blue #study #notebook #happy #college #student #tea #nighttime #puka #night time #london #starbucks #mug

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Don’t mind the obvious glares on my screen, but ya girl just grinded our math work for 3 hours, as well as finishing early with my communications assignments :)

#study #studyblr #college #aesthetic #bujo #journal #bullet #bullet journal #blue #happy #health #water #laptop #notes #notebook #note #pen #winter #finals #final

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With finals coming around the corner, here’s a reminder that you are not defined by dummy letters. Whether it goes right or wrong, you have tons of years left to fix whatever it is you need

Be careful with yourself, ily 🥰

it’s okay if you’re learning more slowly than everyone else. it’s okay if you stayed in bed all day yesterday instead of being productive. it’s okay that you don’t like every class or teacher you have. it’s okay if you didn’t do as well as you wanted to on that last exam. it’s okay if you forgot to hand in that last assignment. it’s okay if you make mistakes and fail sometimes. 

as long as you get back up and continue to try your best, things will eventually work out. with progress, you will achieve your goals. it might seem scary and overwhelming to start, but trying is never a bad thing at all! sometimes things are going to be hard, but do them because you might surprise yourself. it’s not about perfection, but rather consistency. if you get back up and put in your best effort, you will be so much better off. other people may seem more “successful” than you, but that honestly does not matter. if you take tiny steps, at first it might not seem like you’re getting anywhere, but don’t give up. what other people think is so irrelevant. be patient, and over time, you will realize how far you’ve come. you can do this, and i believe in you! 

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Books

On another note, does anyone have fantasy book recommendations? I’d love to expand my library

#study #studyblr #student #books #read #reading

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Change of Pace

Now that I’m a college student, I’m hoping to turn this page into a studyblr

Hopefully I can keep up with it lol

#study #studyblr #notes #new #student #college

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Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.

Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.

But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”

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I don’t know what I expected but this has exceeded every expectation

Happy belated Halloween you goons

Witches On Tinder

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Hey guys, so I’m nearing the end of my senior year, and it’s been great so far! I accomplished my academic tasks efficiently and didn’t burn myself out, and I think the main contributor to my success as a student is my organization system. This system has been refined throughout my high school years, but I think now I’ve finally found the most effective methods.

Please remember that this isn’t the only organization system you can adopt; this is just the one that works the best for me, and I hope that by sharing it with you, you’ll gain a new perspective on how to stay organized as a high school student.

The first thing I wanna talk about is my notebook system, which I briefly mentioned in my Guide to Note-Taking.

My notebook system comprises three types of notebooks: the Everything Notebook, the subject notebook, and the revision notebook.

The Everything Notebook

The first stage is in-class notes. I only bring one notebook to school every day. I call it my Everything Notebook, and this is where I write down all of the notes I take in class. This way, I don’t have to lug around six notebooks where I’m only going to use a few pages in each of them that day.

Subject Notebooks

At the end of the day, I would revise my notes and compare them to the syllabus so I know where we are in the learning process. I would then transfer my class notes from my Everything Notebook to my different subject notebooks. This is stage two. I also start to jazz up my notes because I use the notes in my subject notebooks to study for tests.

In addition to my class notes, I include material from my teachers’ notes that they might not have elaborated on, as well as points in the syllabus (I’m currently taking A2) that were only glazed over briefly, or not at all, in some cases. (Note: this does not mean they completely skip a chapter or topic; it’s more like they missed a few bullet points that should be in my notes but aren’t. An example would be if we’re learning about phenol reactions and the teacher forgot to mention the use of FeCl3 as a test for phenol.)

Revision Notebooks

Stage three comes a little later, when exam week is just around the corner. Essentially, I rewrite and improve my notes from my five different subject notebooks into a single revision notebook or binder. (Recently, I’ve opted for a revision notebook because they’re lighter and easier to carry around.)

Because my teachers don’t always teach in the order of the syllabus, the first thing I do is organize my notes according to the syllabus. I would then fill in any other missing gaps in the material that hadn’t been filled in stage two.

When compiling material for my revision notebook, I use as many sources as possible: my own notes, my teachers’ notes, youtube videos, online sites, and my favorite, the mark scheme! I add in some answers from past papers (explanations only, so no calculations) mainly to secure marks. It’s safer to memorize definitions straight from the mark scheme than from the textbook or from handouts. I also do this to ease my memorization, especially for topics that require lengthy explanations. It’s a lot easier to remember the 6 points I need to explain the principles of NMRI than to remember everything in the four-page handout my teacher gave me.

Folders and binders are essential to organizing your papers. Some people keep a single accordion folder for all their papers, but for me it’s just too heavy to carry around all the time. The same goes for subject folders that are brought to school every day.

Instead, my binder/folder system comprises my Everything Folder and my subject binders.

The Everything Folder

The folder I carry with me to school every day is this A4 folder I got from Tokyu Hands. It has 5 pockets, one for each day of the week, so all the papers I receive on Monday will go behind the first divider, and so on.

Some people also keep blank papers in their folders; I don’t because my school has its own lined paper and graphing pads that I keep under my desk that I use if a teacher asks us to do an assignment on those papers. If I do work at home, I prefer to just use a plain A4 paper or a legal pad.

Subject Binders

At the end of the week, I’ll sort my papers into my subject binders. Sometimes I’ll keep some papers in the folder if I think I’ll be needing it the next week. This usually only applies to worksheets because all my teachers’ notes are available on Google Classroom, so I can access them even if I don’t physically have them.

Each of these binders have sections inside them:

Physics: 1 for handouts, notes, and tests, 1 for Paper 4 (Theory), 1 for Paper 5 (Practical Planning). I included extra tabs to mark the different topics in the handouts section.

Chemistry: same as Physics.

Economics: 1 for Paper 3 (MCQ), 1 for Paper 4 (Case Study and Essay). A lot of my Economics material is online, though.

English: 1 for Paper 3 (Text and Discourse analysis), and 2 for Paper 4 (Language Topics, which includes 1 for Child Language Acquisition, 1 for World Englishes). Past papers, handouts, and notes all go under their respective topics.

Mathematics: I just keep everything together because I never revise math and just constantly do past papers.

This makes it easier for me to revise each subject because I can just take one binder with me instead of a messy folder with everything just shoved in there.

I keep a magazine file for each of my A-Level subjects (English and Mathematics are combined). All my textbooks, revision guides, and subject notebooks are kept here, so if I need to revise one subject, that’s the magazine file I’ll take out.

These magazine files prevent any small things (like my book of flashcards) from being shoved to the back of my bookshelf, or materials from different subjects from getting mixed up.

In my senior year, I mostly plan using this app called Edo Agenda. It syncs across all my devices for free and has all the features I need: a to do list to organize tasks, monthly and weekly calendars to organize events, a journal to organize notes and memos.

I used to bullet journal regularly, but it takes too much time during weekdays, so now I just bullet journal for the therapeutic effects it gives me, and I use an app for organizing tasks and events. Sometimes at the end of each week, I’ll transfer my tasks to my bullet journal and then decorate the page, but again, this is just for its therapy.

Organizing your school supplies is just as important as organizing your papers and notes. With a more organized backpack and pencil case, you won’t waste time looking for your things at the bottom of an abyss.

Pencil Case

I don’t find it necessary to bring so much stationery to school unless I plan on making notes at school (usually during revision week).

Backpack

Because we’re already in the revision term, I don’t really carry a lot of things in my everyday backpack, just the following:

Pencil case

Everything Notebook

Everything Folder

Revision notebook

Kindle

Phone

Wallet

Earphones

Calculator

Speaker

Drinking bottle

A pouch with things like a hairbrush, pads, and lip balm

And that’s all for now! I hope this post will help you organize your school life (if you haven’t already) or at least provide some useful insights on some ways to stay organized as a high school student.