Hellllloooooo Fellow Studyblrs / Journalers!!

hellllloooooo fellow studyblrs / journalers!!

i’m more than a little late, but better late than never- here is the requested set up for my bullet journal! :)

NOTEBOOK / PENS NOTEBOOK: Moleskine Classic Notebook: (Large, Plain, Black, Hard Cover) (my pages are a little messed up bc i spilled water in my backpack and it soaked into my journal :( ) other notebook recommendations: Baron Fig Confidant Dot-grid (i use this as my other journal) COLORED PENS: Staedler Triplus Fineliners BRUSH PENS (not pictured): Tombow Dual Brush Pens BLACK PENS: Delistar Black 0.5 Gel Pen

MONTHLY SPREAD LEFT HAND PAGE: important reminders for the month, or notetaking / ideas for a project that i’ll be working on for the whole month (ex. january: new years resolutions, november: united night praise set planning) RIGHT HAND PAGE: calendar, gridded out w/ pencil first and then written in w/ pen, then i number the days down vertically, where i put major events / plans in by date, marked in color according to the legend. right hand column contains monthly to-dos / reminders monthly spread page is indicated by a purple sticky that hangs out

WEEKLY SPREAD DAILY SET UP: month/day, day of the week, water consumption (8 grey circles), thought of the day (i like to look back on them), and daily tasks WEEKLY GOALS/TO DO: things that have to be done in the general week, as opposed to any specific day, will usually move to a day once i figure out planning for the week

LABELLING I use skinny colored Post-it stickies to help tab off important pages / pages of the same topic, but washi tape works just as well

READING LIST a list of books to read in the upcoming year, once i finish, and new one is started. this one is in the front of my journal (haven’t been making a very big dent in it b/c too much reading for lit / school but i’m trying!! :P)

hope this was helpful, good luck w/ journaling & hope you all have a blssed year of productivity, organization, and learning!

x joyful-echoes

On Asian Stereotypes

Someone once told me, “You’re lucky, you’re Asian. Your stereotypes are all positive, like all Asians are smart, or all Asians are good at math.”

Do you know the problem with Asian stereotypes?

The problem is that when I get an A on a test, people say, “Oh, she’s Asian, of course she got an A”.

The problem is that when our badminton team won state, people said, “Oh, they’re Asian, of course they’re good at badminton”.

The problem is that when my sister got into MIT, I heard people saying, “Well, she’s Asian, so of course she got into MIT”.

When my friend wins a piano competition, people said he won because “all Asians are good at piano.”

But that’s not right.

I got an A on that test because I did my homework every day and studied for hours.

Our badminton team won state because we train 9 hours a week, all year round.

My sister got into MIT because she spent hours agonizing over her essays, because she stayed up ridiculously late doing homework and studying for tests.

Yes, I agree, a lot of the Asians I know are very smart, and many Asians excel in music and extracurriculars. Do you know why? It’s because of their parents, who yell at them when their grades drop, when they don’t practice enough. It’s the hours spent crying, the times you consider cheating because you don’t have time to study. It’s your bleeding fingers and aching shoulders, but you haven’t practiced enough.

Because when we don’t succeed, all we hear is countless people telling us, “You’re Asian, aren’t Asians supposed to be smart?” “Aren’t Asians supposed to be good at piano?” “Aren’t Asians supposed to succeed at everything without trying?”

Do not invalidate our hard work by saying our achievements are a result of our ethnicity.

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