Day 13 - How Do You Deal With Stress?

just wanna leave all responsibilities behind and eat fresh fruits and pastries by the ocean and feel the sun on my skin right now

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somehow instead of saying "as a treat", I've started using the phrase "for morale", as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.

and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.

I'm not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me

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 haven’t had motivation to post in a while but .... here is a picture i took of this wonderful book i am reading

January Study Challenge

day 15 - did you make any / have you kept up with your new years resolutions?

decently! at the beginning of this, i said i wanted to drink more water, eat intuitively, and stop procrastinating. i’ve actually been doing pretty well! i drink more than one water bottle a day, and i’ve been completing everything the day it’s assigned. buuuut i have been having problems with food. i have a horrible relationship with food and don’t know how to change that :/ at least i’ve been eating more fruits and vegetables 🍊

p. s. i took these pics at meow wolf in santa fe!

recently started reading this book! i’m already in pain, i can tell this will be a frustrating read, but the story is so good ... i skipped school today to study for my finals, and it went well ! i finished a 1000 word essay and made some flashcards for chem 💫

i wish i knew how to edit pictures well 😔

but anyways, another school year has begun! ik i haven’t been active on here, but that’s bc i haven’t been doing work lol. soooo hopefully i’m back for good! :)

i want to study literature but i want to study psychology but i want to study architecture but i want to study linguistics but i want to study sociology but i want to study philosophy but i want to study chemistry but i want to study history but i