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Anne Carson, from The Glass Essay

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Illustration by from Around The Year (Floris Books)

by Elsa Beskow

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the full moon in paintings

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Hi everyone, if you experience any trouble at all with accessing the links, just shoot me an email :) 

A level and IGCSE notes master post!

Hii, everyone! :-) 

I’m an 18 year old A-level student who’s selling some of her IGCSE and A-level notes

I’ve created this master post so that it’s easier for you to check out notes for the subjects you’re interested in. 

I’ve included pictures and free samples of my notes in every post so you can get a feel of what they’re like.

IGCSEs!

History IGCSE - International Relations (1919-1939) Bundle! History IGCSE - Changes in Medicine Bundle! History IGCSE - The Origins and Course of World War One Bundle! IGCSE English Language A - Anthology Extracts Analysis! 

A levels!

Sociology AS Level - Theory and Methods Bundle! Sociology AS level - Family Unit Bundle! History A- level - Russia Bundle! History A-level - The Origins of World War One Bundle! Chemistry AS Level - Unit 1 Bundle! Biology AS Level - Unit 2 Bundle!

How can you buy these notes?

I’ve included a paypal link for each set of notes in each of the above posts, under the title ‘Click here’. Once you click on that, you will be directed to a checkout page.

After you finish checking out, a ‘return to merchant’ button will appear.

Click on the ‘return to merchant’ button; this will allow you to access a PDF of my notes on a onedrive link.

Click on the little box displayed at the bottom right corner, then click ‘download a copy’, and you’re done! :)

I really hope you find my notes helpful, and if anyone has any questions at all, please feel free to send me a message! :-) 

#alevels #igcse #exams #history A Level #a level biology #notes #studyblr

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A level and IGCSE notes master post!

Hii, everyone! :-) 

I’m an 18 year old A-level student who’s selling some of her IGCSE and A-level notes

I’ve created this master post so that it’s easier for you to check out notes for the subjects you’re interested in. 

I’ve included pictures and free samples of my notes in every post so you can get a feel of what they’re like.

IGCSEs!

History IGCSE - International Relations (1919-1939) Bundle! History IGCSE - Changes in Medicine Bundle! History IGCSE - The Origins and Course of World War One Bundle! IGCSE English Language A - Anthology Extracts Analysis! 

A levels!

Sociology AS Level - Theory and Methods Bundle! Sociology AS level - Family Unit Bundle! History A- level - Russia Bundle! History A-level - The Origins of World War One Bundle! Chemistry AS Level - Unit 1 Bundle! Biology AS Level - Unit 2 Bundle!

How can you buy these notes?

I’ve included a paypal link for each set of notes in each of the above posts, under the title ‘Click here’. Once you click on that, you will be directed to a checkout page.

After you finish checking out, a ‘return to merchant’ button will appear.

Click on the ‘return to merchant’ button; this will allow you to access a PDF of my notes on a onedrive link.

Click on the little box displayed at the bottom right corner, then click ‘download a copy’, and you’re done! :)

I really hope you find my notes helpful, and if anyone has any questions at all, please feel free to send me a message! :-) 

#a level results #exam results #igcses #alevels

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A level and IGCSE notes master post!

Hii, everyone! :-) 

I’m an 18 year old A-level student who’s selling some of her IGCSE and A-level notes

I’ve created this master post so that it’s easier for you to check out notes for the subjects you’re interested in. 

I’ve included pictures and free samples of my notes in every post so you can get a feel of what they’re like.

IGCSEs!

History IGCSE - International Relations (1919-1939) Bundle! History IGCSE - Changes in Medicine Bundle! History IGCSE - The Origins and Course of World War One Bundle! IGCSE English Language A - Anthology Extracts Analysis! 

A levels!

Sociology AS Level - Theory and Methods Bundle! Sociology AS level - Family Unit Bundle! History A- level - Russia Bundle! History A-level - The Origins of World War One Bundle! Chemistry AS Level - Unit 1 Bundle! Biology AS Level - Unit 2 Bundle!

How can you buy these notes?

I’ve included a paypal link for each set of notes in each of the above posts, under the title ‘Click here’. Once you click on that, you will be directed to a checkout page.

After you finish checking out, a ‘return to merchant’ button will appear.

Click on the ‘return to merchant’ button; this will allow you to access a PDF of my notes on a onedrive link.

Click on the little box displayed at the bottom right corner, then click ‘download a copy’, and you’re done! :)

I really hope you find my notes helpful, and if anyone has any questions at all, please feel free to send me a message! :-) 

#study #a level #notes #studyblr #school #igcse #motivation #studyspo #reminders #sociology

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you know, life doesn’t have to be competitive. you don’t have to get in the very best university; you don’t have to get the highest paying career there is. you don’t need to compare and compete with everyone else in the world. you need to do what’s right for you. you need to relax, take a breath, and say ‘what do i want, for myself, to live as i want to’. and, if that involves high ambitions, then that’s fine. because you chose those ambitions on what you desire as an individual, and not on what is expected in order to succeed. let’s be ourselves this year.

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“The laws of capitalism, which are blind and are invisible to ordinary people, act upon the individual without he or she being aware of it. One sees only the vastness of a seemingly infinite horizon ahead. That is how it is painted by capitalist propagandists who purport to draw a lesson from the example of Rockefeller — whether or not it is true — about the possibilities of individual success. The amount of poverty and suffering required for a Rockefeller to emerge, and the amount of depravity entailed in the accumulation of a fortune of such magnitude, are left out of the picture, and it is not always possible for the popular forces to expose this clearly.”

— Che Guevara, Socialism and Man in Cuba, 1965

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please make sure that wherever you’re at in life, you don’t treat it like a transitory period. don’t waste your college years wishing to already be graduated & have a job. don’t waste your single years wishing for someone to be in love with. if/when those things come, they will come in due time and they will be good. but there is nothing like looking back and feeling empty because you wasted literal years ignoring what you had because you were hoping for something better. while it’s important to better yourself and reach for your goals, don’t neglect the present because that’s where you are now and it’s your now that determines your future. 

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Why we should try to stop comparing ourselves to others

Why is it that comparison is the thief of joy? Let’s have a look at why comparing ourselves with others is actually more harmful than helpful.

1. Our paths are all individual - no matter how similar they seem

We’re all on different paths, in different circumstances and have different purposes to one another. No matter how many commonalities we might have with other people, our futures are not the same - we never know for certain what our future holds for us, and this is actually amazing! We literally have our own completely unique path to find ourselves, find our truth and live out that truth. This is why we all have different strengths and weaknesses. We’ve been gifted with the strengths that we really need to live out our purpose and we are also gifted with the opportunities/challenges we need to recognise our weaknesses (this way we can work on them). 

So comparing ourselves while we’re on our unique path to someone else while they’re on their unique path doesn’t actually give us any relevant information to benefit us in our growth process.

2. We can only compare ourselves with ourselves

Considering the previous point, the most accurate way for us to measure our own growth is to compare where we are at to our previous self. Even then, we have to remember that growth is not always linear. It’s completely normal to have periods of ups and downs and often what might seem like a setback in our growth is actually the unexpected circumstance/phase that needs to happen for us to learn, grow and move into the next phase. Generally though, looking back at the lessons we have personally learnt and the actions we are or aren’t now making because of these lessons can be a helpful marker in our personal progression. Self-reflection is critical.

3. We don’t actually know what people are going through behind the scenes

All we can actually ever know of another person is just a version of themselves. This especially goes for those we might compare ourselves to from afar (acquaintances, social media influencers, celebrities etc). But this is even relevant for those who we are closest with - we can never completely know and understand every single thing they are personally experiencing in their minds and what impact this might be having on them. Given this, if we compare our entire own life (including both positives & negatives) to what people conceal about themselves (usually their ‘highlight reel’) we can actually allow ourselves to feel victimised and put ourselves down due to assumptions that we have based off peoples’ self-projections. It’s just not accurate and makes us feel bad about ourselves for no reason, likely setting us back further in our own growth. 

The verdict

It’s important to acknowledge that it can be very difficult to live comparison-free and we are not ‘bad people’ for comparing ourselves to others - it’s a part of being human. It’s just super important for our own mental health and personal growth that we work on trying to minimise it (tips for this in a potential future post if you’re interested).

Growth Getters (The Instagram)

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“Perhaps we should love ourselves so fiercely, that when others see us they know exactly how it should be done.”

— Rudy Francisco

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“We procrastinate about things that make us feel uncomfortable. But what makes us feel good temporarily isn’t necessarily good for us in the long run.”

— Barbara Oakley, A Mind for Numbers

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https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-money-billionaires-celebrities-make-per-hour-2018-8

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i speak french in public to my grandparents and to my boyfriend. people are surprised that im bilingual and say its cool and ask me to teach them some time

but when one of my classmates speaks arabic in public to her family, she gets strange and disgusted looks. no one asks to be taught arabic. no one says its cool that shes bilingual

its racism plain and simple

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with 2019 just around the corner, here’s a collection of buzzfeed articles with things you can do to start your year off positively.

alternative ways to spend new year’s eve

a more or less definitive guide to showing up for friends

books for anyone who’s had a tough year

chill things to do on new year’s eve instead of going out

friendship tips that will make you say “oh shit”

how to be less judgemental 

hobbies for people who have no idea where to start

little ways to be a better long-distance friend in 2019

mood-lifting habits you can start now

people share the habit that changed their lives in 2018

people share the advice that changed their lives in 2018

tips that’ll help you be on time for everything

tiny ways to keep your long-distance friendship strong as ever

things to do alone if you ever get the chance

things to do during the week between christmas and new year’s

ways to understand yourself a tiny bit more

check out: ultimate tips masterpost

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i also think intelligence is way too glorified and its seen as like the pinnacle of human worth when traits like compassion and goodness factor way more into our actual decisions+interactions

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During the most poor and homeless period of my life, I had a lot of people get angry with me because I spent $25 on Bath and Body Works candles during a sale. They couldn’t comprehend why the hell I would do that when I had been fighting for months to try and get us on our feet, afford food, and have an apartment to live in.

Those candles were placed beside wherever I slept that night. In the morning, I would move them and set them wherever I’d have to hang out. At one point I carried one around in my purse - one of those big honking 3-wick candles. I never lit them, but I’d open them and smell them a lot.

I credit that purchase with a lot of my drive that got me to where I am today. I had been working tirelessly, 15+ hour days with barely any reward, constantly on the phone or trying to deal with organizations and associations to “get help at”. It’d gone on for almost a year by the end of it, and I was so burnt out, to the point that I would shake 24/7. But I could get a bit of relief from my 3-wick “upper middle class lifestyle” candles. They represented my future goals, my home I wanted to decorate, and how I would one day not be in this mess anymore.

When we moved into the apartment, and our financial status improved, I burned those candles every single day. When they were empty, I cleaned them out, stuck labels on them, and they became the starting point of my really cute organization system I had ALWAYS planned to have.

So whenever I hear about someone very poor getting themselves a treat - maybe it’s Starbucks, maybe it’s a home deco item, maybe it’s a video game… I don’t judge them. I get it. I get that you can’t go without anything for that long without it making you go crazy. You need to pull some joy, inspiration, and motivation from somewhere.