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16/08/20
a cute lil plant themed weekly spread for my first full week back at school!
summer studying challenge: summer days or nights?
i’d have to say inbetween- i love dawn and dusk during summer because they’re so drawn out and beautiful.
Quick reminder that we are going through a global pandemic right now, which is a major stressful event.
It is stressful even if no one you know is sick.
It is stressful even if you are working from home.
It is stressful even if you have no work / school responsibilities.
You are entitled to your stress. You may find yourself crying randomly, or getting randomly angry, or super tired, or bouncing off the walls, or unable to keep a thought in your head for more than 30 seconds. This is an expected stress response.
Give yourself a break. The world is not normal right now. Focus on just getting through it as best you can, utilizing whatever coping methods do the job. This is not forever.
13/08/20
first day back at school!! so so lovely to be back, i missed it so much. despite the confusing one-way system i loved being back and seeing my friends & teachers & wonderful school. plus my timetable has loads of free periods this year which i’m super happy about.
summer (even though it’s not my summer holiday anymore lol) studying challenge: what is your favourite ice cream flavour?
raspberry ripple!
10.08.2020 | 71/100 Days of Productivity
Woke up at 7:20. Water. Breakfast. Derivation (theory). Lunch. Glow-up journal. Astronomy lesson. Tea break.
Some days feel neutral ( i'd like to have more of these days )
despite what capitalist society tells us, success is so much more than financial & academic. success is helping people. success is making people happy. success is going to bed with a smile on your face. success is love. success is the bonds we form with other people. there is so much more succeeding than money and academia. you’re not a failure just because you don’t make six figures or have a degree from harvard or oxford. there is so much more to life than what we are told.
thank you @etoiles-studies for the tag :D
closed curtains or open window/ bumblebees or butterflies / banana bread or cheesecake / tulips or roses / lemon & honey or apple & cinnamon/ hillside cottage or city apartment / warm or cold / book or video game / organized bullet journal or cluttered sketchbook / smoothie or milkshake / sunshine or moonlight / relaxing or productivity / holding hands or back hugs / sunset at the beach or stargazing in a field / poetry or prose / candle or diffuser / longing for the past or longing for the future / vocals or instrumentals / snowy mountain or rolling green hills
i tag @galaxy-studies @alevelblr @starrystvdy & anybody who feels like doing it!
some things i’ve learned while studying in quarantine
drink more water instead of more coffee.
weekly goals are bullshit. set yourself 3-day goals. you’ll be less laid-back.
don’t just mindlessly stare at words. before you start studying, know your approach to it. have a plan.
summarizing the concept in your own words is the key part of taking notes. don’t just copy things down, convert them into your own way of talking, your own vocabulary, no matter how dumb and unprofessional it sounds.
don’t let the “studyblr aesthetic” fool you. studying doesn’t have to be pretty. summaries and notes can be messy as long as they’re comprehensible. you can always rewrite and reorganize them later. (honestly, you better do. and you better keep them.)
don’t throw away the papers you’ve solved your problems in. staple them to the fucking textbook. you need to see them constantly. cause you’ll need reminders of how far you’ve came, when you’re feeling discouraged.
don’t be an armchair analyst for your issues. if you have an idea then act on it.
remember: the exact point where it becomes difficult, is where your growth begins. take a deep breath, and try to focus on the paragraph in front of you.
get off your high horse and understand that if you’re a zero, you won’t go to 100 in a couple of days. first, you’ll need to reach 30, then from 30 to 60, and then from 60 to 90. nobody is 100 everyday. that happens very rarely.
you need to have fun everyday. you need to have peaceful time every single day. even on exam night. especially on exam night, actually. so make sure you’ve studied enough so you can have some time to yourself.
once you’re on a roll and in need of some challenge to stay on track, start writing down your studying hours. tell yourself you’re not allowed to do less than 80% of what you did yesterday. whatever the hell it was, even just one hour. so if yesterday you really studied for like, say 8 hours, today your goal is to study for at least 6 and a half hours. if you can’t keep up with that, make it 70%, or 60%.
be forgiving of yourself. be kind to yourself. even if you bounced back and lost your streak. start again. as slowly as you did before. take your time. it’s okay, you were there once you can get there again.
me: yeah i like math, i—
everybody in a one mile radius: you like math?? 🥴 wow 😯 imagine 🤔 being smart 😳🤓👩🎓 can’t relate 😔 i hate 🙅♀️ 🙅♀️ math 📉📝
Where do you get all that energy from? Like you do so much a day?! Its really fascinating and i try to be as productive but i kinda just get about 2-3 things done a day. Keep it going! ^-^
this made me smile because i’ve only recently been motivated again after having a huge slump, academically and mentally, so i’ve really just been doing the things i enjoy! it’s much easier to get stuff done if you like doing it :)
(a lot of this recent motivation is because i’m going back to school next week and am having a sudden rush of trying to finish my summer goals lol)
07/08/20
coded a rock, paper, scissors game! (=> completed one of my summer goals!)
did some mini exercises and summary post-it’s of rotational motion
read a third of the good immigrant
& tonight i’m going cycling with my dad and will do another violin session!
summer studying challenge, 7th aug: what is your favourite summer ‘beach read’?
red, white & royal blue by casey mcquiston!
‘eat the frog' method
Hi all, it’s werelivingarts. I just stumbled across this method called ‘eat the frog’, which means you get the most difficult or important task out of your way first. I actually have been using this method for a long time, hope this post gives you a new way of managing your time and productivity! 😜 ❤️
“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” – Mark Twain
06/08/20
hello! i took a short break from social media bc of life stuff, but i’m back bc i start school in a week! today i:
completed lists & dictionaries in python
finished my maths review cards from pre summer content
cycled to my friend’s house to drop off a paper
& i’m going to do a violin practice session this evening
summer studying challenge 6th aug: what book are you currently reading?
i just finished this is how you lose the time war, which i 100% recommend! now onto inferior by angela saini.
what kind of laptop do u have??? ive been looking into getting a new one and i noticed urs is lenovo👀👀
i have a lenovo yoga 300! i’ve had it for ~3 or 4 years and it still runs really well, plus it flips 360° round which is so so useful!
DEAN VILLAGE, EDINBURGH.
24/07/20
summer studying challenge, 24th july: what is your favourite holiday memory?
probably when i was in menorca with my family in 2017 and we went to a cliff to watch the sun set over the sea. it was so beautiful!
me vs starting out a new skill with overly complex tasks and ending up not understanding and having to relearn the basics *facepalm*. every. damn. time! today i spent ages working on the python challenge then this evening wrote a fun little code to calm my brain :)
24.07.2020 | 54/100 Days of Productivity
Matricial operations. Energy. Entropy in chemistry.
I'd like to thank my computer, morning coffee, afternoon tea, and excellent musical companions on today's productivity. That and the fact the house was quiet, for once. Also, had to adjust my screen's brightness for the photos, I use it on the lowest setting, always.
How the media depicts the Apollo 11 mission:
Actual quotes from the Apollo 11 mission:
design yourself using picrew :)
thank you @etoiles-studies for tagging me!
i tag @aztrolab @chazza-studies-alevels @starrystvdy @ficklefocus if you fancy
22/07/20
summer studying challenge, 22nd july: what’s your dream holiday?
i would love to go to iceland one day, partly because it looks like such a beautiful country but also because i’d love to see the aurora borealis!
21/07/20
summer studying challenge, 21st july: what is the best holiday you’ve been on?
definitely the first time i went on a holiday to a warm country, to menorca in 2017 with my family.
today was spent colouring in a gbbo colouring book, watching arrested development, and coding! i’m learning python2 using codecademy and i’m trying some of the python challenges. (i completed level 1 today and was SO excited by it.)
summer studying challenge, 16th july: do you have a lot of work to do for school this summer?
nope! thanks to covid we were able to start our new school timetable a month earlier than usual so as we’re ahead of schedule there’s almost no summer work at all :D
summer studying challenge, 17th july: what is the most important task you need to complete this summer?
probably applying for a stem program which i actually finished writing today so just need to do final adjustments for next week.
summer studying challenge, 18th july: what do you usually do in summer?
usually i go away with my family (sometimes abroad but mostly down to england or up north) and see my friends a lot. summers are my complete break from school time.
it’s been a few days since i posted due to family stuff and dealing with loss, so i took a break from social media for a bit. here’s my catchup for the summer studying challenge!
17 people, 17 questions :)
1. nickname: soren lorenson
2. zodiac sign: taurus
3. height : 5’5”
4. hogwarts house: ravenclaw
5. last thing i googled: “steve aurora borealis”
6. song stuck in my head: flowers, from hadestown
7. no. of followers: 455
8. amount of sleep: it’s summer so ~10-11 hours a night
9. lucky number: 8
10. dream job: research astrophysicist
11. wearing: navy tshirt, black leggings and a black fleece
12. favourite song: currently catherine the great by jon caryl
13. favourite instrument: i play violin but i’d have to say my fav is bassoon/french horn
14. aesthetic: i simply cannot pin that down to one answer
15. favourite authors: terry pratchett, casey mcquiston, madeline miller
16. favourite animal house: owls
17. random fact: i love colouring in and am currently colouring a gbbo book!
tagging: @chazza-studies-alevels @stellar-kinematics @aztrolab @physics-studies @starrystvdy @studyaurore @peachblossomstudy @ficklefocus @shootingshadowss if you fancy :)
I’m making a directory with studyblrs around the world so people can find others in different countries/people who are near them etc...
if you would like to be included simply just reblog and write in the tags where u are from!!
thanks have a great day!!!
15/07/20
summer studying challenge day 3: do you have a specific goal for this summer?
i have a few little goals, like applying for a stem programme, getting my russian up a bit, picking violin back up and continuing learning coding in python!
✨🌼 wonderful person award 🌼 you are awesome and I am so glad you're here, you make the world a better place ✨ send this to 5 blogs you love and appreciate, let's spread some positivity 🌸
this is so sweet <3 thank you!
14/07/20
summer studying challenge 2: have your plans changed at all because of the pandemic?
YUP. i was meant to be at a space program at a university in june which got cancelled, me and my friends were going to go on a cycling holiday on a west coast island, and all in all i didn’t plan on feeling so down lmao!
last night i stayed up until 4am to watch for comet NEOWISE which i saw [first picture, faint smudge just above the tree in the centre] and was completely amazed by :D unfortunately i waited for three hours after seeing it to get a second look, but the clouds were very stubborn :( i am so tired today though lol
rules: answer 10 questions, then write 10 for the people you tag to answer!
@chazza-studies-alevels’s questions:
1. If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be and why?
oh, so many options. i think i would change how some ignorant people only see one correct way to live so that they are more open-minded.
2. What’s your favourite quality in yourself?
i’m a very determined person (eg right now i’m sitting at 1:30am waiting for clouds to pass so i can see a comet.)
3. What’s your favourite quality in other people?
loyalty and genuine kindness.
4. What’s something you wish you could do?
i wish i could play piano much better!
5. If you could live anywhere, where would you?
i would love to live in iceland
6. Who is your biggest inspiration and why?
in my personal life, both my grannies are my inspirations. but on a wider scale i look up to jessica meir and christina koch a lot, as well as alexandria ocasio-cortez and mae jemison.
7. Why did you choose your subjects/course?
physics, because i love space and understanding the world around me. maths, because it’s useful in physics and i love problem solving. chemistry, because i’m good at it and love understanding why things work. music performance, because i need a way to be creative and grow confidence!
8. What’s your favourite subject/pastime?
my favourite subject is physics (although currently we’re studying mechanics which i hate so maybe chemistry atm) and my favourite pastime is reading/cycling
9. If you could meet one person from history, who would it be and what would you say?
i’d love to meet mae jemison and tell her i think she is amazing and so so cool and a true hero of mine. OH or carrie fisher!! i’d tell her how much i loved princess leia as a little girl
10. What are you most grateful for in life?
i am so grateful to have grown up in a safe environment and have gone to a good school where i’ve had so many opportunities <3
my questions!
1. what did you want to be when you were a child?
2. describe your favourite teacher
3. if you could speak any language which would it be? why?
4. what colours do you associate with your classes?
5. what’s something that really annoys you?
6. what’s the best part of your classes?
7. what’s the worst part of your classes?
8. how many languages can you say ‘hello’ in?
9. do you write in pen or pencil?
10. what’s the worst book you’ve ever read?
i tag @stellar-kinematics @aztrolab @physics-studies @scrappaper
13/07/20
summer studying challenge 1 — what are your plans for this summer?
this summer i want to read at least 8 books on my tbr list because it is becoming mountainous. and i really want to improve my russian and coding skills! i’m not focusing on school stuff until august bc my mh needs a break from it for a while.
Hi everyone! I’ve so enjoyed doing my 2020 quarantine challenge and getting to know so many of you (and discovering your amazing blogs) that i’ve decided to create this new SUMMER STUDYING CHALLENGE! i did consider continuing my other challenge but my school year has now ended and the way i study in the summer and my priorities is very different compared to during school time - which i’m sure is the same for may of you! I’ve created this challenge to try and keep myself motivated during the summer (because i am ridiculously busy XD) but i also want to use this time to get to know many more of you and stay motivated together 💕
(also i know that many people struggle for ideas of what to post during the summer so hopefully these will give you some ideas.
✨ Info ✨
This challenge will run from Monday 13th July 2020 to Sunday 6th September 2020, which is two months. However, please feel free to join in and start any time if you come across this challenge after the 13th July because i want this challenge to be accessible for everyone!
I have daily prompts for each of this entire time. You don’t have to post every day (you could, for example, cover all the prompts in one post at the end of the week) and you also don’t have to post for the entirety of the challenge (for example if your summer break ends before the 6th September). But i will be posting every day for the whole time and want to interact with as many of you as possible!!!
I want to see what you are posting so please use the tag #summer studying challenge and I’ll track this tag and reblog as much as possible!
On this note, I will reblog basically everything even if you don’t think it is ‘aesthetic’ cause I love seeing how everyone does their notes and stuff so please get involved 💕
✨ Prompts ✨
13th July - What are your plans for this summer?
14th July - Have your plans changed at all because of the pandemic?
15th July - Do you have a specific goal for this summer?
16th July - Do you have a lot of work to do for school or university or your job this summer?
17th July - What is the most important task that you need to complete this summer?
18th July - What do you usually do during the summer?
19th July - What did you do during the summer when you were a young child?
20th July - Do you usually go on vacation during the summer?
21st July - What is the best vacation you have ever been on? (note: does not have to have been during summer)
22nd July - What is your dream vacation?
23rd July - What is the worst vacation you have ever been on?
24th July - What is your favourite vacation memory?
25th July - What was is your favourite event or day in the summer? Are you a ‘summer person’ or do you prefer it when it is colder?
26th July - What is your typical daily routine in the summer?
27th July - Do you stay indoors or outdoors more in the summer?
28th July - How do you stay motivated to study during the summer?
29th July - Have you done or are you planning to do any activities (such as work experience, summer schools or watching lectures) other than normal work during the summer?
30th July - Beach or Swimming pool?
31st July - What do you like most about the beach?
1st August - What is your least favourite thing about the beach?
2nd August - What is your song of the summer this year?
3rd August - What is your ultimate summertime song?
4th August - What is your favourite summertime movie?
5th August - Do you read a lot in the summer?
6th August - What book are you currently reading?
7th August - What is your favourite summer ‘beach read’ book?
8th August - What TV show are you currently watching?
9th August - What was the last movie you watched?
10th August - What is your favourite summertime snack?
11th August - What is your favourite meal to have on the beach?
12th August - What is an unpopular opinion that you have about summer?
13th August - What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
14th August - What is your favourite summer clothing?
15th August - What’s your favourite summer drink?
16th August - Daytime or night time – what’s your favourite time during summer?
17th August - What is your favourite seasonal fruit to eat during the summer?
18th August - Would you prefer your summer to be shorter or longer?
19th August - How does summer feel in your region?
20th August - If you could make up a new ice cream flavour, what ingredients would you use? What would you call it?
21st August - If there was a tropical island made just for you, what would you find on it?
22nd August - Imagine that you could fill a swimming pool with anything except water and swim in it. What would your pool be filled with?
23rd August - Do you miss school/university/work during the summer?
24th August - Do you like wearing sunglasses?
25th August - Do you wear sunscreen?
26th August - Have you ever been really badly sunburnt?
27th August - Do your sleeping habits change during summer?
28th August - Do your eating habits change during summer?
29th August - What is the thing that annoys you the most during summer?
30th August - What colour do you associate with summer?
31st August - When you hear the word ‘summer’, what is the first thing that you think of?
1st September - Have you managed to complete you main task and goal for the summer?
2nd September - Are you looking forward to returning to school/university?
3rd September - How have you prepared to return to school/university?
4th September - When you remember this summer, what three adjectives will you think of that define your summer?
5th September - What did you learn over the summer? (note: this doesn’t have to be academic-related)
6th September - What was your favourite memory from this summer?
✨ So this is the challenge! I hope that you will join it and enjoy doing it during the summer! please message me or send me asks if you have any questions about it or just want to have a chat <3 ✨
[i am tagging mutuals and others who took part in the 2020 quarantine challenge beneath the cut]
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12/07/20
some russian work ft the flowers i’m about to press 💐🌼