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hiii! so ive seen SO MANY printables made by the lovely studyblr community and i thought i would compile a bunch on this post! ~not mine~

today goals / planner

cute backpack tag

daily planner / sched

checklist for the day

assignment planner

essay planning

top 3 / to do daily

poetry term glossary

huge revision pack

rainbow daily plan

year / week / day

100 words to know

self esteem journal

form good habits

exam study pack

weekly planner

30 minute schedule

printable masterpost

masterposts!!!

productive summers

starting a study blog

time managements

succeed @ school

ap world history

web resources

ap psychology

bullet journals

ace ur exams

stress reliefs

annotations

essay writin

sat help

+more

i personally love the 30 minutes schedule and have adapted it to my bullet journal ~ hope this was helpful! xoxo sareena

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reminder to:

straighten your back

go pee goddAMN IT STOP HOLDING IT

go take your meds if you need to

drink some water

go get a snack if you havent eaten in a while

maybe wander around the house/stretch a little if you’ve been sat at the computer a while (artists especially: sTRETCH THOSE WRISTS)

reply to that text/message from earlier you’d forgotten about

maybe send a nice lil message to someone having a bad day?

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Don’t study because you need to. Study because knowledge is power. Study because they can never take it away from you. Study because you want to know more. Study because it enhances you. Study because it grows you.

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hello everyone! i know some of you will be going back to school soon, so i decided to make a huge masterpost that will hopefully help some of you out!

NOTETAKING

how to take pretty notes

notetaking from a textbook

how to make mindmaps

different types of notes

mindmapping.com

99 mindmapping resources

tips for taking efficient notes

effective notetaking

ORGANIZATION

staying organized

organization tips

get organized in high school

ten tips for staying organized

colour coding organization

tips for keeping your desk clean

PRINTABLES

form your habits

study and revision planner (2)

student planner

daily and essay planners

poetry terms chart

exam studying pack

loads of printables

2015 calender

chalkboard style to do list

READING

free online library

read free classics

what should i read next?

TESTS AND STUDYING

test taking guide

how to make a study guide (2, 3, 4, 5)

study tips (2, 3, 4)

study techniques

how to get straight a’s

how to study

making study schedules (2, 3, 4)

preparing for an exam (2, 3)

the basics of efficient studying

how to be an efficient test taker

how to review in less time

things NOT to do when studying

on test anxiety (2, 3)

study skills assessment

how to pull an all-nighter effectively

tips for answering multiple choice

how to answer exam questions

WRTING AND ENGLISH

develop your characters

essay-writing (2)

academic writing tips

create a bibliography (2)

MATH

math practice

math resources

free math help

learn basically anything

graphing calculator

learn any math

a bunch of calculators

square root calculator

cube root calculator

PRODUCTIVITY

how to wake up earlier

how to have a productive day

stop procrastinating (2)

how long to nap?

time management tips

tips to help you focus

energy throughout the day

STRESS AND WELLNESS

how to manage your stress

bedtime calculator

power naps

STUDY PLAYLISTS

minimalism

studying

film scores

you’ve got this

essential indie

pencil lead and lined paper

minimalist

celestial

love that aesthetic

space race

sunday morning

BULLET JOURNALLING

bulletjournal.com

bullet journal setup (2, 3, 4, 5)

minimalist bullet journal

bullet journal in a binder

pages to start

health tracker

how to use a chronodex

YOUTUBE VIDEOS

diy school supplies (2, 3, 4)

back to school supplies haul (2, 3, 4, 5)

finals survival guide

top secret study tips

how to take the best notes

study hacks

JOURNALLING, ART JOURNALLING, AND SKETCHBOOKS

journaling 101

what to put in a sketchbook

100 sketchbook ideas

119 journal prompts

50 art journal prompts

lists to make

how to collage in your art journal

collaging for beginners

how to start a sketchbook

art journaling 101

how to start a journal (2)

what to put in a blank notebook

keeping creative diary pages

turn an old book into an art journal

how to journal

what is an art journal?

must have art journal supplies

journal themes

art journal techniques

art journal inspiration

MISC

annotating a book

get back on track after missing school

convert just about anything

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my thoughts on studyblr/studying “aesthetic”

(as requested)(as if anyone wants to read this)

we’ve all seen those posts, the ones with hardwood tables and macbooks, highlighters and lattes with the foam just so, with captions like “how to not procrastinate!” “best note-taking method ever!” “if you don’t want to study, do it anyway!” and i just…

i didn’t know what to say for a while, because i felt conflicted. on the one hand, it’s great to emphasize learning, prioritize education, not treat school as “ugh, gross” but for something that is actually a privilege, because we’re lucky for the wealth of knowledge at our fingertips. but on the other hand, how much of this aesthetic is really about learning? it’s so curated, gilmore-girls, “let me take my $700 computer to starbucks and color-code all my notes” and somehow it comes across kind of privileged to me, as well? like, just because you don’t study The Studyblr Way doesn’t devalue that you’re doing work. but when only one of these (slightly classist) viewpoints is shared, it can make you feel like you’re doing something wrong.

i also reblogged a post about the overexertion rampant in our generation because we’re all supposed to be hard workers, high achievers, do as much as we can and still beg for more. and i feel like this romanticization of studying only feeds into that. i’ve seen posts with “no pain, no gain” mentalities about studying, and as much as i get that yes, we should study instead of procrastinate, do we really need to make such a big thing out of this? if you’re having a panic attack because of studying, guess what? you’re not weak for not choosing to study that night. studying is cool and all, but it’s not the necessary ingredient for doing well and it’s not a key to success, especially not the way that’s touted as successful on tumblr. i just think there should be more of an emphasis on the joy of learning, on discovering interesting and new things, than seeing minuscule ballpoint notes in some girl’s notebook about subjects i’m not going to take. to be honest, i look at those posts and think “damn, my hand would kill me after writing all that” and then i think that i’m just happy to not be a pre-med.

tl;dr – there’s nothing wrong with not buying into the studying aesthetic. for every rory gilmore, there’s twelve exhausted students staying up late, cramming last minute, quickly googling everything they can and hoping something sticks before they ultimately decide that sleep is more worth it, and crash into bed. studying isn’t everything. if you love it, good for you, but it’s not the only way you’ll do well in college, or in life.

#important!!!

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coffee, donut, and hozier: ideal morning

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Some motivation from the doctor.

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my entire academic career

me: I should have done this earlier

me: [sweats nervously]

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IF YOU STUDY FRENCH, LISTEN UP:

 Bon Patron will save your life. 

What is it?

 a free grammar checker that was developed by French professors

 not extremely sophisticated and won’t catch all of your errors 

but WILL prevent you from making dumb conjugation or agreement mistakes. 

MUCH BETTER THAN MICROSOFT WORD

What does it look like?

What’s it do?

it marks what mistakes you made (writes them out and you can also hover over them - I couldn’t screenshot the entire list because it is VERY THOROUGH) 

(I feel like I need to mention this is an automatically generated example, I’m bad at french but I’m not that bad)

says what type of mistake it is 

and what you can do to fix them.

What do I do with it?

Obviously don’t rely on it 100%, but if you’ve been staring at an essay for five hours it’s so nice to be able to run it through and have it catch the article you misused in the middle of the fourth paragraph. 

make sure you check again after correcting the errors because sometimes new ones will be flagged 

double check your work, sometimes it suggests corrections that you don’t need to make (since it’s a computer program and you’re a person)

BUT GO FORTH AND IMPROVE YOUR FRENCH GRADES (& share the good news)

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29-05-2015. friday. 1:30pm // chemistry retake revision, pizza crackers and rain. not bad, not bad.

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20/2/15- Trying to crack on with my half term work.

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15:29 // 11.05.2014

~stressing while revising for my first exam on the 13th~

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You know you go to an engineering school when….

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Making notes on Iodoform preparation ahead of my exam on Wednesday!

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Did some work on my muji notebook. It’s been my English vocabulary book for a while without a proper cover. Now it’s got one 😆

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20:11 Chemistry. Fun

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Taken from Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, daughter of the Tiger Mother

Preliminary Steps 1. Choose classes that interest you. That way studying doesn’t feel like slave labor. If you don’t want to learn, then I can’t help you. 2. Make some friends. See steps 12, 13, 23, 24. ...