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12/12 // I’m very proud of myself today. Woke up early and went to uni and studied for seven hours! Pretty much a record this school year.
7.6.2016 // I am now one year closer to 30 and I’m realizing the glaring holes in my personal life. I got the news that I’ve been kicked out of my university temporarily due to poor academic standing this last year, and I’ve realized a lot of complexes while trying to deal with this awful break up. I guess heartbreak greeted me at the right time, because i now find myself extremely motivated to heal and grow independently, clawing to get out of this deep hole I’ve placed myself in after a string of poor decisions and destructive behavior. Here’s to another year around the sun, and the hope to be a healthier person when 27 knocks on my door. (one day I’ll post my spreads on time i swear)
I am really relieved that I didn't flunk any subject from my first year *phew* But my grade point wasn't that great. So this year I am going to work work work.
famous quotes for your bujo
Vincent Van gogh
“In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.”
“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”
Plato
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything”
“Love is a serious mental disease”
Jane Austen
“ One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”
“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.”
“A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
Audrey Hepburn
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
Bill Gates
“If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.”
“If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?”
“Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.”
Alice Paul
“There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.”
“I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic.”
“When you put your hand to the plow, you can’t put it down until you get to the end of the row.”
Ghandi
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
Cher
“ Until you’re ready to look foolish, you’ll never have the possibility of being great.”
“If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life.”
“Women are the real architects of society.”
Charles Dickens
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”
“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”
“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”
Marilyn Monroe
“I don’t mind living in a man’s world as long as I can be a woman in it.”
“Give a girl the right pair of shoes and she’ll conquer the world.”
“It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far.”
How to Hermione the Shit out of Your Studying.
(Some Hermione inspired study tips.)
Want to study.
Hermione studies as hard as she does because she wants to. So try to think about WHY you want to study, is it because you are interested in the subject? Is it because you want a certain grade? Is it because you want to pass the subject to go on to something else? Once you figure that out, then you can go from feeling like you “have” to study to feeling like you want to study. Remember that you don’t have to study if you don’t want to, but usually you will want to, because you would rather study than face the consequences of not studying.
Read EVERYTHING.
While it may not be necessary to read every word of every textbook before your classes even start, it will be extremely helpful to read any chapters, articles, websites or extra information your lecturers give you. Do any extra questions as well. Usually your lecture would have gone out of his/her way to get this information to you, this is because they think it will help you, and it probably will.
Answer questions in class.
Trying to answer questions in class will help to keep you concentrated on the topic at hand, you can’t answer questions if you haven’t been paying attention. This will not only show your lecturer that you are interested in learning (and they may be more lenient on you if you are ever after an extension or miss a class) it will also help you to identify when you don’t understand something, and gives you the chance to clarify.
Help others.
“Its leviooosar, not leviosaarr.” … Okay, so maybe try help others in a more understanding way. But when you see someone struggling with something in class or an assignment, help them. This is something that pretty much everyone will appreciate, and it can also help you to solidify your own knowledge. There have been heaps of studies that show that you are much more likely to retain information once you have taught someone else about it.
Get things done early.
This is one that pretty much everyone knows, but very few ever do. Try to be one of those few, if you get assignments or readings done early, then you can always ask questions if you get stuck on something, have more time to work on other things, not feel stressed about it, you’ll have the chance to polish up anything you aren’t super happy with and more. Trust me, it is worth it.
Find a nice environment to study in.
Some people like their desk while others like their bed and some people fall asleep if they study in bed. Find something that works for you. I find that if I take a trip to my local café or library I am much more motivated because I have gone there for the purpose of studying.. Whereas at home I sometimes I find it too distracting.
Don’t forget to take time to have fun.
While Hermione does study a lot, she also has fun and enjoys herself. Studying and learning is awesome, but give yourself some time to unwind. Don’t let yourself get burnt out, take regular brakes during long study sessions, and try to set bigger chunks of time aside some days to relax, play games or see friends. You might feel fine after the first 2 hours, but after an 8 hour study session with no breaks.. You may not feel so motivated…
No better way to spend rainy days
tfw when you’re reading an exciting part of your book and your eyes keep jumping ahead and skimming paragraphs bc you’re so desperate to know what happens and you’re like hey self, calm down, take it easy and enjoy the ride.
Life can give me all the goddamn lemons it wants, but I’m not giving up: not now, not ever. 💪🏻🔪🍋
everyone is getting into relationships and growing up and I’m just getting lazier and finding more tv series to watch
So true.
“Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.” 📙❤️
My semester starts from tomorrow *sigh*. Three more months of working & working & working.
These are some of my most important tips when it comes to studying for maths that seem to have gotten me high marks in maths. If you have any more questions or requests, message me and I’ll get back to you. I’m considering a part II being maths test tips and strategies. Let me know what you think!
1. Having organised notebooks
I have use two notebooks for school, one for class notes and one for homework. This keeps notebooks organised and a lot easier to manage. It also makes revising for maths more efficient.
I also use two notebooks at home. One containing the theory of all maths topics learnt with heaps of example questions. The other containing harder maths questions and their working out. This second notebook is really useful when studying for exams, as you can revise questions that are more uncommon to help you solve harder questions in the exam. If you would like a more detailed post regarding how I organise my maths notebooks, just let me now by messaging me.
2. Practice
This is by far one of the most important tips for maths, because maths is simply not a subject that you can do well in by cramming the night before. In order to under the concepts in great detail, you must allocate ½ hour to one hour a day to revise. This keeps all the formulas and methods fresh in your mind.
3. Do your homework
Teachers give you homework for a reason. That is to practice and revise. Doing homework everyday allows you to keep up with what your teachers are teaching in school and to practice using the methods and formulas. Sometimes when I have more important priorities such as assignments I chose 5-10 questions to quickly revise.
4. Do practice papers
Before an exam make sure you’ve completed all available past papers. All exams tend to follow the same layout with a few general questions followed by harder and complex questions. By completing understanding the easier questions you can guarantee that you will understand the correct methods of completing then. understand the layout for the exam and common types of questions asked
5. Don’t stress out or get frustrated
Just because you can’t a few questions in a practice paper doesn’t mean you should stop practising or you’re going to fail you’re exam. Of course you’re not going to be able to do certain questions, that’s part of learning. Skip the question and move on. After you’re finished go back to the question and spend 10-15 minutes on it. If you still can’t do it, ask a teacher or a friend.
6. Understand and review your mistakes
Doing practice questions is not effective until you truly understand where you’ve gone wrong. This ensures that you ate able to show the correct working out in an exam so your teachers have no excuse to deduct marks. I go through a set of questions and after marking them, I place an asterisk next to the questions which I’ve gotten wrong, to remind myself to use this question when revising.
Are the habits you have today on par with the dreams you have for tomorrow?
Something my coach texted me today. She had no idea how much I needed to hear this (via chasingapr)
These moments.
There comes a time in your life when you have to make a decision. Choose one path to walk on, as they say. Well let me tell you, these are the hardest moments. Not only do you have to think about what you want but what others want you to want. People will tell you loads of things. What is cool & uncool. What is beautiful and ugly. What is right and wrong. But you have to block out all that noise. You have to try & find that quiet place, where you can take your decisions yourself. Where you can think about who means well. Take a deep breath & find that quiet place. Think carefully. Because this decision, is going to change your universe.