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august 27th: what is your favorite season? why?

winter! definitely. i just love the vibes - i love sweaters and sweatpants and cozying up indoors with a good book. and also, of course, snow ( although it doesn’t snow much where i live :/ ). also christmas easily beats any other holiday ! 🎄🌨

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

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!

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!

January Study Challenge

day 7 - after you’ve finished using your notes, like after the exam, what do you do with them?

um if they’re good notes, or i think they’ll be useful in the future, i keep them! if i want to keep a lot of notes from that class, then i’ll just keep the entire binder/notebook i was using. if i just need like one sheet from that class, i’ll put it in the folder i have for that grade level.

august 29th: how did this week go for you?

um it didn’t go amazingly, if i’m being honest. i was very productive last weekend, so i guess i felt like i could take a break this week? which just wasn’t a good mindset to be in. i’ve kinda gotten behind on my work, and i even missed some school on friday. hopefully i’ll be better next week!

p.s. this is a strawberry lemonade with grape popping bubbles that i got today 🥰

Wow everyone is going through it. Hold my hand

august 28th: tea or coffee?

i’m not a huge fan of either ! 😬 i do enjoy the occasional chamomile tea, but i really like these little chocolates for some caffeine! i also love mtn dew and energy drinks, but i try not to drink them too much, bc they’re obv not the greatest for you

day 12 - do you listen to music when studying? show us your top 3 study songs or favorite study playlist!

i really only listen to tame impala while studying, idk why but their music is the perfect combination of upbeat and chill ?? that makes no sense, but they’re really good to work to

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