Hi I Tried To Post These Yesterday But It Failed 😚✌🏻 Anyway, This Was The Sunrise Yesterday!

The sexual tension between me and my pile of unread books.

pretty 🥺

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i’m not very creative but i like to imagine the princess and the mermaid are in love <3

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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!

you can find me on campus committing social blunders

september 3rd: how do you take your tea?

umm i drink chamomile tea w/honey when i’m sick/have a sore throat :) but other than that, i’m not a huge tea person (although i do want to try more tea - i’ve rly only had chamomile & iced tea sooo)

i went to pick up textbooks today and got to meet some of my teachers ! it was awkward but nice to see them in person

p.s. this is a coconut cake my brother made - it was v good in case you’re wondering 😌🤤

January Study Challenge

day 16 - what’s in your bag / backpack?

here is a complete list of everything in my backpack lmao:

two mechanical pencils

a wooden pencil

tissues

tampons

hand sanitizer

hand lotion

a general folder for all my classes

whatever novel i’m reading atm

two pencil sharpeners

my student id & schedule

a pencil bag w/pens, highlighters, & led

a pencil bag w/colored pencils, markers, & glue

chapstick

a pad & liners

lens cleaner

a portable game

a granola bar

cold medicine & ibuprofen

my airpods & extra earbuds

braces wax

cough drops

my house key

a scientific calculator

my epi pens & inhaler (yes i have allergies and asthma 🤦🏻‍♀️😔)

and a large pack of gum

i am deeply sorry for that very comprehensive list, but i had fun with it 😂

i'm trying so hard to finish reading the ortho chapter but it's so long i want to give up

just finished a dot-to-dot! i’m not much of an artist, so definitely not going to color it or anything. i am going to start posting on here again, though!

september 7th: currently reading!

first, i’m reading Of Mice and Men for my english class ! we’re reading very slowly and we’re only on chapter 2 but it’s interesting so far. and i’m also reading The Perfectionists for myself! i’m really enjoying it !! it’s a lil cheesy (like PLL, which i watched all of) but very fun. it’s an easy read, but the writing is pretty good (imo). i’m probably going to finish it today - i ordered the sequel, which i think arrived in the mail, so, exciting! :)

i managed to finish ALL of my work yesterday and i’m so fucking happy 🥰🥰 of course, i could be studying, buuuut i chose to take a break today.