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How I Stopped Disliking Studying ✨
Honestly, it takes a lot of motivation for me to study, but these tips really helped me feel more positive about studying! ✨Giving yourself little treats really reinforces positive feelings in place of the dread that usually comes along with studying for exams. Anything small will do, a bag of c
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HOW I STOPPED DREADING STUDYING ✨📚👩‍💻
Honestly, it takes a lot of motivation for me to study, but these tips really helped me feel more positive about studying! ✨Giving yourself little treats really reinforces positive feelings in place of the dread that usually comes along with studying for exams. Anything small will do, a bag of c
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the study habits i ditched (and I never looked back) I used to make studying way harder than it needed to be. Like… rewriting entire textbooks, obsessing over perfect notes, and switching apps every week because I thought it would "fix my productivity" 💀 But once I dropped these habit
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