Helpful Books To Learn Languages

my study resources and tips!!

10 time management tips

healthy study habits to develop

four important study tips to remember

my seven favourite motivational quotes

how i take notes in med school

how to cope during breakdowns and get back up again

20 motivational reminders and wholesome goals for you

20 reasons to stay motivated

5 tips to make the most out of your morning

six important lessons to remember in life

dark academia tips:

listen to Mozart while drinking black coffee

wear big cashmere sweaters

being secretly in love with your best friend

look at the moon, sitting on the balcony

smoking while watching black and white old films

spend the evening in the library

read Odyssey and discuss it with your friends

have a large black coat

recite poems, sitting in a room lit by candles

always have a book with yourself

wear a lot of silver jewelry

know someone's secret

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Dark Academia Lookbook
 “Fashion is what one wears oneself; what is unfashionable is what other people wear.” - Oscar Wilde 
I’ve noticed that a lot of dark academia inspired fashion uses brown and beige as neutrals - which looks great, however they don’t always go with all skin tones (like mine). Here are a few outfit ideas that use black/grey/white as base tones!
Remember, you don’t have to be rich to afford the aesthetic:
Tartan skirt - vintage, charity shop
Green corduroy trousers - vintage, depop
Burgundy paisley shirt - vintage shop
Ugly blue shirt - charity shop
And the burgundy suit was from my y11 prom, which I’m still wearing!

A list of more personal dark academia things:

Post a picture of your favourite book, annotated or otherwise.

Outfit pictures – embrace your individual style.

Any pretty locations you visit: libraries, coffee shops, campus buildings, vintage stores, etc.

What you study: confuse the literature students by posting your science work. Stun the science academics with your knowledge of your favourite authors/genres. Help the researchers with your history notes.

Where you study – your own desk, what’s on your desk, when you like to work, etc.

Other: jewellery, your favourite mug, pretty flowers, candles, personal book collection, etc.

Studying. Study notes, thoughts about your research, any text books, etc.

dark academic people be like: omg ma fit is fantastic

peep my crooked posture cus i’m wearing my backpack on only one shoulder

How do you fall back in love with life?

clean your room.  clean space, uncluttered space, space that doesn’t have miasma clinging to it can work wonders.  clean the dishes.  sweep.  take out the trash.  peel the clothes off the floor and wash them, and then actually fold/hang them.  take a long shower.  scrub behind your knees.  brush your teeth.  (this can be utterly exhausting, but try to get it done in a day, if you can.  the end result is worth it.)

pull out your notebook.  it doesn’t need to be a new notebook, but preferably one that you don’t usually write in, or that you haven’t touched in a while.  fuck moleskins.  the yellow legal pad will work fine.  sit in your room, or in the park, or in the library, and write a list.  count clouds.  describe all the colors that you see, and note patterns that arise.  sketch the cracks in the walls.  note the shape light makes when it enters a space.  talk about what the air tastes like, smells like.  what sounds are there?  even the white nose, break that down: air planes, fans, cicadas, anything.  remind yourself that you are sitting in the middle of a space brimming with detail.  remind yourself that you are not in nothingness and emptiness.  your world is fathomless.  it has potential.

drink cold water and try to eat something that isn’t processed.  it does not need to be fancy.  buy yourself an apple with the change between your couch cushions.  eat it outside.  if you’re someone who walks, walk somewhere afterwards, just to stretch your legs.  take your fucking meds.  remember that its a good thing that you are inside your body.  your body is a fantastic and endlessly intricate machine, and even though society has smacked a bunch of poisonous ideas on it, that doesn’t change its inherent worth and splendor.  take care of it.

read a novel.  underline your favorite lines, and write phrases that twist your heart inside your chest on the back of your hand with an ink pen.  read a novel like it’s poetry.  read poetry, something decadent but unpretentious.  watch a movie you haven’t seen before.  if there are free art galleries near you, walk through one.  take your time.  let yourself bask.  if there are patterns in what makes your soul ache, write those patterns down – marbles arches or soot crumbling bricks or dandelions or descriptions of dresses or whatever it is, write them down.

your chosen family is important.  remember, they picked you as much as you picked them.  the love has no obligation.  it is given freely and it is given from a place of compassion.  you are not a burden.  if you need to breathe, take a minute by yourself and just exist, but remember to go back to your people.  when they need you, listen and be gracious.  always be gracious.  the universe sometimes remembers things like that.

listen to new music.  link jump on youtube or related artist jump on spotify or ask the chap beside you in the cafe what their favorite band is, and listen to that.  listen to something that you don’t usually listen to.  we tend to tie up a lot of memory with music.  we are falling in love again.  the soundtrack needs to be specific to that.  

allow yourself to indulge in romantics.  press flowers in old books.  play movies with subtitles and mouth the words.  dance in your room.  wear something that makes you feel good, even if you wouldn’t wear it in public.  write your chosen family letters, even if you hand deliver them.  write poetry, even awful poetry.  revel in its awfulness.  eat dark chocolate and when your chosen family want to go out, try to go out with them sometimes, even if its just to the market.  

just me

Adding dark academia and scholarly items into my day to day

-Attire-

Button downs (red, black, white)

Turtle necks (beige, red)

Sweaters (dark blue, black, white)

Overcoats (Black, beige)

Belts (black)

Oxfords (Rockports)

-Beverages and snacks-

Homemade Cheeseboards

Coffee sweetened with condensed milk

Tea (earl grey, green, chai)

Pomegranates

Apples

-Hobbies-

Vocabulary studies

Journal entries (once a day)

Read music

Full sketch pages

Organize books

Book hunt in thrift stores

Documentaries

Novel ideas poorly written down

-Miscellaneous-

Notes only in black ink

Four+ journals

Hanging flowers from the wall

Staying in a study hall for hours

Mixtures of print and cursive, both sloppy

Hands smudged with ink

Letters to your past self, future lover or no one, all with wax seals

Attempting your instrument in an apartment

Bake small treats to eat while working