Given a vast online inventory of inspiration and ideas, you’d expect it’s easier these days to think creatively. From as highly addictive as pinning boards on Pinterest to as elaborate as remaking Tiktok hit content, there seems to be a surplus of creativity anywhere you look. However, that’s not always the case. I, for one, …
Toward the end of my first year in graduate school, the year I discovered I had a knack for making pretty notes and elaborate bullet journal pages, I found myself often repeating the same few layouts, techniques, and lettering styles in my notes. As I noticed this tendency to repeat, I suspected the habit was …
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 …
Whether high school, college, grad, or post-grad studies, creating handwritten doodle-note style course notes during a lecture can help you remember the content of a lecture better, study more effectively, and ace your next big midterm or final. Learning to take cute Notes Classroom lectures are an ideal time to practice lettering and doodling. Research …
Occasionally in school, a teacher might require a handout as one of the course assignments. Typically the handout is done as an accompaniment to a research paper or presentation that you can share with other students in the course. Making short handouts at the end of a research project is very helpful. Reducing a 10-page …