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Christina Foley

How to Draw a Brain for your Notes or Bullet Journal

As I journal about mindfulness and take notes in almost any psychology class, drawings of the brain are relevant. For the first few years as a psychology major, I seemed to always draw brains a little differently each time, sometimes more like clouds than brains. I knew I needed to develop a way to have …

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Easy to Draw Bullet Journal Icons – Free Printable

Here is an easy-to-follow tutorial for drawing basic bullet journal icons. I primarily use these in doodle notes and my bullet journal – to draw attention to key concepts or just to fill empty space to create a visually balanced page of notes, I keep them tucked in my bullet journal idea notebook, and these …

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How to Win a Bullet Journal Giveaway

If you haven’t had any success in the bullet journal giveaways you’ve entered, you could start to worry that you’ve just got bad luck. While it is possible that the giveaways you’ve entered were fixed, or that there are just too many entrants for you to have a chance of winning, you probably just haven’t …

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3 Tips to Boost Productivity via Bullet Journaling

A bullet journal is a great tool to increase productivity. It can help you to keep track of your to-do list, set goals and track your progress. It can also be used as a diary, so you can look back and see what you have accomplished. Beginning a bullet journal will assist you in being …

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4 Hacks for Starting a Paper for English Comp Writing

Starting writing on a paper is always the most difficult part. Instead of procrastinating, in this article, I share 4 ways to overcome the fear of the blank page so you can start writing a paper in less time and with less drama. Here are four strategies for starting writing a paper that works even …

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How to Draw Laurel Wreaths the Easy Way

Laurel wreaths are (one of) my recent drawing obsessions. Although I’m working my way through an art book, I keep coming back to laurels in my class notes and on the scrap pages in my notebook that I doodle on when a speaker is reviewing, answering questions, or telling stories. In my doodle notes and …

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How to Start Writing a Research Paper: Tips from an Entrepreneur to Beat Procrastination & Write Faster

Research papers are one of the most time-consuming parts of school. In this post, I’ll walk you through a method I created to transform your teacher’s writing prompt into a A+ paper with less time, anxiety, and frustration. When I went back to school after 10 years as an entrepreneur, my patience for writing research …

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4 Ways Journaling Increases Mindfulness

Self-awareness and mindfulness are hard to master but not impossible. The path to self-understanding requires that you have the emotional strength to look at your mistakes and acknowledge them. This is exactly where journaling becomes a part of the discourse. Adapting journaling as a regular habit gives you the opportunity to see yourself for what …

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