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affirmations to repeat to yourself when you know you're spiraling

• One step at a time.

• Let's just get through today.

• The wins along the way make up for the losses.

• When I look back in five years, this won't seem as daunting.

• I've pulled myself out before, and I can do it again. I'm not afraid to do it again.

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REBLOG IF STUDYBLR OR BOOKLR

Reblog if you’re a studyblr/booklr!! I’m looking forward to following more accounts <3

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15/30 days of productivity

thursday. I read Little Women outside, went to a tea shop with my mum, look at the old scales/register. we then went to a café. later I went grocery shopping and cooked dinner for my bf while he cleaned his whole apartment.

#30 days of productivity #bookblr #aesthetic

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14/30 days of productivity

wednesday. I went to the zoo with my dad and finally saw elephants again 🐘 if you didn‘t know, they are my favourite animals and I have an elephant tattoo. I also put some finishing touches to my video essay and handed it in.

#30 days of productivity #studyblr

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13/30 days of productivity

tuesday. I started reading Little Women (this edition is so gorgeous) and worked on my video essay for 3h, nearly completing it. I also made tea and created some content for my IG.

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12/30 days of productivity

monday. I returned a book to the library in Zurich and showed my dad the University’s campus because he‘s never been before. Then I worked on my essay for a bit at home.

#30 days of productivity #studyblr #aesthetic

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11/30 days of productivity

sunday. I literally did nothing all day oops. except some cleaning.

#30 days of productivity

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10/30 days of productivity

saturday. I finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and spent the rest of the day relaxing.

#30 days of productivity #studyblr #bookblr

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE OK I DON'T WANT A CAREER I JUST WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY AND READ MY BOOKS AND ATTEND LECTURES THAT HAVE NO CONSEQUENCES

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9/30 days of productivity

friday I went to my favourite café to work on my video essay. I wrote most of the dossier to gonalong with it and started some reading for the next essay.

#30 days of productivity #studyblr #study motivation

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YES, Iago is a prime example of a dark empath!

My professor is lecturing on weaponizing empathy, specifically using Shakespeare's Othello as an example. We typically think of empathy as an endearing trait to have, so the concept of weaponizing it really intrigues me. I've never read Othello before, but guess what I feel the need to go read now...

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7/30 days of productivity

wednesday. I started editing my video essay and got the rough cut finished. 🎞 now I need to plan out the order of the clips and where to say what in the voiceover. I also went on a short morning walk by myself and a longer evening dog walk. 🐶

#30 days of productivity #studyblr #study motivation

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8/30 days of productivity

thursday. I planned a crazy to do list and ended up only setting up my September bullet journal for 4 h straight. I also read for an hour in the morning. 📖

#30 days of productivity #bullet journal #bujo #journal #harry potter

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6/30 days of productivity

tuesday. I worked on my video essay by making a mindmap and planning which quotes to use. 🖋Additionally, I fought myself out of a depression hole that hit in the afternoon.

#30 days of productivity #studyblr #study motivation #studying #study notes #mindmap

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5/30 days of productivity

on monday I had a driving course all day in order to get my permanent license next march, but I didn‘t take any pictures there. I also read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue in every break and managed about 50 pages total. 📖

#30 days of productivity #studyblr #bookblr

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essay tip from straight-A college student

Haven’t you noticed that it’s easy to write something that you’re emotionally engaged in? So, make yourself emotionally engaged in your essay by making the first draft Bullshit No.1 and being totally, completely honest about what you think of the subject.

You know that essay schools want you to write, basically marketing yourself as the perfect balanced of “tortured but learned soul”? 

Well, time to bring out that sassy side of yours and write your heart out about who the hell you are.

Example:

“I am Ari, and you’re about to read the most dull thing ever and you’re gonna enjoy it! I am 5′2″, built like a dwarf, and the most overambitious, absent-minded INFJ you’ll ever have the misfortune of meeting.”

Essay on history?

“Listen up, this is the story of how humans once again proved themselves to be idiots.”

Essay on biology?

“Guess who won the prize for most boring lectures ever? Professor of Biology! And now to delight y’all with just the facts.”

Be emotional about what you’re writing. Be venomous about how much you detest what you’re writing.

It’s easy and fast to write when you’re emotional. It’s easy and fast to edit when you know what an actual essay should look like. Which you do know, otherwise you wouldn’t have such a hard time writing the first draft. Don’t try to edit and write at the same time: write the shit then polish the turd. Don’t polish and shit at the same time, it’ll just create a mess.

Don’t deny what you feel about the topic. Let it out. Be angry. Be arrogant. Be utterly confused. Just write that shit down.

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college tips for english majors (or other reading heavy humanities)

making a post because I see a lot of “if you don’t understand a concept, note taking, studying” stuff but i’m well into an English lit degree and it’s not so much understanding a concept, or taking exams as much as it is dividing your time to read 700 pages in a week and writing essays, I’m writing this so I follow my own advice

reading will take longer than you think it will, schedule accordingly

even if you read fast, reading will, and should take longer than when you’re reading for fun. you’re analyzing bb

write in your books

no one will care i promise. underline patterns, highlight writing idiosyncrasies

if you’re reading theory, read out loud

idk if this is an adhd thing, but I cannot read a giant hunk of critical theory. it’s like i’ve suddenly become illiterate. reading out loud helps a lot.

you don’t need to understand every reference of obscure writers in the 1800s

the hardest writing to read is when a famous author rattles off a bunch of names of authors you’ve never read. ignore them. 

try finding an audiobook of the book you’re reading to listen to while reading

once again, reading comprehension can be difficult if you just stare at the page like me. a lot of old books have audiobooks available on youtube for free, plus you can speed it up. listening to it helps hammer it in. (libraries typically have audiobook sources as well)

google words you don’t know

and whip em out at parties to look smart and accomplished

every professor is different when grading essays, especially for different kinds of essays

forget everything you learned in high school about essays. none of it is true. in fact, forget everything you learned about essays every time you take a new class. every professor has their own made up rules. figure out what your prof wants, don’t take bad feedback personally. 

read something you want to read in between

when you’re constantly reading stuff you’re forced to read, even if you enjoy it (and you won’t always) it can be hard to remember why you love books in the first place. read some wonderfully stupid YA novel and that’ll get you back on track

YOU ARE SMART. 

GOD, reading stuff you don’t understand over and over with professors telling you you’re analysis is wrong, sometimes it makes you feel DUMB. I PROMISE YOU ARE NOT. just because you’re not a tenured professor doesn’t make your analysis wrong, and it doesn’t make that professor right. and you’re in school for a reason! if you knew about it then you wouldn’t be in school. 

I cannot stress this enough: TALK TO YOUR CLASSMATES

Discussions are literally the most important part of this entire degree. Zoom University is made even more difficult in this respect, but  reach out! My survey of Irish lit class has no discussions and I’m sad because I want to know what other people think about Oscar Wilde ok? but I found someone who happened to be in that class, and now we chat about it all the time. It makes the class a lot easier to get through.