actually no, we're not "dating". we're bound together for infinity. like the stars. so, fuck you, actually.

one thing i feel like a lot of people don’t quite get about studyblr is that sometimes people won’t follow you because the content you produce is not quite the aesthetic they like or  sometimes people will follow you because they don’t care about the aesthetic they just want learning tips, etc etc, and that’s all completely valid. 

i see posts sometimes that try to be very virtuous about the studyblr community- that talk about how it should primarily be for sharing learning tips, etc- but i respectfully disagree.

I think people should create and enjoy the content they enjoy and that serves them. 

now maybe someone’s here for just learning tips and not aestheticism? totally fine. but if someone’s here just for aesthetics? that’s also valid! sometimes you know how to study, you don’t really need tips, but you want someone to nudge you and say, “hey, studying can be beautiful.” 

#studyblr gets real is a great tag, but so is regular #studyblr. 

to be honest? although i reblog learning-tips posts etc as well as aesthetic ones, i find just pretty photos far more inspiring. my issue with studying is not that i don’t know how or that my techniques don’t work, but that i’m often unmotivated.

and that’s why i use studyblr! of course i can find beauty in my own messy desktop, but that’s the point of this kind of media- to romanticize it for you. i don’t look at studyblr photos with the perspective that my workspace has to look like that for me to enjoy studying. i don’t think that sitting in the middle of a giant white duvet with a wooden ikea tray and coffee and strategically placed dried flowers is really how anyone studies. 

i look at studyblr photos because they personify the feeling of successfully studying. many times the things that fill us with joy simply would not have the same effect through a photo if we just took a straight up photo with no arrangements whatsoever with bad lighting, no arranging, etc. although these photos that i see are not visually what my study spaces look like, they are what they feel like. 

this is why movies have colour grading, why they have sound design, costume design, soundtracks, slow motion. it’s not to say that “this is exactly the way things are or should be.” time doesn’t literally slow down. sad songs don’t play when someone breaks up with you. it’s to convey the emotion of a moment through a single photo.

Still reeling from the realization that bullet journaling was essentially created to be a disability aid and got legit fuckin gentrified

Still reeling from the realization that bullet journaling was essentially created to be a disability aid and got legit fuckin gentrified

7.12.2021 | tuesday

not long until christmas holidays!! i'm trying to revise japanese a bit because the exam is next week. i have to present my thesis plan tomorrow and i'm a little nervous but mainly i just want to get it over with. i wish everyone a lovely december!

A little out of order here, but here's the basics of biochem for intro biology. ps - I drawing Bohr models is the bane of my existence. -em

as always, find me at @barelyacademia

{11.30.21}

Today I had no classes so I was able to get lots of work done! I canceled my trip to Rome next week cause of covid, unfortunately, but that gives me more time to study for finals and work on final essays.

today i:

finished my geology assignment

finished bio assignment

wrote 300/2000 words of essay

finished a&p case study

❄️ winter studying challenge ; day 1

do you like winter?

it’s not my favourite season, but i do love bright, cold weather, snow, christmas and quite a lot of typical winter things, so i’d say i like winter quite a lot.

(and yes this is a november spread in december. i’ve been quite absent on here so i have a lot of old content to post)

Day 16/100..

On to my last project for the first portion of the course. Those projects are not as refined as I would like them to be but I intend on practicing until I get better. I will be focusing on Spanish reading today so it will be a light session.😊

Yes. This semester has finally come to an end. Have a great holidays y'all ♡

🎧 Ride, HYBS ☁️

01/12/12, 09:54

Good morning!! Long time no see 🥰 I’m studying in a cafe today! Deadline season is here and I hate it.

📚- Oathbringer (Brandon Sanderson)

11.12.2021 // i enrolled in next semester because im definitely going to forget otherwise

🧿 i hope everyone's December will be filled with happiness & miracles 🧚🏻‍♀️✨

17/100

some photos of me and history notes ♡ i had a very difficult day today, but that's okay, i'm proud of myself for holding on!

#100daysofproductivity

{november 9th 2021}

Haven’t posted in a little bit, but the semester is coming to a close. I’m close to submitting my IRB, planning a trip for winter break, and inching closer to graduation. One day at a time 🖤 I hope you all are doing well! 11.08.2021

24.10.2021

Sleepy, tired, and just pulling through by a nice drink. My first nationwide mock exam went less than ideal but I still did okay-ish, it was a good experience.

🎶enhypen, tamed-dashed

22|11|2021

78/100 days of producitivty

Today is one of the last few days left before my prehistory and protohistory exam. I read first thing in the morning (currently reading Follia Profonda by Wulf Dorn), and believe it or not I actually had enough mental strenght to read a bit during my lunch break aswell. For the rest of the day I studied for my exam, I am getting a bit nervous about it because there's so much information. Other than this I journaled and worked a bit on my bullet journal to relax.

Tranquil's winter studying challenge // Nov. 22nd

Today, I am grateful because I did what I could, and that's enough.

Day Ten: What advice would you give to someone in terms of writing an awesome essay?

As with everything create a good plan. Look for the sources and documents that you'll need to work on to write the essay, and after a quick first reading, create a brain dump for all your ideas and the links you can make. Having the goal of your essay in mind, read again your sources, and annotate them as much as you can. At this point you should be able to create a list of all the focal points of your essay, and everything you want to talk about in it. Number the list and then start with your first draft. When you'll be done with the first draft you'll probably need to re read it and edit it a bunch of time, but the more work you put into it the better the result will be.