#STUDY INFLUENCERS

Anyone who picks up their phone every so often while studying is mostly hoping not to be confronted with the dark cloud of exam season during a scrolling session. Unfortunately, there are profiles galore which, each in their own way, can make an already stressed student feel even worse. Unless you get really lucky: sometimes relatable skits or panicking fellow students can motivate you a little. However, if you’ve got bad luck, you will encounter one of the following types.

Number one: The #Aesthetic. These shiny, skinny Labubu girls won’t deviate from their enviable orderly lifestyles just because exams are coming. Structured and organised, they make their matcha lattes and fill their water bottles to show you sugar-sweet studying clips with a fitting piano tune underneath. After watching these videos, you tend to feel completely motivated: I want to be like that! But the moment you’re crying at your desk and thinking back to these kinds of people, your situation feels even more tragic than it already did.

Number two: The Superhero. At first glance, these influencers are very relatable: they procrastinate until the last possible moment, drink unhealthy amounts of Monster and then pull an all-nighter studying. Don’t be fooled, though: unless you get lucky, these kinds of people pass with flying colours nine times out of ten and turn out to be some kind of genius. They might make the doomscrolling student feel better for a while, but they’re not exactly a good example to follow.

Number three: The Study Beast. These students revel in their superiority: they have the art of studying down to a T. They set their alarm for 3 a.m., in order to then consume strengthening concoctions like bone broths and protein yoghurt and study until the sun goes down. Maybe their life does not seem as attractive as that of number one, but the effect stays the same: you feel utterly, completely inferior.

It’s not only the gorgeous holiday pics, the expensive outfits or the picture-perfect relationships on the Internet that make you feel like you’re doing something wrong: the way you study apparently needs to improve as well. It’s maybe better to skip these videos. In the end, what works for you is best.