Hey, Can You Suggest Some Books And Poems Dealing With Mental Illness, Something Along The Lines Of 4.48

7.12.19 // these pictures are from earlier in this week when I was writing an essay on David Hume’s case against miracles. Seeing as I just made a post about how I write essays, here are the pictures of me frantically worrying about this one in particular (tap for better quality idk tumblr does this to me)

top played songs of october 2020! hope everyone had a fun october and halloween!

shop my stickers

recent notes + bujo spread, ft. pictures from my seoul/tokyo trip over the summer! // ig: studylustre ✨

so, you're taking a class and you hate it: how to make a bad class suck less

as i struggle through my spring quarter classes, i thought i may as well make a post about something currently relevant to me: taking classes that you don't like.

maybe you're taking a degree or distribution requirement; maybe you signed up for a class because it's exactly in your field of interest, but the professor is a really bad lecturer (not that this is personal experience or anything); maybe, you just...........don't enjoy your class for whatever reason.

so, you have two options: drop the class, or continue on.

since you're reading this post, i assume you can't drop the class for whatever reason—something from above, or maybe something else. i'm not going to judge you! but here's some things that, in my experience, have made bad classes, well, less bad (in no particular order).

one: find ways to make your time before and after the class in question as enjoyable as possible. likely this class drains your energy horribly—so doing something that makes you happy or calms you down before the class, and something to destress afterwards, you'll feel a bit better almost immediately. this can, in my experience, take me from hating an entire day of my week, to being frustrated but able to deal with it. examples of things i do, depending on my energy levels and time:

take a nap

read some of a book

draw

take a walk

write

two: schedule your week so you finish everything up until the day of the class (both for that class and your others) before the day of the class. for me, there's nothing more stressful than getting out of my second to last class, and realising i still have to do five types of homework before i can even think of relaxing or calming myself down about the class i'm dreading—assuming i even have any time to do so! this is a more long-term strategy, so if you can, you should start to do this as soon as possible. for me, this looks like making to do lists on my blog to keep myself accountable, or setting alarms to remind myself to do things (since i'm not very good at keeping a planner).

three: talking to your friends or family! the power of complaining before or after a really draining experience can be very cathartic. oftentimes, your friends or family will be very sympathetic to your frustrations. they can also help distract you if you need it!

four: somewhat similar to one—reward yourself for making it through the class! on wednesdays after my dreaded class, i buy myself a cookie and watch bad book reviews, because i am both food- and gossip-motivated.

five: keep on top of classwork. if nothing else, you have to make sure you don't fall behind in your least favourite class. it'll make everything feel fifty times worse. if you have a required presentation and a final project, start working on them or thinking about what/how you're going to do them as soon as you find out about them. get these done as soon as possible, or at least start working on them, so that when the due-date approaches you don't panic.

hopefully my experiences will help you!

JULY 19 / 2019 

me: hey bud u have a lot of work to do 

also me: its fine i can watch netflix

me later: *gets stressed over the work i ignored*

me: :0 

Hangul Lesson 4: Some 받침 Rules

여러분 안녕! Hi again everyone! I got a request recently to do a lesson about 받침 rules, so here it is! For those who don’t know, 받침 refers to the ending consonants of a Korean syllable. I recommend that if you aren’t familiar with Hangul, that you check out my other Hangul lessons on my masterlist first before reading this one! 

I made these charts because there are quite a few rules and irregularities about 받침. I also made a couple about consonant assimilation, which is basically how two or more consonants blend together/change to make a new sound. My lists are not exhaustive, but I think I included the most common rules. 

Also! I recommend that if you want a more complete list that you check out Korean Wiki Project’s page about this! You’ll also notice that a lot of the examples I used are the same as the ones that they used, so I want to give credit where credit is due! I tried to include some common words that you might hear often, and it can also be difficult to think up of irregularities sometimes, so I just wanted to let you know why it seems like I copied and pasted a lot of the examples and I don’t wanna plagiarize lol. PLEASE go check their page out – it’s super helpful!

If you’re overwhelmed by these lists and a little worried about memorizing them, don’t worry about it :) Honestly, depending on how you learn best it might be most productive to just learn as you go and to listen closely to how native Koreans speak so you can pick up on those rules rather than forcing yourself to memorize them. That said, if you want clarification on how exactly things are pronounced, I hope these charts along with Korean Wiki’s website can help!  

If you want to practice writing and reading Korean with others, join my Discord chat here and my Tumblr chat here!

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If you would like to donate and support my studies, check out my Ko-Fi! Thank you for your generosity! See you next time! 다음에 봐요!

➵12.02.2020// and am I capable of what I dream? if I am not capable of it, what good is it to dream?

and recs for podcasts/songs/musicals?

Apps for learning Kanji

Japanese kanji study - 漢字学習  

This app is great for learning kanji. You will learn the meaning, reading, different vocabulary, sentences, and my favorite feature of all: stroke order! You can also take a quiz by using this app (^_-)

 Take note that if you want to access all JLPT level, you have to purchase it. The price is cheaper compared to buying books (but I think it depends on country. Here in the Philippines, Kanji practice books are expensive.) 

NHK Japanese - Easy learner 

I use this app to practice my reading skills . It contains articles that are easy to read and understand. You can set your article to show 振りがな (ふりがな - kana over kanji to indicate pronunciation). When you click the kanji, it will show its meaning

You can play the audio, so you can imitate the pronunciation of each word. You can also download the article to read/listen offline.

NHK News Reader

Another app that I use to practice my reading skills, but this contains difficult article.

The same as the previous app, you can set it to show furigana, and you can click the kanji to read its meaning

Takaboto: Japanese Dictionary This is an offline dictionary. I really love this app because you can also learn each kanji used on the word, and also their stroke order.

I always use this app whenever I use the previous NHK app. This helps me to understand the meaning more. 

You can also learn how the word can be used on sentence by clicking the phrase tab.

I hope this will help for those who plan to study Kanji. 

Bizarre study tips #32

You know what many top students do differently? They don’t solve all the problems/questions once. They do it again and again.

So now if you have a question set, solve it as many times as possible and you’ll be surprised to find how automated your hand moves during the exam this time!

Hiya! Just wanted to share some Web Dev learning course videos I found really helpful! They're all pretty long and full of content! These videos can be the foundation of your web development journey and be used as a reference! If you do decide to work through the videos, do remember to code along - the best way to learn is by doing and, with programming especially, creating projects as well to apply what you've learned!

Most of the videos, if not at all, cover things like:

HTML5

CSS3

JavaScript

Responsive Design + Mobile design

jQuery

GitHub Tutorials

Tailwind CSS fundamentals

React fundamentals

Node.js

Next.js and more!

Now, onto the videos themselves below!

Web Development Tutorials For Beginners playlist by LearnCode.academy [link] 💻

Covers: HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, GitHub, Responsive Design

Full Course Web Development [22 Hours] | Learn Full Stack Web Development From Scratch by Codedamn [link] 💻

Covers: HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, React, Tailwind CSS, React Query, Node.js, Next.js

Full Stack Web Development for Beginners by FreeCodeCamp.org [link]

Covers: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, MongoDB

Introduction To Responsive Web Design by FreeCodeCamp.org [link]

Covers: HTML, CSS, Flexbox, Media Queries

Web Development In 2022 - A Practical Guide by Traversy Media [link]

Covers: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Sass, PostCSS, TypeScript fundamentals, Testing, Databases, GrapghQL, WordPress, REST APIs, UI kits & Libraries, Moblie Development fundamentals, Web3

Front End Development Full Course 2022 | Front End Development Tutorial For Beginners by Simplilearn [link]

Covers: Git and GitHub, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS, Angular

Learn Web Development from Scratch by Edureka [link]

Covers: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, TypeScript

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Well, that’s all! I hope the videos are helpful!! 😋

Have a nice day/night and happy programming 👍🏾💗

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