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Have a productive monday, everyone! Do you study everyday?

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breakfast with the city

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sounds of season

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opposite of impostor syndrome where I do deceive my way into an industry and I enjoy it

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cute little flatlay today! the heat went out in my house over the weekend just as a snowstorm came in, but luckily the oil company came through so I didn’t freeze too bad!

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Give yourself more credit on all that you do, even the little and seemingly insignificant accomplishments in life. You are doing such a good job of being you :))

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not me scrambling to finish my essays:"

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mandag, 1. februar

Here’s a spread from my journal about my interest in languages! I’ve been trying to make them look more visually appealing lately. The other picture is from a bbl game I went to last night :) 

some small thoughts:

Being in the ‘academics unite’ discord has really been getting me motivated to both study and be more social with the people around me :D 

Landmand (literally land-man) in Danish means farmer, but vandmand (water-man) means jellyfish??

School goes back tomorrow, and I’m feeling really nervous aaaa

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Got myself a wireless keyboard!! Loving it so far. Currently working on my CIS notes! After my first lecture I realized this class isn’t a place to slack off. Especially with a professor that has a thick accent and needs my full attention to be properly heard. Great professor though, knows all her stuff and is very organized. Guess I’ll be having coffee every time before this class. ☕️

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Done with the first two weeks of university and it has been great even though I already have a million things I need to do

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27.04.16 don’t skive off school kids, unless you only have PE in the afternoon and there is a great coffeeshop round the corner to revise in

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loving pastels; can you tell? ✨

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february 1st, 2021

started a physical bujo for this semester rather than going digital like i was before. i was inspired after seeing these super cheap washi tapes from dollar general and then realizing after buying them that i had nothing to use them for. it’s very nice to have my bullet journal now as a pcreative outlet when i rarely have time to be creative anymore. and of course since it’s february, the theme had to be pink.

ko-fi // draco’s (my cat) instagram // academics unite discord invite

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based on this post, with my own additions. these tips can be used both for school tasks and for everyday tasks like cooking or cleaning, but they are mostly focussed on school!

not working because you feel tired?

eat and drink something! often I don’t notice that I’m hungry or thirsty and just feel really fatigued and don’t know why. then I eat/drink and feel better really quickly!

have something with a bit of caffeine.

try to expose yourself to natural (or at least bright) light.

do a mini workout to get your heart pumping. skipping is fun?

keep yourself stimulated. play upbeat music, use bright colours in your notes, etc.

not working because you’re struggling to think straight or or organise your thoughts?

talk through what you need to get done with a friend, your teacher/professor, etc. they can help you organise your thoughts around the task and come up with a plan!

break the task up into small, easy to approach chunks. write them down.

use a visual planning method like a mindmap to organise your thoughts - putting them down like this can help you sort out the confusing tangled mess of thoughts in your brain.

not working because you feel bored or frustrated with the task and are struggling to push through it?

reward yourself for completing parts of the task (keep the reward non-distracting though, or it can lead to the next problem!). you could set up an accountability system with a friend - they could, for example, promise to bake you something if you manage to get a task done on time.

list the reasons why you should finish the task. use these as motivation.

relieve your restless energy by doing something active during your breaks (like working out), and by keeping yourself stimulated while working on the task (for example by using a fidget toy).

if it’s frustrating because it’s difficult, get help!

modify the task to make it a bit more fun. relate it back to your interests, use fun stationery, etc. this might involve asking your teacher/professor if you can complete an alternate task. they’re usually pretty accommodating.

not working because you’re distracted by other activities?

use an app like ‘Forest’ to encourage you to work solidly on your task for a period of time without getting distracted.

block distracting websites.

write down thoughts and activities that you want to come back to later after finishing your task, rather than getting caught up in them.

related to above - use the Chrome extension ‘Tab Snooze’ to put distracting browser tabs away for later.

if you don’t need internet for your task, go work somewhere where you can’t access the internet.

not working because you feel stressed about the task and trying to do it makes you feel worse?

try the two-minute rule - work on the task for just two minutes. you might find that after this time the initial anxiety around starting the task has faded and you can continue to work on it.

similarly, break your task up into small, manageable chunks and approach them one-by-one. remember that something is better than nothing, even if that something is just writing out the subheadings in your report.

try to make your work environment calm and comfy to soothe you while you work on the task - turn a heater on if you like it to be warm, keep the space minimal and organised, play calm music, etc.

get help from others! a chat with a friend or teacher/professor about the task can help reassure you and they will probably also have helpful advice about how to approach it.

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Winter Studying Challenge

7th January: Do you like the cold?

I think it can be refreshing and nice but I much prefer the feeling of coming in from the cold! I've been raking leaves in the garden this morning to get over what happened in Washington DC last night and now I'm moving onto my next essay. X Emily

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ah yes my favourite trope