Inspiration: Street Style (#1)

Image Source: Tumblr

One of my favourite things to do is look through the street style tag on Tumblr. Not only does it make me want to buy new clothes that I don't need, it also gives me ideas of new ways to wear the clothes I already have. I thought it'd be nice to share some of my favourite looks and hopefully help inspire you as well!

For more inspiration check out my Tumblr!

Desk Inspiration

Image Source: Pinterest

I went to university the other day to complete a presentation but spent half of time looking a pictures of nice offices on Pinterest (I swear it was kind of related to what I was doing!) So I suppose this post is a sort of wishlist of what I want my future office to look like.

When I eventually graduate, get a job and move out (scary thoughts!), I really want my own office. Either working for myself, or just having room my in future flat to blog. I've always wanted a big, long white desk and then have shades of pastel pink and green just to give it a bit of colour.

A girl can dream right?

21st Screen Actors Guild Awards

Team Game Of Thrones: Kit Harington • Maise Williams • Sophie Turner in Osman • Natalie Dormer in Naeem Khan • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Amy Poehler in Jenny Packham • Emma Stone in Christian Dior Couture • Lupita Nyong'o in Elie Saab

My favourite looks from the SAG Awards last night. The GOT girls are killing it!

20th Critics' Choice Awards 2015

Emily Blunt in Emilio Pucci and John Krasinski

Diane Kruger in Naeem Khan • Reese Witherspoon in bespoke Lanvin • Felicity Jones in Dolce and Gabbana • Julianne Moore in Saint Laurent • Keira Knightley in Delpozo

My favourite looks from the Critics' Choice Awards. All I can think about is how much I want to be Emily Blunt and/or marry John Krasinski. They are the most perfect couple.

How I Revise

After years of taking mostly note-based subjects in high school, I like to think that I've become pretty good at revising. I took higher modern studies, admin, business studies, english, RMPS, and advanced higher history. So basically, I've written a lot of notes and essays, and colour coded a lot of mind-maps in the past few years. With a few exams coming up, and my 2nd semester of second year at university starting, I thought it'd be a good idea to share how I personally revise when there's a lot of notes to learn.

Step #1 - Always Write Lists

When I start revising, I like to write a complete list of all the topics. I then break it down further and add in the areas of each topic I need to learn and the type of questions that can come up. This means that as I'm revising I can tick off each section I complete and I can also highlight the most important areas or the topics that are most likely to come up in the exam.

Step #2 - Mind Maps

After writing my lists, I then create a mind map for each topic and split it into different sub-topics. I think this is really useful for when you have to learn quotes or references for topics - everything is in the one place and you can see exactly what you need to learn. I usually fill my mind maps up with quick bullet points from the textbook I'm using to get a general idea of the topic and refresh my memory. I also colour-code the sub-topics so I can clearly see what belongs to each topic.

Step #3 - Practice Answers

After creating my mind maps, I like to find past papers and start writing practice answers for the exam. I usually type these up on my MacBook and later on I copy the answers into my assessment notebook (can you tell I'm super organised yet?) to help me learn them better.

Step #4 - Condense and Read

Finally, I then condense the answers into short bullet points for each answer. This helps jog my memory and I can then decide if I want to try and write out the full answer without looking at any notes. Once I've completed this, I then begin to read my notes over and over or get my mum to ask me questions on each topic.

So there you have it - that's how I revise. Hope you find this helpful, the exam period can be a stressful time! 

How do you revise?