#procrastinating my uni portfolio

[beeqisch]

timkon + bart

[thekrows-nest]

Hihi, what does Eli's daily schedule look like? Is it more flexible and not too structured? Does he have a specific plans for things? When may we encounter him? Also what kind of student is he, like more studious with no breaks or more laid back kinda? Does he procrastinate?

sorry this was a lot of questions at once

It's okay Blushyyy. (and holy shit my ask box Blushy omg. *wheeze*)

So Eli's general schedule is fairly structured. He has a way of Doing Things and does get a bit irritated if it's not Done The Right Way. Even if what that looks like doesn't make a whole lot of sense to other people.

A typical day for Eliyah is: - Get up, have breakfast, shower, other hygiene stuff, head on out - Usually stop in for a cup of coffee (take a wild guess as to where he goes) - Go to school. He will go out for lunch - After school he'll spend time working on building his portfolio. So going around the city and outside it to take pictures on various things. - Get home, perhaps do some editing/fine tuning of photos. - Relax some. Be it reading, watching something or the like - Get ready for bed.

You/Dove are most likely to encounter him at the cafe you/Gabby work (unless you prefer to work elsewhere, but my general headcanon is Dove works with Gabby at a coffee shop/cafe) or at the university. It is possible that Dove is a student at the same uni as Eli. There is, of course, "coincidentally" bumping into him when he is out taking pictures.

As for what kind of student he is, he's a bit more laid back, even can be a bit of a procrastinator. He believes he can get away with it since he is a gifted photographer (and he is fairly right).

[runninguplenorahills]

Lenora you’re back!!!!!💕💞💕💞

How have you been?

Heyyyy✨🌞

I’ve been doing pretty great honestly. I got through my finals and I actually did quite well :)). I didn’t take the biology exam though because holy fuck I can’t even do simple math and we were supposed to do crazy equations, no calculators allowed💀. So yeah, didn’t study at all and woke up in a cold sweat like three days before the exam and quickly set myself on inactive because I would’ve definitely fucking flunked it. But English went great, got one of the best grades out of the entire course for my presentation I was sweating buckets over beforehand, linguistics went well as well and the rest was just pass or fail and fortunately I passed but I’m still waiting on a feedback for my pedagogy portfolio. Speaking of waiting, I spent weeks in February working on my art portfolio and applied for art school and I’m waiting for a response to that, too.

I also finally read “The song of Achilles” but it sadly didn’t earn its place next to my favorites, like, it was actually only three stars for me if I’m really honest. Currently I’m reading “Persuasion” (I’m about half way through) and that books actually pretty great but the first like 80 pages are just like, set up lmao. But after that it quickly gets better!!! I haven’t continued reading in a couple of days though which I should absolutely do soon because the new semester starts in two weeks and then idk how much time I’ll have to read. I’m actually taking British and American literature classes in the new semester which I’m pretty excited about!!!!

Oh boy, I also finally watched s5 of Miraculous and the alternate universe Paris special and the movie and bro, s5 was an absolute dumpster fire…. Actually fucking insane. But the Paris special was kinda entertaining lol, and I can’t lie…. the movie was pretty good. Like… it was honestly great hahahah. I also watched Cars btw! I have watched the first part before but never the rest and then my sister wanted to watch Cars so we did and yeah, Cars is amazing ofc. I also finally watched But I’m a Cheerleader which was all over the okays but it was funny and I loved the ending. I’m trying to remember what else I watched but I don’t remember anything else… hmmm… Oh!! Omg, I watched Christopher Robin and I didn’t not except that movie to be as good as it was. I was in genuine tears over fucking everything and yeah, very enjoyable. I also watched The Sixth Sense which was good, did not see the plot twist coming though, Like, spoiler! I literally remember thinking “oh.. so he survived I guess” when it says “next fall” like a fucking idiot 😭. I don’t think I watched any other movies though.

Wait, I also read the entirety of Jackson’s diary on webtoon and it was a fucking roller coaster.

Other than that I’ve been hanging a lot with my friends, especially those who moved to another city for university. There’s this café we always and in the past two weeks we’ve gone three times and you can borough games to play and we usually play scrabble which is always sm fun!

Oh and holy shit, I turned fucking 20!?!?! Absolutely batshit insane, I cannot believe it.

Also, I just kinda left tumblr very like, impulsively because I had finals coming up and thought it’d be distracting, but also, tumblr tends to suck the life out of me sometimes so I thought taking a break would be worth it either way. After finals where over I then had to work on my art portfolio and I have a huge procrastination problem so I stayed off tumblr because I knew it would make it worse and so I just left and didn’t reply to anyone, which, I’m sorry, I missed you and the other mutuals so much but I also don’t think that many people even noticed that I took a break in the first place. Anyway,I’ll probably dip when Uni starts again as well but I thought it’d be nice to catch up with y’all before that happens.

How have you been doing :))💓💗💓💗💓

[joonipertree]

hon, I must tell you I just speed read your sugar daddy bkg series and I’m loving it! ✨

especially the last one as I’m also working on all my art projects for uni and it’s stressful as fuck

but we’ll get through it ✨

thank u for feeding my obsessions 🥺

Omg hello!! I honestly barely remember writing the last one because my brain blocked that time off due to the stress!!!

And I'm still working on my portfolio

The last part of it is left which includes making clay work which I've been procrastinating

So thank you for this ask because I was reminded that me of two months ago was crying from extreme doubts and while I'm still afraid, I believe in myself a tiny bit more!!

[pepsimaxolotl]

Man. I just really wanna go to schoooll and then get decent graaadddeeess on my aarrrtttt so I can go to universityyyyy and suffer long sleepless niiggghhtts and enter film feessttivals and get hired.

You know what I mean?

[mirclealignr]

I'm in a depressive state and it's only getting worse by the hour

I have a 12-15 page exam paper due to the 30th of September and haven't started yet. During the consultation with my professor we came to the conclusion that the text I want to work on is extremely difficult to do so bc there's literally no academic research on it and just some ratings and book critics on the author himself I need to have the paper done by the end of next week bc after that I'm going into a 3 week internship at a school for 2 other exams (portfolios for teacher stuff) and I don't know where to start and how and I'm just so overwhelmed by everything bc I'm already in my 7th semester and if I don't pass these exams I'll lose my financial support from the government and if I have to take on a job then I won't finish studying by the time I want to BC I'd have to postpone so many seminars and lectures BC I need to study 3 subjects to become a teacher and I'm on the verge of just quitting everything but I'm a working class child and I don't want all those years I already spent at uni to go to waste just because I'm such a lazy procrastinating person

Please if you or your followers have any advice on what to do I'm begging

okay first, you probably need to take a break and get yourself a glass of water and just take a step back. Because the more you try and do this and stress yourself out, the worse it’s gonna be. You have come so far and overcome so many essays exams and difficult deadlines—you can do this too. You absolutely have the ability to smash this essay and do everything else that you need to do. I believe in you.

but that sounds like a really difficult situation. Is the text that you’re doing the only text you can do your exam on or is there another one you can do without losing a significant amount of time? If that is the only one you can do, you might have to just go with the reviews on the author himself because that might have things like whether he’s an accurate writer, whether his views are adopted by a large audience or whether he’s quite controversial. It might not though, i don’t know. Your opinion counts too, though. But I mean it is a really difficult thing to write a paper without any reviews on what you’re writing.

are there any services that your university or library offers that help you with essay writing? Because I booked a slot last year when my exams were coming up to talk to a woman about where I was going wrong with my essays and what I could do to improve and she also looked at one of my essays that I had already written to critique. I was doing well but I wasn’t getting 100% on things so I knew there were places I could improve. it was only an hour or so but it did help and my marks did go up and they did offer advice on what I could do.

I know this sounds obvious and it does sound like you’ve already done this, but speak to your lecturer & your academic advisor. I don’t know what you call that in your school but we call it an academic advisor. you could also speak to the head of the course to get some advice. 

and when I don’t know how to start an essay, I literally just start. And I don’t mean that to sound ridiculous, but I just write something down no matter how bad it is, no matter how bad the english is, and no matter how stupid the answer is. but as long as I have a baseline and something to build on, I can go back and edit and improve and better the arguments. Plus when i’m writing this i usually get into the groove and things start coming to me. Maybe write down everything you know about the topic and could include, write what you know about the author and definitely read those reviews even if they are just about the author, they might have something useful in there.

When it comes to procrastinating, I have been there, I am there. I am one of the worst at procrastinating. Something that has really helped me, is scheduling my day from the tiny little things to the really big things. I even put in to take my pills, to read for 10 minutes a day, to make my bed, all the way to start my essay, apply for jobs, do my interview. everything, I put everything in there. i’ve even put in when my flights are, when my university lectures are and from what time to what time. I know that it’s all online, but it’s easier to see it in my planner with everything else that I have to do that day. 

wishing you the best and sending you luck !

[mummer]

genuinely feel like making this ubc writing portfolio has me losing my mind a little lol!!! + ive basically been running on the desperate assumption that i actually WILL end up getting in and that my work really IS good enough BUT what if i DONT???? what if it’s NOT?????????? then i have to stick it out for 2 more years at this shitty uni with no friends AND have to contend with the basic idea that im Not Good Enough!!!!!!!!!!!! the risk is so big and so awful lmao like..... 20% chance! it’s a 20% chance dude! and i KNOW im at the high end of quality for the workshops at uvic but i dont know if that will apply for ubc!!!!! what if everyone submitting is really fucking good and im actually just a dumb sham who wont even get to put on a fringe play let alone.. like.. an actual one! or whatever i actually end up wanting to do with my life! so uhhhh!!!!!!!! better hope im cut out for this even though in the back of my mind i KNOW i have talented and have put in the effort i just. cannot know for sure and also i am procrastinating editing my pieces so like

[jaxen-studies]

hello there, it’s been a while!

so last week i had three assignments due, and i managed to get them all done in time! note to self: stop procrastinating. starting essays the day before they’re due is not ideal. but i did it, and i was even pretty proud of one of them!

the next half year starts next week, so i’ve got time to prep and relax before the next set of assignments lol, so plenty of time to go to the cinema, read, write and actually make my bullet journal look semi-decent as oppoesed to this month’s mess😂

✨on a positive note - i befriended the campus cat!! at uni there’s this adorable cat that just wanders around the campus, with no collar so i don’t know who it belongs to... so naturally, i stopped to pet it for ten minutes after submitting my portfolio because i was stressed. and i fell in love. what a beautiful cat.

i’ve decided i’m going to do a february challenge, not sure which one yet, but i definitely want to take part in one and get more involved in the community over the month.

🎵Simmer — Hayley Williams🎵

[getmeasangria]

Hey!

I’m Nish, I’ve been here forever as a fandom and study posts reblogger but decided to start as a new studyblr! I’m a uni/ college student and currently a research intern. I hope to keep this a space where I can truthfully keep a track of my progress, stop procrastinating and follow the track to my goals. I will try my best to keep this studyblr active by posting about the status of my study/ work routine or what I’m up to, and ngl sometimes it will show my bad days or laziness. Other times, I’ll reblog from our amazing fellow studyblrs as I’ve done so far, because there’s no such thing as too much motivation, amirite?

ABOUT

20

she/her

third year of university (3/4)

design 

computer science

research

ravenclaw

introvert / ambivert (?) (extroverted/ introvert)

GOALS

short term goals

start a studyblr

create a study plan and actually follow it

finish summer project asap (deadline: July 30th)

100 days productivity challenge

start my own journal (or at least keep this studyblr active fro the least)

get better grades next semester (ngl i had the worst semester of all this year)

long term goals

stop leaving course projects incomplete

more personal projects

more practice + more practical knowledge

find a personal aesthetic

work on portfolio

clarify career stream (I’ve been on a fork since I chose this double major)

make friends

find my niche (uk like nish-e? yeah bad joke, sorry!)

if you wish to talk or are curious about anything, just drop a message!

I guess that’s about it for me

[kaimariephoto]

Making a Website

Making a website is something I always knew I would have to do but I always put it off because it is quite an intimidating thing. I always assumed I would have to know how to code and be some techwiz in order to make one. So when I saw that was on our list of things to do this year I was nervous but here we are.

A lot of my time is spent watching YouTube procrastinating uni work and I watch a lot of photographers channels to see what fun shoots they are doing and what gear that might be using at any given time. What I noticed is that a lot of them use and are sponsored by Squarespace, always offering codes for cheaper rates and such to make your website. Now normally when we think website builders we go to wix but maybe I am just stupid because I could honestly never get on board with it. Like at all. Still don’t know how to use it. So I thought I would give Squarespace a chance but saw it going the same way of all of my wix websites, just forever abandoned on the servers. Luckily with a student email you get 50% off on Squarespace so good for the broke student budget.

To start with you pick a layout you like that fits what you want to use it for and they have a whole photography option which made it so much easier. I picked a very simple and elegant design, it could come across as plain or boring but for me personally I don’t want a load of bells and whistles, they just confuse everything. Squarespace made adjusting the layout really simple with a sidebar where you can make changes to certain pages and designs but also view the analytics of your website views and other such things. In order to edit the images in the portfolio you simply have to click on the page the images should be in, and then press the edit button which allows you to control the gallery of that particular page. Nice and simple! I just repeated the process uploading the images I wanted to use into their necessary folders and it was pretty much done.

As for the images I chose I wanted to keep it current. I have taken a lot of photos over the years an needed a way to narrow it down. With that in mind I found my favourite shoots and selected the ones from the last year and chose 6 images from each. I also wanted it to be diverse so I chose a mic of my more editorial stuff and some of my fine art pieces. I currently have 4 sets up but as I shoot my FMP that group will be created and I am sure there will be other personal projects that get uploaded in the future. I do however intend to keep it current so as I produce work some of the older stuff will be replaced.

With my website made and published I will spend the next few months getting used the Squarespace so I can really make the most of it. However I am happy with where it is currently and I really cannot recommend Squarespace more for those who are looking to make a website and are nervous about doing it. They are user friendly, stylish and promoted by several big photographers so you can’t go wrong!

 Check out my website at kaimariephoto.com

[nyvetta]

honey perfume, tulip, rain lily

honey perfume; favorite movie ever?

That’s a tough one! There are many, many movies I adore, but some of my favourites would probably be “Stonehurst Asylum” & “Moana”

tulip; name 5 facts about yourself.

I am currently procrastinating preparing my uni portfolio by answering asks on tumblr :D

Everyone says my best friend and I look like sisters

As weird as it sounds I actually do like cleaning and doing chores around the house quite a bit!

I’ve been drawing & posting my art online for over 12 years now

My favourite food are pancakes

rain lily; was today typical? why/why not?

Yes and no! I am currently visiting my relatives, so my daily routine is a bit different than usual, but overall, it was a normal, uneventful day today

🌼🌿BOTANICAL ASKS🌻🌙

[akorion]

Let’s do this - 100-days-of-productivity challenge

I have decided to start the 100-days-of-productivity challenge. I am a student in Vienna, and I have to write my Master’s thesis in the next months, which I have been procrastinating on for a long time already. It’s time to get down to it, as I have a deadline (May 31st).

My Goals for the next 100 days:

- Finish my thesis (~ 30.000 words) until May 20th

- Finish the portfolio for my German MA (due end of Feb, Priority #1)

- Get moving! I wanna do some kind of exercise at least every three days.

- Self-care days: I don’t know whether I have depression, I haven’t been to a doctor, even though I probably should. But since there’s no official diagnosis, let’s just say that I have days in which I’m unable to accomplish anything , can’t focus, and just lie in bed and watch TV-shows, Netflix, and read excessively. For me to really do the 100dop, I will need to factor in days, in which I allow myself to not do anything productive for work/uni, but in which I’m productive in terms of self-care and -help. At least 1 day per week will be one of those, usually 2.

I am not sure whether I’ll be able to post each and every day here on tumblr with nice, aesthetically pleasing pictures of coffee, laptop and books n’papers, but I’ll try my best to at least drop a short line of what I’ve accomplished during the day.

So, let’s hope for the best.

Cheers,

Gabriel

1/100 days of productivity

[junowyear3]

12.11.22 Checklist

Saturday and Sunday- Make 11 plaster casts of each miniature model (I’m stupid and forgot to bring the plaster to uni, so will have to get this done majority Sun + extras on Mon). This is possible if timed right and no procrastinating the process. 4 + 4 + 3 for shelves. Foam bottoms for figures. Potentially find a mini plinth alternative? Wood blocks. DONE MOST

Painting them- Sat, Sun and Mon. Done most of Victim model on Saturday. Luckily I found good ways to speed up each process.

Send urgent email to library 3D printing Sat morning (this is for my last miniature model. Unfortunately it was actually done a few days ago and they didn’t email me, could’ve started it sooner but still better than getting it on Monday!)

Pick up miniature 3D print from library- DONE

Saturday afternoon and evening- Paint and finalize shelves- Done the majority of this just needs an extra few coats on Monday (want to let it dry for a bit)

Contextual portfolio and artist statement- Finalize on Sunday and Monday and print on Monday. Make sure you have other stuff- pecha kucha slides, Extended Annotations essay....) Maybe reformat the pecha kucha slides to make it cleaner

Print all cards on Sunday + Monday (leave a lot of time between each print for drying- very important). Cut and insert in sleeve (either tracing paper bag or card fold-up pocket.) Potentially heat seal if you can figure it out.

Design posters for wall x6 A2 posters:

Individual posters on each model: The Victim, The Aggressor, The Watcher, then a poster on turntable of all models, one with all the trading cards, and one with the card backing design.

Send poster files off to Makeshop on Monday morning. Should be able to pick them up same day. Cut. Install with thin pins? **BRING PINS IN ON MONDAY**

MONDAY ALSO BRING IN: Other two large 3D prints (be careful), all miniature models (also be careful), paperwork (contextual, statement, pecha kucha, essay... in a nice folder prepared)

[k-gill-animation-year3]

My website

https://kpgill12345.wixsite.com/lazy-scarab

Using Wix, I spent the past couple days working on building a website/ online portfolio just to get the base of it out of the way so as it comes closer to submission all I need to do is update rather than re-build.

I have been really struggling to get the motivation to do uni work after seeing how behind and hoe much longer tasks are taking than originally planned, so procrastinating obviously isn't helping me but at least this does count towards my uni work, and tomorrow and the rest of the week I plan on just grinding work out like crazy. (hopefully anyways.) 

I also think i need to create a new timetable/ gaant chart like on Asana but my free trial has ended and I no longer have access to it, (it did need need updating anyways but having to re-start comply is kinda a bummer.)

[leejeann]

Literally the last thing I need to do to actually finish applying at the online uni is write a 500 word essay about why I’m applying, why I want to study illustration, etc.. There’s not even an application fee now (apparently I qualify to have it waived) and I’ve already sent my transcripts, done my fafsa, I’ve put together a small portfolio to send, but I just keep procrastinating the essay and I don’t know why ugh

[anonymousbloggergal]

3 posts in 1 day means I'm eager to start this journey, so let's get to it.

✨Rainbow ramblings✨

Today was a bit of a crazy day. As I'm writing this its 9:26pm BST and my neighbour is hoovering her house. This. Annoys. Me. So. Much. She has alllll day to hoover (vacuum if you're American) and she chooses NOW to do it. Anyway...

Today my grandma moved in with us. We recently lost my grandad in November 2020 and she hasn't been herself since. She's currently under assessment for dementia, which we all think she's got; her memory has been kinda spiralling for a while. I don't have the best relationship with her and I don't really like change, so this has been a bit much for me. Some could say it's selfish of me to think like this but idc. I love my grandma don't get me wrong, I just don't always like her.

It's been this way since I was 16. But that's another story. I find it really hard to see anyone in any kind of discomfort, pain or struggle as I'm too emotionally involved with eveyone in my life. I'm sensitive, take things so personally and I'm a real people pleaser. It's because of these three things combined that I believe I am too emotionally involved in everything.

Today I have cried over my grandma staying with us, I find it really hard to see her so confused and out of sorts. That and the fact she keeps calling my dad by my grandads name and asking where my grandad is. I'm emotionally drained. And I'm tired. She got up at 2:30am to go the bathroom and accidentally walked into my room and my little sisters room. Luckily my little sister was flat out, but I'm a light sleeper, so I woke up. I helped her go the bathroom and get back in bed before returning to my own room, but sadly couldn't fall back asleep for a good while. This will be part of the reason I am so emotional today; because I'm tired. That and the fact I'm due on and some months my hormones are all over the place (I really must see my doctor about that).

It's also the Easter holidays over here so I have had a ton of uni work to do, which always stresses me out. I wish someone would've slapped me over the head and told me 'no' when I decided to do a PGCE. Especially during a pandemic. Today I spent my day procrastinating, creating my teaching CV (it sucks I'm sure of it) and writing a personal statement for an NQT talent pool and I'll be honest that was shit too. I'm going to have to re-look at it tomorrow and fix it. Then sort out my lesson plans as some adjustments need making. And complete my Computing ESKA for my electronic portfolio. All whilst trying to help my dad with my grandma.

I'm gonna need chocolate.

I want to make it clear I'm not trying to be like 'oh woe is me, my life is shit'. I'm struggling rn and just need somewhere to write this all down.

Anyway I'm going to bed now. I'm shattered. Tomorrow will be a better, more productive day, I'm 90% sure of it.

Peace&love - A x

07.04.21