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Walking the Path of Hermes

Roll with the punches.

Help those in need.

Travel fearlessly, but not foolishly. 

Become intimately familiar with that Hunger for movement. For change. To explore. To see.

Hermes has his palm placed on every word you speak, everything you say that can be understood. In this sense, it’s very easy to call him close. Don’t underestimate that. 

There’s never a good reason to not do the right thing. 

Subtlety isn’t helpful if you’re not being heard or understood.

It’s impossible to hold onto everything you value forever. 

The world isn’t going to pause and wait for you to recover from that loss, either. 

Real self care involves a lot of hard work. 

There’s always something amazing to be discovered in any moment. 

Italian specimen agate and quartz box, circa 1800.

Τraditional Wedding dress from the Greek island of Leukada (Λευκάδα)! Leykada is in West side of Greece, in the area of Eptanisa (seven islands). Venetians and French had the island at times and their influence to the traditional dress is apparent. (She looks like a princess!!!)

Captives’ Facade 

Corinth, Greece

2nd century CE

   An ornate two story facade located in front of the early basilica flanks the Lechaion Road between the North Shops and the Monumental Gate. The upper story consisted of a row of six larger-than-life-size figures standing against Corinthian piers. The two best preserved pillars represent men in eastern dress wearing Phrygian caps. Two heads of women from the same monument indicate that the males were accompanied by female figures. They may have been personifications of geographical places. The monument has been thought to commemorate the victories of the Emperor Septimius Severus over the Parthians in CE 197.

history is a subject i adore and over the years i’ve been studying it, i’ve picked up some great skills! here are my five top tips for aspiring historians out there, whether you know you’re one yet or not ;)

1. read!

no matter what you’re into, someone in history will be #relatable. want to study a gay king who kissed his gold-digging boyfriend in public? james i is right here! what about a prince who wore dresses to court? well, have you heard of philippe d'orléans? maybe you want to learn about the noblewoman who inspired dracula and bathed in the blood of local ladies! elizabeth báthory’s your girl. whatever you’re interested in, there’s someone out there who’s written about it - and learning about your course beyond the syllabus will improve your understanding as well as your writing skills! if you’re struggling to find a way to make a particular period interesting, just message a historian - i’m more of a social historian, but i’m always happy to talk about any aspect of history, and i’m sure others on tumblr feel the same!

check out:

academia.edu - papers about pretty much anything you could want to read, ranging from very accessible to heavy academic language

google books - a great starting point for literally anything, you can search “gay women 14th century” and you’ll find the historical lesbians you’ve always wanted

jstor - great for academic texts, but you can only read three per fortnight unless you sign up with a bunch of spam emails

2. take it outside the classroom!

history is all well and good in theory, but visiting historically significant locations can change your understanding completely. whether it’s a local graveyard to trace the stories of those before you or a medieval castle, visualising the lives of people you study makes the subject far more engaging (and easier to remember in the long run)!

check out:

travel journal masterpost by @stillstudies

historical days out for under £20

museums and galleries with free entry

3. make a timeline!

again, visualising history makes it so much easier to remember. whenever i start a new module of history, i make timelines by buying a huge roll of the cheapest wrapping paper i can find and taping it up onto my wall, patterned side down. i’ll make a really rough timeline of key events (e.g. my tudors timeline started with the accession of different monarchs, deaths of important people, where henry viii’s fancy led to) with big markers and then as we go through the course, i’ll add more detailed information in different colours! then, when i’m revising, i’ll tape another piece of wrapping paper over it and try and reconstruct it from memory. some people in my class use flashcards instead, with one for each year - do whatever works for you!

check out:

formatting and using flashcards by @illolita

flashcard tips by @tbhstudying

flip cards by @brokestudiesnrefs

4. make profiles of key figures!

when i was studying the american west, i found it really hard to keep track of all the generals because a) i’m about as far from a military historian as you can get and b) i hated them all. so to try and remember them, i made them into characters - some of them i doodled, some i made on the sims, some my history class acted out together. it’s a great way of forcing yourself to both research individual figures and remember little details about them - i’m a bit of a perfectionist, so looking up tiny facts about each rank to make The Perfect Sim really helped them stick in my head!

5. make your own history!

at the end of the day, it’s you that has to remember these facts for an exam. why not make a game out of it? reenact a key argument with a friend, read out preserved letters dramatically to yourself, watch historical dramas involving the figures you’re studying. if you can get yourself to remember things outside of a textbook, you’re halfway there!

check out:

studying history by @universtudy

writing history essays by @thehistorygrad

i hope you can find these useful! if you have any questions or just want to talk history, feel free to message me :)

me continuing to make terrible posts about my extremely niche interests instead of anything people actually followed me for:

rare feelings

being completely immersed into a book as if you’re watching a movie

being able to study for a long time without being distracted

wandering upon a scent that reminds you of a distant memory from your childhood that you haven’t smelled for years and years

the freedom of letting yourself do something badly (like art or learning) and knowing you’re progressing every day

being completely happy despite the bad things because you remember every little good thing and kind person in your life

stargazing in a remote landscape and feeling existentially precious and insignificant at the same time

waking up early enough to see the darkness turn to sunrise 

finding someone who is radiant in every way

being consistent with a goal you’ve been working on for the longest time and seeing the finished result

knowing that one chapter of your life has ended and a better one is beginning

Traveling vocabulary in Japanese

旅行 [りょこう] - travel, trip 旅 [たび] - travel, trip, journey 観光 [かんこう] - sightseeing, tourism 休み [やすみ] - holiday 旅行する [りょこうする] - to travel 乗客 [じょうきゃく] - passenger 旅行者 [りょこうしゃ] - tourist 外国人 [がいこくじん] - foreigner 国 [くに] - country 言語 [げんご] - language 通貨 [つうか] - currency 文化 [ぶんか] - culture 旅行先 [りょこうさき] - travel destination 旅行日程 [りょこうにってい] - itinerary 旅行代理店 [りょこうだいりてん] - travel agent, travel agency パンフレット - pamphlet, brochure 旅行保険 [りょこうほけん] - travel insurance 注射 [ちゅうしゃ] - injection 予約する [よやくする] - to book, to reserve キャンセルする - to cancel 遅れる[おくれる] - to delay 乗り換える [のりかえる] - to change; to transfer 借りる [かりる] - to rent 荷造りする [にづくりする] - to pack 荷物 [にもつ] - luggage, baggage 手荷物 [てにもつ] - hand luggage, carry-on bag パスポート - passport ビザ - visa チケット - ticket 地図 [ちず] - map 飛行機 [ひこうき] - airplane 電車 [でんしゃ] - train, electric train 列車 [れっしゃ] - train 汽車 [きしゃ] - train, steam train 新幹線 [しんかんせん] - bullet train 地下鉄 [ちかてつ] - subway 車 [くるま] - car バス - bus タクシー - taxi 船 [ふね] - ship, boat フェリー - ferry 自転車 [じてんしゃ] - bike バイク - motorcycle 空港 [くうこう] - airport 便 [びん] - flight パイロット - pilot 客室乗務員 [きゃくしつじょうむいん] - cabin crew, flight attendant エアライン - airline 航空会社 [こうくうがいしゃ] - airline company ターミナル  - terminal ゲート - gate 時刻表 [じこくひょう] - timetable, schedule 到着[とうちゃく] - arrivals 出発[しゅっぱつ] - departures 税関 [ぜいかん] - customs チェックイン - check in 搭乗券 [とうじょうけん] - boarding pass, boarding card 保安検査 [ほあんけんさ] - security control セキュリティチェック - security control 入国審査 [にゅうこくしんさ] - passport control 手荷物受取所 [てにもつうけとりしょ] - luggage reclaim インフォメーション(カウンター) - information (counter) 両替 [りょうがえ] - money exchange 駅 [えき] - station 切符売り場 [きっぷうりば] - ticket window, ticket booth, box office 券売機 [けんばいき] - ticket machine (プラット)ホーム - platform 停留所 [ていりゅうじょ] - stop 港 [みなと] - harbour 駐車場 [ちゅうしゃじょう] - parking space 宿泊 [しゅくはく] - lodging ホテル - hotel 受付 [うけつけ] - reception desk, information desk フロント  - reception チェックイン/チェックアウト - to check in/out 部屋 [へや] - room 旅館 [りょかん] - ryokan ゲストハウス - guesthouse ホステル  - hostel コテージ  - cottage コインロッカー - coin-operated locker ガイド  - guide 通訳者 [つうやくしゃ] - interpreter 観光案内所 [かんこうあんないじょ] - tourist information office 観光名所 [かんこうめいしょ] - sightseeing spot, tourist attraction  ツアー - tour カメラ - camera 写真 [しゃしん] - photo お土産 [おみやげ] - souvenir ポストカード - postcard 時差ぼけ [じさぼけ] - jetlag 乗物酔い [のりものよい] - motion sickness

Various plans of St. Peter’s, Vatican

It is about to be the start of the next academic year so I decided to post this masterlist. Here are all of my original study posts so far and they are sorted by topics.

All of the information below can actually be found on this page  (/mystudytips). It is constantly updated so if you want to look for my posts in an organised way you can always go there.

General

My Masterpost for Students

Start off your semester

10 days to prepare for next semester - #16

Motivation

Setting Goals - #1

Should I switch my studies? (answered)

How to deal with procrastination? (answered)

Study Skills

Study routine/steps

Marty Lobdell’s Lecture of Study Less Study Smart - #7

Focus/Concentration

Tools to help you stay focus - #12

Tips on staying focused - #14

How to shake off restlessness during study session (answered)

Study Management/Planning

General Tips - #2

How to make revision time table? (answered)

My Bullet Journal Set-up

Building study habits

Great study habits and developing them (answered)

Good study habits for high school students (answered)

What is HabitRPG? - #4

Lectures/Class

Why should we attend our classes?

Essay-writing

General steps on how to write an essay - #6

Reading

Masterpost on reading skills

How to go through your readings

Memory

How to memorise a page? How long does it take? (answered)

General Note-taking

A summary on how to take good lecture notes - #13

Type or write? (answered)

Type or write? updated + my approach (answered)

Is writing notes on iPad a good idea? (answered)

Should I take notes right now? (answered)

Consolidating lecture notes and textbook notes (answered)

How to get better handwriting? (answered)

Flashcards

Making flashcards for vocabularies (answered)

OneNote and other applications

How to take/organise notes? (feat. OneNote) (answered)

Updated and comprehensive post on how to take lecture notes on OneNote (answered)

How to use Cornell note-taking method on OneNote: Great for taking class notes! - #9

How do I use OneNote? (answered)

Introducing Notability

Exams and Tests

A Complete Exam Study Guide - #10

How to deal with anxiety before and during exams? (answered)

How to study for exams effectively? (answered)

Demotivated because of unsatisfactory grades? (answered)

Tips to prepare for take home exams

Printables

My printables

Summer planning printables (mine)

Semester planner printables (mine)

Note-taking printables (mine)

Organisation

My general study organisation system (answered)

My high school organisation system (answered)

My notebook organisation system in high school (answered)

Study space

My desk organisation - #18

Maintaining a clean desk (answered)

Stationery

Pen recommendations (answered)

The highlighters I use in bullet journal (answered)

My pens, pencils and notebooks (answered)

A comparison between Zebra Mildliners and Optex Care - whether they will smudge // with photo (answered)

Tech-stuff

What’s on my iPad mini? - #8

iPad Air or iPad mini for school? (answered)

Free apps/programs (that can substitute expensive ones) (answered)

Laptop recommendations for school (answered)

Which macbook pro should I get for college? (answered)

The app I use for writing and organising documents on iPad (answered)

The stylus I use for writing on iPad (answered)

A comparison of stylus (answered)

Amazing resources

Free online courses - #3

English Reading and Writing free online course

College Info Geek - more college tips, and free book

College and University

Things i wish i knew before college - #15

Tips on starting college (answered)

Personal records

Tips on writing a perfect résumé (answered)

Getting unsatisfactory grades?

Tips for students who may have unsatisfactory grades at the moment (answered)

Being called “you’re trying too hard”? (answered)

Anxiety and depression / Feeling unhappy?

Dealing with depression, stress and anxiety (answered)

Can’t study because of depression? (answered)

Will studyblr help with my anxiety and perfectionism? (answered)

Anxious about getting your results? (answered)

Sleep and Breaks

How to put sleeping schedule back on track for school? (answered)

Summer Posts

Summer opportunities - #5

Study during summer - prepare for the next semester - #11

How to make the most of summer (masterpost)