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9.2.17☆4/100 days of productivity☆
18.48// Biology Completing Monohybrid Crosses and calculating genetic ratios
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Tbh, when I looked at her room and then looked back at my room, ugh “I think I need to clean my room.”
I mean am I the only one?
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General:
- The Five-Paragraph Essay
- Using Punctuation Marks
- Deadly Sins Checklist
- Formatting Your Paper
- Writing About Literature
- Basic Essay
- Revision Checklist
- Planning and Organization
- Editing and Proofreading
- Latin Terms
- Essay Structure
- Tips on Introducing Quotes
- Academic Writing Tips
Introductions:
- Introductory Paragraphs
- Introductions
- Writing an Introduction
- Preparing to Write an Introduction
- Introduction Strategies
- The Introductory Paragraph
- Writing Effective Introductions
- In The Beginning
- Introductions and Conclusions
- The Introductory Paragraph
- Writing Introductory Paragraphs
- How to Write an Intro
Body Paragraphs:
- Paragraph Development and Topic Sentences
- Transitions
- Transitions
- Transitions
- Four Components of an Effective Body Paragraph
- Writing Paragraphs
- Paragraph Development
- Body Paragraphs
- Body Paragraphs
- Strong Body Paragraphs
- Body Paragraphs
- Writing Body Paragraphs
- How to Write Body Paragraphs
- Writing the Body
- Writing Body Paragraphs
- Body Paragraphs
- Body Paragraphs that Defend a Thesis
- How to Write Body Paragraphs
- The Perfect Paragraph
Topic Sentences:
- Topic Sentences
- Writing Topic Sentences
- Topic Sentences
- Topic Sentences
- The Topic Sentence
- Paragraphs and Topic Sentences
- The Topic Sentence
- Topics, Main Ideas, and Topic Sentences
- Writing a Good Topic Sentence
- Good Topic Sentences
Conclusions:
- Writing Effective Conclusions
- Introductions and Conclusions
- Conclusion Paragraphs
- Conclusion Strategies
- Conclusions
- Tips for a Strong Conclusion
- The Concluding Paragraph
- Ending the Essay
- Types of Conclusions
- Writing a Strong Conclusion
- How to Write a Conclusion
- Writing Conclusions
- Guide to Conclusions
Thesis Statements:
- The Thesis Statement
- Thesis Statements
- Writing a Thesis Statement
- Thesis Statement
- Tips and Examples
- Writing a Thesis
- Writing the Thesis
- How to Write Your Thesis
- The Thesis
- Thesis Statements
- Guidelines for Writing a Thesis
- Thesis Statements
- Thesis
- Thesis Statements
- The Thesis
- Create a Strong Thesis
- How to Write a Thesis
- Developing a Thesis
- Guide to Writing Thesis Statements
- Thesis Statements
Citing:
- When to Cite
- APA Documentation
- MLA Documentation
- Suggestions for Citing Sources
- Research and Citation Resources
- Citation Information
- MLA Guidelines for Citing Poetry
- MLA Style for Poetry
- How to Format Your Paper
Argumentative Essays:
- Argumentative Essays
- Argument
- Argumentative Essays
- Persuasive or Argumentative Essays
- Argumentative Essay
- Argument/Argumentative
- Argumentative Essays
- How to Write a Good Argument
- How to Write an Argumentative Essay
- Writing Conclusions to Argumentative Essays
- Argumentative Essay
- Persuasive Essay Writing
- Writing Concluding Paragraphs
- Constructing the Argumentative Essay
Writing About Poetry:
- Writing About Poetry
- Writing About Poetry
- Writing About Poetry Q & A
- Poetry Explications
- Writing About Poetry
- Writing About Poems
- Explicating a Poem
- Writing About Poetry
- Writing a Thesis Paper About a Poem
- How to Start a Poetry Introduction
- Poetry Essay Structure
- Poetry Explication
Expository Essays:
- Structure of a General Expository Essay
- Expository Essay Examples
- Sample Expository Essay
- Expository Writing
- Expository Essay Model
- Elements of Expository Essays
- Expository Writing Information
- Expository Essays
- Writing Expository Essays
- How to Write an Expository Essay
- Tips on Writing an Expository Essay
- Expository Essays
- Essay Map
- Writing Expository Essays
- How to Create a Strong Expository Essay
- Expository Essay Writing
- The Expository Essay
Research Papers:
- How to Write a Research Paper in Literature
- Writing a Research Paper
- The Research Paper
- How to Write a Research Paper
- Five Paragraph Research Paper
- Sample Research Paper
- Writing a Research Paper
- Tips for a Research Paper
- How to Write a Research Paper
- Writing a Scientific Research Paper
- Writing Research Papers
- Research and Writing
- Research Papers that Rock
- How to Write an Effective Research Paper
College Application Essays:
- Application Essay Tips
- Application Essays
- Tips
- 10 Tips
- Application Essays
- How to Write a College Application Essay
- Tips for an Effective Essay
- Do’s and Don’t’s
- College Application Essay
- How to Write a College Application Essay
Narrative Essays:
Please this is probably the most helpful master post I’ve ever SEEN
MOTIVATION VS SELF-DISCIPLINE
When studying, most people try to find motivation thinking that this will get them through their study session, or they will see their failure as a result of a lack of motivation. But motivation isn’t always what we need - what do you do on the days you have no motivation? This is why we need self-discipline.
MOTIVATION VS SELF DISCIPLINE
Motivation - a willingness to do something. It is the set of psychological forces that compel you to take action. A goal or reward that you look forward to that will encourage you to study - while this is useful, what happens on a day when you just don’t feel like studying?
Self-Discipline - making yourself do things you know you should do when you don’t want to. Being trained to routinely study regardless of how unmotivated you are - this is what will get you out of bed on a day you don’t feel like studying.
So if motivation is ‘why we should do something’ - self-discipline is more ‘what to do next’.
HOW TO BE SELF-DISCIPLINED
- Make a commitment with yourself that you will make studying as your habit. This is super important. Commit yourself to make this as your new habit. Don’t half-ass any of these suggestions or any other suggestions that other people give. Don’t give yourself silly, illegitimate excuses in the process. For this, you can do it by remind yourself on what your long-term goals in life are. Or if they don’t sound rewarding enough, remind yourself what failure feels like/ could feel like.
- Set yourself a routine and stick to it
- Never have a zero day - 10 minutes is better than nothing!! Do flashcards from your bed or watch youtube ted talks if you can’t physically study. This will help help develop a routine and make it easier for you to cope. Also, by studying everyday your brain will know that the content you are learning should be stored as long-term information so this will benefit you in the long run! However I do want to stress not to force yourself if you don’t have the capacity / energy for it. Take care of yourself too.
- Avoid long breaks. Unless you know that taking an hour long break means only an hour, then you can ignore this. But fo the majority of us, once we’ve taken a while out of studying it can be hard to get back into it again. One minute you’re taking a 20 minute break for a snack and some phone time and the next thing you know you’re on Youtube and four hours have passed! To avoid this, try stick to shorter breaks - five or ten minutes for a snack break, toilet break and to check any phone messages. A good method to try for this is the Pomodoro Method!
- Build on your productivity, not your failures.
- If you come from a past of procrastinating and now feel motivated to change and discipline yourself, do NOT try to do everything at once. Start things slow and in steps.
- Set yourself smaller deadlines for your goals like monthly and weekly deadlines - e.g. if you are doing a project, due 27th June, set personal deadlines, like have the introduction written by the 8th, have your literature review written by the 15th, have project complete by the 25th.
- Break down the things that you must do into smaller, concrete activities and put those smaller activities in that to-do list; allocate specific time periods to do each smaller activities and put it the to-do list as well; set an alarm reminder for each smaller activities. Say you have to study for English on Tuesday, because for whatever reasons you just decided to dedicate your time this Tuesday to study English. However, I’d suggest that you break down that specific activity (or “daily goal”) before putting it in your to-do list. So, instead of just putting “study for Physics”, try putting “read and highlight Chapter 9″, because putting very general/broad activity like “study English” can actually make you too confused on where and how to start doing it, and make you very prone to distractions in the process.
- Know your limits. Self-discipline isn’t doing as much as you can until you break - it’s about having control, knowing what you can realistically manage and getting that done.
- Give yourself rewards! I love to have something to look forward to as I get work done! This means mixing motivation and self-discipline. I tell myself after this lecture I can have an animal crossing break or check some messages etc.
- Track your progress – don’t forget to put a checklist on your to-do list after accomplishing a task. It would relieve your stress a bit and motivate you to continue doing the remaining activities on your to-do list.
- Remove distractions from your study space! Personally, if my phone is out and I notice a notification…I’m gonna check it. It’s human nature! So to combat this, I use apps like Forest that force me to stay within the app while I study. If I know I might get hungry during a study session I’ll keep a little snack by my desk so I don’t have to get up and somehow find something else to distract me.
- Just do it isn’t that easy. I find to get myself in a ‘work boss’ mood I need to feel good about myself so I put on a nice outfit and maybe some eyeliner and hype myself up so I know I can do my tasks and get stuff done! It feels so much better than lazing in my pyjamas trying to study.
- Be patient. It’s going to be a rough journey, it’s going to be hard but you’ve got this! Take it one step at a time. Start off by completing one task a day, then move to two, then three, and the next thing you know, you’ll have a regular routine where you will constantly be ticking off your to-do list everyday! But remember to be kind to yourself, know when your body is not in the right state of health to study and don’t force it. Only force yourself to a limit, you’ll know when to stop and that’s okay. Just try again when you feel better! Your health is much more important!
anyone else who should actually take a break for once but keeps overloading themselves with like a million things just because??
it’s never too hot for coffee.
sorry for being an idiot and posting the pi two days late
Hello weekend, let’s study!
Hi! Got home from the mall and I’ll probably just rest now and will continue working tomorrow.
Im so happy to finally be able to go out. Glad that I only have two classes this semester. I get more time to study and rest at the same time.
Hope you’re all safe and well!
ria~
Happy New Year!
A bit late to greet you all a happy new year. Just an update from me since I haven’t posted in a while…
I dropped two subjects last semester due to my lack of foundation in those two subjects as some of the topics I missed when I got sick with COVID really affected my grades so much that I couldn’t catch up with the load of topics I had to study.
It was a difficult decision to make knowing that I’ll graduate later than my friends and my peers. I know that I had to do it for my future patients. I don’t want to face my patients knowing that I don’t have the knowledge and clinical skills needed to treat them. Despite having to drop 2 subjects, I performed really well with the rest of my courses and Im glad I did what I had to do
Sometimes it’s also important to know when to stop. Stopping at one point does not mean you’re giving up. It only means you’re resting and preparing yourself for another journey to you own success.
(Lol idk what im saying but you kinda get the point, right?)
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I’m done with one month of OB and I’m starting my pediatrics rotation tomorrow!!! I’m honestly excited, scared, and anxious all at the same time. I loved pediatrics back in clerkship and I honestly hope I’ll feel the same way.
I have a lot of backlogs in my asks right now and I’ll be answering them one by one in a bit! Hehe
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Went to UST area to bind my reviewers and I came across this hidden study place nearby! :)
I’ve mentioned Language Reactor on here before, which is a language learning chrome extension, but I’ve been introduced to another useful extension by a friend of mine which I’d also like to recommend.
It’s a feature called Toucan, which allows you to input the language that you’re learning and then as you browse, it changes random words on your webpage into your target language to help you discover new vocabulary. You can see it in your native language when you hover over the word and make lists or play games to improve your vocab skills. I’d definitely recommend it if you want an easy way to find new vocab!
First week of Uni is done!
I just bought this academic year journal and it’s quite hard to fit in there
Read More, Read Better
Many of us are looking for more ways to enjoy our time at home in these stressful circumstances. Some of us have turned to books. But how can we make sure we get the most out of them?
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❓ Should we ask consent whenever we open up to others?
I think it’s perfectly fine to open up to people but if what we will share is quite heavy, I do think it is best to ask consent from the other person if he or she has the headspace to take your problem in. This is because whenever we open up to others, we share our stories and give them a piece of us that they will carry. Sometimes, our friends are not yet ready to carry that weight so it’s best to know their boundaries and continue to build safe spaces for everyone. This is also my point-of-view on romantic confessions but I’ve heard from a podcast episode once that romantic confessions are more for the person who confessed and not much for the person they confessed to. I think that’s also quite a unique perspective to look into.
Life lately: Our university is currently on a wellness break and I am taking this time to work on my piling tasks instead of resting. The tendencies of a workaholic.
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2021 was a year of personal growth. This year, I was given the chance to serve the Optometry community through the student council presidency. In this same year, I met fellow leaders from different walks of life through a national congress. But also in 2021, I have lost the passion for things that I used to care deeply about. I no longer feel the drive to spend hours studying. I started to lose interest in keeping siennanotes up and running. I felt guilty feeling this way as I have built this account centering on learning and productivity. Perhaps it is the fatigue from everything going on with my life. Maybe it’s with how I listen to different stories every day; that I can no longer hear the sound of my own voice.
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❓ Name the last book you read.
Mine’s Persuasion by Jane Austen and I’m so excited because they are slowly announcing the cast for its Netflix movie adaptation. I don’t know what to feel about Dakota Johnson as Anne but I’m looking forward to the film. Persuasion is finally getting the attention it deserves
I decided to go back to my original schedule of uploading new photos here on Sunday mornings. ☀️
Currently reading: How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler
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