Academic Writing Resources

(actually affordable) stationery essentials

i tried to include as many links as possible as they can go out of stock quite quickly! will be updated 

calendars, planners, stickers + post-it-notes

pen & ink monthly dry-erase calendar

planner life weekly kit planner stickers set

planner pouch, accessory, band, journal strap

planner sticker sheets

stationery sets + organizers

stationery set and desk tray

desk organizer

three-tier bamboo desk organizer

silver metal four-tier desk organizer

notebooks

pop artist set of 3 notebooks

A6 textured petrol lined notebook

A5 good vibes notebook

A6 organise my day notebook

A5 pink blue wired lined notebook

pen, pencils, pencil cases

fine-point Antiquity Pens

fine point Metallic Pens

fine point Seaside Pens

Candy Shop Pen set

cute pastel pens

0.4mm pens

black 0.5mm pens

“cute essentials” pen set 0.5mm

momoi beige/pastel pens

zebra fineliner 12 pen set

onyx black pencil brush

pearlescent white pencil brush

zip pencil case

multi-layer pencil case box with 72 slots

10+ different pencil case styles

iridescent bubble pencil case

staedtler pen set

gel pen 14 color set

fluorescent pen set

pastel barrel fine liner pens set of 5

multicolor sign pens

staedtler multi retractable ball pens

100 pieces assorted gel pen set

pastel rainbow gel pen set

neon rainbow gel pen set

washi tape

huge washi tape box

washi tape storage box

washi tape organizer and dispenser

cherry blossom, landscape, calligraphy washi tape

daruma dolls and Mount Fuji washi tape

animals washi tape

Sweet and Salty washi tape set

highlighters

you don’t have to buy the whole mildliner pack if you only need one specific color!! 

gold mildliner

blue green mildliner

vermilion mildliner

smoke blue mildliner

magenta mildliner

orange mildliner

yellow mildliner

gray mildliner (the coolest one)

red mildliner

pink mildliner

blue mildliner

green mildliner

violet mildliner

brown mildliner

if you do want a whole pack, it’s cheaper to buy the 15-pen-pack!

colorful highlighter pack

cute transparent hightlighter pens

hekki hightlighters

highlighters with tip shapes

broad highlighters

reblog if school has actually made you cry

like the stress, the pressure and everything ya know. everyone keeps saying like ‘school makes me cry’ and stuff but has it really made you cry bc i cried a lot of times tbh

January Study Challenge

day 14 - show us how you keep cosy in the cold months!

my bed 🥰 alsoooo hot showers/baths and warm pajamas

I believe in free education, one that’s available to everyone; no matter their race, gender, age, wealth, etc… This masterpost was created for every knowledge hungry individual out there. I hope it will serve you well. Enjoy!

FREE ONLINE COURSES (here are listed websites that provide huge variety of courses)

Alison 

Coursera

FutureLearn

open2study

Khan Academy

edX

P2P U

Academic Earth

iversity

Stanford Online

MIT Open Courseware

Open Yale Courses

BBC Learning

OpenLearn

Carnegie Mellon University OLI

University of Reddit

Saylor

IDEAS, INSPIRATION & NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)

TED

FORA

Big Think 

99u

BBC Future

Seriously Amazing

How Stuff Works

Discovery News

National Geographic

Science News

Popular Science

IFLScience

YouTube Edu

NewScientist

DIY & HOW-TO’S (Don’t know how to do that? Want to learn how to do it yourself? Here are some great websites.)

wikiHow

Wonder How To

instructables

eHow

Howcast

MAKE

Do it yourself

FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS

OpenStax CNX

Open Textbooks

Bookboon

Textbook Revolution

E-books Directory

FullBooks

Books Should Be Free

Classic Reader

Read Print

Project Gutenberg

AudioBooks For Free

LibriVox

Poem Hunter

Bartleby

MIT Classics

Many Books

Open Textbooks BCcampus

Open Textbook Library

WikiBooks

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS

Directory of Open Access Journals

Scitable

PLOS

Wiley Open Access

Springer Open

Oxford Open

Elsevier Open Access

ArXiv

Open Access Library

LEARN:

1. LANGUAGES

Duolingo

BBC Languages

Learn A Language

101languages

Memrise

Livemocha

Foreign Services Institute

My Languages

Surface Languages

Lingualia

OmniGlot

OpenCulture’s Language links

2. COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING

Codecademy

Programmr

GA Dash

CodeHS

w3schools

Code Avengers

Codelearn

The Code Player

Code School

Code.org

Programming Motherf*?$%#

Bento

Bucky’s room

WiBit

Learn Code the Hard Way

Mozilla Developer Network

Microsoft Virtual Academy

3. YOGA & MEDITATION

Learning Yoga

Learn Meditation

Yome

Free Meditation

Online Meditation

Do Yoga With Me

Yoga Learning Center

4. PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMMAKING

Exposure Guide

The Bastards Book of Photography

Cambridge in Color

Best Photo Lessons

Photography Course

Production Now

nyvs

Learn About Film

Film School Online

5. DRAWING & PAINTING

Enliighten

Ctrl+Paint

ArtGraphica

Google Cultural Institute

Drawspace

DragoArt

WetCanvas

6. INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC THEORY

Music Theory

Teoria

Music Theory Videos

Furmanczyk Academy of Music

Dave Conservatoire

Petrucci Music Library

Justin Guitar

Guitar Lessons

Piano Lessons

Zebra Keys

Play Bass Now

7. OTHER UNCATEGORIZED SKILLS

Investopedia

The Chess Website

Chesscademy

Chess.com

Spreeder

ReadSpeeder

First Aid for Free

First Aid Web

NHS Choices

Wolfram Demonstrations Project

Please feel free to add more learning focused websites. 

*There are a lot more learning websites out there, but I picked the ones that are, as far as I’m aware, completely free and in my opinion the best/ most useful.

if you’re not wandering around in a sprawling library aimlessly running your hand on dated bookspines before settling down with a hardcover classic on a window seat while the afternoon rain pours down from outside then that’s the point

saw a cloud with a slight rainbow in it the other day 🌈

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

ngl i have no idea how to get followers on here !! here’s a pretty sunflower i found on my run the other day tho :)

sorry i just really love the sky 🥺i finished the five people you meet in heaven aaaand cried. the message is just so sweet and i really connected with it