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Setting up my first bullet journal! I want to test it out as a planning method this summer. Please let me know if you have any tips!

{how to maintain good notes}

1. Come to class with a legal pad, a pencil or pen, and a highlighter.

use only these materials to jot down lecture notes

don’t worry about formatting or how neat it looks

your notes only need to be legible and somewhat organized

you can mess up on graphs/charts/diagrams

Why? The legal pad is as simple as notebooks get. You can rip out pages, you can write upside down. One pencil and one highlighter means you won’t spend any time trying to make your notes look pretty. That doesn’t matter now. The only thing you need to focus on during a lecture is writing down the important information.

2. After class, revisit your notes and copy it into your notebook.

you have as much time as you need to format your notes exactly how you want

writing something down twice helps you remember it later

seeing the same thing a second time makes you ask questions about the material

helps you study now so that you have less review to do at exams

Why? I know many of you are perfectionists, so when you make a mistake on a diagram, you feel compelled to rip out the page or quit all together. Copying it into a nice notebook forces you to find the best way to format your notes and digest the lecture materials. You will have an organized notebook to refer back to when studying for exams and finals.

3. Create a table of contents and number the pages.

4. Print charts/graphs/diagrams and paste them into your notes.

excellent precision and accuracy

on scratch paper (or your legal pad!) try to recreate the diagrams as best as possible – use this to study

I hope these tips will help you keep your notebook neat and organized!

Harry Potter Ambient Noise Masterlist

Some Harry Potter inspired background noises for you all!

Getting to Hogwarts

Platform 9 ¾

Hogwarts Express

Storm On The Hogwarts Express

Hogwarts Express Compartment 

Death Eaters - Hogwarts Express

At Hogwarts

Rainy Hogwarts 

Hogwarts After Dark 

The Great Hall At Hogwarts

Halloween At Hogwarts

Christmas Cheer At Hogwarts

Hogwarts Grounds In Summer

Snape’s Office 

McGonagall’s Office 

Regan Ravenclaw’s Study

Owlery

Under The Hogwarts Lake

Hogwarts Grounds

The Black Lake 

The Forbidden Forest

Working By The Great Lake

These Halls Are No Longer Safe

Quidditch

The Four Houses

Gryffindor

Gryffindor Tower Sounds 

Gryffindor Fireplace

Gryffindor Dormitory

Gryffindor Common Room - Rainy

Gryffindor Common Room With Pets

Slytherin

Slytherin Common Room

Slytherin Dormitory

Study Like A Slytherin!

Slytherin Evening

Slytherin Study Room

Hufflepuff

Hufflepuff Dormitory

Evening In The Hufflepuff Common Room

Cozy Hufflepuff Common Room

Hufflepuff Common Room w/ Harp

Ravenclaw

Ravenclaw Common Room

Ravenclaw Dormitory

Ravenclaw Window Sill

Ravenclaw Study

Ravenclaw’s Lazy Sunday

Study and Learn

The Perfect Hogwarts Library

Hogwarts Library Realistic

Transfiguration Classroom

Classroom 11

Potions Class

Hogsmeade

Hogsmeade

Rainy Hogsmeade Afternoon

Three Broomsticks Inn 

Madame Puddifoot’s Tea Shop

Hogsmeade Before Christmas

Outside Hogwarts

Malfoy Manor

Breakfast At The Burrow

Shell Cottage

Diagon Alley Shops

Weasley And Weasley

Weasley’s Wizarding Wheezes

Leaky Cauldron

The Quidditch World Cup

Getting Started

Before You Start Studying

Can’t Start Studying?

Get Motivated

How to Prepare for a New Semester

Know How to Manage Your Time

Organise Your Study Space

Set a Background Noise //Coffitivity//Rainy Mood//Study Playlist//

Schedule Your Study Time

Studying Essentials

Stop Procrastinating

Resources

3 Essential Tips

5 Effective Tips

Annotations

Back To School Tips

Cornell Note-Taking System

Dealing with an Overloded Schedule

Efficient Studying

Essay Writing Tips

General Study Tips

Getting the Most of A Lecture

Guide to Bullet Journals

How to Highlight

How to Improve Your Grades

How to Study A Foreign Language

Illustrating Your Notes

Learn To Study 

Organise Your Notes

Note Taking Masterpost

Printables

Revision Steps

School Resources

Scientifically Proven Study Tips

Studying for an Exam

Study Methods

Study Tools

Studying With Anxiety

Studying With A Bad Memory

Taking Notes from A Textbook

Textbook Annotations

Tips For Success

Typing Your Notes

Ways To Study

What to Avoid

When You Don’t Understand Something

Writing an Essay

All day with pharmacology. Colored pens, paper, scrapbook. Green tea and fruits.

hey guys!!! i love listening to instrumental + classical tunes whilst studying and recently some of you guys have asked me to make a study music masterpost so here it is :]

classical music + instrumental sounds [by me]

my classical favourites

+ another study playlist by me

+ another for a new semester

+ my spotify playlist [updated regularly!]

spatial tunes collection

spotify playlists for studying

intense studying

instrumental study

superior study playlist

peaceful piano

deep focus

soundtrack for study

music for concentration

reading soundtrack

perfect concentration

instrumental rock

electro-chill

spotify classical music playlists

50 handel picks

50 classical era picks

epic classical

gentle classical

classical essentials for beginners

classical romance

the complete chopin

50 bach picks

ballet class!!!

50 baroque picks

indie classical

game soundtracks

v6 youtube playlist

assassin’s creed

super meat boy!!!

journey OST

braid

the legend of zelda: the wind waker

bastion OST

the last of us

halo 4

study play on 8tracks

tv series soundtracks

hannibal’s music [love love loveee!!]

torchwood soundtrack

doctor who soundtracks [1-5]

game of thrones soundtracks [1-5]

sherlock season 1

film soundtracks

harry potter soundtrack

amelie soundtrack

gladiator soundtrack

pirates of the caribbean soundtrack

intouchables soundtrack

lord of the rings complete soundtrack

interstellar soundtrack

best movie soundtracks on spotify

vaporwave music [i heard it’s good for studying but i only listened to macintosh plus bear with me please]

macintosh plus

blank banshee

dream catalogue

2814

supreme space race

other calming sounds + apps

coffitivity

infinitestorm

rainymood

relaxing nature sounds

white noise

+ my masterposts

notes, studying, and self-study resources

self-study resources

supplies

igcse resources

improving your handwriting

how to studyblr

literature masterpost

organisation

aesthetically pleasing notes

annotating

studying a foreign language

really great apps

math

college + uni

motivation

biology

space!!!!

chemistry

physics

summary writing

the discursive/argumentative essay

the narrative essay + the descriptive essay

the ultimate english masterpost!!

stress relief

what i’ve learnt throughout my years of being a student

how to stay productive during holidays

bullet journals

+ more

i hope this huge list helps you all out with studying + not losing focus!! + also i wish all of you a very happy 2016 <3

-helena xx

23/08/15 2:52 PM // reviewing this week’s tasks and adding some embellishments to the previous pages of my bullet journal. and yes, I do hold a pen like that ✒️

Tips for studying during term break

Wake up early. Not as early as during school term - term break is not a time to be waking up at 6am daily - but not at noon either. Aim for around 8-10am, so you’re not sleepy af when you start work, and you haven’t slept half the day away.

Slacken a little. Don’t overwork yourself!! I find a good method is to restrain your studying time to within your normal school hours (8am-6pm for me - which gives plenty of time to relax and watch tv shows in the evening), and study for about 2/3 of that time. This way you’ll still have covered at least several hours of work, but won’t feel exhausted :) (oh yes, if possible review your notes before sleeping to make them stick)

Scheduling. Have a masterlist of tasks to complete/goals to achieve during the break. Work out a rough estimate on how many days are needed to do complete all you have to do, and spread your tasks out evenly, preferably by weeks. Remember to work around your dates with friends (or significant others)/vacations! Keep to your goals so you have more free days :)) 

Study groups. During breaks it’s much much easier to arrange study sessions with friends. It’ll feel a lot less like you’re wasting your break, and you can catch meals with them before/after/during your session, so you’ll enjoy your study days more.

Go out/invite in/chill. It’s term break!!! Go out with your friends/get them to come over!! Or if you prefer having some alone time, have the day to yourself. At least 1 every 4 days, more if possible! If you’re part of a group activity that trains frequently, this can be skipped, but shouldn’t be.

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