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2-Month Tracker Printables
Hello! Here are 2-month tracker printables to help you track or plan two months at a time. The printables feature a table for each month, with a cell for each day, that you can use to track anything you want! You could use it to track your project or assignment timelines, or as a habit tracker, or something else entirely. They can also be used digitally.
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16-Week Overview
Hello! I made some printables to help you plan and organize up to sixteen weeks. Why sixteen weeks? That’s approximately how long a semester is, so you can use this planner as a semester overview! Even if you’re not in school, 16 weeks is a good length of time to give you a big picture view without being too overwhelmed. These printables feature a row for each week and can also be used digitally.
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Daily Planner Printables
Hello! I made some printables to help you plan and organize your daily activities. Features include a 10-minute planner/scheduler; a section for your top goals for the day; a rolling task list with task priorities, notes, and labels (+ class in the academic version); and a blank grid section you can use for anything you want! They can also be used digitally.
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Mood Tracker Printable
Hello! I made some printables to help you track your mood throughout the year. Features include a table to mark your mood for every single day, a legend section to write the labels for the moods you include in the table, and a section to keep track of how often you felt a certain mood per month. They can also be used digitally.
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Hope you enjoy the printables, and definitely let me know if you have any suggestions or concerns. Have a lovely day :)
Hello everyone,
Here I am after more than a month of vacation. I have thought a lot about the past academic year during this summer. It was a tough one, and it challenged me a lot.
In the university that I attend, exams are very close and, to do all of them in time, you must study for two or three exams simultaneously. It requires the ability to prioritize, to dedicate the right amount of time to every subject.
Prioritizing was not immediate to me, and I had to train myself. Here are a few tips that I use when planning the study of multiple subjects at the same time:
1. Split the day:
This technique is good if you are preparing exams of different importance and complexity. Identify the moment of the day in which you are more productive, and dedicate that time to the most complex subject. Then, give time to the second most productive moment for a less complicated exam. If you have a third subject, split the day into three parts, and so on.
For instance, I am more productive in the morning, a bit more distracted in the afternoon, and way less active in the evening, so I base my plans on this scale.
To know the time of the day in which you are more productive, I advise the chronotype test. We all are classifiable as four animals, with different features and routine inclination. For example, I am a dolphin, so I am more productive late in the morning, after some workout and a cold shower. To find your chronotype, do the test here: https://www.doctoroz.com/quizzes/whats-your-chronotype. After having done the quiz, you will periodically receive emails deepening your chronotype.
Also, splitting the day makes studying less boring. I tend to fall asleep if I spend long hours on the same topic while switching from a subject to another waken me up. I would not be able to study for eight hours for the same exam, while I can study four hours for one exam, three for another and one for a third one. By the way, this point is very individual: if you do not fit into this type of planning, look at point 2.
2. Make weekly plans:
This is good whether you are studying for exams of the same importance, or if you prefer to dedicate all day to the same subject.
Dedicate every day of the week to a different exam. You can choose to assign more days for one exam rather than another, based on their complexity.
I use this technique a lot during classes when I do not have all day to study. When I still have to get familiar with the subject, I prefer to give it all day, without any time limit.
3. Match topics:
Generally speaking, the semester’s exams have criteria. You are likely to have similar subjects, or at least with some points in common. Identify the repetitions and the joint topics, and study them together. It will make you save time and have a complete view of that specific argument.
This is all! Let me know if you have some more suggestions that you would like to share. Good luck to all of you with your exams
Hi guys,
Here I am talking about my study method for the last exam of my second year of med school.
Pharmacology was the most demanding exam I have faced so far, but I found it interesting as well.
I needed all the study techniques I had learned so far in med school to cope with this subject, and I am satisfied with the result.
There is a lot to learn, many formulas to understand and many names to memorise, but it is one step closer to getting into the thick of medicine.
Here is how I dealt with this exam. We can summarise my study method into three parts:
1-Organisation (during lessons):
during the first part, I went to classes and took notes. I later quitted the lectures to focus on individual studying, but I needed to go to lessons at least for the first month. Indeed, I felt the need to see what the professor focused, and what was irrelevant instead.
Also, lectures were helpful to learn the basic concepts of pharmacology. I understood what pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics or pharmacoeconomic are about and their fundamentals.
After having gone to classes, I reorganised the material. I did not use the book that much. Indeed, pharmacology is a subject that continuously changes, so every text is old. I consulted the book only for the pharmacokinetics part when I could not understand some formula or definition.
In this phase, it was fundamental to make a scheme. I got a copybook, and I enumerated the pages.
Helping myself with the syllabus, I identified the macrotopics. I used the first sheets for creating an index.
For every argument, I made an accurate scheme using different colours. I utilised all the tools that I knew to make it the more effective possible: I used charts,lists,tables, etc.
I also left some space for the mnemonics (I will deal with this point later in this post).
2-Comprehension
I had to abandon pharmacology for a while to focus on the other exams. When I went back to pharmacology, I restarted to read all my notes.
With a pen, I underlined the most important sentences, and I circledkeywords.
I dedicated this phase of my study to put all the pieces together. I comprehended how drugs act, what the reason for their side effects is, etc.
3-Memorisation
In the last part of my study, I used all the mnemonics I know to learn the names of drugs.
Usually, this is not the most demanding phase of my study. Quite the opposite, it required me much time to memorise all the information.
I created shortstoriesandacronyms to help my memorisation. I wrote these with a pencil in the spaces I had left during the schematization.
Recalling the arguments was vital. I did it alone and with the usual study buddy.
One of the more critical matters, in my opinion, is to select the relevant data. The programme is immense, and it is impossible to know everything, so a choice is needed. Making this selection with a friend makes it more manageable.
As usual, I did not study the day before the exam. If it is correct in general, this time, it was even more vital.
As I said, the syllabus is enormous, so you can not revise everything the day before. You may select the topics you struggle the most with, but having a look at them will only increase your insecurities, which might affect your performance during the exam.
After a long period of studying, relax and mentally prepare for the exam.
And this is all! I hope someone will find this helpful or at least interesting. Good luck to all of you with your exams
i know this year has been - in one way or another - hard for every one of us. nevertheless, i always like to take the month of december for reflecting the past and planning the future - seeing what was good, what i want to leave in this year and what do i want for myself in the year that is to come. for anyone whose brain works the same way as mine, here is a little companion for you, the year compass. make yourself a cup of tea, light some candle and spend some time with yourself. this is the second year i’m doing it and i’ve been looking forward to it since november.
2022 Digital Planner Template [FREE DOWNLOAD]
With 2022 right around the corner, I wanted to share a little holiday gift with everyone!
I designed a 100+ paged digital bullet journal/planner template that works with Goodnotes and Notability on iPad. Fully hyperlinked with unique monthly and weekly spreads.
Includes:
- Table of Contents & 2021 Reflection 目录
- 2022 Yearly Calendar 年历
- Goals 人生计划
- Wishlist & Books List 愿望和阅读清单
- Movies & Shows 观影清单
- Academic Plan 学习计划
- Monthly Quotes 每月计划
- Habits 习惯养成
- Goals & Favorites 目标&爱好
- Sentences 每日一句
- Meals 每日饮食
- Calendar 月历
- Brain Dump 自由日记
- Weekly Spreads 每周计划(包括黑和白色版本)
- Free Notes 笔记
- Journaling Prompts 日记题目
If you’re interested, just like, reblog, follow, and personal message me! I’ll try my best to respond as soon as possible with the link to download :)
Check out my 2022 Digital Planner Setup on YouTube!
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