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Hello i wanna ask for resources! Tw for hallucinations and such

So when my anxiety just kicks in i kinda knew how to deal with it but when those hallucinations came i'm such a mess :(

Sometimes music helped but when i wasn't able to focus on anything or basically just think straight everything felt too overwhelming and my head hurts really bad 😔

-k✨️

Hi K!

Here's a link to a post on hallucination help which also links outside resources!

I would also recommend drinking a lot of water and resting and caring for your body to help with the headaches.

I hope everything works out for you!

-Mod Night

Le Petit Prince

Dédicace: chapitre - chapter demande - request aux - to the enfants - children avoir - to have dédié - dedicated ce - this livre - book cette - this le meilleur - the best au monde - in the world autre - other grande - big, tall peut - can tout - everything comprendre - understand même - even t...

Hey peeps! 

This is my vocabulary “notebook” with a list of words from Le Petit Prince in French. I plan on updating it as I go and also keeping it divided by chapters.

xoxo, Liv

My Japanese Reading-Corner, feat. some free reading materials

I use OneNote for my studies & I created a dedicated section where I can keep track of all the things I am reading. It was important to me to give this page a pleasant design - I want to feel cozy the moment I jump to my Reading Corner ; u ; )

Since I am reading a lot of Graded Readers on Tadoku I am dividing them into their Levels as well.

LV 1 and LV 2 are very easy for me and I could jump to Lv 3 right away, however all these graded readers still teach me plenty of new words, so I don't want to miss out on any of them. Thus, I am making my way through Lv 1 & Lv 2 first - the more I read, the better! ( . u . )

Aside from Tadoku, I also read on EbookJapan - they have a very big selection of free Light Novels & Manga across all Genre. Access is time-restricted though, as after a while, the selection changes and new titles replace the current ones. Thus, if I find something interesting I have to keep in mind to finish reading it before it vanishes.

However, there is of course still the option to buy the ebook version for usually very cheap prices ( . u . )

If you are looking for websites where you can practice reading in japanese I definitely recommend these two sites.

Tadoku's graded readers should offer something interesting across many Levels - and so does EbookJapan~! ( . u . )

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys... this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It's FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - "Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication." It's FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - "A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book" It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I've never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It's FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

(Also, check my gumroad store if you want to!)

Current Japanese Resources

29th April 2022

I use a lot of things to study Japanese, so I thought I’d put it all in one place to show you people! These are just the resources that have currently been working for me. I can’t guarantee that they’ll work for you, but you can definitely give them a go! I’ll also add that this list will definitely change in future as I complete them, as my needs change, and as I improve. But that’s why I put the date at the top so people won’t get confused when I make another similar post in the future! With all that being said, let’s get into it!

Dictionary

The most important thing you need when learning a language is a good dictionary. I have one on my phone that’s really good and it’s called

Takoboto (free)

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This dictionary provides definitions to single vocab words, expressions, slang, kanji meanings, particles, and more! It can’t translate full sentences like Google Translate or Jisho, but it’s accurate and it’s really good for learning new words. You can even add words to lists so you can quickly reference them and memorise them! It also offers their own lists, including JLPT N5-1 vocab, kanji, and grammar. Overall, it’s a very useful app and an accurate pocket dictionary!

Books

I use two books to learn Japanese (not including my school’s grammar book, because it’s not that great). I have one to learn kanji and one to learn Japanese particles, as these are two areas of the language that I struggle with.

Kanji Look and Learn (around $30 AUD)

 is a book by the same people who wrote the Genki textbooks.

It teaches you kanji from “easiest” to “hardest” with mnemonics and pictures to help you remember them. It also gives you the most common readings for each kanji with examples. I’ve found it extremely useful in teaching you the proper way to learn kanji, or at least the method that works best for me. This book gave me the confidence to teach myself any kanji that I see. There is also a workbook that you can buy, but I found the main book is fine on its own. But you feel like you need some extra help or guidance, maybe give the workbook a go.

And then All About Particles (around $15 AUD) is a book that’s pretty self explanatory; it’s all about Japanese particles! 

It’s designed to be a book where you can quickly look up the particle you want to know about and it’ll give you explanations on how to use it and examples in context. I really wanted a book like this because there are so many particles in Japanese (many of them are really similar too) and I get confused when and where to use them. Particles change the meaning of entire sentences as well, so they’re really important to know how to use them. The book is also very beginner friendly and tries to order the particles from most common to least common. It’s just a good book all round!

Apps

This may sound surprising, but I use apps as my main study material. That may alarm a few people at first (as most apps don’t sufficiently teach you a language), but I think you’ll understand why I say this once I actually list them. I’ll also say that, personally, I won’t study the language if I can’t easily access my study material. I’ve tried to learn Japanese in the past with just websites and physical books and I found that I wasn’t getting stuff done because I thought it was too much effort to study. With apps on my phone, I’ve got no excuse because my study material is right in my face all the time. But what apps do I actually use that makes this study method effective?

The main one I use is called

Mochi (free)

, which is a spaced repetition system (SRS) for flashcards.

I used to use Anki, but I found that I hated the layout and I didn’t like the app for it. Mochi does the same thing, but I prefer the layout and I find that you can make flashcards faster and easier than with Anki. The big downside is that there aren’t that many Mochi decks made by other that you can import, you basically have to make all the decks yourself. I prefer this though, as I’m learning exactly what I want/need to learn and I find it fulfilling to see the number of cards in my decks grow! I use this app everyday to learn vocab, kanji, and improve my recall. 10/10 would recommend!

Along with Mochi, I use other apps with Japanese courses to get vocab and kanji from them. they also usually come with SRS systems, but I don’t use them and I just put the things I learn in my mochi deck. I find it’s easier to have everything in one place rather than scattered around different apps. The one I’m currently using for this is called Learn Japanese! - Hiragana, Kanji, and Grammar (around $3 AUD for full course).

It teaches you hiragana, katakana, basic grammar and vocab, and a bit of kanji as well. I will say, even though the app says it’s beginner friendly, it’s really not. It doesn’t teach hiragana or katakana very well and it give you really complicated kanji right off the bat! However, if you already know the proper way to learn hiragana (here’s a good article), katakana (here’s another good article), and kanji (I used Kanji Look and Learn), then this app is great for teaching you new vocab and kanji. So, I’ve just been going through this course, adding new words and learning new kanji. It’s been very helpful! I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re a complete beginner though. 

Another app/website I use is Michel Thomas (very expensive for full course). It’s basically a podcast that features an experienced Japanese teacher, a native Japanese speaker, and two students. 

As you go through the podcast, you learn more about the language along with the other two students. I find this really helpful, as I feel less bad about making mistakes when I hear that the students are making similar ones. This also helps, as the teacher goes over the student’s mistakes, reinforces the concept, and helps both you and the students to remember it better. The native speaker makes sure that everyone is learning the correct pronunciation, but I find that the teacher is a bit too relaxed when it comes to pronunciations. It would be good if you have already practiced the correct pronunciation before this course, but it’s still good overall.

Websites

I use a few websites to learn Japanese, not that many though. I don’t use these as my main study material, for reasons I mentioned earlier. But, they’re still important to note!

The first one is called

Jisho.org (free) 

and it’s a Japanese dictionary. 

It’s only officially offered as a website, but I think someone has ported it onto the Google Play store as an app, but I don’t use it this way. This website is amazing, as you can put full sentences into it (either Japanese or English) and it will translate it for you word by word! It is by far the best dictionary I’ve found for Japanese! It also has a few vocab, kanji, and grammar lists that you can look through. I don’t think you can create your own lists, but the website is so good on its own that you don’t really need to. Definitely use this if you aren’t already, it’s the best thing for Japanese learners!

The other one I’m using is Tumblr, of course :). 

There are so many people on this site who make vocab lists, kanji lists, resource lists, and so much more. Just type in #japanese langblr and you’re good to go! There’s so much content here to keep you motivated and on top of your studies. If you’re confused about anything, someone has probably made a blog post about. There are also so many blogs who take questions about the Japanese language, which can really help you if you’re stuck with something. I have a different account (@maskisstudying) where I reblog posts that I know I will want to reference later. Sometimes, I study Japanese just by looking through that account and noting down all the sweet, sweet knowledge that people have provided on this site! So, thank you Tumblr! I wouldn’t be learning this language without you!

And that’s it!

I hope you enjoyed my big list of Japanese resources! I hope people find this helpful when looking for the right resources to use. I’ll say again that these may not work for you, but maybe give them a go and see what you think! Thank you for reading it all if you got this far!

じゃね！

Hello, everyone :) I’ve reached a follower milestone of sorts and in such a short period of time, so I wanted to do something to show my appreciation for all of you. I made these icons that you can use for Notion! They’re super simple! Just round icons with a letter in the middle. I personally use the blue ones and like them a lot. What you’ll be getting is a pack that contains the 6 colours shown above, each in all 26 letters, so you can have your icons in a uniform colour or you can play around with them, up to you. Enjoy!!

Peaches Icons Pack.

Resource List for Learning English

Hi Language Enthusiasts,

Do you want to learn English but don’t know where to start? Then I’ve got the perfect resource list for you and you can find its links below. Let me know if you have any suggestions to improve it. I hope everyone can enjoy it and if anyone notices any mistakes or has any questions you are free to PM me. Here is what the resource list contains;

Handmade resources on certain grammar concepts for easy understanding.

Resources on learning pronunciation.

Websites to practice reading.

Documents to enhance your vocabulary.

Notes on Colloquial Language.

Music playlists

List of podcasts/audiobooks And a compiled + organized list of websites you can use to get hold of grammar!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13qRCXo9LrSP_3XdqwQPNR–OwBpkV_ydKVbTmu7dJKI/edit?usp=sharing

First of all, it’s super great you decided to start coding/programming in whatever language and area! Starting is the hardest part, so congrats to you! Now, you have your blog set up and you want to start making posts about your journey but have no ideas what the heck to talk about!

Old or new to Tumblr, you’re starting a coding/programming blog but unsure what to post about? I got you! I'll even give you an idea of how you could format your posts after you have an idea of WHAT to post about, next is HOW to post it! Here are some ideas to get you started!

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8 Blog Coding/Programming Post Ideas 💡

Daily summary of what programming language you studied and what you learned

Project progress posts

Found a resource you want to share here? Post about it! It can be a YouTube video or a cool website you have been to!

Start a challenge and post about it! E.g. TwoWeeksChallenge, 100DaysOfCode, 3Days1Project, JaveScriptWeek etc

Talk about short-term and long-term goals in coding/programming and update your blog once in a while on how you’re working towards those goals

Talk about any major accomplishments you made during your journey e.g. started a bootcamp, got into a new internship, got your first tech job!

Any study tips you want to share

Explaining a programming concept/topic

Tips on formatting your posts 🙌🏾

There are loads of ways to format your posts! I get my inspiration from #studyblr posts, here are some examples! :

You can add hashtags, if you want, relating to the topics/languages/theme you want to be a part of! E.g. #studying, #programming, #coding, #python, #studyblr etc

Add images of your code, your study area, or of your surroundings. You can add dates to keep track of your daily/weekly/monthly progress! And more! I do recommend finding cool blogs to get inspo from and creating your own way of making your posts!

I wish you good luck with your studies and be proud of yourself for starting in the first place and continuing on~!

Thank you and have a nice day/night! 🙌🏾💗