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here’s a list of my favourite playlists that i listen to when studying. only one playlist has lyrics so if you find that distracting you can skip it!
1 am study session - lofi hip hop/chill beats (1 hour)
a rainy town - animal crossing ost + thunderstorm ambiance (1 hour)
breath of the wild relaxing music with rain (1 hour)
lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to (live radio)
relaxing life is strange music (1 hour) *has lyrics
relaxing music from uncharted series (45 mins)
skyrim music & ambiance - night (1 hour)
skyrim music & ambiance - rainy day (10 hours)
studio ghibli summer night piano collection with nature sounds (7 hours)
the last of us - relaxing music compilation (30 mins)
the legend of zelda - calming & relaxing music compilation (1 hour)
the witcher 3 - peaceful music & nature ambiance (1 hour)
the witcher 3 toussaint - relaxing music for sleep and study (1 hour)
uncharted - ambient music & ambience (1 hour)
all playlists
you can always count on the caffeine addict to have bunch of coffee photos for no reason
When you light a lantern and send it into the sky, you’re supposed to make a wish. I thought I wanted a promise that Peter and I would never hurt each other. I wanted something that doesn’t exist. I wanted happily ever after. But I know now that I don’t want a love in half measures. I want it all. And to have it all, we have to risk it all. If I could do it over, I wouldn’t change a thing. Because everything that’s happened has brought us here. This is our story, and we’re still at the beginning.
“I wish you wanted me to be yours, as much as I want you to be mine.”
— R.R.
“MAY 14, 2016 12:44AM I think what hurts the most is everything that we could have been and that we will never get to do. We could have been great. We almost made it. We will never get to hug each other again. You will never get to come to my country and experience it with me. I will never be able to take you to that one city like i promised. You will never meet my family, I told them so much about you. I will never get to see your parents or your dogs again. We will never visit new cities together. You will never propose to me at Disney like you said you wanted to. We will never have our 3 kids, C, O and W. We will never have our own little apartment like the one we had for a few weeks before I had to leave and everything started to go down hill. I guess maybe we were just not meant to be. Almost, we were just ‘almost’. We will never get our happily ever after and that is what hurts the most.”
— G.P. // it is long gone now but my phone is still filled with thoughts of you.
I will never forget those moments in which I lay on your chest and your heartbeat was what calmed me.
R.R.
“When I realized I ruined us, it broke me because I had no one to blame but myself.”
–7:43 PM
“They may have broken your heart but some part of you knows that if they ever came back, you wouldn’t hesitate for even one second.”
—
“I could be anything in this world but I wanted to be his.”
— Rupi Kaur, the sun and her flowers
so i want to call you. every cell in my body is screaming at me to just pick up the phone. just pick up the phone. but even though it’s against my nature i must stay silent. must wait. wait for the message, the phone call, that the sane part of my brain knows is never coming. i want to sit and make you miss me. make you wonder if i’m thinking of you. but the longer this silence goes on the more i know that you aren’t thinking of me. you don’t miss me, if you did i wouldn’t be sitting here begging myself to not pick up the phone. just pick up the fucking phone.
4am
“It was not the end of the world, but something inside me died.”
— @vvgone
“And when I’m older, and people ask me about the people I’ve met in life, you are probably the first one who goes through my mind. And I’ll explain that you were the most bittersweet love of my life I’ve ever met.”
— fightingborderline
How to study for an exam when you really don’t know how to start
Clean your room/space, tidy your desk, make your space feel neat and focused. The space we are in means a lot, don’t confine yourself to a messy space.
Make sure you also feel ready. Freshly showered, has a good meal, did some movement-based activity. You can’t focus as easily if you feel all messy and uncomfy.
Put your work in order, what is most important? If you’re taking an exam over a specific topic i.e Biology, look for the most mentioned topics. Those will be what you study most. When I took AP Psych, I found the outline online that said what percentage of the test would be what topic, and studied those flashcards, notes, and videos.
Likewise, figure out how much you need to do every day to get done in time. If you have 20 chapters left in a book and each one is 15 pages then take 300 pages divided by how many days left (say 40) leaving 7.5 pages a day minimum.
Block out time to study. Make sure you have no distractions, phone on silent, friends know you’re unavailable. This is its own test, a test of focus!
Go to review days if you have them Your instructor should explain what’s on the exam and what is expected of you, and if you miss out on important details you’ll really notice later. It may seem like skipping gives you more time to study, but you’ll be at a disadvantage in the end.
If you feel yourself getting distracted, reading the passage with no recollection of the content, or about to slam your head into the table, take a break. Go for a short walk, get a snack, stretch, get a glass of water, have a little dance party. Breaks count as being productive, self-care is important.
Feel free to switch up your studying methods. Taking notes every day or reading chapter after chapter of a subject gets boring. Do flashcards, Draw or make a diagram. Studying the brain? Draw and label it. Use funky pens sticky notes. Varying your methods of study will not only help you grasp the material better, but it’ll keep you from getting bored.
Find a friend or join a study group. There are a lot at different universities or even just create your own with like-minded folks. You can even do one online like I do. There are many discords for this. I’m in one and it’s great to hold each other accountable and share goals.
You can also switch up your space. Everyone has a different type of place they work best. Maybe a library, cafe, park, bedroom, couch, restaurant. Don’t stay couped up.
Use apps like Tide, Forest, Flora, Quizlet and more. I seriously use these every day. Tide is my favorite, it incorporates white noise and nature sounds with a Pomodoro timer, as well as three settings for Focus, Relax, and Sleep.
Make studying aesthetically pleasing. Studyblrs are on to something here! You don’t need to have expensive things or show them off but have pens you like, fun highlighter and sticky notes. Pick out playlists of music that makes you feel focused.
Affirm and trust yourself! When you get that flashcard right? Heck yeah! You did it holy crap! Celebrate! Be proud of yourself. You worked hard, you deserve to feel good. Your best is good enough, and your best may vary day-to-day.
Bullet Journaling: A Guide
I’ve decided to make a little guide for anyone who might be thinking about starting a bujo but doesn’t know where to begin.
What is a bullet journal and why should you have one?
It can work as a mix of a to-do-list, planner, diary, art journal, notebook, tracker etc.
you can use it as a planner for your work/school life, personal life or a mix of both
Tbh it can be anything you want, that’s what so nice about a bujo, some things may work for you and some things might not!
Use it to have some quality time with yourself, relaxing, being creative, getting your shit together. I think everyone has different reasons for having one. I do it because it helps me relax, makes me remember all I have to do and then it’s also a way for me to stay a little creative when I don’t normally have time to paint and draw so much.
What do you need to start a bullet journal?
You might have seen a lot of extremely beautiful pictures floating around the internet with expensive notebooks and fancy pens, but you don’t need anything like that at all. This is what I think you need:
Some kind of notebook. It doesn’t really matter which one, some people like Lechtturm or Moleskine, but any notebook you have lying around will work just fine. (Maybe just don’t get one with 300 pages as it will seem overwhelming to have to finish it)
Pay attention to if it has blank, lined, gritted or dotted pages tho! For a journal focusing mostly on art, I would recommend blank pages, and for writing a lined. If you want your journal to have perfectly straight lines, a gritted journal will probably work the best. If you want something in between or don’t really know exactly what you want, I think you should choose the dotted one (that’s also what I use).
Some kind of pens and pencils. Just pay attention to if they will bleed through your pages!
Optional: Scraps of paper, colored tape (washi tape), (polaroid) pictures, old tickets, stickers, watercolors, pressed flowers, cute wrapping paper or literally anything you have lying around or anything you think look cute!
Practical things like glue, a ruler, a scissor
What should/could you put in your bullet journal?
I will give you a lot of ideas to spreads etc but don’t make them just because. Some things will work for you and a lot of things probably won’t. It can be tiring to make a lot of pages with things that don’t help you at all. Your bujo shouldn’t feel like a burden, so if you find a spread not working for you, then simply drop it :)
*Start off with an intro page, maybe write your name, phone number and email in case it gets lost. Your bujo can quickly become one of your most beloved things so be careful!
*Make a key page with what symbols will you be using for tasks, completed tasks, events, birthdays, appointments etc.
*Maybe make an index. Some people like using it, but I abandoned mine pretty quickly, so again, that’s up to you.
*Yearly overview
*Monthly overview
*Weekly spreads. Most people include these pages and they might be the ones you will use the most with daily to-do-lists and the like.
*You can let your spreads be inspired by lots of different things as colors, seasons, holidays, the movie you just watched, an album, a place, a smell, a feeling, outer space, a person etc. Also don’t be afraid to play with different shapes and textures.
Page over your contacts, and important birthdays
*Habit tracker page (you can track sleep, water, exercise, spendings, medication, yoga etc) This can also easily be incorporated in your weekly spreads.
*Since we are close to the new year, you can do resolutions for the year.
Monthly/weekly/daily goals
*Memory pages. These could include a spread from new years, Christmas or a café trip with a good friend.
*Travel logs. You can write it like a diary or just glue in tickets and draw something.
*Gratitude log. Write 1-3 things every day that you are grateful for.
*Movies/series to watch
Books to read
*Book reviews
Music to listen to
*Favourite songs
Bucket list
*Paint test pages
*Brain dump pages
School assignments overview
*Grade tracker
*Exam planner
Class schedule
Favourite lyrics
*Favourite quotes
Gift ideas
*Christmas gifts planner
Wishlist. Update it whenever something pops into your mind so you will have some wishes when people ask you.
Dream log
Passwords for different websites
Countdown page
*Mood tracker
*Random doodle page
Highlights of 2018
Un-do list (bad habits)
Handwriting practice
*Different writing challenges like 6-word stories or a sentence a day.
Playlists for different moods
List of your favourite things
Savings tracker
Your budget
+ literally a thousand more!
*The ones I’ve tried
General tips
When you start your journal it can be very hard to be satisfied with it right away and you might be tempted to rip out pages. If you think this will happen, I suggest numbering your pages from the start. I would recommend not ripping anything out anyway because when you’re 50 pages in, it’s fun to see how much it has changed over time.
if you want your bujo to be a little artsy, I would recommend always outlining with a pencil before you start using your pens.
If you don’t feel like an index will work but you still want it to be organized, you can color code it with tape on the side of the paper. Ex. you can use your red flower tape every time you start a new month.
Check tags like #bujo #bulletjournal #weeklyspread and #journal on social media to get tons of inspiration.
Check some of my favourite bujoblrs out like: @bujo-rd @bujo-ie @howlsmovingdesk @peachdanik-journal @studylustre @studygramjess @studyblr @problematicprocrastinator @kaylareads @heyrosiebee @academi @ohghiblies @hannybstudies @therobotstudies @studyquill @vanillastudies @stillstudies + many many more. You can also check out my blog for inspiration.
I think that’s about it, I hope I covered it okay. Happy bullet journaling!
- Bujowsofie
“Even after all of this, I will choose you again and again.”
There are two kinds of love in this world; one that makes you forget the life you live, and one that makes you want to live your life all over again.
Lukas W. // Two kinds of love (via somepiecesofmyheartandsoul)
will you promise me one thing, darling? that whenever i forget that i am loved, that i still have a place in this world, you will be here to tell me that i will always have a place to call home, that your arms are the home to my body and your heart, the home to my soul. will you, darling, be here to remind me that i will still have you even when i have nothing else at all?
lukas w. // (via electrichills)
You inspired me. For that, you are worth every inch of love I had to give.
Bianca Sparacino, Seeds Planted in Concrete (via books-n-quotes)
I just want you to find me beautiful.
4/13/19
when the girl says she is not beautiful
when the girl says she is not beautiful, i want to tell her this: to smash every mirror in her house, because they have all lied to her. i want to tell her it is because she is too human for sephora’s, for covergirl’s beauty to capture. it is because she is rough and worn at the edges with all her seventeen years, with all her long sharp nails and bright eyes and sad bitch hours. i want to hold her hands and make her feel beautiful with a thousand butterfly kisses. i want to tell her this: i love you and i love you and i love you.
“A life without you is a life not worth living”
— Ctcel
I can’t escape the way I love you and I don’t want to.
-Billie Eilish
Kümmere dich um dein Mädchen bevor es ein anderer macht.
Quelle: smokeannndmirrors