can you give me tips how to mentally prepare yourself for school, i always get anxious when it comes to school :(
Hey Love, I hope you're doing alright; I know how horrible going back to school can feel. Before I switched to online school, I would always dread the end of summer, but here are a few things that might help you get through it. <3
Remember, everything is temporary. As dumb as this may sound, it's the truth. Before you know it, it will all be in the past, and you'll just look back at it as a slightly uncomfortable memory.
Establish little rituals before school. Do your make-up in the morning, have tea, do some reading on the bus, text your friends, and write down some affirmations. Little things that take the focus off the whole school thing and make the morning a bit nicer, you know? :)
Pick up a journal, not in a cute and aesthetic way but rather in a messy and freeing way. Write down all of your thoughts and worries. Getting things out of my head always helps me calm down :)
Be prepared for class. If you had any homework over the summer break, make sure to finish everything, do some extra reading and so on; being prepared will at least make the whole class thing feel less scary…
Plan a cute outfit. Wear something that makes you feel beautiful. <3
Romanticise, Romanticise, Romanticise. Make a vision board, buy some cute stationery, get a coffee before class, listen to a comforting playlist, bring a book to distract yourself…
I made a little “back to school” playlist that might help you; autumn always puts me in a gloomy mood and cosy, so if that's something that you resonate with, feel free to check it out!! <3
As always, Please feel free to add your own suggestions and tips in the comments!!
✩‧₊*:・love ya ・:*₊‧✩
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current read?
currently on my second read-through of Choices by Messermoon! one of my favourite marauders era fics, it’s so beautifully written! I’m pacing myself this time around though and reading it slowly, I really want to absorb everything.
also about to DNF Animal Farm by George Orwell — but it’s only like 100 pages!!!! — still idk something about Orwell … I don’t like his style oops sorry
also reading the various assigned readings for the semester !! this is my final semester of grad school guys, the end is near
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Rosewater in my hands, you slip through my fingers like fog on a Sunday morning. Tell me, if i got a little closer, would you let me? Would you let me cling to you the way dew clings to our ankles as we walk, grass damp beneath our feet. Would you let me die for you? Would you live for me?
Right now we're two stars in each other's orbit, dizzily spinning around. Exhilarating, confusing and so so lovely. I think I'd let you catch me if I fall. I think I'd fall asleep next to you with no fear.
Tell me, if I kissed you right now, would you kiss me back? Or would leave me with nothing but cotton candy melting on my tongue, alone?
-Adya K, excerpt from The Heart is a Beast
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I saw that you use a tablet, a desktop, and paper notes. How do you conciliate those notes?
Is there a mechanism of making primary notes on one resource and then passing those notes to other while reviewing them?
hi! thanks so much for asking! here are my favorite methods for sharing notes between devices :). i personally have apple devices so i can fairly easily airdrop and sync things between devices, but i also frequently work at the library desktop computers where i can't do that! so here's my tips and tricks for sharing notes between devices
for context: i've been mostly doing digital notetaking recently, but i also like to scan my paper notes as well!
i'm going to be dividing this post into 2 methods! (there will be some overlap). syncing already written notes and syncing notes (in progress) between devices
for already written notes:
the first step i would take is export your notes as a pdf or any other file type. if they're handwritten try going into your notes app (for ios) or downloading a pdf scanner app for your phone! if your notes are digital check the sharing options in your app to see if there's anything about "exporting".
personally, i like to use either discord or notion. i have created a discord server with only myself that i use just for sharing links/files/anything between devices! i like discord because there's apps for pc, mac, tablets, and phones; and even a web app! discord is really nice and fast, and you can make different channels (as pictured below) for organization. as long as your file size isn't too big, you should be fine.
my second app i like to use is notion! notion is such a beast in itself, but i like to use it to upload files and images and links! below are two ways i have used it: to upload pdfs/files, and to upload goodnotes (my notetaking app) links to the pages i'm writing on! similar to discord, notion has apps for all devices, but it also works great just by itself on the website (no app required)! it's really great to access it from all my devices.
another way you could share your notes on different devices is through the cloud! (yes, discord and notion are both through the cloud). google drive, microsoft onedrive, icloud storage, etc. are great tools that you can use to upload files and see on multiple devices. i personally like discord and notion more, just because they're already apps i frequently use, but if you can't get either one cloud-based storage platforms are also a great idea! they definitely have more security than discord or notion, because your files may be at risk of being deleted!
for the purposes of sharing notes to reference on another device when writing an essay, or something of similar vain, i really love discord and/or notion and they both work great!
for syncing notes in real time:
pretty similar to the last one, i would say notion or google docs (or microsoft word on the web i believe has similar functionality, or onenote, anything similar!)
if you want to be writing notes on one device and have them sync up quickly on another - i think any word processing software is the best bet for you.
both notion and google docs you can access them on any device, and/or on their websites too!
google docs is a lot more straightforward, but since notion is so powerful it provides a lot of flexibility for your notes! here's an (old) example of notes i've taken on notion. (i personally really like how easy it is to make columns!)
i hope this helped a little bit! please let me know if you have any more questions :)
also! notetaking is very much an individual thing, if something works for me and doesn't work for you - that's okay! we're all learning and just have to figure out what's best for ourselves.
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