#I wish google docs allowed you to organise things in folders

[resident-gay-bitch]

Im bored and demotivated as fuck this week, so let’s play a game!

Below is a list of every single one of my wips (mini fics + multi chaps), and you can send me an ask with a question about it and/or I’ll describe the plot!! I’ll answer absolutely anything about it :)) (Stranger Things & Marauders Era)

Stranger Things Wips:

Primarily steddie works but others there as well :)

That’s Alright Now Mama (might change)

3 Is Better Than 2 (not the real name I just haven’t come up with one yet) (+18)

Smut About Us? (+18)

Growin Up Ain’t Easy (might change name)

Cooked To Perfection

Steal My Heart, Sweetheart (might change)

Poolside Infidelity (+18)

Sticky Notes :)

Freak Chronicles / Superache (this one’s all over the place atm there are like 3 diff endings I’ve started) (+18)

Don’t Go Cave Diving

Kiss Me, I’m Desperate! (+18)

Lovers Live A Little Longer

But Daddy, I Love Him!

12 Days Down Under (+18)

Master Of Puppets

Lola, Lo-Lo-Lo-Lo-Lola

At The End Of The Road I’ll Find You

Hooked On You (+18)

Soccer Dads

Getting Better

Stood Up (+18)

Best Friends Brother (+18)

3+1 Sexuality Crisis (hasn’t got a name)

Marauders Era Wips:

Features wolfstar, prongsfoot, starkiller & a lot more (I am a rarepair multi shipper)

Spellbound

Azkaban AU (haven’t come up with a name yet)

Blood Sucker (+18)

Heaven Is Not Fit To House A Love Like You And I (might change) (+18)

Total Trans Train wreck (might change)

Pulling Pigtails

Put Your Loving Hand Out Baby / On Your Knees And I’m Beggin’ / There Is A Light That Will Never Go Out (I like all of these and can’t choose) (+18)

You’re Safe Here, Love

What If He Loved Him?

Gender Euphoria (haven’t come up with a name yet)

I Want You, Creep (+18)

Paper Flowers

Family Matters

This Could Be A Disaster (+18)

Loving Each Other Without Me? (Might change)

Supernova (+18)

Tree House

For Your Pleasure (+18)

Oh Love, I know

This Is The End Of His World

Kinda Fucking Obsessed Now (+18)

That Don’t Impress Me Much

Kinktober 2024 wips (+18)

Can I Kiss You Yet?

[lildioraddict]

♡ phone organisation ♡

Since I spend a lot of time on my phone (i’m trying to fix this i promise!!) I’ve made some changes to make it optimal for my lifestyle!

Cute wallpapers

I get wallpapers off pinterest! I go for something arty and creative to make me happy, but i’ve also seen girls put their vision boards here! I usually do a cute colour theme and keep the home screen simple

Home screen organisation

I keep most of my apps organised into folders, with my most common apps (bank, notes, my workplace app, safari) without folders for easy access. I also keep messages/phone/spotify on the bottom bar

The new widgets feature for iphone is good to keep track of steps, screen time and have motivational notes/reminders! The pinterest widget is very helpful for displaying your vision board in a subtle way, it rotates the picture every hour to remind you of your goals throughout the day.

Limiting your phone usage

I delete most social media apps I am prone to scroll through, and only reinstall them when i need to post something! Another option is turning off notifications on these apps so the evil masterminds trying to suck you in to being addicted can’t tempt you with “so and so posted to their story!!”

Keeping track of your screen time also helps, I find that putting the time locks on apps doesn’t help very much as I always just bypass it, so i delete the apps instead.

Putting the Do Not Disturb timer helps too, I usually do it from 8pm to 9am to avoid texts/calls and respond to people in my own time.

It’s best to reduce your phone usage so you have more time for you instead of worrying about everyone else’s lives!! freeing up those hours means more time for education, nurturing your wellness, self care and self improvement.

My must-have apps

Photo editing

Picsart - remove distractions/mess from the background of pics, some cute filters such as polaroid effects

Airbrush- for light editing of selfies etc, the acne tool also helps remove distractions/dust

Colourtone, snapseed - cute filters, adjust lighting etc in pics

Google Photos- MUST HAVE for backing up camera roll, keeps all ur photos in a secure place and you can save space on your phone by mass deleting pics after they’ve been backed up

Productivity

Notion - I’m still getting used to using this but it’s an amazing customisable tool to organise lists, calendars, links, uni work, finances etc. Takes a little work to set up but after that it’s a great place to refer back to and use as a planning/productivity tool

Forest - cute way to stop yourself using your phone so much! you set a timer and a tree grows while you are off your phone, it dies if you attempt to use your phone for more than a minute

Pinterest- for vision boards, fashion inspo, art, home decor etc.

Google drive/docs- I do all my school work on docs and store everything I need in my drive including ebooks and scanned documents. Easy to access anywhere eg. in uni libraries, friends computers etc and if you run out of space you can get 100gb for only $2.50 a month which is amazing

Etc

Flo - amazing for tracking periods, gives you some peace of mind for next time you have a pregnancy scare lol and doubles as a fitness/health tracker

Raiz - I think this is australian only (?) but similar apps are out there. It allows you to invest small amounts of money such as $50 or even rounds up your purchases and invests the change (eg 0.60 from your $4.40 morning coffee)

My fitness pal - good for tracking calories and weight loss (but can be somewhat triggering so I avoid counting calories most of the time)

Reddit - can be helpful for finding advice about niche topics and funny shit! my fav subreddits are r/wholesomememes, r/konmari, r/AmItheAsshole, r/getdisciplined, r/nosurf, r/decidingtobebetter, r/lingerieaddiction

Podcasts - I listen to a podcast or two daily on my daily walk and they can be helpful while cleaning etc to help educate yourself. My favourites are She’s On The Money (great for learning about finances), Shameless (pop culture, feminism, news but delivered by two funny and lovable girls), Rise & Conquer (wellness, lifestyle, motivation), The Art of Manliness (ignore the name lol but lots of helpful episodes about fitness, productivity, being charismatic etc) and The Simple Sophisticate (calming podcast about a simple feminine luxurious lifestyle).

Other tips

use your notes app!! I use this for dreams, wish lists, todo lists, reminders, passwords, everything lol i have like 1500 notes

clean out your photos regularly, google photos helps with this a lot! sort them into monthly albums and delete screenshots and dud pictures you don’t need

Aim to avoid using your phone for an hour after you wake up, I get ready and dressed to workout, have my coffee and go for a walk (wearing my cellular apple watch for safety + music) before i open any apps. Same goes for an hour before sleeping! I put my phone away while i do my skincare, pyjamas, journaling and reading before i sleep.

So that’s a run down of important things I do on my phone!! I hope this gave some helpful tips, if anyone has any other tips for reducing screen time pls let me know because i need them lol ♡

[smilestudy]

Hello! Now that most of us are home with not much to do, I thought I’d share a process that might help you stay productive and organised.

What is a digital cleanse? A digital cleanse (to me anyway) is the digital version of spring cleaning. This is the time to make sure your devices are tidy and organised. I have separated this post into four different areas to tackle while completing a digital cleanse.

I will most likely make a more in-depth post on this aspect very soon as I believe it is super important to keep your computer clean, especially as a student.

Folders are your best friend!

Organise all the items on your computer desktop into appropriate folders.

I suggest at least creating a general folder for school and then creating subfolders for each class.

Do I really need this?

You’ve probably dragged and dropped a lot of random images or downloads onto your desktop that you just never opened.

Go through every item on your desktop and either delete it or finding it a spot in a folder.

If you’re indecisive on where it goes or if you want to delete it, create a “misc” folder to throw all the random items.

Trash and Finder Applications

Sort through the trash bin icon and ensure that everything in there is okay to be deleted and then click “empty!”

I am not sure what the equivalent to this is on non-Mac computers but go through the Finder application, especially the applications and downloads, and delete anything you no longer need or use

Your computer browser is frequently overlooked when cleaning up your computer. Which is a shame because it’s where most of us spend most of our time while on our computer!

Bookmarks Bar:

If you’re like me, you constantly bookmark sites and then never go back to them again

First, go to your bookmark manager and immediately delete links that you have zero interest in returning to.

Then, separate the remaining links into different categories and create folders for each.

Some folder ideas: “sources” (for when you’re writing academic essays), “google drive” (for those that use docs, slides, sheets, etc), “articles to read”, “wishlist” (i have my wishlist folder separated into further subfolders for “books” and “clothes”), “recipes”, “things to do” (for any museums, shows, experiences you want to check out in your city)

Make sure to have your email and any school websites on your bookmarks bar. I also like to have Wikipedia saved there too as I’m always reading about something there.

Little tip: Avoid keeping social media websites on your bookmarks bar to avoid distractions. Instead, create a folder titled “Social Media” to keep on your bookmarks bar just so those sneaky Tumblr and YouTube logos aren’t tempting you but you still have easy access!

Extensions:

Uninstall any extensions that you no longer use

While you’re at it, install some helpful extensions!

My favourite extensions (for Chrome) are:

Honey: Automatically applies coupons when you shop online

Grammarly: Helps fix any spelling or grammar mistakes

YouTube Blocker: Allows you to block any creators or keywords from showing up on your homepage or the recommended sidebar

This one is fairly self-explanatory and I’m pretty sure most of us clean out our social media profiles periodically. I will list some additional places to tidy up in addition to the obvious ones.

Unfollow people on all platforms that no longer make you happy or that you are just no longer interested in

Clean out Tumblr and Twitter drafts + saved posts on Instagram and Facebook

Delete posts that you are no longer happy with or proud of having on your social media accounts

Check out your muted lists on various platforms and go ahead and unfollow them

Clean out, edit, or delete Pinterest boards, YouTube lists (especially the Watch Later list), and Spotify playlists. 

Delete any books you are no longer interested in reading on Goodreads

Delete any shows or movies you are no longer interested in on Netflix

Edit, add to, or delete wish lists on shopping websites

This is another self-explanatory one and a place that many of us already clean up occasionally as well. Here are my suggestions on how to tidy up and organise your phone:

Delete any apps you no longer use, distract you too much, or that you never even opened

Tip: Use the screen time feature on your phone to see what apps you spend the most time on to help you with this

I do recommend keeping some games on your phone that can be played on airplane mode to keep you busy while commuting, such as Sudoku, any word games, Tiny Wings, etc.

Clean out your Safari tabs

I personally tend to have a million tabs open on Safari that I literally never go back to

Exit out of anything you no longer need and consider transferring any links to your bookmarks bar on your computer

Clean out your Photos app

Idea: create folders for individual people in your life. For example, have a folder titled your friend’s or significant other’s name and put all your photos with/of them in there.

I am clearly a big fan of folders so here are some more folder recommendations: separate folders for each city you’ve visited, folders for specific dates or events, folders for your pets, or how about a meme folder? 

Make sure to “heart” or favourite photos you look at often for easy access. I keep a photo of my timetable, a bus schedule, and the campus map in my favourites album.

Clean out your Notes app:

I know most people’s notes app is filled with the most random things ever.

Delete anything that just makes no sense or that you no longer need.

Consider merging different notes if you’re like me and keep a lot of login information, passcodes, security questions, etc in there. Just put them all in one note.

Other tips:

If you really have the time, delete any contacts for people that you really don’t think you’ll ever contact again. 

Try out a different organisation system for your apps for a change

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