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Academia 8: My Bullet Journal

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Hello my beautiful friends! Today's post is going to feature my April bullet journal spreads. I began my bullet journal this March, so April is my second month. I completely recommend making a bullet journal! I am not the most creative person, but I have found expressing my creative flare relaxing. Tracking your life daily enables you to live in the moment and be appreciative of each day, which leads to greater happiness. Of course, each month begins with a title page, which establishes the theme of the month. This month I decided to use a cactus theme because I'd been inspired by a similar theme on Tumblr. I recommend making a Pinterest board full of theme ideas to act as inspiration. My first spread is a finance tracker. A finance tracker is always the first spread because I believe budgeting is very important. Obviously, it is easy to track spending through online banking; however, I find physically writing down how much you spend on what more eyeopening. I use...

Academia 7: Super-Curricular Activities

Hello my beautiful friends! Super-curricular activities are extracurricular activities, which are related to your subject(s) and you participate in. These enhance your personal statement by showing passion for your subject(s) and are strongly recommended by universities. However, super-curricular activities are generally beneficial to your sixth-form subjects because they enable a deeper understanding. In this post I hope to further define super-curricular activities and offer activity ideas. A key super-curricular activity is wider reading , which is beneficial for all subjects. University prospectuses may provide reading lists or there are recommendations online. I track what I read on my Goodreads account  (all of my books are mathematics-related because I aim to study mathematics at university). I do suggest making notes or re-reading books you have included on your personal statement if your subject requires an interview. Reading magazines such as Plus Magazi...

Chat 1: Q&A

Hello my beautiful friends! I reached out to you through my blog and Instagram, encouraging you to ask me questions. I have collated them in this blog post today and I hope this helps you to learn more about me. How are you so good at these 4 subjects? It's difficult to find a girl who is pro-STEM subjects. I am very passionate about women doing STEM subjects because STEM is still (unfortunately) a predominately male-dominated field. Both of my parents have STEM degrees and teach STEM subjects at an A-Level standard. My sister also did a mathematics degree and has become a very influential woman in finance. Therefore, I have been encouraged by my family to work hard at maths and sciences from a young age, which has lead to my strength for these subjects. How many hours of revision do you do per day? This varies widely on a day-to-day basis. I have 5 hours of home study periods per week (2 hours on Monday afternoon and 3 hours on Thursday morning), therefore I do revision du...