#DeepTimeToStudy

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Balance, Weekends. Despite a quick trip to the lab on Saturday and Sunday, I managed to get in a good dose of self care, which includes reading (lots!), having a cozy and warm breakfast in bed and a long run. I am into more long distance / duration runs lately. It’s so mind-freeing. I usually listen to podcasts or do a guided run from the nike running app.

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10 of 100 days of productivity // october 10th, 2017

hello!!!! i was pretending to work, at my internship, but really i was having fun drawing timeline for the Antiquity 😇😇 i also did a bit of german at my lunch break! (i know the colors are weird but whatever)

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[ thursday, may 4 ]

i’ve been really busy with ap tests this week, but i finally had time today to try out a few new supplies i purchased recently. my lamy safari came in the mail a few days earlier than expected, which was a nice birthday present! also, while i was in japan i managed to cop some copic (pun intended) sketch markers for only $3.40 a marker! honestly i had a hard time not buying all of them, i can never find them that cheap where i live. glad to almost be done with senior year, and good luck to anyone with upcoming tests!

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4 JAN 2018 :: Reading up on basic papers regarding terrestrialisation and early plant evolution. I’m going to Lille next week to give a presentation and I am really not quite sure how much they will understand of my chemistry talk, when they’re all paleontologists. It’s really hard to judge.

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Sunday, 26. August 2018 :: I had a good morning, got up around 6:30, made myself a big jug of green tea, did some yoga stretches, watched some youtube and found the motivation to actually make a trip to uni.

The whole friday I have been stressing over not having organised all my samples that I have worked up in the lab in the course of this month. It’s already some 70-100 little vials and I don’t know which box contains which samples. This has been freaking me out, so I made a plan to come in, take some time and sort through all of those little vials.

It took about 1h, maybe a bit more, to put labels on them, but I now have the peace of mind that I wanted, knowing where I stored what. It makes a huge difference to me. I might be a bit overshooting it in the organisation department, but that’s just how I am and it will probably not change.

YT Video of my day.  Video post on tumblr.

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A glimpse into my bullet journal, week 7/52 2018.

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06OCT2017 :: Short study session. Reading, reading, reading, highlighting, summarizing. I must admit, I really like my new study space.

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7 JAN 2018 :: One of my new year’s resolutions was to do more yoga, so I dedicated a year-long tracker to this habit.

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29. DEC 2017 ::: Help, I started Bullet Journaling and now i cannot stop. 😱🚨🚑📃 I spent a while practicing water colouring and lettering for the title page (the failure was documented in my story.) And also scoured some magazines ( hello @flow_magazin ) for pretty images to paste. It's so much fun.

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19 FEB 2018 :: Today was a really good day at uni. My task right now revolves around the geology of Australia, particularly focusing on drilling cores that have early Paleozoic material preserved. After months (!) of not getting ahead, I found out how to work this task only last friday and made a plan for this week. I learnt a lot today and got ahead further than I did before, when I spent about 3 weeks on the same task.

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Nothing works unless you do. I have had a quite unproductive month, to be frank. Or should I say, unproductive as long as my phd project is concerned? Because I spent the first two weeks making two posters for the conferences, then attended said conferences in another 1 ½ weeks, then gave a talk at the last day of all that long stretch and only one day later I moved into a new apartment. The moving happened last thursday, and my new flat is so so so quiet and beautiful (despite the boxes still standing around.)

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31. DEC 2017 :: I finally started a bullet journal and I couldn’t be more stoked about it. I prepared ten trackers for the whole year to check off things that are important to me:

Yoga and Reading: I do too little of both, so this has to change, since I am aware of the benefits for my mental health and overall happiness.

Strength and Running: I like to run but I often skip doing the counterpart of strengthening my muscles adequately, which often results in knee pains. I need to keep track of that.

Period and B12: It’s just interesting to see how regular (or not) aunt flow is coming by and B12 is really just a reminder to myself, to take care of myself.

Uni: Was it a stressful or an okay day? have you been productive? I want to keep track to remind myself that only a few days are super stressful in which I doubt myself and my abilities and that for the most part I’m doing alright.

I still have room for 3 other things to track. Any ideas?

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14 JAN 2018 ::: Sundaze. I’ll spend the day reading and sipping tea. Charging my batteries for the next weeks that will hopefully not be too demanding but this challenging. Have a good day!

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Stuff to do on a sunday

...or weekend for that matter. 

I thought I’d compile a little list of things that I aim to do on the weekends in order to not fall too deeply into the pit of laziness and slackdom. Feel free to add your own advice and sunday/weekend rituals. {see other advice posts}. 

Let’s get into it:

Tidy your space. Resetting your room or apartment will make a big difference in your stress levels. Having clutter laying around here and there will ultimately reflect on your mental state, so take a few minutes (it can most likely be done in 20 minutes) and take charge.

Vacuum or mop the floors. Now that the place is tidied up, take 5 more minutes to finish off and tackle dust and crumbles on the floor. 

Change your bed sheets. A freshly made bed smells and feels nice and it might even improve the quality of your sleep.

Open your windows. Let some fresh air fill your room.

Do your laundry. Mondays can be tough, so make sure you have your favorite outfit ready to wear.

Clean the dishes. Again, saving monday morning.

Exercise. Mens sana in corpore sano. Moving your body is vital to your overall well-being, so find an activity that you enjoy.

Be social. You might want to invite a friend and exercise together, go for a long walk or have a sit in with tea and cake.

Pamper yourself. Take a bath, shave, if you want, apply a face mask, use lotion, clip and file your nails, apply polish if that’s your thing. Use peeling on your skin, and conditioner for your hair.

Bake. If you find this relaxing, try a new recipe. Not only will baking make your place smell amazing, you can also spread some cookie-love. I don’t know anybody who doesn’t like receiving baked goods unexpectedly.

Listen to music. Put on the new record that you didn’t find time for to listen in the week or blast your favorite classic album.

Create. Paint, draw, grab your camera or guitar, make a vlog, write a poem, blog. Whatever you prefer.

Read a book. Have you already re-read the Harry Potter books this year? You probably should.

Go outside. Walk around, explore your neighborhood. Find a cute café, watch people walk by and sip on some tea or coffee. Go to a museum or gallery and learn something new.

Tackle unfinished task. Sit down with your planner and look for unchecked tasks in your weekly overview. Do them if absolutely necessary. However, super important tasks are probably crossed of already anyway.

Plan the upcoming week. Make a list of tasks that need to get done in the upcoming week. Try to prioritize. If you’re bullet journaling, this can be a wonderful creative outlet to decorate a few pages.

Prep food for the next day(s). Take responsibility for your nutrition and try not to depend or rely on the food that’s provided by your school, university or work place. Many meals can be cooked in bulk, stored and you’re good to go for many days, with only having to cook once. This ultimately saves time and money.

That’s about it. I hope you might have found one or another useful tip. However, there’s one last thing to do on sundays:

B e   l a z y .   It’s the weekend after all, so feel free to just not do anything at all. Try and push aside some responsibilities, stop worrying about tasks that lay in the future. Sleep in, have breakfast in bed, binge-watch your favorite show on netflix or curl up with a good book. Just chill the heck out.

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The Emerald Planet :: Today’s (and yesterday’s) desk situation. Although this is not a textbook, it helps to get a better understanding of plant evolution and the implications and consequences that plants have for our planet and its climate. It’s a fairly good read so far, even for people who aren’t thriving to write a dissertation about the evolution of green algae and plants. :>

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