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January Study Challenge

day 3 - do you tend to make new year’s resolutions? how well has that gone for you in the past?

mmm yes i usually make some, but they’re very loose? if that makes sense. for example, this year is just to drink more water, and try to eat when i’m actually hungry (instead of when i’m bored or sad, etc.). the thing is, throughout the year, i get random bursts of motivation and begin to make resolutions, soooo the new year isn’t that different from a random burst of motivation 🤷🏻‍♀️ anyway, i don’t tend to stick to my resolutions, but i have faith about this year!

tag yourself: autumn edition

tea or hot chocolate? cozy books or halloween movies? plaid or corduroy? foggy mornings or twinkly nights? orange or black? pumpkin or apple pie? wool or velvet? picking fruit or carving pumpkins? libraries or coffee shops? cinnamon or peanut butter? spooky or cozy halloween? candles or fairy lights?

yay i love challenges! i’ll be attempting this starting today :)

~Spell-Studies Fall 2020 Challenge~

~Spell-Studies Fall 2020 Challenge~

I love making challenges, and I thought that having daily prompts would be the best way to help keep track of the days!  I tried to pick fairly easy ones that way they are fun and lighthearted!  

Here are the parameters of the challenge!  The prompts will run Monday through Friday, so that weekends can be off days if you wish.  If you would like to also do the weekends as well I have prompts for those as well but they won’t be numbered rather they will be under “End of week one”, etc. Each prompt will have a corresponding date that way everyone can keep track!  Post daily or sum it all up on one big post (weekly, monthly, the whole thing!  

This challenge is about having fun and staying connected during the upcoming quarantined semester.  I know the prospect of entirely online school looks like an absolute drag to me, so let’s do something to stay connected through it all!  Hope all you lovelies enjoy!  Please tag me and the challenge too! I’ll be following #QuarantineFallStudyChallenge and #heyspell-studies feel free to @ me too!  Alright!  Down to the dates!

1. Monday, August 24th: What classes are you taking?

2. Tuesday, August 25th: What time does your alarm go off?

3. Wednesday. August 26th: Do you check your phone when you first wake up?

4. Thursday, August 27th: What is your favorite season? Why?

5. Friday, August 28th: Tea or coffee?

End of week one Saturday, August 29th: How did this week go for you?

End of week one Sunday, August 30th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

6. Monday, August 31st: What is your favorite thing about school?

7. Tuesday, Sept. 1st: Favorite school memory! (Not online lol).

8. Wednesday, Sept. 2nd: How do you take your coffee?

9. Thursday, Sept. 3rd: How do you take your tea?

10. Friday, Sept. 4th: Favorite study snack!

End of week two Saturday, Sept. 5th: How did this week go for you?

End of week two Sunday, Sept. 6th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

11. Monday, Sept. 7th: Currently reading!

12. Tuesday, Sept. 8th:  How do you take notes?

13. Wednesday, Sept. 9th: What is your goal aesthetic?

14. Thursday, Sept. 10th: Are you a morning person or a night person?

15. Friday, Sept. 11th: Day in your life! 

End of week three Saturday, Sept. 12th : How did this week go for you?

End of week three Sunday, Sept. 13th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

16. Monday, Sept. 14th: Song of the day! What are you jamming to?

17. Tuesday, Sept. 15th: What is your study playlist?

18. Wednesday, Sept. 16th: Study Schedule! 

19. Thursday, Sept. 17th: How do you organize your to-do’s?

20. Friday, Sept. 18th: Do you read motivational books?

End of week four Saturday, Sept. 19th: How did this week go for you?

End of week four Sunday, Sept. 20th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

21. Monday, Sept. 21st: What do you do for your self care?

22. Tuesday, Sept. 22nd: Fall starts today! What is your favorite thing about fall?

23. Wednesday, Sept. 23rd: Unpopular book opinion?

24. Thursday, Sept. 24th: What do you love about #Studyblr?

25. Friday, Sept. 25th: Unpopular #Studyblr opinions?

End of week five Saturday, Sept. 26th: How did this week go for you?

End of week five Sunday, Sept. 27th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

26. Monday, Sept. 28th: What is your to do list?

27. Tuesday, Sept. 29th: What is your biggest inspiration?

28. Wednesday, Sept. 30th: Positive affirmations!  What are yours? Write some!

29. Thursday, Oct. 1st: Post a pic of your study Space and your favorite drink!

30. Friday, Oct. 2nd: Hand writing tag! Upper and lower case, and cursive! 

End of week six Saturday, Oct. 3rd: How did this week go for you?

End of week six Sunday, Oct. 4th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

31. Monday, Oct. 5th: What are you proud of today?

32. Tuesday, Oct. 6th: How do you stay awake while studying?

33. Wednesday, Oct. 7th: Do you use Pinterest? (What are your boards?)

34. Thursday, Oct. 8th: Drop your Insta handle! (If you want).

35. Friday, Oct. 9th: Do you have any fun weekend plans?

End of week seven Saturday, Oct. 10th: How did this week go for you?

End of week seven Sunday, Oct. 11th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

36. Monday, Oct. 12th: Study alone or study with a group?

37. Tuesday, Oct. 13th: Do you color code?

38. Wednesday, Oct. 14th: Show us your annotations!

39. Thursday, Oct. 15th: What do your supplies look like?

40: Friday, Oct. 16th: Half way! How do you reward yourself?

End of week eight Saturday, Oct. 17th: How did this week go for you?

End of week eight Sunday, Oct. 18th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

41. Monday, Oct. 19th: Do you eat while you study?

42. Tuesday, Oct. 20th: Do you exercise?

43. Wednesday, Oct. 21st: It’s definitely getting cooler! Outfit of the day!

44. Thursday, Oct. 22nd: Have you ever meditated? If you haven’t give it a try!

45. Friday, October, 23rd: Long one, who is your ideal self? Or a self love entry!

End of week nine Saturday, Oct. 24th: How did this week go for you?

End of week nine Sunday, Oct. 25th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

46. Monday, Oct. 26th: Do you keep your notes when class is over?

47. Tuesday, Oct. 27th: How do you balance school, work and life?

48. Wednesday, Oct. 28th: Who do you live with? 

49. Thursday, Oct. 29th: Do you have a job outside of school?

50. Friday, Oct. 30th: Do you have a Halloween costume or plans?

End of week ten Saturday, Oct. 31st: How did this week go for you?

End of week ten Sunday, Nov. 1st: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

51. Monday, Nov. 2nd: Morning routine!

52. Tuesday, Nov. 3rd: Evening routine!

53. Wednesday, Nov. 4th: Favorite study tips?

54. Thursday, Nov. 5th: What is on your desk?

55. Friday, Nov. 6th: Some short term goals!

End of week eleven Saturday, Nov. 7th: How did this week go for you?

End of week eleven Sunday, Nov. 8th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

56. Monday, Nov. 9th: Some long term goals!

57. Tuesday, Nov. 10th: Tag your favorite studyblr!

58. Wednesday, Nov. 11th: If you could study anywhere, where? (and why!)

59. Thursday, Nov. 12th: Do you study language?

60. Friday, Nov. 13th: What is the view out your window?

End of week twelve Saturday, Nov. 14th: How did this week go for you?

End of week twelve Sunday, Nov. 15th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

61. Monday, Nov. 16th: Favorite school supplies!

62. Tuesday, Nov. 17th: Bath bomb bubble baths or long showers?

63. Wednesday, Nov. 18th: Name 3 things you love about yourself.

64. Thursday, Nov. 19th: Do you journal?

65. Friday, Nov. 20th: Have you ever made a vision board?

End of week thirteen Saturday, Nov. 21st: How did this week go for you?

End of week thirteen Sunday, Nov. 22nd: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

66. Monday, Nov. 23rd: Favorite type of weather?

67. Tuesday, Nov. 24th: Scarf or beanie?

68. Wednesday, Nov. 25th: What are you grateful for today?

69. Thursday, Nov. 26th: What studyblr advice would you give to others?

70. Friday, Nov. 27th: Holidays! What are you excited for this holiday season?

End of week fourteen Saturday, Nov. 28th: How did this week go for you?

End of week fourteen Sunday, Nov. 29th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

71. Monday, Nov. 30th: What is your “happy place”?

72. Tuesday, Dec. 1st: How are you feeling about education during a pandemic?

73. Wednesday,  Dec. 2nd: When was the last time you did something “scary”?

74. Thursday, Dec. 3rd: What habit do you want to break?

75. Friday, Dec. 4th: what habit do you want to make?

End of week fifteen Saturday, Dec. 5th: How did this week go for you?

End of week fifteen Sunday, Dec. 6th: What is your plan for the upcoming week?

76. Monday, Dec. 7th: What is/are your creative outlet(s)?

77. Tuesday, Dec. 8th: Where do you see yourself in seven years?

78. Wednesday, Dec. 9th: What is one of your favorite holiday memories?

79. Thursday, Dec. 10th: Are you feeling ready for finals?

80. Friday, Dec. 11th: Is it really already over?!  What did you learn during this challenge? What did you like about this challenge?

reblog to give the person you reblogged this from a fucking break

september 2nd: how do you take your coffee?

not at all lol. um i’m not a huge fan of coffee but i really wish i was 😔

i have been so unproductive lately. idk i just do not feel like doin my schoolwork :/ it’s a really big jump from doing no work at all to constantly studying. i’m learning a lot tho and my grades are great so ! tryna stay positive

How I Annotate Non-Fiction Books:

Step one gathering supplies. The supplies you need will be based on your needs and the text you are annotating so feel free to fit this to your need or habits.

For physical books: highlighters, pens, sticky notes, page flags, index cards, the book/document

For digital books: your device or choice (might do an in depth post of digital texts later)

step two- creating your key

For small documents, I tend to stick to one color (each of my classes are assigned a single color).

For Longer documents, with lots of information, I will create a key for example:

keys should be based on what information is most important. In my history classes dates and names are more important whereas in a science class terms and chemical formulas may be most important.

You should also keep in mind why you are reading the book/document. For example: Are you reading to write a book report? Then it would be best to highlight the thesis and any points you wish to bring up in your review.

some parts of your key will most likely not need writing down after they become habit, for example after highlighting an important term, I will underline the definition of the term. (I personally tend to under highlight)

very important highlighted text will also get a page flag so that it is easier to find when reviewing, write a review, etc.

step three- your first read through

break the reading into smaller segments, for example. if you are reading a textbook or information-dense book you may wish to use headings or subheadings as your guide for this. if your text is not already broken into smaller section resign yourself to summarizing after every few paragraphs

You can write your summaries in whatever way suits you, your habits, or the book you are working with.

For this book I am writing my summaries in index cards, but I could have written them in sticky notes, or in a notebook (physical or digital.) I have tried all of these techniques and I like them all and tend to switch between them.

On the back of my summary cards, I write the page numbers the information was pulled from so that I can more quickly find the information if I need to quote it.

Feel free to ask questions in the replies or in my asks!

i had shared what is happening in sudan on a long facebook post last night, but it virtually received almost little to no engagement or shares from the nearly 600 “friends” i have on the site.

this morning, my great-aunt was shot by the soldiers fighting for power, and God forbid, i lose more of my family members before eid this friday.

please read below to understand what is happening and how you can help my country. i hope the tumblr community can show more kindness than the lack of support and advocacy i’ve seen elsewhere.

يا رب اجعل هذا البلد آمناً 🇸🇩

the lack of awareness and advocacy from the African, Arab, and Muslim diaspora and the human rights community has been painful.

while Western media has done little to no coverage of the ongoing conflict in the capital city of my motherland, Sudan, it appears that the rest of the world also partakes in normalizing crimes and violence against SWANA people.

violence and war hurting the SWANA region are NOT ordinary occurrences — no one, regardless of race, creed, ethnicity, religion, and gender, should experience the unprecedented amount of violence that harms my two living grandmothers, aunts and uncles, and baby cousins who live in Khartoum.

your decision to ignore reading or educating and discussing with others about what is likely to be a civil war is complicity in viewing SWANA people as individuals who regularly experience conflict and are undeserving of help.

the silence is damaging, and it is up to us as privileged members of the diaspora (or individuals living in the Western world committed to human rights) to support the people of my country and their dream for a stable, democratically elected government.

what is happening in Sudan is a fight that started on April 15 between two competing forces for power — the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — neither groups are representative of the needs of our people. The Sudan Army is loyal to the dictator, Omar Al-Bashir, and the RSF is responsible for the genocide in Darfur.

with both power struggles backed by different Arab and Gulf nations, the two parties have been fighting for power for the last few years. While they worked together to try and end the people’s revolution, they lost. however, they are now in a constant power play of who will get to rule the nation.

this all means that war is NOT a reflection of my country — violence does not represent the SWANA people. Sudan is a nation of beautiful culture, strong women, intellectual and influential Islamic scholars, poets, and youth at the front lines of the revolution. we are a people committed to a region of peace for ourselves and the rest of the Ummah.

my family and the rest of Sudan’s innocent civilians are at the most risk, with many currently without drinking water, food to eat, electricity, and complete blockage to any mosques during the final nights of Ramadan, our holiest month of the year.

i ask that you please keep Sudan and our people in your prayers — donate to the Sudan Red Crescent or a mutual aid GoFund Me, email your representatives if you live in a country that can put pressure on either competing force of power, discuss this with your family and friends, and please do not forget to think about SWANA people — our brothers and sisters in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and many others need our love and support.

الردة_مستحيلة ✊🏾

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Excited for this outcome. Especially because Tumblr is so English-centric, even though a lot of people are not native speakers.

As always, reblog for a bigger sample size.

Put the actual language you write in in the tags!

you can find me on campus committing social blunders

January Study Challenge

day 23 - if you could travel anywhere, regardless of money or other limitations, where would you go? what would you do?

i would travel all across Europe and just see everything i could 🥺 i desperately want to visit Europe, particularly the UK, France, Spain, and Greece.