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Giveaway: We’re giving away 12 vintage classics by Charlotte Bronte, J.R.R. Tolkien, Alexandre Dumas, Harper Lee, Shakespeare, and others! Won’t they look lovely on your shelf? =) Enter to win these classics by: 1) following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblogging this post. We will choose a random winner on 1 April, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. Good luck! Follow our IG account to be eligible for our IG giveaways. For full rules to all of our giveaways, click here.
“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”
— Jacques Barzun
Three things you can never be too much of: too dressed up, too educated, too you. Don’t let anyone tell you any different.
Giveaway: We’re giving away twenty-one (hello, 2021!) miniature-sized, vintage classics by Charles Dickens, Pearl S. Buck, Thomas Hardy, Mark Twain, Anne Frank, and others. These books are smaller (4.25″ x 6.5″) than your mass market paperbacks, and it took me three years to assemble these! Won’t they look lovely on your shelf? =) Enter to win these classics by: 1) following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblogging this post. We will choose a random winner on 28 February, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. Good luck! Follow our IG account to be eligible for our IG giveaway. For full rules to all of our giveaways, click here.
As someone who uses the ipad pro and iphone x max constantly for school, I tend to dab around looking for the perfect apps to suit my needs and hobbies. If anyone wonders what apps I use for school, here are some “fundamental apps” I pertain to.
schedules and lists:
Calendars 5 - Calendars 5 is complete re-imagining of what the best mobile calendar experience should be. Calendars 5 is smart, excels in both tasks and events and runs on any iOS device you might have. It’s the calendar app you have been looking for.
Taskade - A great organized app that helps you organize your tasks or write simple notes.
Minimalist - a minimalist themed app that lets you list tasks very simple with other functions such as music and scenery to help you focus on those tasks.
timing, relaxing, and focus:
Clock - This is the default app that comes along with your ios device. I would say the functionality in it is very helpful to maintain alarms and a steady sleep schedule with the sleep function!
Tide - The tide app is an amazing peaceful app that lets you choose a time setting for how long you will work with soothing sounds playing in the background. The sounds really do help me focus and I highly recommend this app.
Flat Tomato - This app helps you split your time and measures it. For example, you would work for 25 minutes and then you would have a 5 minute break. This app really helps me with splitting my time and my tasks accordingly.
Forest - The forest app is absolutely great if you need help with staying away and off from your phone. The app grows a tree for up to two hours of constant studying which you would grow your tree in the meantime. If you do go on your phone and switch the app, the tree dies.
Flora - This is an alternative if you cannot or do not want to buy the forest app. It sort of works just like Forest, but you have a small 2D garden rather than a square terrain you see your trees grow on.
Oak - Oak helps the monkey-minded decompress by transforming meditation practices from experiments into habits. We support you from your first session to your 500th, with mindful, loving-kindness, and sleep meditations as well as unguided sessions and breathing exercises. Individualize your meditations by duration, and customize with silence or calming background sounds. Oak tracks your progress and encourages you to continue building a healthy meditation practice.
drawing and art:
Procreate - My absolute favorite app that works so well with art. I draw most of my art work in there and occasionally make headers and calligraphy with it.
Ibis Paint X - This app is the pro version of another art app which has a few advantageous functions than procreate, but nonetheless helps a lot with making some really fine art.
titles and notetaking:
Over - The Over App is perfect to made headers and titles that are easily transferred to the goodnotes app.
Phonto - The Phonto app is another perfect app to make the titles with, but it isn’t easily transferred to the goodnotes app and you would need to save the image as a png to upload it to the page, but there are more fonts you could and you can add a lot of your own fonts as well.
Keynote - I use this app to make folders and planners and this works as a powerpoint but for apple of course. There are a lot of great tutorials that help with making cool planners and notebooks with this app.
Docs - Helps download videos and documents off online through mobile devices and organize files accordingly
Goodnotes - One of my favorite apps I use to take majority of my notes. It helps me organize my courses into different notebooks all in one app.
PDF Expert- I use this app in order to view my textbooks straight from the drives I use and occasionally edit and note take directly on my PDF books.
resources and flashcards:
Chegg - College resource with a flashcard app as well.
Course Hero - Upload documents to open documents related to the courses that you may be taking! Free when you upload your own documents, so try it! Great place to get accurate study guides.
The Khan Academy - App to take practice tests and get guidance on material related to your courses. Great app to get you on track and help you focus!
Quizlet - great app to organize flashcards and practice tests
DuoLingo- A wonderful language app that helps me keep a streak and maintain my language learning.
Periodic Table - This app is what it says it is. The periodic table. As someone who’s major focuses on Chemistry, I really do need this app and hopefully this app is useful for you all as well!
photos and editing:
VSCO - My favorite app that filters and edits images to make them look vintage or clean.
Snapseed - Another editing app with more controls and settings to help edit the images and color in areas to make them brighter or dimmer.
Afterlight 2 - A great editing app that helps add effects and details to images
PicPlayPost - an app that helps with organizing my images into collages or video cropping to make my images look neater. I also use it to edit my watermarks
Analog Seoul - Analog Seoul is the eighth app of Analog Film City Series. With the specially created Analog Seoul photo filters, you can edit your pictures as if they were taken in Seoul.
printing, scanning, and storage:
Printerpro - A great app that helps with printing wireless from your iPad.
Scanner Pro - Scanning documents high quality and upload them to cloud
Drive - The best and foremost easiest storage to use and because I go to school/ university I have unlimited space for my files!
iCloud Drive - I only use this for photos or back ups, but occasionally it works well when I need to transfer files through apps that only use this form of storage.
Dropbox - Another storage application, but I usually use this for items I don’’t really need unless there’s an emergency. I use it to store mostly audio files and heavy files for keynote
entertainment and reading:
Netflix - To watch all my favorite movies and shows
Crunchyroll - I watch all my animes that I can here on this app
Kissanime - of course an alternative to crunchyroll is kissanime if you want to find animes for free (there are ads though)
Youtube - I mainly use this app for tutorials and guides to homework and projects
The CW - I watch all of my favorite local shows like the Flash, DC Legends, and Riverdale on this app for free.
MangaRock - I read most of my mangas on this app
iBooks - the installed app by apple where I transport a lot of my books into for reading and entertainment
VLive - For all my kpop friends, you know what this is for.
To be updated…
for future reference :)
study & chill playlist 🎵 🎶
Hi, it’s werelivingarts! I often have hard time to search for music to study so here are some suggestions and compiled lists of playlists that you can try out if you want!
[playlist] I couldn’t sleep, so I played a song.
[playlist] a deepening night with songs.
[playlist] with the fresh breeze of autumn night.
[playlist] a song that signals the approach of autumn:)
[playlist] how was your day today?
[playlist] a lazy afternoon, with that warm sunshine:)
[playlist] Why don’t you listen to this song when it rains?
[playlist] one cup of coffee with jazz hip hop.
[playlist] for your night drive aesthetic.
[playlist] It’s just… a song that I really want you to listen to today.
[playlist] I need to relax in my busy daily life!
[playlist] I wish I could comfort you.
[playlist] chill bts lofi hiphop mix
[playlist] 새해 다짐이 틀어지면 뭐 어때
[playlist] you’re studying in a haunted library with ghosts
[playlist] english songs chill study
[playlist] the day I want to be achromatic alone in a colorful world
[playlist] emotional song when your mind is a mess
[playlist] let it hurt until it can’t hurt anymore
Remain disciplined. Stay strong. Nothing can stop you if you don’t stop for anything. When it gets painful push harder. Have discipline to keep going when it hurts. Life gives you what you deserve. Work for it. Sacrifice for it. Give your all. Otherwise you won’t get it. Show your character. Remain disciplined. Stay strong. Don’t say “why me?!” Say “try me!” Keep going even when you don’t see results. Be strong. Be brave, remain disciplined and your time will come.
-Spotify “Fearless Motivation” Playlist
sometimes love is just doing things without having to be asked, making a cup of tea for someone as they’re working, packing an extra lunch because you know they’re rushed for time. Love doesn’t have to be expressed in grand gestures, to me, the little gestures of love matter more.
Let's be honest, reading books and buying books are two completely different hobbies.
@kathrynmuirx
Special IG Giveaway: We’re giving away three limited edition, *out of print* Harper Perennial Olive editions by Roxane Gay, Linda Hirshman, and Baratunde Thurston to highlight voices that need to be heard! (For US followers, please VOTE!!) This is a special giveaway for macrolit followers who are following on both Tumblr and Instagram. Enter to win these classics by: 1) following macrolit on Tumblr and on Instagram (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblogging this post and adding your Instagram profile as a tag. We will choose a random winner on October 24, so reblog now! And yes, we’ll ship to any country! Easy, right? Good luck! :D For our Tumblr-only followers, here’s our regular giveaway of 15 paperback classics!
Giveaway Contest: We’re giving away 12 vintage paperback classics featuring Carson McCullers, John Steinbeck, Albert Camus, Kate Chopin, Jack Kerouac, and others! Won’t this collection look lovely on your shelf? :D To win these classics, you must: 1) be following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblog this post. We will choose a random winner on October 25, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. And yes, we’ll ship to any country. Easy, right? Good luck! Follow macrolit.books to qualify for our IG giveaway. 📚
a lil repost from my insta this morning
spent the day working on tutorial prep for my English class once I got up from a long lie in - overall a productive day
happy sunday! 🤍
this is the kind of positivity that I live for about studyblr
it’s about what you can achieve, what you are capable of doing and showing that there is nothing to be embarassed about investing in yourself 🤍💛
for as much as studyblr may have its faults, it’s a pretty sizable online space that tells young girls that the absolute coolest thing you can do is be smart and work hard and believe in yourself and i think that’s pretty great
Glow up tips/ideas
Here’s my little guide how to glow up in your life:
First, get your life together:
Organise and clean your home -Having clean home will make you feel better and lighter and therefore you will be more positive.
Have a life admin day -Write down all the stuff that needs to be done, all the appointments you need to get and everything that needs to be fixed. Then schedule in a day every month or every two weeks when you tick off these thing off your list.
Do your damn laundry
Create routines -They can be long and strict or short and very opened
Fight procrastination in all the ways you can
Take your mediaction and have regular health check ups
Now it’s time for mental health:
Make sure you eat and drink water regularly
Get a therapist if you feel like you need/want one
Practise your hobbies or find new ones
Listen to your favourite music
Meditate
Create a happy atmosphere for yourself -Buy plants and flowers, let your favourite music play in the background, let in as much ligh as you can.
Warm beverages
Be as positive as you can
Try to complain less
Don’t talk shit about people, especially not behind their back -You spread negative energy and hurt yourself in the process.
Say nice things to people, compliment them as much as you can -Being nice to poeple will affect your own mood for the better.
Talk about what you love, not what you hate
Get enough fresh air.
Glow up your mind!:
Read more books -Does not matter the genre
Watch movies and series
Learn new language -Even if it’s just a few words
Watch documents
Talk to people smarter than you
Try learning random fact every day
Find a new hobby
Think of ways to make your life better and help your surrounding -Minimalism? Zero waste? Vegetarian? It depends on you.
Find a new friend
Help people
And lastly the physical glow up:
Find out how much sleep you need and stick to it -Usually 8 hours are the norm
Play around with make up -You will fail and it might look wonky from the beginning. And maybe you won’t even like it. I want you to experiment.
Make sure to go make-up-less sometimes if you wear it often
Drink water -It won’t magically clear your skin completely but it will get better.
Wash your face in the morning and in the evening, but no soap if possible
Use as little skin products as you can -Sometimes less is more.
Lip balm
Eat vegetables every day -Every. single. day. It’s the best thing I have ever done for myself.
Eat oatmeal -It did wonders for my hair.
Stretch regularly
Exercise -Find something you have fun doing and do it as often as possible.
Avoid food with too much grease and sugar -You can have it but try to reduce it.
Prepare your outfit the night before -It gives you time to think about what you’ll wear and it’s nice to have it ready in the morning.
Get clothes you feel good and confident in
Get your dream hair colour! -Get crazy if you want
Learn to be comfortable with your body
Don’t shower every day -I know, I know… but listen… It’s actually much healthier for your skin to shower every other day and wash your hair even less. Plus it saves a lot of water.
Get a perfume -Have a scent
Get enough sun -You don’t have to be tan but getting sun on your skin is very healthy and it’s visible in other ways than tan.
Smile and spread joy
If you’re happy, show it -It’s contagious
Remember that beauty comes from within. That is why I put these tips in that order.
I hope I helped and have a great year!
✨wise words from harper lee✨
✨her voice of reason, atticus ✨
gentle reminder: you are very capable and I’m excited for your future
slightly less gentle reminder: you do have to work for it
Giveaway Contest: To celebrate 2020, we’re giving away twenty paperback classics featuring Truman Capote, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, John Steinbeck, Agatha Christie, and others! Won’t this collection look lovely on your shelf? :D To win these classics, you must: 1) be following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblog this post. We will choose a random winner on February 29, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. And yes, we’ll ship to any country. Easy, right? Good luck!
so useful!!
Brutally Honest Rules for Language Learners
If you can`t make your own examples to a grammar rule, you don`t know this grammar rule.
Learning words without context is almost useless. You may repeat something like “road” or “deeply” millions of times and still forgetting them in the most important situations. Memorize phrases instead. e. g. “I crossed the road” and “to be deeply ashamed”.
Prioritize. There are almost 500 000 words in the English language and even more in some non-European languages. If you decide to learn 5 words a day, you`ll need a shitload of time to cover at least the third of the whole vocabulary. So, know precisely what words are the most frequent and the most important for you personally.
No, you won`t learn a language by listening to songs ONLY.
If your level of knowledge is Intermediate or higher, you don`t need the fucking subtitles. Well, in the beginning, you will have a terrible headache and doubts about the whole thing, but every video will be making you a little better. You`ll slowly get used to the accents and intonation. It`ll stop to sound like the endless phrase without any pauses. Just give yourself some time.
Translation from the native language to the target language is useless (if you`re not going to become an interpreter). Write the short texts in your target language instead.
Forget about boring topics from the textbooks. Argue with somebody in the comment section under your fav YouTube videos. Try to persuade me that the Earth is flat (I know it`s insane, but you`ll remember it much better than writing the essay “The current problems of ecology”). Rewrite your own posts. Write down 15 phrases do describe Donald Trump. I mean… Everything is better than a standard way of learning that doesn`t express your inner self.
Check the pronunciation of ALL the words. ALL the time. Your intuition is a great tool. However, it doesn`t cure all the irregular cases. Just look at English words “daughter” and “laughter”, “head” and “heat”, “though” and “thought”. They look almost similar but they sound in ABSOLUTELY different ways. There`s a possibility that your target language also has a lot of such cases. Just spend few seconds on looking at the transcriptions. It doesn`t hurt, I promise.
The post/challenge for those who want to find a language partner.
Growing up my mum had this table in her room as a desk. When they moved to England my parents sawed the legs off, and sat around it with friends and cigarettes and vodka––quite a bit apparently––then they gave it to me and it lived at the end of my bed. I wrote the portfolio of work that got me accepted to university at this table. It’s been in my old room for a few years while I was moving around London a lot but recently I brought it to my flat and having it here is such magic; it’s amazing thinking about how every mark on this wood is my family, sitting around it for all these years, and how we get to continue that. Right now, it’s my workspace 🖤
sunday afternoon specials📚
