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Currently battling to get a simple translation from ChatGPT while it wants to tell me things about terrorism. Which I didn't ask about...

I love kids they’re all like.. “when i grow up i’m gonna be an astronaut and a chef and a doctor and an olympic swimmer” like that self confidence! That drive! That optimism! Where does it go

Some university libraries offer free (or for a small fee) membership for everyone. You just need to get a card. Some databases are then only accessible while in the library but you can still use them.

wjen i graduate and they strip me of my free database access im literally going to walk into the ocean

5 simple exercises to awaken dormant muscles

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Finished my first draft! Yey.

I have send it to away for some control and feedback. Now only one paper and 2 and a half research projects remain. And two weeks (actually one because one week I'm visiting my sister)

I hope the paper is faster because I don't have to write it in english. Although I can write and speak and understand it pretty fine writing an essay for university in english hits different.

Finished for the day and will be probably playing Stardew Valley the whole evening.

Planning for this semester and especially october is really stressful and complex. More than the last semesters. There are so many things I need to get together but november will be less stressful thank you very much (I think but then I have uni work to do so we will see)

Classes are starting to get intense. Tests and quizzes are being given. Presentations and projects are being assigned. I know this can all feel like so much and be so overwhelming. It's ok to cry. It's ok to hate it. But just know that no matter what your brain says, you are amazing, wonderful, and you can do this! It's going to be hard. But you can do it regardless. School is meant to be hard. It's hard for everyone. Don't let your brain lie to you and tell you that you're the only one struggling to keep up and balance it all, because you aren't.

You got this!!!!!

Also, you deserve a little treat for doing so well!

Academic tips that work for me

Hello girlies! This is a post that I have been delaying for like 2 weeks, but now it's time or me to post it. In this blog I will give you all the things I do to keep myself getting high grades and maintain the "intelligent" persona I have worked for since I started studying my college career and fortunately others see me this way now.

I do not study hevy or know a lot about studying methods, I am more into "smart work > hard work" kind of thing

My personal tips

This are my tips being an auditory person focused on being effortless

Understand your learning style: Are you visual? Auditory? Or kinesthetic? By knowing this you can apply studying methods that are efficient for you.

Pay attention to your classes!: I think the main reason I slay effortlessly my exams it's because of this so I only need a quick stufy before my exams. When you pay attention to class you are saving your future time for when you need to study and it will be lighter for you when you do it since you will remember lots of the things.

Participate / Ask questions: It's easy, you will get points with your teachers as a great student, plus you will get your questions solved.

Put your on a place you can't see it so it doesn't distract you, for classes or when you need to study / get work done.

Study in a place when you feel comfortable, it can be at an cafe or at the library, even in you bedroom at a desk, what what matters is that you feel comfortable and that you ge the feel of "this is a place where I can study / do my assignments" and not feel lazy or uncomfortable by "x or y" reason. As a plus, keep your space clean and only with the necessary at sight.

Use music that doesn't distract you and you vibe with: Listen to music that doesn't have lyrics, but that's a basic by now. What I reccomend you is to listen to music that you just vibe with to give you your desired mood and motivation. In my case, I listen to videogame soundtracks since it makes me feel relaxed or to classical music because I fee like "that business girly", either way music helps me concentrate.

Romanticize your studies: This can mean different things to all of you reading this post, I am talking about making your academic journey fun and pleasing rather than streesing! Some ideas are having cute stationery, take cute notes, act like one of your fav academic characters, have study playlists, drinking coffee, go to the library or to cafes, dress cute for school, read, light candles, watch "study with me" videos and study vlogs, create a pinterest board, stablish academic goals, etc.

Do your homework when you have free time at school / college or do it as a first thing after your schedule, this will help you saving time. Think about it, if you do it while having free time at school / college you don't need to do it at home. And if you need to do it at home if done as the first things, either way you will get so much free time and can focus on other tasks or activities without worrying about this.

Be organized: Have a bullet journal or use an app to keeo track of your subjects and assignments. By this you will remember and keep in sight upcoming deadlines and events.

Take care of your academic relationships: I make sure that the people inside my circle of friends are girls (mainly, but boys too) who I feel comfortable, have fun but also now are similar to me in the sense that they take seriously her studies and are good teammates. Outside of them I also focus on other potential classmates that are intelligent and have similar values. There is no need to bother on the ones who don't attend classes, are irresponsable and don't even know what are they doing in the course.

Take care of yourself: Ask yourself? Will it be worth it while not sleeping enough, having a poor diet and exercise? By not letting yourself rest or have fun from time to time? By not practicing self-care? Please take care of yourself, girl, this is the lowest part of the pyramid. The reason to care is not only your wellbeing, but also because having a poor lifestyle can have bad effects for you that also affect your performance, and we won't like that.

Now go and slay your academic year / course! 𑄽𑄺ྀ

Also use you institutions library for research.

And for saving references something like Zotero (free) where you can save your references and link it in your paper and add a bibliography in your institutions preferred citation style at the end.

hi. im a first year student, and for one of my classes i have to write a research paper as my first assignment. do you have any ideas about how to do this? currently im having a really hard time finding the right books/research papers for my citations. thank you 🌻

hi!

how to research

on organising your research

as for finding the right sources, all you really need is one right source which will then lead you to more sources, more themes, more ideas. i would really recommend connectedpapers or researchrabbit where you can search for a paper/source and it'll draw up a graph for you of everything thematically connected to it.

Soo. After a week an update about the first week of university.

I couldn‘t get a good rhythm for now because last week my family visited me and I spent time with them and showed them around. This week is going to be very full because I have to work one more shift than usual and I have a course which is only every two weeks. But for now I‘m not all caught up with my readings but I‘m working on it.

At the moment I‘m really feeling the fall vibes with the leaves turning. I enjoy a good cup of tea but it makes me sad that it is getting dark so early and with my late lectures I‘m home when it is dark outside. But I try to focus on the colourful leaves and the hot tea and the fairy lights.

TO-DOs

🍄 Doing my readings for class

🍄 Downloading Excel

🍄 Watch videos for class

Have a productive week and drink enough 🍄