[1/50 Days Of Productivity]

my grandparents went to a little bakery in st. andrews and picked up fudge donuts !!

scottish politics revision and fruit water bc strawberries are finally back in season here 🍓

12/07/20

some russian work ft the flowers i’m about to press 💐🌼

23.06.20

today i scrounged all the paint samples i could find in my house and made this for chem :)

24/07/20

summer studying challenge, 24th july: what is your favourite holiday memory?

probably when i was in menorca with my family in 2017 and we went to a cliff to watch the sun set over the sea. it was so beautiful!

me vs starting out a new skill with overly complex tasks and ending up not understanding and having to relearn the basics *facepalm*. every. damn. time! today i spent ages working on the python challenge then this evening wrote a fun little code to calm my brain :)

my tips for doing highers :)

(seeing as there are v few scottish studyblrs and highers are bloody difficult!)

(for non-scots, highers are exams we do in between gcse and a-level equivalents)

understand, don’t memorise. this applies to basically every class- if you understand why you do a certain method to solve a problem/ conjugate a verb/ analyse a poem then you can do it in every scenario

prepare to get stuff wrong. there is a significant difference between national 5s and highers, and most people i know took a confidence bump at the start of the year because of the sheer quantity of work. it’s okay!! it’s all learning and all learning is good

work with the right people. i sat with my friends in maths and desperately wish i hadn’t because i worked way better with people who actually challenged me to work hard! find people who are a similar level to you and work together

past papers. there are dozens of past papers online, far more than national 5s. watch out for content that isn’t in courses anymore! dunblane high school’s website has a great collection of past papers that i used loads

have time off. the workload in s5 is crazy so you need to balance your time. use any study periods to finish work and give yourself relax time in the evenings and at the weekends as much as you can

prelims are important but make sure you don’t burn out. as soon as you finish prelims you’ll likely start learning the next part of the course, and i know from experience that it is horrible to do when you’re completely exhausted after prelims. schedule days off into your prelim leave when you can!

i hope that helped somebody because s5 was a really difficult year for me and i wish i had known some of this at the start! if anybody happens to want tips on a particular subject, i got As in maths, physics, chem, french and english and would be more than happy to tell you what was helpful for me!! <3

summer studying challenge, 16th july: do you have a lot of work to do for school this summer?

nope! thanks to covid we were able to start our new school timetable a month earlier than usual so as we’re ahead of schedule there’s almost no summer work at all :D

summer studying challenge, 17th july: what is the most important task you need to complete this summer?

probably applying for a stem program which i actually finished writing today so just need to do final adjustments for next week.

summer studying challenge, 18th july: what do you usually do in summer?

usually i go away with my family (sometimes abroad but mostly down to england or up north) and see my friends a lot. summers are my complete break from school time.

it’s been a few days since i posted due to family stuff and dealing with loss, so i took a break from social media for a bit. here’s my catchup for the summer studying challenge!

bold the statements that apply to you, italicise your aspirations, then tag other people

thank you @chazza-studies-alevels for the tag :)

air

i have small hands / i love the night sky / i watch small animals and birds when i pass them by / i drink herbal tea / i wake to see dawn / the smell of dust is comforting / i’m valued for being wise / i prefer books to music / i meditate / i find joy in learning new truths from the world around me

fire

i don’t have straight hair / i like to wear ripped jeans and overalls / i play an organized sport / i love dogs / i am not afraid of adventure / i love to talk to strangers / i always try new foods / i enjoy road trips / summer is my favorite season / my radio is always playing

water

i wear bracelets on my wrists / i love the bustle of the city / i have more than one set of piercings / i read poetry / i love the sound of a thunderstorm / i want to travel the world / i sleep past midday most days / i love dimly lit diners and fluorescent signs / i rewatch kids’ shows out of nostalgia / i see emotions in colors not words

earth

i wear glasses / i enjoy doing the laundry / i am a vegetarian or vegan / i have an excellent sense of time / my humor is very cheerful / i am a valued advisor to my friends / i believe in true love / i love the chill of mountain air / i’m always listening to music / i am highly trusted by the people in my life

aether

i go without makeup / i make my own artwork / i keep on track of my tasks and time / i always know true north / i see beauty in everything / i can always smell flowers / i smile at everyone i pass by / i always fear history repeating itself / i have recovered from a mental disorder / i can love unconditionally

i tag @stellar-kinematics @ficklefocus @aztrolab @studyaurore @scrappaper if you want !!

A recent cartoon for New Scientist

17 people, 17 questions :)

1. nickname: soren lorenson

2. zodiac sign: taurus

3. height : 5’5”

4. hogwarts house: ravenclaw

5. last thing i googled: “steve aurora borealis”

6. song stuck in my head: flowers, from hadestown

7. no. of followers: 455

8. amount of sleep: it’s summer so ~10-11 hours a night

9. lucky number: 8

10. dream job: research astrophysicist

11. wearing: navy tshirt, black leggings and a black fleece

12. favourite song: currently catherine the great by jon caryl

13. favourite instrument: i play violin but i’d have to say my fav is bassoon/french horn

14. aesthetic: i simply cannot pin that down to one answer

15. favourite authors: terry pratchett, casey mcquiston, madeline miller

16. favourite animal house: owls

17. random fact: i love colouring in and am currently colouring a gbbo book!

tagging: @chazza-studies-alevels @stellar-kinematics @aztrolab @physics-studies @starrystvdy @studyaurore @peachblossomstudy @ficklefocus @shootingshadowss if you fancy :)