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⭐Bullet Journal Spread Ideas⭐
Trackers
Gratitude journal
Follower milestones
Expenses tracker
List of achievements
Websites with passwords
Year of bills to pay checklist
Christmas gifts to get, to who, where from, price
Monthly calender spread
Weekly spread
Daily spread
Habbit tracker
Family addresses
Countdowns to special dates
TV series tracker, with days they air
Bills tracker
Cleaning scedule
Period tracker
Mood tracker
Online purchases, item, date purchased, shipped, recieved
Health
workout plan
weight loss tracker
workout/gym tracker
healthy eating tracker
weight loss tracker
period tracker
sleep log
skincare routine
self-care reminders
workout challenge
Weekly gym schedule/tracker
Hobbies
books to read
movies to watch
tv series to watch
playlist
Quotes you like
Quotes from your favorite show, movie or book
Travel pages: State or city per page, what to do in that city
Movies to see in drawings of popcorn
Languages
list of movies/tv shows to watch in your target language
grammar practice
vocab lists
verb lists
favourite new words
Studying
grade tracker
time spent studying tracker
list of teachers’ emails/contact details
timetable/class schedule
studyblr ideas
topics I need to revise
finals study timetable/planaspirations: what you want to be and why / how to get there
class timetable
assignment ideas
project schedules / team meeting dates
professors’ emails/office hours
assessment results
anti-procrastination page
motivations to study
skills you want to learn or are useful e.g. codingformulas
pagecourses you want to take and their pre-reqscollege comparisons
back to school shopping list
textbook list with prices
Food
recipes
shopping list
restaurants to visit
cocktails to make
Starbucks star rewards tracker
Meal planner
recipes
shopping lists
interesting foods: (doodle ‘em!) taste / texture / smell (e.g. truffles, caviar)
cafes/restaurants you want to go to + their specialty dish (photo)
cocktails you want to mix/taste (doodle ‘em!)
Other
list of friends’ birthdays
gift ideas
doodles
bucket list
wish list
inspirational quotes
things that make you happy
List Making
Past home addresses
101 things in 1001 days
Disney movies to own checklist
Master packing checklist
Wishlist
Movies we own
TV shows we own
Things to sale in a yard sale/online/get rid of
Dream log
Baby names
Key page
Favorite stores to shop at
Favorite places to eat
Black Friday game plan
Your significant others favorite things
Table of contents
To do list
Level 10 Life
Things that make you happy
Family birthdays tracker, names and dates in balloons for each month
Map of U.S. or other country, color in visited states/areas, add hearts to where you have lived
Year in Review
highlights / reflection
achievements this year
lessons learnt / growth as a person
things you want to improve on
advice you’ve received / given
best music/movies/tv shows/etc of the past year
friends made during this past year
New Year, New You
calendar / future log / yearly or monthly logs
things to look forward to this year
upcoming books/music/movies/tv shows being released this year
maslow’s hierarchy of needs self-reflection spread
goals / new year’s resolutions + steps to put it into action
skills you want to learn this year e.g. coding
habits you want to break / habits you want to pick up
diary: day-to-day happenings
budgets: monthly/yearly budgets
inspiration spread for new projects
level 10 life: rate areas (academic, personal, mental, physical, spiritual, social, financial) of your life out of 10, and write down goals to improve that rating!
monthly overviews (e.g. progress on goals)
assignment due dates calendar
18 things to do by the end of 2018
Day-to-day / life planning spreads
skincare routines
perfect/ideal morning routine
self-care reminders
exercise routines
wishlist
bucket list
firsts: kiss, date, house, vacation, car, concert, etc.
DIYs to attempt
savings jar (doodle it!)
yearly / monthly recurring tasks
usernames/passwords (hints only for security!)
5 or 10 year plans
dream job
dream house
planning for moving houses
dream wedding / planning
date ideas
make a worse case scenarios primer
summary tutorials for your reference e.g. step-by-step tax returns
Self-reflection / personality traits
best and worst characteristics
what to be mindful of / what you need to work on
mbti types you’re most compatible with
fears and how you want to overcome them
letters to your future self (include hopes and dreams)
letters to your past self (include achievements and things to be proud of!)
inspirational people
stress management tips
charities to donate to and why you support them
volunteering activities
Fun, cute, and aesthetic spread ideas
things worth staying alive for / getting out of bed for
a spread with all the things you were worried about which turned out fine
message page from your friends to you
“i can’t live without ______”
creative crafts spread: tips / equipment / tutorials
aesthetic colour moodboards
happy / comforting / relaxing / funny things spread
seasons (summer/autumn/winter/spring) spread
rainy day spread
holidays spreads: christmas / easter / halloween / thanksgiving
idioms and proverbs from all different cultures
flowers spread: fav flowers, meanings, bouquet/arrangements, press ‘em!
crystals spread: fav gemstones (doodle ‘em), meanings
succulents spread: fav succulents, terrarium layout ideas
coffee/tea spread: paint with coffee / fav blends / best cafes
what’s in my bag (doodle it!)
outfit ideas / polyvore style collections
magazine clippings
shower thoughts / hypothetical ideas spread
draw my life spread / personal timeline
favourite characters e.g. gudetama, kumamon, etc. (doodle ‘em!)
interesting words list (ephemeral, mellifluous, serendipity, scintillating etc)
ideal date ideas
wedding anniversary ideas (like 1st is paper, 25th silver, 30th pearl, 40th ruby, 50th gold, 60th diamond)
baby animals spread (duckies, puppies, bunnies!!)
#just bullet journal things
bujo spread layouts and devices to try out (e.g. chronodex, parallel time ladder)
key/legend (keep it simple!)
colour palettes/swatches
washi tape / pens / markers swatches
banners / fonts
doodles
ticket stubs / receipts
stickers / stamps
cutouts of info brochures
pressed flowers
calligraphy / brush lettering / handwriting practice
favourite stationery
Travel
places to visit
travel itinerary
cultural parables
useful phrases in the language and their meaning
travel memories spread: things you did / places you went / selfies
postcard collection
packing list
friendly and not-so-friendly people that you met in foreign lands
Writing
short story ideas
plot brainstorming spreads
journal prompts
drabbles
character designs
foreign words which can’t be directly translated into english
Media
interesting articles + moral/ethical issues it prompted you to think about
controversial topics on the news and for/against arguments/your thoughts
on this day in history
fav websites / blogs
jokes / puns / pickup lines
favourite poems / quotes / short stories
Art
pics of your favourite artworks/artists + write about it
art styles you want to emulate
explain techniques for different media e.g. watercolour wet-on-wet
doodle ideas
Astrology
natal chart readings/aspects/placements
solar return reading for the incoming year / transits
synastry / compatibility chart readings
constellation/star charts
symbol reference page for planets, zodiac signs, aspects
Sorry for any mistakes, it took really long to make!<3
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How to study hundreds of pages in the shortest time possible
First of all a disclaimer: No, you can not study them in one or two days. But depending on the topic and how fast you can read, you can do it in one or two weeks!
Factors on which your needed time depends on:
How complex the topic is
How long you need to read a page
How fast you can write
How easy it is for you to understand the text
Basic explainations before I go into detail:
There are two ways of studying: global and and analytical studying
Analytical studying means you really go into detail, try to understand every single word and try to get as much information in the topic as possible. You are studying the topic very precisesly and need the small details to understand it. This is great to understand the topic profoundly.
Global studying means you barely go into detail, but rather try to get an overview over the topic, its most important aspects, and the basic connections. This is great to realize what the most important connections and facts of this topic are, and in what relation the facts stand to each other.
Studying in four steps:
1. The first thing you need to do is read through the whole text and make an excerpt. This step will take you the longest, some days or even some weeks. Basically the best way to do this is to follow these steps:
Look through what you have to study. Hopefully it has chapters, if not, try to split it up into chapters of about twenty pages. This amount works at least for me best. If you have a short concentration span, rather make more chapters with less pages. If you have a long concentration span, make less chapters with more pages per chapter.
Set a realistic goal how many chapters you can read and excerpt in a day. Try to stick to this goal. If the text is easy to read and the font a normal size, one needs about one to two minutes to read a page. If it is difficult to understand or a small font, you may need three to five miutes, so keep this in mind when setting your daily goals.
This goal can vary from day to day. If you know that one day you have a long and exhausting lecture, set the goal lower than for a day were you won´t have any distractions.
Make sure you make this plan early enough. The later you do it, the higher is the chance you have not enough days to get through the text!
Now read a chapter and try to understand as much as possible of it. Focus on it as best as possible, because this is one of the most important steps. If you have problems staying focused, here is my masterpost on how to stay focused.
If your concentration is lost after reading this chapter, take a short break. Then, and it is really really important that you only do it afterwards you read the whole chapter, do an excerpt of this chapter. If you do not know what an excerpt is or how to make on, click here.
By doing the excerpt at the end of the chapter, you revise it for the first time already.
Do this for every chapter you need to study. If you have time left, you can revise the excerpts you already made, but your focus should be on getting through the whole text once.
2. Read thoroughly through your whole excerpt. While doing this, try to recall as many details of the original text that you didn´t write down. Not only read the excerpt, but focus on the relations and connections, realize the meaning and consequences of what you are reading, understand their impact on the subject matter and the topic. Don´t learn it by heart, instead understand it and try to comprehend it with a logic that allows you to recall the realtions without studying them intensively. Do this at least once, if you have the time better do it twice. The harder the topic is for you, the more often you should do this step. This step should take you about one or two days.
3. Skim over your excerpt. Set your focus on the keywords you wrote down in colour and try to recall the most important keywords associated with them. If you have enough time, repeat this once or twice, but you do not have to if you feel you are already very good.This step should take you some hours or a minimum of one hour.
4. Skim over the headings and subheadings of your excerpt. While doing this, try to recall the words you focused on in step three. Only the most important keywords, realtions and connections should cross your thought in this step. This step should take you less than an hour.
After step four, you will be prepared for your exam! Just try to calm down, and most importantly, do not try to recall every little detail now. It will only stress you and give you the feeling that you cannot recall them, which is more often than not totally false. Everytime I used this strategy, I could recall most of the details when writing the test! Also do not revise right in front of the test. You will only confuse yourself and start to panic.
The concept behind this method:
Remeber I tought you the basics of global and analytical studying in the beginning? Well, these are exyctly the background for this method.
Step 1 = analytical
Step 2 = semi - analytical
Step 3 = semi - global
Step 4 = global
Pretty easy once you see it this way, right?
Tip for revising
It helps a lot of people to walk around while doing step 3 or 4!
Good luck everyone and hope this helps!
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Pale book spines are so quietly beautiful, don’t you think?
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But 90% of the time those scholarships are made by people in the groups they're intended for. So it's not so much as bias so much as people looking out for those who are like them.
Racists have to stop blaming their failures on immigrant kids who are doing way better than them. Immigrants aren’t taking your fucking “scholarships”, they’re EARNING them.
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14.07.17🌻
notes i wrote in class for language essay review !! ♡ a few mistakes but it alrights ！۬৺۬ ꒰✩’ω`ૢ✩꒱ anyways im a really new studyblr so im thankful for so many of y'all in the community who r super supportive and nice to me ♡
↬ song of the day:
‘q & a’ - woozi, vernon, scoups, ailee
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6.20.17 / i’m trying to fit dorms into my budget for freshman year. i only live 15 minutes away from my university so commuting is a lot cheaper. i really want to dorm but i don’t know if it’s worth it. help a girl out!! would y'all recommend dorming freshman year?
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3|2|17 this week…i’ve remained ridiculously unproductive, i don’t understand why i’m like this?!
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{03.06.2017} SATURDAY
22/100 days of productivity
Good morning guys! How is your study session going?
I’m sick and I couldn’t study very well so I decided to take some pictures for the studyblr! Be turned because more artistic photos are coming to my blog
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do you ever get in those moods where you don’t feel like reading and you don’t feel like being on the internet and you don’t feel like watching a show and you don’t feel like sleeping and you don’t feel like existing in general
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Pale book spines are so quietly beautiful, don’t you think?
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Im currently a sophomore and my dream school is columbia but i'already feel that I wont get in because i dont feel like im good enough for one my interests are really scattered right now since im trying to figure out what I like and I'm in a bunch of diverse clubs instead of focusing in on a few and I currently am not a leader in any of them and while i show leadership in other stuff I'm scared i'll never be able to be an officer for any club im just so stressed and I feel like a failure
It's okay! I have pretty diverse interests too. Don't worry about it. If anything, Columbia will think you're a flexible jack of all trades with a variety of skills rather than someone who can't narrow it down. And if you aren't a leader, that's okay too! It'll show that you care about having fun and enjoying your interests rather than trying to impress them. After all, you're ultimately in those clubs for you and you only. Don't waste opportunities worrying what colleges might think about you else wise you will subject yourself to misery. I am in speech, math, knitting, diversity, ethnic fair, scholastic bowl, theatre, PLN and a whole bunch of other things just for fun! I didn't even succeed in most of them and yet here I am! Just do what makes you happy.
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Giveaway time!
So I’m getting to the end of my undergraduate career and I thought I’d do a giveaway in celebration! The winner will receive:
A $25 e-gift card to Kawaii Pen Shop
A follow from me (if I don’t already!)
A link on my blog and promos whenever you would like them
My eternal friendship!
How to enter:
Reblog this post, likes count as bookmarks
You may reblog as many times as you like but be cool about it - don’t spam your followers!
Must be following me, this is a giveaway to say thank you to my followers
Giveaway is open internationally
The giveaway will run until May 12th 2017 - the day after my final university exam!
Good luck lads, and thanks for being great study partners over these last (almost) three years - I love you all very much <3
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Does anyone know where I can get some nice but cheap stationary?
Particularly pens. I'm not necessarily looking for what's functional but what is just nice to use. I already get a lot of cute stuff from winning eBay auctions but those take forever and are not guaranteed. Message me if you do.
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