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This weekend is going to be my busiest so far. I have a ton of auditions, a couple of events I want to try and make it to, and my homework load is finally picking up. I’m in my element.

ig: @starting.bullet

Hey, a random piece of advice from your fellow interpreter with ADHD: if you really struggle with prioritizing information when taking notes in class, I recommend looking into the method of note-taking for simultaneous/consecutive interpreting. Here’s a book on it by Andrew Gilles that we were offered in university. There are more manuals online and more videos about the method.

If someone isn’t familiar with it, the purpose of SI note-taking is to break large blocks of information into easily memorized sentences that get attached to further informative pieces through personalized association. The method is to use the least space/symbols possible under least time spent to retain as much information as you can.

For example, instead of writing down that “it was raining yesterday but today the sun is shining”, an interpreter can put down something like “⏪☔(b)🔽🌞” and they will know what it means in given context.

Symbol language in interpretation is entirely personal and depends on the professional in question. Some concepts are given “recommended symbols” in different manuals, for example, arrows tend to imply direction within time continuum.

If you’d like to use it, you can start by trying to take notes of a certain lecture, book paragraph, or any piece of information through symbolic note-taking. From my experience, it does help to prioritize the “important” information aka “who-where-how-what-when-why” with the details being added on as necessary.

Hope someone finds it useful!

Here are some podcasts for those of you that learn or speak Spanish.  Many you can find on  iTunes, on Android using Castbox, or on their own websites/RSS feed. Other podcasts: Arabic| French | German | Italian| Russian| Ukrainian| Eurasia

Language Learning

Accelerated Spanish

Coffee Break Spanish

Discover Spanish

Language Transfer: Complete Spanish

Learn Spanish Daily Podcast

Learning Spanish for Beginners 

Light Speed Spanish

Medical Spanish Podcast

Notes in Spanish: Beginner

Notes in Spanish: Intermediate

Notes in Spanish: Advanced

One Minute Spanish

One Minute Latin American Spanish

Real Deal Spanish

Spanish by Choice: Transcripts here.

SpanishPod101

Spanish - SurvivalPhrases

Speak Spanish with Maria Fernandez

Beginner-Advanced Listening

Advanced Spanish with Spanish Obsessed

Español Automático: Includes transcripts.

Españolistos

Hablemos Español (Mexico)

La Casa Rojas: Transcripts can be bought.

Learn Argentinian Spanish

My Spanish Podcasts

News in Slow Spanish (Spain):  Includes transcripts.

News in Slow Spanish (Latin America): Includes transcripts.

Notes in Spanish: Gold: Transcripts can be bought.

Podcast en Spanish

Spanishpodcast: Includes transcripts.

SpanishPodcast.net: Includes transcripts.

Show Time Spanish

Unlimited Spanish: Includes transcripts.

Spanish Only

00 Podcast: Movies

Al Filo de la Realidad: Occult, UFO’s, pseudoscience.

Campamento Krypton: Pop culture.

CienciaEs: Science podcasts

Cultura, contracultura, y recontracultura: Culture.

Economía para la Ciudadanía: Economics.

El Amor Después : Relationships and love.

Engadget: Technology.

Es Salud: Health.

Es una Trampa: Star Wars

Fallo de sistema: Sci-fi, comics, movies.

Gameover: Video games.

Histocast: History

Juego de Tronos : Game of Thrones.

La Papa: Answers to unique questions.

La  Parroquia: Humor.

La Rosa de los Vientos: Mystery

Lo-Fi: Relationships.

Melomania: Classical music.

Memorias de un Tambor: Spanish history.

Nadie sabe nada: Humor.

Negá Todo : X-files

Nunca Ayudes a Nadie: Productivity

Oh My LOL: Humor

Radio Ambulante: Like This American Life

Radioshock: Random interesting topics.

SBS Radio: News

Señaladores: Literature.

Sexopolis: Sex & sexuality.

Siglo 21: Music.

Son y sabor: Music

Terror Y Nada Más: Horror.

Verne y Wells Ciencia Ficción: Sci-fi and stories.

Argentina Podcastera: Several interesting podcasts from Argentina.

iVoox: Several podcasts can be found here.

Radio Nacional: Several podcasts from Colombia.

RTVE: Several podcasts from Spain that you narrow by category.

You can find waaay more podcasts in Spanish simply by going through Spanish radio stations. I’ve seen podcasts for Pokemon, poetry, geology, and beer. You’re bound to find something you like :D

If you’d ever decide to suddenly try doing a high intensity working out, let me give you a few words of advice. Do your stretches like a prayer. Because I didn’t. And now I’m in so. Much. Physical. PAIN. 

My weekend was fun regardless the screaming burn in my body. Luckily, my ever so cooperative arms and hands are always able to deliver. Here’s my page of the week!  🔥

This week, I tried to add in more color by using some colorful tape I found in our stationery box. I couldn’t use markers because I tried all sorts of it on this one, but it always bleeds through. Also, I’ll stop trying to use the neon yellow pen because it really has a bad contrast to white. You might be thinking, well, duh. But I really wanted the stars to be yellow! :c 

Anyway, I’ll probably be adding more doodles and stickers in eventually, but d e s p a c i t o . 🎶 s  l o w l y y yyy 

My goals are somewhat steadier now at this point. Main keys are exercise, cleaning, and learning! The main focus when I do my tasks for this week is to find a suitable pacing. So yes, adjustments~! 

That’s all for now, and I’m hoping for a great week ahead for ya’ll! 

𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬. journal spread 29|04

i'm not journaling as often as i used to and i'm really okay with it. i guess what i want to say is that you don't have to be creative when you don't feel like it. it's as simple as that. to be able to enjoy your journey, you have to listen to yourself and honor your process.

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

- ̗ ̀ study break ideas  ̖ ́-

if you have 5 minutes...

watch a TED talk

light a candle

paint your nails

put on a hair/face mask

splash your face with cold water

walk around your house

stretch

have a small snack

make a cup of tea/coffee

clear your desk

if you have 10-15 minutes...

watch a longer TED talk

watch a youtube video on studying/something educational

do some yoga

go for a quick run

have a shower

make a smoothie

power nap

workout

organise your desk

if you have 20-35 minutes...

watch a longer TED talk

watch one short episode of a tv programme

do a longer workout

go for a longer run

go for a walk

bake something

call a friend

if you have 40-60 minutes...

watch a documentary

watch one longer episode of a tv programme

go for an even longer walk/run

have a bath

have a one hour nap to help you remember things

be my once in a lifetime.

ig: cawefee

The last few weeks have just been working, drinking coffee, rushing to catch lectures and then studying until late. On repeat. It has been so long since I’ve needed to study this much; but I can feel my french getting better everyday, so the hard work has been worth it ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

I’ve been working on being more conscious of how I write emails, and made this handy printable guide! I have a bad habit of overusing exclamation points, emojis, and qualifiers like “just” and “possibly” to sound extra-friendly and non-threatening in emails. (“Just wondering / just confirming / just checking / just making sure / just wanted to let you know”) You are allowed to take up space. Your voice deserves to be heard. Your opinions matter. You don’t need to apologize for existing or asking for what you need. You are not “bossy” or “bitchy” for not sounding like a pep-machine 24/7. If you act like a doormat, you better develop a taste for shoe leather. You have power too. Don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself— no one else is gonna do it for you.