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[270821] Summer must-haves; iced coffees and loafers

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Friday, August 27th

One day I will have dark brown furniture and more space to store all my stuff rather than this mess, but for now this will suffice.

School starts in three days, and I may not be able to attend due to issues with me qualifying for instate tuition despite the fact that I’ve lived in this state my whole life and qualified last year. Out of state tuition is 3x the amount of in state and I simply cannot afford it. I’m doing everything I can to make sure I can start this upcoming Monday, but the bureaucracy is testing me. If anyone has any advice for this sort of situation, it’d be greatly appreciated.

Trying not to stress too much though! If I can’t go to school this year, I will figure something else out in the meantime.

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Idk who needs to hear this but your tummy isn’t ruining your outfits, you look hot

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How I Use Notion To Organize My Life

I discovered notion last year after falling down a YouTube rabbit hole, and I cannot believe how perfect the tool is for me. I constantly have a million thoughts in my head, and on-going tasks to track. Notion has simplified that process immensely, and made it possible to make a fully customizable portal that suited my preferences.

First, I have my dashboard. Notion is the first app I open on my computer every time I use it, and this page serves as my hub to everything else that I use on a regular basis. (Forgive the alignment since I screenshot this on a tablet - it’s perfectly spaced on desktop!) Everything here is either a link to a website that I need regularly, or linked to a page where I can record / track more information that I need to remember.

I also have pages like this where I keep track of long term goals and larger scope projects. I use the toggle feature to take notes on topics that I want to remember quickly, databases to organize meeting minutes and resources, and to-do buttons for goals I may have. This page in particular tracks the personal projects that I undertook last semester. My favorite part about this is how easy it is to move everything around, and how I can move all of this to its own toggle once I start the new semester. Out of sight, out of mind, and a cleaner overview.

I will also sometimes create pages to break down my revision for exams by topic. When a class is especially difficult, this helps me keep track of how many topics I have left to review, and I can shuffle the order in which I want to study them with ease. I also have separate pages for my reading and watch lists, where I add tags based on the genre. People are constantly recommending content for me to consume, and it’s easy for me to pull out my phone and enter it like this so I don’t forget. The tags allow me to filter my database based on my mood, and make the decision making process much easier.

Lastly, my favorite part about my notion is my to-do list tab. Before you laugh, yes I am a computer science major using a kanban board to track daily tasks. It’s highly effective lmao, don’t come for me. Whenever a new thought about something I want to do crosses my mind, I add it to the not started column. I add the essential tasks for the day (based on my google calendar) to my in progress column. Whenever I start a task, I also move it from not started to in progress. When something is fully complete, I move it to the completed column. I display the date that each task was last updated so that I can keep track of how long it has been since I have seen that entry, which helps with accountability. Lastly, at midnight everyday, the completed column automatically resets, and so I wake up to a blank canvas of tasks waiting to be completed everyday. Tasks completed in the past are stored in the backend, in case I ever need to reference them. I literally love this system so much, and it has increased my productivity immeasurably.

And that’s about it for my notion. I’ve barely made a start to what I really want to do with it, especially with the release of the notion api recently, so this is bound to evolve soon. However, I am super proud of her, and I hope that it inspired you all as well. Love, M :)

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Every month there’s a new tweet that’s like “I cannot BELIEVE libraries would just THROW OUT decades-old copies of popular books instead of investing money, labor, and space they don’t have to slowly donate each moldy copy of Brave New World to a child who’d want it” and every month librarians will write painstaking threads detailing why this practice occurs and why these well-meaning suggestions do not work, and every month nobody reads them and then this happens all over again

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Sort of calm, sort of terrified right now

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3 Websites/Apps that every student needs.

• Photomath: Photomath is an app where you can take a photo of a math equation and it solves it for you but unlike some other apps that give you straight up the answer Photomath provides you with a detailed analysis of the solving procedure.

• Hemingway: This a site that comes really handy when it comes to double-checking essays. After finishing a big essay most people make mistakes (e.x. some words might not be correctly written or might not “fit”) so you copy and paste the whole article or whatever you’re writing there and it highlights the vocabulary or syntax mistakes made.

• IXL: This is a website for maths practice problems that I mentioned in my previous post. There’s not much to explain, it provides you with all kinds of exercises for whatever you need and at least for me it has done wonders.

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Day 12 of Summer Studying Challenge

I’m going through hard times lately but yesterday, talking to my family and my boyfriend really helped me even though I knew it was going to be hard to talk about the problems that i have and indeed it was harder than I thought. Just don’t save your thoughts or emotions to yourself, it’ll never be the best way to deal with it so think about sharing without any fear. I’m just saying don’t mind me.. (baby if you see this ily)

12th July - What is the worst vacation you have ever been on?

I actually don’t remember having any bad vacations cause like it’s always better than staying at home in summer days, imo of course

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sun. june 27, 2021.

hey everyone! i haven't been posting lately because i haven't been feeling well for the past few days. it's not that i'm sick or anything, my mental health just isn't in its best shape. but here are some life updates during my slow, off-days:

I finally got to decorate my boring and bare white wall.

my placemat and coaster I ordered online arrived this month too.

reached 400 followers on my studygram. it's not that much but i appreciate it 🥰

found myself fangirling over seventeen and i think i am now officially a ✨ carat ✨ if you ask me who my bias is, it's mingyu.

made a playlist full of kpop songs that i can't lie, are sooo good especially if you're like me who isn't into rap music.

🎧 kidult - seventeen ☄️

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Hey, can you tell me how to memorize something faster.

Hello, anon! I'm honestly the worst person to answer this because I have terrible memory and also because I haven't take a test in years (I'm guessing that's why you want to know how to memorize something faster, but if not please let me know!).

However, I know our wonderful studyblr community has several posts about this subject, with amazing tips and each one with different methods you can try. I gathered some that I could remember off the top of my head, but if anyone knows any other posts let me know, and I can add them here.

a guide on how to memorize content by @littlestudyblrblog

I have terrible memory. how do I study? by @estudying-blog

study smarter by @ohleaf

active revision techniques by @myhoneststudyblr

how I revise by @educatier

Thanks for the ask and best of luck! :)

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things it's always okay to do:

cry

set boundries for yourself

practice self-care

end a friendship / relationship

eat the food that you want to

take a mental health day

leave someone on read

reach out for help

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270620 improvised journal spreads, rushed notes, and teas. ₇/₂₅

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dooboo_cat    // @doyoung

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cat cuddles and lecture notes rewrites

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College assignments are finally over so now I can go back to spending my afternoons doing absolutely nothing.

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Library Appreciation : Clementinum, Prague (National Library of the Czech Republic)

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