Stress

the purest form of love, i think, is having someone who wants to learn about you, from you, and with you.

Sometimes you’re 23 and standing in the kitchen of your house making breakfast and brewing coffee and listening to music that for some reason is really getting to your heart. You’re just standing there thinking about going to work and picking up your dry cleaning. And also more exciting things like books you’re reading and trips you plan on taking and relationships that are springing into existence. Or fading from your memory, which is far less exciting. And suddenly you just don’t feel at home in your skin or in your house and you just want home but “Mom’s” probably wouldn’t feel like home anymore either. There used to be the comfort of a number in your phone and ears that listened every day and arms that were never for anyone else. But just to calm you down when you started feeling trapped in a five-minute period where nostalgia is too much and thoughts of this person you are feel foreign. When you realize that you’ll never be this young again but this is the first time you’ve ever been this old. When you can’t remember how you got from sixteen to here and all the same feel like sixteen is just as much of a stranger to you now. The song is over. The coffee’s done. You’re going to breath in and out. You’re going to be fine in about five minutes.

I’m going to uni this autumn, and I feel like most of studyblr’s incoming freshmen are just as clueless as I am. Here’s a bunch of tips from the more experienced among us, and I hope it’s just as useful to you as it is to me!

this took forever to make so i’m really hoping it’s good

Money Matters

Textbooks

Sites where you can get free textbooks by @thearialligraphyproject

Get textbooks online

Tips for textbooks by @theorganizedcoyote

Websites to get cheap textbooks by @theorganisedstudent

Ultimate guide to buying college textbooks

Safe ways to get free textbooks

Saving Money

A girl called jack: eating under the line

Qriket

Scholarship masterpost by @wallcalendar

Save money while shopping online

College scholarships 2016-17 by @wonderstudying

Tips for finding & getting scholarships

How to budget

Where to find student discounts by @collegerefs

Searching for scholarships by @collegesmarts

Creative ways to save money in college

Places that offer discounts with student id

Ways to save/earn money

Paying for college by @collegerefs

Student Life

Dorm & Living

PSA for college freshmen

Dorm tips from @humanitaes

Ultimate school locker (uni bag) kit by @girl-studying

Resolving issues with roommates

Tips for living like an adult

How to eat healthy in dining halls

DIY dorm decor by @notquitenightingale

Everything I actually used in my freshman dorm room

Guide to living alone by @piratestudy

Living with a roommate by @collegerefs

Packing Lists

Thing I forgot to bring to college by @myberkeleyadventure

Sam’s ultimate failproof guide to packing by @staticsandstationery

Ultimate college packing list for freshmen

College packing list by @kimberlystudies

What to bring to college

Checklist for dorms & campus living

Packing up: preparing for college in @theacademiczine

College dorm packing list by @produitivity

Recipes

One-pot chicken fajita pasta

100 dirt cheap recipes for students

57 go-to recipes for college students

Cheap & healthy recipes 

Over 400 fast & healthy recipes

Classes

Studying & Taking Notes

Organizing notes with Google Docs by @academla

How to write a lecture summary efficiently by @collegerefs

Symbols & abbreviations for note-taking 

How to take lecture notes by @hstrystdyblr

How to take notes in college by @determinationandcaffeine

Getting the most out of lecture by @strive-for-da-best

How to get your best grades in college by @saralearnswell

If you have a bad college professor

Essays

Transition words for essays by @soniastudyblr

How to analyze historical sources by @rewritign

How to write a university level essay by @healthyeyes

Analyzing a written text

Essay writing: university vs. high school

How to write a history paper by @thehistorygrad

How I plan and write literature papers by @notaperfectstudent

Exams

A quick guide to finals by @emmastudies​

10 revision tips for final & first year exams

High school exams vs. college exams

Crucial study tips for finals week in college 

3 day study plan by @getstudyblr

Low stress college study strategy by @plannerdy 

+ More

Masterposts

A college student’s masterpost by @eruditekid

Random college tips by @determinationandcaffeine

College advice by @studenting

Giant college masterpost by @heyiwantyoutostay

Advice

Advice for college by @collegerefs

10 tips for starting uni by @studycubs

Advice from a college senior 

Great tips from @fuckstudy

10 more excellent tips

Things nobody tells you about university by @polcry 

Miscellaneous

8 things successful students do by @frankfurter-studies

Email tips by @haileymostudies

@collegerefs‘ entire blog– so much good stuff that’s incredibly useful

my grace.uni tag– all the posts I’ve saved for university

Staying in contact with high school friends

How to make friends in college

One of the deepest human needs is the need to be seen. To be seen in our pain and in our struggle and to be seen in our relief and in our joy. And usually we reserve these moments for those closest to us because we know they will try their best to hold space for us.

So imagine when The Creator and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth, tells us He sees us, He witnesses all of us, with all of our complexity and all of our emotions, how validating and comforting this is.

You are not alone in your pain and struggle and you are witnessed in your relief and joy. You are held under the sight of A Most Caring Creator, He knows the innermost yearnings of your heart. He knows when no one else knows and understands when others can't.

Via Instagram || @amiehoor

Nostalgia Bench

Resting on the empty bench of nostalgia while observing how everything around it is being renewed.. I stand, and walk forward.. leaving my place on the bench to a passerby. Without looking back, I bid you farewell.

http://marleens-diary.tumblr.com/post/96285702117/fernweh-feyrn-vey-noun-this-wonderful

“fernweh [feyrn-vey]”

— (noun) This wonderful, untranslatable German word describes the feeling of homesickness for a far away land, a place you have never visited. Do not confuse this with the english word, wanderlust; Fernweh is much more profound, it is the feeling of an unsatisfied…

HOMEMADE CINNAMON CAKE DONUTS

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Is this how you roll?

قال صلى الله عليه وسلم يا شدَّادُ بنُ أوسٍ إذا رأيتَ النَّاسَ قد اكتنزوا الذَّهبَ والفضَّةَ؛ فاكنِز هؤلاء الكلماتِ :

اللَّهمَّ إنِّي أسألُك الثَّباتَ في الأمرِ ، والعزيمةَ على الرُّشدِ، وأسألُك موجِباتِ رحمتِك، وعزائمَ مغفرتِك، وأسألُك شُكرَ نعمتِك، وحُسنَ عبادتِك، وأسألُك قلبًا سليمًا، ولـسانًا صـادقًا، وأسـألُك من خيرِ مـا تعلَمُ، وأعـوذُ بـك من شرِّ ما تعلَمُ، وأستغفرُك لـمـا تعلَمُ؛ إنَّك أنت علَّامُ الغيوبِ.

Now that HnR is over, Damn Feels is moving on to other projects. However, with our translators unavailable and most of our members flooded with exams, we’re in dire need of more staff.

Japanese to English Translators: URGENT No experience is necessary, however a reasonably good grasp of Japanese and English is required. Cleaners: URGENT Experience is preferred but not necessary. Experience with Photoshop is required. Messengers such as Line, Viber, Skype etc. are highly preferred, especially for training. In the past we’ve been picky about cleaners but right now we’re willing to train you if need be.

Proofreaders No experience necessary, however a firm understanding of English and good grasp of grammar is required.

You would have the opportunity to work on the following manga:

Hoshigami-kun wa Douka Shiteiru (Hoshigami-kun is Weird) by Asada Nikki

While Mikeno’s classmates gush over the radiant and popular Hoshigami-kun, she’s trying her best to avoid trouble and get along with everyone. However, Mikeno’s peaceful life changes when the wrong Hoshigami-kun asks something from her.

Sample pages: 1, 2, 3, 4

Ohayou, Ibarahime (Good Morning, Little Briar-Rose) by Morino Mei

Satoshi, a 16-year-old first year high school student just got a part time job as a housekeeper for a mansion surrounded by roses. A girl called Shizu lives there, who appears innocent and pure but lives haphazardly. However, there seems to be a mystery surrounding her: who is the other girl that looks at Satoshi with a cold blank stare?

Sample pages: 1, 2, 3, 4

(New project joint with Paper Dolls Project and Winter Translations)