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i dont have 'arguments' in my essays, i have 'hills im ready to die on'

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one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

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hiiii! i absolutely adore your posts, each and every one of your tips is so incredibly helpful and well thought out, and the way you speak is so inspiring!

i'd like your help w something i've been truly struggling with, if that's okay! ♡

do you have any tips for feeling like you've wasted your day when you haven't been productive till, like, 7 pm, and then feeling this weight of just giving up and losing the rest of the day, too, because you're not gonna get the tasks finished anyway? ;;;; :<

thank you so much! :)

oh my goodness, hi lovely! 💞 you are so sweet and adorable 🥺 i was just struggling with the motivation to get out of bed, but asks like this really help turn it around for me by reminding me of who i am and who i want to be ☺️ your struggle is so valid and it can be a difficult situation to overcome, so let's problem-solve this together! 💪

how to save a half-wasted day ⏰

i'll divide the advice into 2 sections: (1) hot fixes — what to do immediately once you've realized you want to be productive from now on, and (2) long-term solutions — how to avoid this situation in the future and be consistent

🔥🧯hot fixes

depending on how late it is and how severe your “rot” is, don't force yourself to do the productive thing right away.

there are multiple reasons why this might not work or might not be good for your psyche in the long-run, for example:

you still feel hopeless and will just give up again a short while later

you still feel hopeless OR you feel rushed and won't be able to do the necessary tasks well

the task is actually something you enjoy normally, but because you feel like you're forcing yourself, you start to lose your love for it

so to prevent these, the first step is to heal the rot, then be productive! some ideas include:

take a shower or even just wash your face and tie up your hair

eat something or drink some water or tea (please not coffee, your sleep quality is going to suffer 😟)

watch one (1) and ONLY one inspirational / motivating vlog or read one (1) and ONLY one inspirational / motivating vlog post or chapter of a favorite book

now, we're ready to be productive again! 🤗 we may not have as much time as we would like, but that's okay. there is no point in dwelling on past mistakes. we just have to deal with the situation that's in front of us now. so we prioritize even more ruthlessly.

again depending on how late it is and how much our rot has healed, we can cut more or strive for more.

hard deadlines — we can stop here if we like. i do this on low energy days, burnout days, etc. once these are dealt with, just go to bed and start again tomorrow.

daily habits — to do if we're feeling better, and we might find that we are after getting our hard-deadline items out of the way. i say tackling daily habits is the second highest priority because these are the things we don't want to break pattern on because they're so hard to get back into after

self-care tasks — cleaning, meal prepping, all the things we put off when we're going through a rot phase. sometimes i also do these to heal the rot, it depends on what you feel you need!

all other tasks — usually, if i'm trying to save a half-wasted day, i don't get to these, but i think it's really important not to feel bad about not getting to them and for me, putting them into a new to-do list for tomorrow or whenever helps with that. then i can wrap up my day with no regrets

🗺️🗓️ long-term solutions

ask yourself why you ended up wasting half the day in the first place. introspection can be uncomfortable, but it's important to be honest with yourself. remember, there's no one else here. it's just you. and this is your life.

are you burnt out?

are you suffering from health issues?

are you procrastinating?

are you stuck in a loop of tasks you don't care for?

i don't think i could list all the possibilities if i tried, so i just listed some examples that i've personally uncovered in my own life.

so have that honest conversation with yourself. you will find the heart of the issue that needs to be addressed, and once you do that, it's time to put systems in place to keep it from happening again!

your systems will vary depending on the issues you uncover, but following my examples above, it might look like:

scheduling your rot healing

taking your recovery seriously

cut your tasks down to size and other anti-procrastination tips

learn to love life again or figure out how to build the life you want

finally, once you have your system in place, stick to it! it will be hard and you will likely fail at some point or another, but remember that it's not about the failure — it's how you handle it. see: how to be consistent

💌: that was really long, but i hope this helps you, lovely! i'm rooting for you and always happy to answer any follow-up questions 💕

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Natalie Portman

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german tonguetwisters

except germans are metal and call them tonguebreakers instead (der Zungenbrecher)

(there's a bajillion of course, simply google "Zungenbrecher" and look at picture results. I've picked out a couple)

One's that were very present in my childhood:

Most famously: Fischers Fritz fischt frische Fische, frische Fische fischt Fischers Fritz (Fisherman Fritz fishes fresh fish 2x)

Wenn Robben hinter Robben robben, robben Robben robben nach. (When seals crawl behind (other) seals, seals crawl after (other) seals)

and its sibling: Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach (die Fliege - the fly; fliegen - to fly)

In Ulm, um Ulm, und um Ulm herum (in Ulm (city), around Ulm, and around Ulm)

Ones I think are actually hard to say:

Blaukraut bleibt Blaukraut und Brautkleid bleibt Brautkleid (Red cabbage stays red cabbage and a wedding gown stays a wedding gown) - in my experience, this kills most Germans.

In einem dicken Fichtendickichts, picken dicke Finken tüchtig. (In a thick spruce thicket, fat finches are picking vigorously) - this one basically begs for spoonerisms with "ficken" (to fuck)

Ein kleiner plappernder Kaplan klebt pappige Pappplakate and die klapper de Kapellwand (A little yapping vicar glues sticky posters onto the rattling chapel)

Of course I have to mention Bodo Wartke (a german musician and musical comedian) who made short songs with lots of tonguetwisters (and expanding them) named "Zungenbrecher 4.0". Most notably "Barbaras Rhabarbarbar" (with Marti Fischer) which went viral earlier this year, as well as "Der dicke Dachdecker". By now he's made 4 10min-videos with such tonguetwisters

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German Youtuber Reccomendation: Marti Fischer

mentioning Marti Fisher in a post just now, i feel i need to suggest him in general to people who think they might enjoy watching someone play around with music.

He's a musical multitalent and has been on youtube since 2007!

Back then

he became famous for his imitations ("Wunschimitationen" on YT) but especially his parody of "Chabos wissen wer der Babo ist" (a German rap song by Haftbefehl, on of the biggest German rappers at the time) which, as a German Gen Z individual, i feel is an essential part of the German Experience

Wunschimitationen (Spongebob):

(in the intro here he imitates Stefan Raab, a now retired but very famous German game show host. Imitations start at 00:43)

Chabos wissen, wer der Babo ist (Original by Haftbefehl. The title means sth like "Bros know who the boss is". Haftbefehl = "arrest warrant")

Chabos wissen, wer der Babo ist (Swing/Jazz Version by Marti Fischer)

Nowadays

he makes videos about music, current music trends, song making, as well as a series called "[song] in 5 different styles"

I can especially recommend that series. He plays around with music, shows how he gets from A to B, and is generally a super upbeat and incredibly skilled and knowledgeable guy.

I also think those videos are nice for German Learners, because the music is tangible and fun, and he talks about what he does as he's doing it, while keeping it dynamic (and it's aimed at natives! :)

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24.08.2024—see how i study on the weekends? very demure, very cutesy, very academic weapon

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✅ Finished making a timetable with various copies

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Here's THE masterpost of free and full adaptations, by which I mean that it's a post made by the master.

Anthony and Cleopatra: here's the BBC version, here's a 2017 version.

As you like it: you'll find here an outdoor stage adaptation and here the BBC version. Here's Kenneth Brannagh's 2006 one.

Coriolanus: Here's a college play, here's the 1984 telefilm, here's the 2014 one with tom hiddleston. Here's the Ralph Fiennes 2011 one.

Cymbelline: Here's the 2014 one.

Hamlet: the 1948 Laurence Olivier one is here. The 1964 russian version is here and the 1964 american version is here. The 1964 Broadway production is here, the 1969 Williamson-Parfitt-Hopkins one is there, and the 1980 version is here. Here are part 1 and 2 of the 1990 BBC adaptation, the Kenneth Branagh 1996 Hamlet is here, the 2000 Ethan Hawke one is here. 2009 Tennant's here. And have the 2018 Almeida version here. On a sidenote, here's A Midwinter's Tale, about a man trying to make Hamlet. Andrew Scott's Hamlet is here.

Henry IV: part 1 and part 2 of the BBC 1989 version. And here's part 1 of a corwall school version.

Henry V: Laurence Olivier (who would have guessed) 1944 version. The 1989 Branagh version here. The BBC version is here.

Julius Caesar: here's the 1979 BBC adaptation, here the 1970 John Gielgud one. A theater Live from the late 2010's here.

King Lear: Laurence Olivier once again plays in here. And Gregory Kozintsev, who was I think in charge of the russian hamlet, has a king lear here. The 1975 BBC version is here. The Royal Shakespeare Compagny's 2008 version is here. The 1974 version with James Earl Jones is here. The 1953 Orson Wells one is here.

Macbeth: Here's the 1948 one, there the 1955 Joe McBeth. Here's the 1961 one with Sean Connery, and the 1966 BBC version is here. The 1969 radio one with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench is here, here's the 1971 by Roman Polanski, with spanish subtitles. The 1988 BBC one with portugese subtitles, and here the 2001 one). Here's Scotland, PA, the 2001 modern retelling. Rave Macbeth for anyone interested is here. And 2017 brings you this.

Measure for Measure: BBC version here. Hugo Weaving here.

The Merchant of Venice: here's a stage version, here's the 1980 movie, here the 1973 Lawrence Olivier movie, here's the 2004 movie with Al Pacino. The 2001 movie is here.

The Merry Wives of Windsor: the Royal Shakespeare Compagny gives you this movie.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: have this sponsored by the City of Columbia, and here the BBC version. Have the 1986 Duncan-Jennings version here. 2019 Live Theater version? Have it here!

Much Ado About Nothing: Here is the kenneth branagh version and here the Tennant and Tate 2011 version. Here's the 1984 version.

Othello: A Massachussets Performance here, the 2001 movie her is the Orson Wells movie with portuguese subtitles theree, and a fifteen minutes long lego adaptation here. THen if you want more good ole reliable you've got the BBC version here and there.

Richard II: here is the BBC version. If you want a more meta approach, here's the commentary for the Tennant version. 1997 one here.

Richard III: here's the 1955 one with Laurence Olivier. The 1995 one with Ian McKellen is no longer available at the previous link but I found it HERE.

Romeo and Juliet: here's the 1988 BBC version. Here's a stage production. 1954 brings you this. The french musical with english subtitles is here!

The Taming of the Shrew: the 1980 BBC version here and the 1988 one is here, sorry for the prior confusion. The 1929 version here, some Ontario stuff here, and here is the 1967 one with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. This one is the Shakespeare Retold modern retelling.

The Tempest: the 1979 one is here, the 2010 is here. Here is the 1988 one. Theater Live did a show of it in the late 2010's too.

Timon of Athens: here is the 1981 movie with Jonathan Pryce,

Troilus and Cressida can be found here

Titus Andronicus: the 1999 movie with Anthony Hopkins here

Twelfth night: here for the BBC, here for the 1970 version with Alec Guinness, Joan Plowright and Ralph Richardson.

Two Gentlemen of Verona: have the 2018 one here. The BBC version is here.

The Winter's Tale: the BBC version is here

Please do contribute if you find more. This is far from exhaustive.

(also look up the original post from time to time for more plays)

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7 Reasons you might be procrastinating and how to solve them:

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Best websites for readers!!

Storygraph [OP]

Has statistics categorizing the books you've read which is great if you want to diversify your reading or if you blank out when people ask you "What books do you read"

Goodreads

Has a bunch of reading lists to discover new books but web face is outdated and stuck in 2009 and the reviewers have a letterboxd complex, which are not great for book recommendations.

Figcat [also has a tumblr and pintrest acc]

Has extensive, diverse, niche reading lists. I cannot recomend more, you have to see it for yourself.

Classic ghost stories list

Internet archive

Honestly, the most underrated website in my opinion, maybe because I adore old books. It's somewhat like searching a thrift store but once you get the gist of the search bar it's fairly easy to navigate.

Worldcat

See what books are in your libraries!!! Great if you don't have many good bookstores nearby and borrow instead of buy.

Thriftbooks

Buy books for cheap or find rare books that are not longer published anymore. Bonus - see the marks and notes past owners have written insider the front page.

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My fav websites for studying Eng Lit <333

Jstor

Google Scholar

For pirating

Sci-hub

Annas Archive

Library Genesis

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Pledges to myself 2024/25

I will keep myself healthy: drink lots of water, take vitamins, eat fruits, fibre and protein and go to the gym min 1x per week.

I will create a routine: I will maintain a consistent sleep schedule and wake up early on weekends as it's more productive. I will commit to checking class material/writing notes or flashcards afterschool. On weekends I will get my homework done and my super-extracirculars.

I will not fall back into depression: Wash my hair 2x a week, shower consistently, bathe in sunlight, listen to calming music go out 1x per week and not socially isolated myself [beach, museums, mall, restaurant, library].

I will maintain my hobbies/interests: I will ensure that I do not neglect my true self in the chaotic pursuit of grades, given there are so many opportunities to get into my desired career path. Carving out time to watch carefully successful films, reading epubs at school and during home revision sessions but still reading the overdue physical books in my library.

I will be forgiving to myself: Balancing a healthy headspace by discouraging thoughts and comments that will degrade my mental wellbeing and self-esteem. [granted if they aren't sincere critical comments and just purely spiteful]

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My Study/Student Beliefs

Rejection is redirection

Long term>>> Short term

- Whether in exam results, skills, friendships etc

Health is wealth

- Nutrition and sleep are more important than cramming or anything else in your life. It should remain a constant. (Working on exercise tho lmao). If your body breaks, your mind will soon follow.

Misery attracts bad fortune

- You cannot let school responsibilities overtake your responsibility to keep yourself happy.

-Happy is a relative term and I'm not encouraging a "hedonistic" lifestyle. Rather you should commit to a lifestyle outside work which is a good habit to follow throughout your life. It's key to have something that helps you to get you into deep focus or reinstates your passion for learning other than your actual workload.

-For example, if you feel that you don't paint or read enough during the school term, carve out min 20 mins and start from their. The key is to break the cycle of inactivity which is neglecting the self outside "work" and "school".

-As a result you'll feel more rejuvenated and successful in doing something relaxing other than lounging and watching something on a screen passively.

Be social

- It may seem daunting at first but being isolated from your peers in crucial periods such as exam seasons is tough.

-Socialisation is great for the brain and vice versa isolation will make your memory worse and increase anxiety

-It is important to practice being social because stepping out of your comfort zone is a crucial part of learning! In future you'll need to approach teachers or head of year/Subjects you've never seen before so it's important you don't chicken out in important meetings by practicing.

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Study Trick That No One Told Me.

Division of subjects:

Every subject is learnt and graded in a different way. You can't use the same study techniques for every subject you have. You have mostly 3 types of subjects:

Memorization based

Practical/Question based

Theory/Essay based

Memorization based:

Mostly Biology, Sciences, Geography etc are fully based on memorization and so you'll use memory study techniques like flash cards and active recall.

Practical/Question based:

Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Accountancy etc are practice subjects. The more you do your questions and understand how a sum is done, the better you can score.

Theory/Essay based:

English, history, business studies etc are theory based. The more you write, the way you write and the keywords you use are the only things that will get you your grades. So learn the formats and the structure on how to write your answers

Note: Some subjects are a combination of the three. Like Economics etc

The reason we divide the subjects is because you can adopt the right study methods for the right subject. Like ex: business studies is mostly based on how you write your answer and the keywords, if you're gonna spend your time memorizing in this, it's a waste of time and energy.

Hope this helps :)

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// tips for being an a* student

by @peachblossomstudy

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