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if i had three lives by Sarah Russell

please make sure that wherever you’re at in life, you don’t treat it like a transitory period. don’t waste your college years wishing to already be graduated & have a job. don’t waste your single years wishing for someone to be in love with. if/when those things come, they will come in due time and they will be good. but there is nothing like looking back and feeling empty because you wasted literal years ignoring what you had because you were hoping for something better. while it’s important to better yourself and reach for your goals, don’t neglect the present because that’s where you are now and it’s your now that determines your future. 

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studying and anxiety

a guide on how to study when the thought of it makes you even more stressed

(disclaimer: i’m not a professional therapist or doctor, simply a student who has been dealing with severe anxiety since i was eleven years old. that being said, i don’t have much anxiety around schoolwork or testing, so my advice may not be the most helpful- take what i say with a grain of salt.)

while it has been a long time since i’ve felt anxious about studying, and therefore can’t provide much help with that, i do regularly have to study in situations where i am already anxious or in the middle of anxiety attack. these are some of the things i do to help myself calm down and focus.

calm down. if i’m near panic or feel too restless to sit still, i need to let my body and mind chill before i can even think about schoolwork. if i’m feeling really jittery, a quick walk outside or dancing it out to some high-energy pop music helps me settle down a bit. then i like to meditate, in order to get my focus and thoughts under control.

next, make the space you’ll be studying in comfortable and safe. what this means will depend on what you need during an anxiety attack. some people are comforted by familiar items and coziness, such as blankets, candles, and stuffed animals. when i’m stressed, i usually need a more clean and organized space, with everything put away in its place (or just out of sight) and only the things i need with me. things like tea, fidget toys, and familiar smells can help to ground you as well. if you’re not at home, libraries tend to be a good option, since they are quiet, relaxing, and often familiar spaces. if you’re stuck in school and the library isn’t an option, try an empty classroom or stairwell.

break everything down. when i’m stressed, my executive functioning goes haywire. in order to get anything done, i have to plan out my moves in very explicit detail. this is easiest for me to do on a computer document. first, i write down all of the assignments that i have to get done. then, i break each of them down into smaller and smaller tasks, until they are simple enough that each takes less than a minute and could be easily explained to a child. 

get to work! i usually start with the easiest task, so that i don’t get overwhelmed or start to doubt my abilities, since that would make me more stressed. for me, this is usually math, since puzzles with definite rules tend to calm me down when i’m anxious, and i’m more likely to get stuck on less structured work like english readings or art projects.

don’t forget to take breaks. especially if your brain is dealing with an excess of nerves, and stress, you will need to let it rest and recharge frequently. i like to set a timer where i work for twelve minutes, take a three minute break, and then repeat. if this feels too long or too short for you, feel free to adjust it to fit your needs.

most importantly, go to sleep. i know it’s tempting to stay up late studying or doing homework, especially if you haven’t finished all of your assignments yet, but there is nothing that will make your anxiety worse than sleep deprivation. take care of your body, first and foremost. it’s the only one you’re ever going to have.

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The Ecal Manual of Style

Edited by Jonathan Olivares and Alexis Georgacopoulos

Phaidon, London 2022, 204 pages, 300 illustrations, Hardback, 27 x 20,5 cm, ISBN  9781838665173

euro 39,95

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L'università svizzera ECAL è uno degli istituti di arte e design più quotati degli ultimi vent'anni, e questo volume ne rivela per la prima volta i metodi di insegnamento, attraverso una selezione dei progetti più innovativi realizzati dagli studenti. Designer, critici e scrittori rispondono alla domanda “Come si dovrebbe insegnare il design oggi?”, svelando l'approccio unico della scuola alla pedagogia del design: incoraggiare lo stile personale e stimolare gli studenti ad indirizzare la proprio creatività verso un contesto professionale. Un volume perfetto per un pubblico di designer e studenti di design

The story and teachings of one of the world’s most creative design schools, as told by its teachers, alumni, and student projects – the ideal book for educators and students alike, posing the question ‘How should design be taught today?’

Swiss university ECAL is widely considered to be among the leading art and design institutions of the past two decades. Here, for the first time, ECAL’s teaching methods are revealed to a wider readership. The book poses the question ‘How should design be taught today?’ to select designers, critics, and writers, and the answers highlight the school’s unique approach to design pedagogy: encouraging individual and personal styles, and rigorously pushing them to develop into their most coherent forms. This is the only book to explain ECAL’s innovative teaching methods, which encourage students to be business minded as well as creative.

18/06/22

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For when you need distractions

If you are bored or just need to distract yourself, here are a few cool things that may help you <3

• Do nothing for 2 mins

• Take an interactive 3D tour of our galactic neighbourhood

• For every question you get right on this vocab test, 10 grains of rice are donated

• Make your own galaxy 

• Make cool symmetric patterns

• Hacker typer - type any gibberish and it will make it seem like you’re a hacker hackin’ your way in a sci-fi movie

• Astronomy Picture Of The Day by Nasa

• Click to remove - a pretty useless game where you have to click on words to remove them from the screen. Recommended for people with adhd.

• I am awesome - it will tell you if you are awesome

• Engrish - misspelled word of the day that made it to hoardings (very funny)

• Spend bill gates money

• Gravity points -  a digital pen that lets you add gravity centers to any part of your screen.  The more gravity points you add, the more particles get absorbed, eventually forming a black hole.

i hope that one day i will finally be ok….i’ll make a cherry pie when it is all over

i hope this will help some of you!!! i know online classes are awful, but we will get through this!!  

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