#BUT I HAVE TO!!!!!! LEARN ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS!!!! OR I WONT GET INTO COLLEGE!!!!!

[tired-demonspawn]

probably the most important exam of my young adult(i suppose) life is comming up, so of course i have to be surrounded by 24/7 inspiration and be struck by the innate need to draw, instead of learning

(of course like a good unmedicated adhd haver i have opted to do neither!!!!!)

[sassycc8]

The First Snow

pairing: Analogical

wc: 913

everyonesfavoriteemo: holy shit its snowing

everyonesfavoriteemo: logan its snowing

logan: Is it now?

everyonesfavoriteemo: yes!!

everyonesfavoriteemo: its kinda slushy rn and it prolly wont stick but first snow of the yr!

logan: I imagine that is exciting.

everyonesfavoriteemo: it is trust me

everyonesfavoriteemo: i cant believe youve never seen snow

logan: I’ve seen snow, Virgil, I do travel sometimes.

everyonesfavoriteemo: yea but youve never seen a white christmas

logan: I suppose this is true.

logan: Those are rare in Florida.

everyonesfavoriteemo: exactly bc florida sucks

everyonesfavoriteemo: NE superiority

logan: Don’t you have homework, Virgil.

everyonesfavoriteemo: what are you a cop

logan: Go do your homework, you will be glad later.

everyonesfavoriteemo: but it’s chem

everyonesfavoriteemo: and no one likes chem

logan: That’s not true, I like chemistry.

everyonesfavoriteemo: do you like it enough to help me with it??

logan: You know, sometimes I think you’re only friends with me, so I can help you in school.

everyonesfavoriteemo: is that a yes?

INCOMING VOICE CALL FROM: logan

VOICE CALL ACCEPTED

“Let’s go!” Virgil cheered as the call connected.

“Yes, I know, I’m very awesome,” Logan drawls, a little crackly through Virgil’s headset.

“Something like that,” Virgil shot back as he sorted out his papers. “Okay, so we’re doing something to do with orbitals? Or something?” he sighed. “I hate this class.”

Logan hummed in thought. “Don’t fear, Virgil, we’ll get through this.” Over the line, Virgil heard Logan turn a few pages in his notebook. “Do you want me to explain electron orbitals to you?”

“Please, I don’t understand anything,” Virgil sighed.

“It’s no worries. Would you rather we video-call, so I can explain visually?”

“Sure why not.” Virgil turned on his camera, as did Logan, and both of them popped up onto Virgil’s screen. In Virgil’s window, he could see himself seated in his room, dark purple lights twinkling behind him. In Logan’s, the nerd was sitting prim and proper in his desk chair, the bookshelf behind him neatly organized without a single item out of place. Virgil smiled when he spotted the book he’d sent Logan for his birthday, the card he’d drawn peeking out of the pages.

“So,” Logan started. “Electron orbitals are essentially just the fancier version of the Octet Rule, do you remember that?”

Virgil was listening, of course, but his focus had been dragged away from his Floridian friend to the window besides his laptop. The snow had turned from the frozen rain it had been before to perfect, fluttering powder, settling neatly along the trees and grass outside. With the lamplights illuminating the snowflakes, and the occasional car driving by, taking with it the promise of someone on their way to a warm home, Virgil felt a sense of peace.

“Virgil?” Logan asked, distantly.

“It’s so pretty outside,” Virgil said breathlessly. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Logan staring at him, a small smile on his face, and a hint of… something on his face. “I wish you could see it.” Virgil turned back to his computer. “Do you think you could ever visit?”

Logan shrugged, casting a cursory glance towards his door. “I don’t know. You know how my parents are about online friends. They’d probably think I was getting kidnapped.”

Virgil laughed a little. “Yeah, I know. But hey, maybe you’ll come, and I’ll just keep you here forever, and your parents will have been right.”

Logan smiled at that, proving Virgli’s jokes had eased at least some of his worries. “Maybe, maybe. Shall we start your work, however?”

“Ugh, if you insist.”

***

INCOMING VOICE CALL FROM: logan

VOICE CALL ACCEPTED

“Hey, Logan, what’s up?” Virgil asked, fiddling with his microphone to get it in the right position.

“Virgil, I have very, very good news.”

“Yeah?”

“I got in.”

Silence. Just for a moment. A moment in which Virgil couldn’t help the instant pooling of excitement mixed with anxiety in his gut as he nearly forgot how to breathe.

“You – here?”

“There.”

“I – holy shit. Logan that – that means we’re gonna be, what, like 10 minutes away from each other.”

“Indeed.”

“Oh my god.” Virgil’s hand had yet to leave his mouth after having flown there after receiving the news. “Does that mean we can–“

“Meet? Yes, I believe so. My parents can hardly monitor my actions while I’m at university.”

“Holy shit. I- holy shit, Logan.”

“So, got any tips for New England living?” Logan asked with a smile, the very implication of Logan being near Virgil sending grins across their faces.

“Bring a coat.”

***

everyonesfavoriteemo: where are you?

logan: Upstairs. At our usual table.

Virgil shut off his phone and pushed open the doors to the campus Starbucks. Well into their junior year of college now, both Logan and Virgil had changed quite a bit. Virgil had long since retired the chemistry knowledge he learned that snowy day, and Logan only had a fraction of the books he kept in his bedroom at home in his college dorm (but it should be noted he took care to bring Virgil’s birthday book).

The biggest change, however, was that when Virgil finally caught sight of Logan sitting at the table, open book in one hand, steaming coffee in the other, he could sit next to him, rest his head on his shoulder, and even leave a small kiss on his cheek, all without a screen present.

Logan would, of course, let an endearing smile grace his features before tilting his head back onto Virgil’s. Virgil, of course, would read over Logan’s shoulder, even if he didn’t understand what the story was about.

“Logan, look,” Virgil said, gesturing to the street outside, where, as it is often wanted to do in the early Novembers of New England, the snow fell, settling on the ground for the first time that year. 

find it on AO3!: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28257057

[prorevenge]

Boy meets girl

I often pressed V for information on how she earned income but she would give conflicting answers about grants and scholarships until one day.... About 6 months after our first meeting, she finally tells me and IT. IS. NOT. GOOD. I was interviewing at a professional school when I receive the call, she's in trouble, BIG TROUBLE, and needs my help. She tells me she earns money by doing others' assignments for them. $200 to write a paper and $800 to complete an online class, usually a 100 level introductory course. She describes the method she uses to circumvent the ITs detection of others completing others assignment and how her client wasn't doing his part to copy/paste and submit from his own computer. He is failing the course and blames her. He threatens to turn her in. Her plan is to refund his money and wants me to 'follow him to see if he goes somewhere alone and take his phone' because that has all the evidence of their communications. HOLY SHIT! SHE WANTS ME TO COMMIT STRONG ARMED ROBBERY, a FELONY for her! I'm not going down for this or with her and I know nobody would believe me. ENTER: military experience - if there's no record, it didn't happen. So, I agree to help her, somehow, as soon as I return to town. I go to V's dorm the next night and she shows me EVERYTHING. Her list of clients, their blackboard passwords, how she meets them, how she defends them during honor code violations, etc. So I tell her not to worry, I'll handle everything on the day she refunds his money. Relieved, she goes to bed but before she lays down I ask to use her computer for on assignment and she says "sure do whatever you want". In my state, if you let someone use your electronics, its called "having privilege" and anything you do with their computer which may harm them is legal as if it your own computer. So, I took screenshots of her conversations with her clients, I open google settings and screenshot all the blackboard users and passwords stored on her computer. I go to her messenger and screenshot their conversations. Back home, I compiled our recordings and saved our facebook conversations. A week later, I made up an argument about an upcoming New Years Party and broke up with her. Then sat on the information I had on hand for 2 more weeks thinking about what I should do.

I remembered how she has a history of arrests from high school to freshman year for stealing from outlet malls and selling their loot online. Never formally charged. She, of course, omitted this from her application into professional school. How she admitted "finding a mark" and using them to pass her courses. How she denigrated others who were completing courses through hard work. How she used her position as honor council to get her friends out of trouble while helping to expel others for doing exactly what she was doing. How she cheated on me multiple times, used me, manipulated me, tried to make me commit a felony and ruin my life. SHE HAD TO BE STOPPED.

Knowing she was friends with the faculty on the honor council, they often bought each other gifts, I had to go above their heads. I gave names and descriptions of the events to my program director. He then goes to the honor council, anyway. I was called into the honor council's head office of "Corrupt Administrator" CA. CA tells me I should delete the information I have because it could become a civil matter and I should consider my "self preservation." She schedules another meeting with me a week later. I return and she asks if I want to make a statement about V. Guess what I said, I tell her "no, I deleted everything and I don't remember" because I was in the military and I know how to 'play ball' when superiors tell you to shut your mouth. But the most important reason I decided to not file against V directly was due to the fact I was applying for a military scholarship to pay for professional school. Since I did not follow through, the program director filed an honor code violation complaint against V on a date [suggested by CA]. A month later they tell me their investigation was inconclusive and they will close the case due to the director waiting 1 day too long to file according to the school's academic policy. CA set us up! However, since the director used my name as a source, they must notify V because students have rights to know their accusers. FUCK.MY.LIFE. CA fucked me and ruined any chance for a case against V based on a technicality. Now I fear for my safety because V tried to get me to strong arm rob someone now I just implicated a dozen cheaters who have as much as her to lose. CA schedules a meeting with V and tell her about an ongoing investigation and tells her she will be kept up-to-date. I know the investigation is over and now they are just doing formalities. V requests the information of the investigation and they promise to email it to her. V calls me for support even though we aren't together. She is crying and talking about killing herself. She tells me her dad had been paying for her college this whole time and starts coming clean with other lies. I feel bad and almost regret everything. Maybe she is not a sociopath, maybe she is really sorry. She stays at my house the next few days, I'm watching her trying to keep it together. THEN HER FUCKING CLIENTS START COMING TO MY HOUSE. She is still doing their assignments! She NEVER LEARNS!

Finally she gets the investigation info and there's my name. She calls me 130 times in 3 days, sends her friends to my classes to tell me to come to her house, finally I do. But I don't go into her room because she will trap me. She takes my phone so I can't record. She tries to get me to sign a paper saying I fabricated everything and its all false. I tell V, "They already closed the investigation, you wont get in any trouble why should I implicate myself and get in trouble? It wont solve anything!" And she pleads, "Do you still love me?" I shake my head and walk out. Two days later, police are waiting at my house to serve a 72 hour emergency protective order (EPO) commanding me to stay away from V. I know what she is up to. She is trying to get me to violate the protective order, discredit me, and send me to jail. Its very easy to lie to create one and lie to say it was violated.

NOW ITS NOT JUST REVENGE TIME, ITS WAR

Here's the plot twist: I never really deleted the files as I told CA. TYVM, Google drive.

After the 72 hours EPO expired, another EPO arrives which lasts two years but requires a court appearance. This is a huge problem because I am in the US Army reserves and it requires the handling of firearms which is illegal under an EPO. Her lawyer calls me and threatens me not to "participate in anymore investigations against her" and sends a paper tiger. I get a lawyer, lets name him "Folds like a lawn chair". He tells me "who will they believe: a pretty girl or you?" I fire him. Get a better lawyer, a trial lawyer, called "Miss Badass Esq." and prepare for war. Miss Badass requests a copy of V's EPO from the court. It essentially says I was blackmailing her, threatening to beat her up, and I broke into her room to steal incriminating information against her. All lies. I provide my lawyer the entire history of our relationship: 600 pages of facebook and text messages showing she is the aggressor, the abuser, in the relationship, phone call history, all the recordings and screenshots of her cheating ring. I make a poster sized chart of her room and the events that transpire there the day in question when she tried to trap me into signing a statement taking responsibility for her actions.

Courtdate: We made V and her lawyer look REALLY stupid. They were going with the 'pretty girl' strategy. But the dorm gave us records showing she was signing me in and out of her room, so it discredits the need to break in. The call logs: 130 times in 3 days and aggressive texts showed she wasn't actually afraid of me adn it was her, not me, being aggressive. And when he asked what I had to use to blackmail her, her lawyer said "just some tutoring papers" for which the judge said, "that doesn't sound like anything wrong. What power did that give him over you?" They had no response. My turn to speak, I explain how she tried to get me to rob a guy, how she wanted me to write a letter to take the blame, how she used her position as honor council chair to break state law and violate academic policy. And summarized we were only there because she wanted revenge on me. I watched V and her lawyer stutter and squirm uncomfortably under the judges questioning, case dismissed.

All that information I gathered to defend myself was not going to go to waste. I took it to a newly hired honor council investigator called "Meg" who had no affiliation with V. I told her what CA had done to defend V. A week later, I was told the by Meg there had been a meeting with the school police, the provost, their legal team, then the provost himself decided filed a complaint against V. I had to meet with the police to file a statement about V trying to recruit me to rob someone but other than that I was out of the loop. I later learned the results: V lost her her slot at that school's professional program, her program director yelled at her at the top of his lungs, "YOU WILL NEVER GO TO ********* SCHOOL, I KNOW ADMISSIONS AND I WILL SEE TO IT", she got expelled, her TWO degrees (biomedical engineering and biology with a minor in chemistry) were withheld for 6 years and her transcripts would carry a permanent mention of an honor code violation, her clients who graduated had their degrees retracted with similar mentions on their transcripts, and current clients were also expelled. The school changed its policy on reporting date requirements to like 60 or 90 days. Me? I am in professional school. V had her chance to get away with all of this until she tried to get revenge on me. I reduced this super villain from owning a fleet of beta male minions, being the most connected person in the university, and having a lucrative future in ripping people off in the medical industry to the last time I saw her: riding a fucking scooter.

(source) story by (/u/Apophis1942)

[verohallinto]

These are great tips for college/uni. On the topic of making friends, not all of them have to share classes with you. Make friends with people who dont share your major, talking about your courses will give you often a fresh point of view. A lot of subjects overlap in unexpected ways. I got some major inspiration for my English lit thesis from a geography major!

The 9am lectures thing.. well really depends on what your routine is otherwise. If all your classes are in the morning go for it! But if you have that one 9am lecture and everything else in the afternoon.. well you wont be happy with that.

Now buying books. This just might be my country, based on a lot of studyblr posts anyway, but the campus library will usually have at least 2copies of all course books. One that is out for loan and one for the reading room which they wont loan out. Many books will also have electronic copies. Make use of those.

E-materials in general! I know a lot of people dont like reading on a tablet or computer but try to get over that, most of your materials are available online for free through legal means!

Occasionally check what exchange student courses are available. They often have very interesting courses, sometimes theyre courses that cover things youve already studied but 1. You'll meet new people who are happy to make new friends 2. You'll learn about new cultures if youre lucky, and 3. The courses themselves, even if youve studied the same things, will have new insights as theyre designed to educate people who do not share youre cultural anf educational background. They will discuss completely new things, and things youve taken for granted, from a new perspective.

realistic tips for uni students

i’ve seen many tips for university students fly around here and i’ve noticed that some of them are either unrealistic or not necessary at all (take it from someone who has been studying 3 years already) so here are some real tips to help you

BUY. A. BACKPACK. i’ve made the same mistake and my back is in s h a m b l e s. and honestly, you don’t need an expensive one, but be sure to check if your backpack has a laptop compartment in case you bring a  laptop a to class. i know it looks unflattering as hell but trust me your back will thank you for it.

You don’t need expensive stationary. any pen or notebook will do but make sure you bring enough pens to classes, exams, etc because you don’t want to sit there panicking because your pen gave out.

on the topic of stationary ALWAYS KEEP A NOTEBOOK IN YOUR BAG what if your laptop dies? what if you want to make a reminder to yourself that you will forget about 5 minutes later? just keep a small notebook in your backpack in case you need it.

Always bring food and water! i’m particularly bad at this, not gonna lie, but especially when it’s summer and hot as hell this tip is incredibly important or you will most likely feel awful. i’m not a big breakfast eater myself because i get stomach issues from it but i make sure to bring something for either on my way to class, just before class, or during the break you might have in class. 

For those of you who menstruate: keep tampons/pads in your bag. you’re friends will thank you for it as well!

Moving on from backpack arrangements: pro-tip you don’t have to be bff’s with you teachers, especially not in your first year. later when you’re writing your dissertation, it’s can be helpful, but honestly they most likely won’t remember you in your first year and they will also most likely not grade your papers/tests either so no need to suck up

on the topic of teacher: you don’t have to attend every single office hour. if you have a question, please go, but otherwise you’re wasting your damn time

wait until your first lecture/seminar before buying books your professor will most likely say please buy this or this is optional. don’t waste money!

read the damn syllabus not just so that you know what to do before class, but also so that you know what to do in case you fall ill and what the attendance expectancy is (some professors have a 80% attendance or you will fail and others don’t give a shit)

don’t sign up for 9 am classes you won’t go okay? it seems fun at the beginning but you’re gonna end up dreading that class even though it would’ve been interesting if you were awake enough to take it in

procrastination is normal everybody does it and guess what? YOU DON’T NEED TO GET ALL A’S!!!! strive for it? great! but work yourself until you’re crying from the stress and thinking about dropping out because you can’t handle it? not so great!

mental health is more important than that 4.0 GPA speaks for itself but also if there is something going on please talk to your student advisor or tutor! you can better warn them in advance than try to build a case after you flunked that assignment/exam

try to make friends honestly it will make your uni experience so much nicer. and i get social anxiety, but at least try to get on friendly terms with people so you have notes when you’re sick, a partner when there is group work to be done, and just a friendly face when it’s all too much!

wear comfortable clothes yes i get the need to look cute but honestly when you’re freezing in your lecture hall because you wanted to wear that one top, you’re gonna be mad at yourself. also bring a jacket/scarf to put over yourself when you know a lecture hall/classroom is cold as hell it helps, trust me.

have fun sounds cliche but sign up for that one class that has absolutely nothing to do with your major but it looks fun, go out partying with your new buddies and stay up later than you should, it’s okay. nobody is all study all the time and you get to enjoy yourself. just find something fun in everything you learn even if you f-ing despise that one course because it will help you get through these years!

[messyspacespades]

Dear Dad,

I hate you. From the way you treat me, to the way you treat my brother, to the way you treat my mom and almost everyone around you, makes me think you have no heart. I don't care how you grew up, I don't care what your philosophy is, I don't care what your political views are. I don't give two shits about whatever excuse you give me.YOU make your own personality, your own morals. Not your ADHD, not your parents, not your teachers, not your past. I would have think that you would have learned that some people are incapable of forgiving abuses against them. Children especially. They'll not only never forgive you, they'll hate you for it for the rest of their lives!

I have never forgiven you for any slaps you have given me. You said that was when I was smart mouthing you. I don't care, I still don't. I was 3. You don't slap a child like that. And then, that time in 6th grade, where you got mad at me for something such as taking 3 brownies and it just escalated. I stood up to you, said I was sick of your shit and how all you do was get made at me and mom for little things and how I hated you for it. Dad, you don't grab a child like that, rip their backpacks off their arms so hard their shoulders hurt for days afterward, drag them up the stairs, literally toss them on the bed, and start shaking them like that. You where cursing at me, and it almost felt like it was something that I had to deal with daily. I was scared, yes, but not as scared as I should have been. When you left my room, and started "crying" and "howling," I thought you were faking it. All of it. I didn't even care by that point.

In 8th grade, you were lecturing me on the fact that I liked following the development of a game called "Yandere Simulator." All you did was say that the developer was a sick psycho even though that kind of crap happens in real life and all you do is ignore it. I got mad, and decided to  leave. I said "I need a moment," and when I walked out. I accidentally slammed the baby gate. I slammed the bathroom door because, well, you can't really slam it. You can try, but it still wont make a loud noise. I was on the floor, trying to take deep breaths to calm myself down.

You got mad, no, you got pissed off. Enraged. I heard you stomping, and you didn't give me time to lock the door. You were trying to get in, and I was trying to keep you out. I was terrified. I'm getting scared just thinking about it. By the time you got in there, I was squeeze between the doorway and the wall. I could barely breathe. You tried to yank me up by my ankles, but I kept squirming. I was fearing for my life. I thought I was going to be beaten horribly or even beaten to death by my own father. This went on for... a few minuets I think. You were yelling something at me, but I don't even remember what you said. I think you were swearing something at me. I just remember me screaming, yelling at you to stop and to leave me alone. I had  even started screaming for help, at one point. I even remembered what he said I should do, that I should "Kick them in the dick," and that's what you did. Eventually, you got a good grip on me. You picked me up by my ankles, and put me on the toilet. I tried to punch you, slap you, anything. When I did try, you positioned yourself so that I wouldn't be able to move my legs, and grabbed my arms instead.

"This is it," I thought, "I'm going to die. Maybe death will be for the best..."

Mom stopped you before you could land the first blow. You let go of me, took a step back. I started hyperventilating, or you caused by first sensory overload. Either way my fear crashed in on me like a tsunami. My heart was pounding. It almost felt like I could no longer even breathe around you. I couldn't even move. You and mom had to drag me out to the living room and put a blanket on my head. It took me so long to stop.

All that, because you didn't want my brother to wake up. All that hurt, that pain, that fear, that anger,

just 

because

you 

didn't

want 

my brother

to wake

UP.

You're so controlling of me. I made on mistake, and I even learned from it, and I still get no breathing room. I cant to anything with my phone because, even when you say "its a tool, not a toy," I still don't have the tools to use it in school or anything. The reason I don't like you or mom looking on my computer is because you caused me to believe that anybody that gets their hands on my electronics means they're going to snoop. I'm scared you're going to delete my DeviantArt and Tumblr  account! That you're going to delete all I've worked so hard for and make it harder for me to do anything! You wonder why I spend all my time on the internet. It's not because I don't want to face reality, its that every time I come home, all I see is a controlling, abusive monster that makes me feel so horrible about myself. I escape to the internet because I feel more appreciated by strangers that say "I love your art style!" in the comments on DevaintArt! I don't want to be with anyone because you don't even allow me to ride my bike up to McDonald's to get a chocolate shake, all because you're so suspicious of my activities. You always think that I'm texting a sexual predator! The last time I remember me being sad when you left was when I was 6!

I question if you even love me. I can't tell. Whenever you tell me that you think that my art is really impressive, for a moment I feel like you do! But then, it diminishes, and all I can do is wait for college to come so I can move away and never see you again. I worry for my brother, because now he has attachment issues. He'll want someone to stay with him in the kitchen when he eats sometimes. I worry that you're going to go beyond what you're doing when I leave and turn physical. I love to dream that you dont exist: that mom married a BETTER MAN than YOU!

I've done research about this, and I've found that what you're doing in borderline physiological abuse! Sometimes I blame myself, that I'm the problem, but then I realize that half the time I'm doing nothing wrong. You recently yelled at me to get off the computer after mom told you that she was fine and didn't need help when you hit her with the door. I was just sitting there, minding my own business, and you yelled at me.

If you want for me to end our relationship on bad terms, if you want for me to finally say "Enough is enough" and call the police on you, then keep doing what you're doing. I will come and spit on you when you finally die.

Without any love, Your Daughter

[deliciouslycasualgardener-blog]

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[shameikablack]

The Reality of “Working Around Your Energy”

One of the new hot topics in the world of work is managing your energy or, using your natural energy rhythm to be more productive. Here are a few articles for reference: Schedule Your Day Around Your Energy for Better Results,  Manage Your Mental Energy to be More Productive at Work, and The Secret to Better Work: Manage Your Energy Not Your Time.

As someone, that’s naturally efficient and fairly conscious of my energy and mental engagement at any given time, my initial thought to this was – duh! However, I came across this article recently, How to Design Your Ideal Work Day Based on Your Sleep Habits, and was outright mad. The premise is simple; sleep expert, Michael Breus, identified four “chronotypes” that correspond to your body’s natural sleep habits and energy patters. These chronotypes are classified using animals – bears, lions, wolves, and dolphins. Breus’ believes that “your chronotype can offer a roadmap for taking advantage of your body’s natural energy flows.”  

Makes sense, so why was I mad? Because, what the article didn’t take into account was that our decisions can impact behavior and thus, we can choose to sleep differently, and almost everything we do impacts our energy. For example, choosing to take a walk versus grabbing another cup of coffee, can extend your energy level, but may not provide a burst of energy has a high as the coffee might.

I forwarded this article to my personal trainer, Stephen Cornely of Triad Wellness Philly. We’ve been working together for 3 years now and I respect his opinion as an expert in comprehensive health and wellness. His response was surprising so I wanted to share a physical trainer’s perspective on this new work trend.

Q: Steve, what are your initial thoughts on managing your energy or, using your natural energy rhythm to be more productive?

A: I’m not sure I agree with the statement that we all have a “natural” energy rhythm.  The human body is a very adaptable organism and I believe our “natural energy rhythm” is based on our daily obligations and lifestyle.  For example, when I became a personal trainer, I needed to start working at 5 AM because that’s an opportunity bring in clients before starting their work day. Currently, I work all morning, have a little afternoon siesta and then work again in the evening when people are done with their typical 9-5. In college, I was regularly up until 4 AM and slept until noon. My daily schedule had to change drastically and quickly.  Now even on days I don’t work, the latest I can sleep will be 7 or 8 AM. So, there’s nothing is really “natural” about my rhythm – or yours - at all, rather, it is a product of my lifestyle.

Q: What does the average person need to know about their body’s energy levels?

A: The average person needs to know that the body is a highly complex thing.  It can take months to years to figure out exactly what is affecting your energy levels and how to take control of those things. Also understand that your energy levels are exactly that: YOURS.  Now granted, there are everyday stressors in life that are out of your control but the things that you should prioritize to keep your energy levels in a good place (nutrition, exercise, sleep, mental health) are in your control. If you take the time to make these things a priority and create schedules for yourself, your body will most certainly adapt over time. 

Q: Say more about how past behavior or decisions can impact energy now?

A: Some basic examples of how past behavior can affect current energy levels include the obvious – caffeine and food. Caffeine will cause an immediate increase in alertness or energy whereas a huge meal where you overstuff yourself will decrease your energy level.  

A more complex example is something called cumulative fatigue. This is fatigue that happens over the course of days or weeks and is more commonly referred to as burnout.  

Let’s say in the new year you jump into a new workout routine after taking 3 months off and you’re doing 60 minutes of HIIT (high-intensity interval training) 3x/week!  On top of that, you’ve seriously changed your diet to cut out processed food and lowered your calorie intake by 200 cals/day.  Simultaneously, things at work get busy and you have to work an extra hour/day 2 days a week.  Your kid starts hockey practice in January so you have to get up 30 minutes earlier 2x/week to drop them off at the rink.  And “This is Us” is starting a new season so you have to stay up an extra hour to get your weekly cry session in before bed, obviously.

What do you think will happen to your body with the increase energy expenditure, decrease in caloric refueling, decrease in sleep, and higher stress at work and with the kids?  This is too much catabolic processes (break down) and not enough anabolic processes (build up) to keep the body healthy.  Chances are you will either end up getting sick, hurt, or just quit your exercise, diet, or tv watching (as if) and replace it with sleep and/or overeating.

This is why its imperative to create small, manageable changes in lifestyle and see how they affect your energy levels over the course of a few weeks and allowing your body to adapt to one change at a time!

Q: How can and can’t you improve or increase energy levels?

A: As discussed earlier, the body adapts to the stimuli that is presented to it and over time it can get really good at dealing with these stimuli. The issue is that it needs TIME to adapt.  If we don’t run on a schedule everyday then our body wont know when to be energized or when its time to relax.  However, if you keep your wake-up time, bed time, and meal times roughly the same everyday, your body will be able to better regulate energy levels.

Some other things that you can do for sustained energy levels are to exercise more and eat more nutritious food – meaning foods that have more vitamins and minerals per calorie (learn more about those foods here) because the body uses these to help fuel metabolic processes. Creating a good exercise habit is difficult and tiring in the beginning but start slow, give it time, and you will see that movement begets energy because of the body’s natural adaptability.

Gaining energy can also be about removing the things that are depleting your natural energy levels such as a reliance on caffeine and unnecessary sensory input from electronics. Yes, caffeine can provide a boost when necessary however if you “need” it on a regular basis at a certain time of day, its likely your body has become dysfunctional and reliant on a drug which in turns prevents the body from running on its own energy.   

Our use of television, phones, and computers at night before bed also impact our energy levels.  The external stimulus, although feels relaxing because we typically have to do less critical thinking and can zone out to the entertainment, actually excites our brain through our senses (loud noises & bright light can make our brain think its ready to be energized).  It would be better to actually relax through reading, journaling, meditating, or small discussion with loved ones prior to bed in order to start the down-regulation process required to fall asleep.

Q: What’s your advice to people that want to be more productive throughout their work day?

A: Prioritize your own health first, set goals for the day & complete them, and cut out the things that won’t make you proud of yourself tomorrow.

Want to find sustained energy? Contact Steve for a free, 1-hour training session, virtual or in-person! To get more accomplished during the day, send me an email.

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Book Creator for Chrome: Product Review, Tips and Tricks for Teachers

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

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Book Creator has long been a favorite app on the iPad, and now it’s available for Google Chrome. Students who use Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, iPads, or any other device can now create books with this versatile, easy-to-use app.

Post sponsored by Book Creator. All opinions my own.

Right now, my students are creating books about their heroes. We’ve been using Joseph Campbell’s model of “the hero’s journey” in our class, and each of my students will be creating a six-page book on his or her hero. They’ll be adding photographs, videos, audio and text about their hero.

Standards: I’m using this project as a summary of all the graphic design lessons that I’ve taught my students, everything from color to fonts. I’m expecting them to use these principles in their books, but I’m also hoping that they’ll create a great keepsake commemorating why their hero is so special to them. Many of my students have chosen to write about their parents or grandparents, so the results could (and should) be outstanding.

Students are loving writing their own books for the world with book creator. So excited!

Interactivity: Book Creator is different from many other tools because you can actually record your voice with it, as well as linking to videos in these fully interactive books. Kids can create them in a snap and use them as portfolios of their work.

Collaboration: With a click of a button, we can combine the books and publish them as a class. So when this project is over, each of my students can proudly point to their work in a combined book called The Book of Heroes.

Audience: Remember that audience improves student learning—nobody wants to do wastebasket work. Students will be able to download their books as PDFs and print them. They can also send them as eBooks that people can read on their mobile devices or computers. They’ll be able to do this with their individual books as well as with the class hero anthology.

Book Creator Features

Some of my favorite features include:

Many different book sizes

A range of styles from traditional books to comic books

Each classroom gets 40 free books

Customizable font, colors, shapes, and background images

Ability to add video and audio (Note: these won’t be interactive when you print, but they’re powerful additions to the 21st-century book.)

How Does Book Creator Work?

I made the above tutorial to show you how to set up Book Creator, but honestly, you don’t really need it. All you have to do is go to the Book Creator landing page and click the “I am a teacher” button. They’ll set you up with a free teacher account, and you’ll be ready to go! You’ll have your 40 free books, and you’ll also get a demo book that will guide you through using Book Creator. Just follow the instructions in the book, and you’ll know what to do.

The demo book is a great place to practice—you can’t hurt anything, and everyone gets their own individual little practice book. Call this a sandbox, and let them play there to learn about all of Book Creator’s features.

Possibly the best way to introduce students to this tool is by having them understand that they can put their best work on display for people to look at. Kids want an audience, and Book Creator for Chrome gives us that. This fantastic addition to your class lets students create audience-facing works for authentic assessment that can also be keepsakes from their year in your classroom.

Here’s a class library for an elementary classroom. Book Creator is an awesome tool for classrooms of all ages. From my high school classroom to this elementary classroom.

Vint Cerf, one of the “fathers” of the internet, often talks about something called “bit rot.” We put so much online yet we’re not really making an effort to preserve it.

Well, Book Creator is a great way to preserve student work because you can print these books to create an archive. However, you can still keep them in easy digital reach on your phones, digital ebook reader, or any electronic device. This tool is the best of both worlds.

Who Can Use Book Creator?

Book Creator is perfect for kids of all ages. I’ve seen books made by kindergarteners, college students, and special needs kids. I’ve mentioned it in many of my podcasts, and I’m excited that such a useful, versatile app is coming to Chrome.

Get started. So set up your Book Creator for Chrome today, and tweet me a link to your books when you get them done.

Privacy Settings. Remember that the privacy settings can be adjusted. You can have the students see just their own book and share them only with you. But after you’re done with the project, it’s possible to share these books with others—and even publicly if you choose.

As the teacher, I can publish the books I choose to share and that have parent permission.

Let your students’ imagination and expertise run wild. Give them a chance to proudly own their work. See what they can create when they know their work truly matters.

Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored blog post.” The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

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Trump And Republicans Expect You To Die, Joe Public

Are you Joe Public? One of Americas more than 94 million permanently unemployed? A doctor, truck driver, or other worker at risk of technological unemployment? Then you, Joe, had best learn a new word: Democide.

Whats democide? Its the killing of people by a government most often based on their socioeconomic status.

The Republican healthcare plan, the AHCA dubbed Trumpcare earlier this week, is more than mean-spirited. It is madness. It is that pure evil that oozes up from the cracks of greed, selfishness, and self-entitlement.

Is it outside the realm of possibility for that small sect of the wealthiest Social Darwinists, who believe that the rich and powerful are the product of natural selection, and their well-paid Republican think tanks and politicians, to entertain the notion of thinning the herd?

What has their agenda been in Trumps first 50 days? Keep more poor people from entering the country. Thin the herd. Deport the working poor. Thin the herd.

You dont have to have a Paul Ryan Powerpoint presentation to figure out that Trumpcare, which proposes moving millions of people from Medicaid to tax credits, isnt just an accounting sleight of hand to have the government pay for healthcare without really calling it a social program. It is a reverse redistribution of wealth, back to the haves, that can only have one absolute effect.

Democide.

If that sounds like the premise for some cheesy Hollywood future Nazi flick, think again. Democide is not uncommon in human history. Simple starvation is usually the class weapon of choice. The Irish famine killed an estimated million people, and Stalins starvation of the USSR, most notably Ukraine, sent as many as 49 million people to their deaths.

There are 94.7 million Americans who are considered not in the labor force, not even seeking a job, a number which jumped again another 664,000 in 2016, CNBC reports.

Out of 209 million working-age Americans, thats a staggering 45 percent of the workforce, which may explain why Democratic tone-deafness to their plight pushed ballots for Trump in key rust belt states.

While the GOP distracts us with border walls, and pits poor and threatened middle class whites against equally struggling minorities and immigrants, two forces are at work, which conservatives assiduously avoid discussing, that have huge ramifications to every American and most of the economies of the planet.

Automation and global warming.

Automation affords us all kinds of wonders. Instant global communications, cool games, amazing images, better cars, new medicines. Used properly, it can bring humanity greater prosperity, health, and well being. That is, if, of course, you believe that all human beings have equal worth, and, freed of work by the machines, can be equally supported, along with the rich and powerful, by the technology that takes them out of the working world.

Republicans, of the Social Darwinist/Randian selfish stripe, though, hold a darker world view of that automation, rooted in their selfish dogma. They arent just rethinking your right to healthcare. Theyre mulling over how many of us are really all that necessary in this brave new world.

The assembly line, the warehouse of the 21st century, doesnt use sweatshop labor. Robots in a warehouse dont eat, sleep, drink, need breaks, have family problems, or health issues.

If you are a college-educated professional smugly thinking that you arent vulnerable like your blue collar brethren, think again.

IBMs Artificial Intelligence program, Watson is beginning to outthink physicians in diagnostics, and radiology and pathology to the point that many types of medical jobs in those fields will go away soon. Robotic surgery reduces error and improves patient outcomes. One estimate is that 80 percent of doctors will be unnecessary by the mid-century.

Uber is already replacing humans with pilotless cars. Mercedes, amongst others, is well on the way to delivering pilotless trucks to the worlds highways. So shed another estimated 4.8 million professional drivers from the workforce. Recalling antiques like land-line telephones, if people just start using cars by calling them up on their apps and just paying by the ride, rather than owning one, kiss 1.4 million auto dealership jobs goodbye, and perhaps 600,000 independent mechanics who wont be working on fleet pilotless cars. In all, more than a third of the population could find itself jobless as a result of automation in this century.

The Great Recession was the Great Realignment by Americas corporations, paper pushers made obsolete by the first major wave of automation by personal computers in the office space. Electronic documents and cloud computing will continue that downward trend in basic office jobs. CEOs earned huge bonuses for firing people who had been technologically unemployed but still working at Americas corporations, for years.

Robots will soon drive, lift, nail, climb fearful heights, fix broken sewage pumps in toxic conditions, and a host of other jobs better, longer and cheaper than humans in North America.

Millions of Americans are just, frankly, unnecessary as labor. As automation continues, millions more will be displaced, and no one, Republican or Democrat, is talking about what we do to restructure a society where work no longer defines us.

The second 400-pound elephant of the Republicans quiet agenda is Global Warming.

We know that folks like the Kochs want to protect their big oil business and deforestation. Even though they wont allow state and Federal agencies to even talk about the rising temperatures, the people paying for stupid arent stupid. They know that with a temperature increase, the prospect of famines in the land of plenty grow. They, the chosen, must survive.

This is why Trumpcare can be viewed as its own more subtle variation of Final Solution. If you think thats hyperbole, consider outcomes.

A fast-food worker with Type II diabetes, who makes $22,000 a year, gets an estimated Trumpcare tax credit of $700. That leaves them $500 or more short of their health insurance premium costs alone, and thousands of dollars short of paying high insurance co-pays and non-covered expenses of thin Trumpcare insurance. People do not seek care that they cant afford. Diabetics, and millions of others with chronic illness, or long-term disability, will die younger.

Trumpcare, which would allow insurers to raise rates on the elderly by 30 percent, and knock 4 to 6 million Medicaid recipients off of state rolls by 2024, leads to state-sponsored killing of the poor for being poor. Meanwhile, under Trumpcare, as proposed, the wealthy will get a big tax rebate. Why? It maintains the income inequality that only further accelerates the weeding out process.

In a time where medicine and science have largely rid the world of plagues, world population is on the rise and resources, like food and timber, thanks to global warming, are threatened. Make healthcare unaffordable, and people die.

There is no Republican rhetorical ruse that works around that.

The irony is that Trump supporters most at-risk, nibbling on his blue rat pellet promises of making America great again, are the ones that are most targeted by the weeding.

All regimes that engage in this type of madness hold out the hope of salvation through their strong hand, only to crush the weak where it suits them, when it suits them.

Trumpcare is a plot worthy of another orange-haired villain, Auric Goldfinger:

Goldfingers parting words to the hero, James Bond, I want you to die, are easily envisioned to be the parting words to you, Joe.

Joe Public: How do you expect me to function if Im not healthy enough to work? If there is no job for me?

Auric Trump: No, Mr. Public. I expect you to die! You are a drag on the economy, and on the food supply that, with the damage we do to the planet, will be shrinking, bigly. I dont need as many of you as consumers. You threaten dwindling resources, and theres nothing that you can do to make us wealthier.

Goodbye, Joe.

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