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App Review – Discord as an organisation tool
Using Discord as an organisational tool probably sounds strange at first but I’m going to ask you to bear with me until I’ve explained...

Tara Hodgson
Feb 16, 20214 min read


Lockdown WiP Project
I’ve been working on a couple of projects, the main one has been trying to get my tutoring business looking more professional with a...

Tara Hodgson
May 5, 20201 min read


Learning to be Okay at Things
This is a follow on from last week’s post about The Value of Not Being Good at Things. I have been pretty much doing nothing but knitting...

Tara Hodgson
Feb 18, 20202 min read


Top 10 apps for students:
This week’s post is focused not only on apps for productivity but generally good apps for students to have. Apps for saving money, for...

Tara Hodgson
Feb 4, 20203 min read


What tools I use to keep track of my events for the week
I’m going to start by outlining what I use, what apps I recommend and a brief note about why before delving into how I use each of these...

Tara Hodgson
Sep 11, 20193 min read


The Zettelkästen method
I only recently heard about the Zettlekasten Method (by recently I mean a few months ago but it’s taken me this long to work out how to...

Tara Hodgson
Jul 30, 20194 min read


Personal Life Happens Sometimes, And That’s Okay
So, I haven’t been around for a couple of weeks for a few reasons. I meant to set up some things in to be scheduled but then life took...

Tara Hodgson
Jun 5, 20192 min read


10 Controversial study habits
So, I’ve seen a load of posts lately online about the best ways to study. Don’t listen to music with lyrics, be around friends but be...

Tara Hodgson
Apr 23, 20193 min read


Hobbies? I don’t have time for them
A hobby is something you do in your free time for pleasure. So even if you can find 10 minutes of your day somewhere to sit and do...

Tara Hodgson
Apr 16, 20192 min read


Studying with your Computer – 7 Things You Didn’t Know You Needed That Make All The Diff
You’re studying, you have your computer or laptop open and you’re attempting to study. But … there’s just so much to get distracted by!...

Tara Hodgson
Mar 26, 20194 min read


Tidying Up – 15 things I’ve learned from using the KonMari method
Last month I wrote about the KonMari method , so, I thought I’d revisit that to share what I’ve learned by using it. I’ll admit my room...

Tara Hodgson
Mar 19, 20197 min read


Notion
A look at the all-in-one workspace that blends every day work apps into one. Every student at one point or another in their lives has had...

Tara Hodgson
Mar 12, 20195 min read
We all need to relax sometimes – ideas for days off
Taking days off from studying is often needed. You can’t go at 100% all the time and not burn out or get dangerously close to it. Every...

Tara Hodgson
Feb 26, 20192 min read


Why I ditched Microsoft Access and started using Airtable
I’ll start by saying that yes I used Microsoft Access 2007 for years. Probably since around 2010 when I got into using spreadsheets and...

Tara Hodgson
Feb 19, 20193 min read


Imposter Syndrome – Some thoughts
I’ve heard a few friends say that they were feeling like they didn’t belong in university, they were telling me that they felt like they...

Tara Hodgson
Feb 5, 20192 min read


Want to plan but struggle with timings for things?
Do you want to plan but struggle working out timings to be able to plan efficiently? This is one of the things that I always have and...

Tara Hodgson
Jan 29, 20193 min read
Trello and AnyDo: App Reviews
Trello and AnyDo App Reviews, because these have been some of my favourite apps I started using them this year. I decided to try and...

Tara Hodgson
Jan 27, 20194 min read
Resolutions and workloads
Hey! Tara here, and thanks for checking out my blog. I update every Tuesday with posts about studying tips, advice and I also talk about...

Tara Hodgson
Jan 14, 20192 min read


Good Things Jar
Every year I do something which makes me smile by the end of it; I make a Good Things Jar. Good Things Jar Image from here A Good Things...

Tara Hodgson
Jan 8, 20192 min read


New year, new BuJo!
First of all – Happy New Year!! We’ve finally made it out of 2018 and into 2019. It’s a new year with nothing in it yet, we can fill it...

Tara Hodgson
Jan 1, 20192 min read
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