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Saturday, the 29th of October

Exhaustion. Mentally and physically I feel tired. My first week of the new semester is almost done and with me hosting some strangers at my house, renovating the garden, celebrating my partner's degree almost a year after finishing and trying to squeeze in some sightseeing, hiking and studying I am just tired. I couldn't catch enough sleep, spend time with myself or joke around with my dog. Today is going to be much the same except for tonight. I'll be going out for dinner with my family and I am really looking forward to that.

Studying

Thanks to @the---hermit and the Irish heroic saga I picked up my Gaeilge lessons again

Read Obasan

Brainstorm project for digital humanities

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going back to reading for my dissertation & listening to Ane Brun 🌷

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10.11.2022 ☁️

Didn’t find Rory Gilmore at Yale today, but now I know where the good coffee is.

📍New Haven, Connecticut

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Today was a good day. I had a slow morning, went to class, worked out..

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october 11th, tuesday

attended classes from 10 to 5 today. it was hectic but we had a week off for pujas so the teachers rushed to complete the left bits.

wrapped up kinematics + thermodynamics + colligative properties.

currently solving the pyqs from CP.

dreading tomorrow's lecture on anatomy of cockroach. this is the only part in zoology that i do not look forward to studying.

🎧 : illwalkyouhome by woven in hiatus

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my boss gave me an unexpected day off, so now I can actually enjoy it :)

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I’m having a really busy day. It’s 7pm and I’m finally able to get some studying done! I want to prepare for my lecture tomorrow, start a programming assignment that’s due on Saturday and do some revision :) For my fellow night owls (or people in a different time zone lol), good luck with your work <3

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10/11/2022

I have things to dooooo today i’ve been busy because i got a new kitten this weekend! her name is connie (short for constantine) and she’s sooo sweet

ok ok to do list

fund of acting

-read wtai ch3

-journal entries

math 95

-ch 10.7 notes

-ch 11.1 notes

-ch 10.5 practice hw

-ch 10.6 practice hw

wr 121

-respond to 2 discussion posts

let’s get this grind gamers 💪💪💪

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Planned and studied what I could at this time

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10.11.22

Good afternoon!

Yesterday was our first presentation day in Astronomy. The inner planet presentations were really good AND funny as heck. One group did a puppet show. I'm a bit nervous about my group's presentation though...it should go well but I'm worried I'll mess up :/

Anyways, here's my notes on heliocentricity for Astronomy :)

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journal // @wyyae // insta: artwyy

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rearranged my desk, hello greenhouse vibes…

(don’t worry about the rhaphidophora, i am going to pot them very soon)

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Chloé Hayden as Quinni Gallagher-Jones in Heartbreak High (2022)

scenepack credit: comafx on instagram

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23.08.2022

✧Grammar in all languages is the bane of my existence now. I'll cry if I see the words non finite verbs one more time. My studies are not upto my standards so that's been a [very annoying] stone in my shoe. But on the bright side, I've a newfound love for my mother tongue now and I really love learning it in school ! I also got selected for anchoring in my school celebration that is to be held in less than two weeks [ my state's harvest festival celebrations]. ✧

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studying while neurodivergent big post

this post is mainly targeted at people who are at university/college and have a disorder that makes studying challenging (e.g. you experience executive dysfunction, perfectionism, concentration issues).

however. some of these tips might be useful in general, so I'm not going to stop anyone from following my advice even if they're neurotypical

preparing for class

in general: do it. prepare for your classes. it makes it more likely that you're actually going to show up (in my experience)

you don't have to read every single word of every single reading. read the introductions, the abstracts, the sub-headings, and the conclusion. you can go back and read the rest if it feels necessary

take notes while you read. they don't have to be pretty, it's just about keeping your brain engaged with what you're learning

bring all your notebooks into uni with you if possible! this way, there's nothing stopping you from procrastinating studying for one class by studying for another class (which is a fine and good thing to do)

most textbooks are available for free or for cheap in the depths of the internet or in a secondhand bookshop :)

things to keep in mind for being in class

uni is not high school. it's unlikely that a lecturer or tutor is going to get mad at you if you bring something to stim with (as long as it isn't super disruptive)

go to class! even if you haven't done the readings! going to class will give you access to class discussions and a general flow of ideas that will help you with your assignments

skipping class to do an assignment might feel like a good idea, but it's actually a very terrible idea. don't do it. it is not worth it

be honest with your classmates about what you're finding confusing. chances are that they'll either have a cool way to explain it, or they'll be just as confused (in which case, you may have just given them the courage to ask!)

you're allowed to just walk out early if you start to get overwhelmed. people won't judge you or call you out for it. it's okay to leave early

general studying tips

association is the name of the game! pair a certain song, smell, taste, or colour with each class, and be consistent with it. our memories are deeply tied to our senses, and this kind of association will help to remind your brain what class you're doing

don't do what looks pretty or sounds cool, do what works. if you like to listen to your lectures as if they're podcasts while you're doing the dishes... great! if you like to turn facts into puns... awesome! whatever works is good!

count yourself in. if you've been sitting around thinking "I need to do maths" for the past however long, trick your brain by saying out loud "5, 4, 3, 2, 1, MATHS!" and then GO

another cool brain trick is to tell yourself that you're only going to study for 10 minutes, or you're only going to read one chapter. this lowers the barrier to getting started, and will usually help you get into the flow and get at least something done

if body-doubling works for you, then do it! organise a day each week to meet up with a friend and study together! you'll both appreciate it

keep your phone in a different room from your studying gear

get one of those content keeper extensions on your computer, and get your best friend to set the password. this will protect you from the pull of Tumblr when you're meant to be reading about politics in Botswana or whatever

essays

read the question! read it again! highlight the important words in the question! read it out loud! and only THEN figure out how you're going to answer it

you can't edit a blank page. whack some words down. come back to them later. your first go does not have to be perfect

organise your notes by theme, not by which article gave you the idea. this will help you to turn notes into paragraphs with consistent arguments

cite as you go. take note of where you found each of your quotes. it is so much better this way, I promise

your essay plan only needs to make sense to you. lay out your plan however you like. again, it's better to have something on the page than nothing

make your essay writing timeline as if you know that disaster will strike the week of the due date. pretend that the due date is a week before it actually is. give yourself due dates for smaller parts of the assignment. whatever it takes to trick your brain into actually doing it ahead of time!!

use text to speech to catch grammar mistakes! hearing your essay read back out loud to you will make it easier to tell when something sounds wrong or bad or clunky

self-care advice

you won't do well on your exams if you're having several meltdowns a day, so you better be looking after your emotional health!!

eat three meals a day if you can. bring snacks with you everywhere. studying makes you hungry, and your brain needs the fuel. carrying around emergency muesli bars everywhere never hurt anyone

have a big water bottle and also carry it around with you everywhere. when you're studying, it can be easy to forget to keep your fluids up, but having your drink bottle on your desk can be a visual reminder to keep on drinking

STRETCH! stretch in between classes. stretch after taking lots of notes. you do not want to damage your arm muscles from typing/writing too much

don't abandon your hobbies during the semester if it is at all possible. don't sacrifice your weekend knitting or your early morning jog. those are the things that you enjoy, and they are the things that will keep you sane once the stress hits

sleep early, sleep often. all-nighters are not the way

this is kind of all I can think of at the moment! I hope at least something on this big long list is helpful for anyone who is studying at the moment. remember that your grades don't define you, and that you are more than just a student!

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06.09.2022 // finally got pretty book tabs! hopefully this will make me read more heh...

🎧: ring the alarm by kard | ☕

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hilda is autistic (or at the very least autistic-coded): a post by me who is also autistic lmao

i won’t go into super many details, but i’ll still try to explain it as good as i can!!

hilda doesn’t see the point in making human friends her own age, to the point where she’s strongly against it. you could argue that it’s just because she’s lived away from society her whole life, but that’s where the autistic-CODED part comes in!

it’s also interesting how, despite her fear of befriending other kids, she’s great at befriending other creatures. this is probably because of the lack of verbal communication. to hilda, animals and monsters are a lot simpler than human people, easier to identify with (and hey, they’re clearly her special interest!). even when she knew how dangerous the troll was, she was able to understand it and recognize the problem, and helped it without hesitation. this is backed up by this scene:

at this point in the story, hilda’s mom is still worried about hilda’s fascination with monsters. she mentions her ability to befriend them, but compares it to befriending kids because she doesn’t understand hilda’s struggle. hilda is obviously torn up by this.

when hilda manages to talk to some kids in town, they invite her to prank their neighbors with them. the other kids think it’s funny, but hilda doesn’t get it, and she feels awkwardly left out of the group.

they get hilda to try it, but she’s still confused about what they’re doing and WHY they’re doing it, so she messes it up. and then THIS happens:

she panics and proceeds to do something nice instead, though she’s anxious about messing up again. but when the old woman genuinely thanks her for the compliment, hilda is relieved and smiles back, and gives the other kids a thumbs up as if that was the plan all along. she knows that’s probably not what she was supposed to do, but since everything went well, she still accepts it as a victory. a positive outcome was all that mattered to her.

once again, hilda completely misses the point of the game. and even when she’s told what to do, she misunderstands and kicks the can way too hard. and she’s embarrassed.

OTHER THINGS I DIDN’T MENTION BECAUSE THIS POST GOT TOO LONG DAMN:

she uses isolation as a coping mechanism

she’s bad at dealing with big changes

THE. ENTIRE. SCHOOL. EPISODE.

uhh watch hilda