What's in my Pencilcase

I believe that having a pencil case (with everything that you would need inside) is one of the most important school item if you would want to be productive and you would want to maximize your note-taking, I highly advise you guys to have a pencilcase!

Life Lately: Binge watching and coffee

It has been so long since I updated you guys! I had a lot of time recently, but then I was not so sure about what to blog. When I started to think about revamping my blog, I decided to insert one of the aspects of blogs I love the most, study blogs! So yes, I'm turning Mind over Matter to a study + personal blog! Added to the change of blog topics, I also revamped by blog template! As you can see, I added a new color scheme that is more on the pastel side. I'm currently loving my template so I hope it motivates me to blog more given my hectic schedule. I also added a categories bar, where you can see all of my labels so that you could navigate through my blog easier.

Going back to my life lately, I just spent the whole summer break binge watching series and gobbing up cups of coffee. I tried so hard to do schoolwork, but my body is going against me. Hopefully when 2016 comes, I'll me more motivated to do schoolwork.

Anyway, I hope you guys had a great 2015 (not so for me haha)! Hoping all the best for 2016.

Happy new year, lovelies! ❤

How to Avoid Procrastination

Procrastination is very common within students, no matter what grade or school you are in. There are a lot of distractions present when you try to study, such as social media and other things you'd like to do that are more "entertaining" compared to studying. Procrastination starts as a simple act, but it develops into a habit that can be inevitable.

Thus, in this blog entry, I will list a few tips on how you can avoid procrastination, TODAY!

How I Survived My First Semester in College

I feel so accomplished finishing my first semester of college without failing or dying. Given the fact that my course is borderline demanding and hard, it extremely requires you effort to study because you have grades to maintain. I’m a scholar as well, so my GPA requires being much higher. I’m blogging about this because (1) I want to backread my blog and read how much my study habits have changed and (2) this might help you guys too! :)

Note: I am a visual learner, so almost all stuff after the cut is enticing to one’s sight.

I hope this helps! :)

Life Lately // Instagram posts

HI! I'm done with my first ever semester in college and now I'm just waiting for the release of my final grades. Talk about the agony I'm feeling! Anyway, I have tons and tons of backlog right now, but I couldn't blog away just yet because our desktop got reformatted so I'm still on the process of retrieving my files, if ever they can be retrieved. :(

There are a lot of things that has happened lately, actually. Highlights are probably me and my bubba's 3rd anniversary (gahd, saying that makes me feel real old .__.) and surviving my first sem in college!

I'll let my Instagram (@ianathebanana) photos (w/ a few lengthy captions) to the talking for my life lately!

All About College and What Not

Hello everyone! It's been 2 [?] months since I last updated and I am really sorry for that. Schoolwork has consumed me and in the days I don't have schoolwork, I usually sleep to get back all the sleep I lost during the week. I am able to blog just because it's a holiday for us today (Thanks a bunch, St. Iggy!).

I warn you, this will be a long post because I'm going to fit in this single post all the significant events of my college life! This will be a text and photo heavy post, so be prepared.