Study Tipps That Work For Me As An Autistic ADHDer

I feel you... I am a bit younger, but I have lost so many years too, and with that I feel like I've lost myself too. Something that has helped me is to lower my expectations and slow down in life, and to allow myself to grieve those lost times. Also to allow myself to be disappointed, and than forgive yourself. You don't have to be anything right now, you just have to exist and keep pushing forward. And have the belief that the answer will reveal itself to you the more you allow yourself to experience life. At least, that is what I am hoping for.

Also don't forget you are way stronger than you think! 💖

i KNOW that 25 is not old i KNOW that i have more time to be someone but i also feel like i have lost so much youth to my mental illness and grief and that in itself is part of the reason why i cannot bring myself to be anything

5/100 days of productivity

Already !? Time sure does fly fast!

Today I have finished the project!!! And tomorrow I am defending it (why do I have to defend her… Why are you attacking her 😭) I am also back home… I have been to my friends house admittedly for FAR TOO LONG… Here is her eldery cat keeping me company! I love her tons and I already miss her 🥺... Tomorrow is going to be hell of a day, the day after tomorrow too… When do I get to rest?! Aaaaaaaaaaaa! 😆

4/100 days of productivity

Today was a hard day, but I went to an interesting lecture, and I was super happy about it! The other test didn't go so well, and I have started doing my project... which BTW the due is tomorrow at 12AM... I hope to finish it by then! Overall this week is hellish for me and honestly I can't wait to just lay down a bit 😅

things i do to boost my studying ♡

planning:

watching productivity vids on youtube (my playlist in case you want to check it out)

monthly study plan

notion page to keep track

motivation:

personalised wallpapers

pinterest board

study affs every morning

instrumentals for chem, smooth rock for math

cutting out distractions:

disabling instagram

cold turkey website blocker

other:

talking to people who have been/are on the same journey and getting to know their pov

using a skincare band (to protect my hair from my fidgety fingers while studying, it sounds dumb lol but thats how it be sometimes)

Urusei Yatsura: "Oh, Library!" by Rumiko Takahashi

Don't tell my dad or brother! (They're both electrical engineers.)

Right to Repair Therapy

For me, right to to repair isn't just about ewaste, and preventing corporate gouging.

It's about mental health. Being able to fix your gadgets is therapeutic. Empowering. Good for the soul.

Today I fixed my expensive bluetooth earbuds. Their batteries couldn't hold a charge for a full hour. (Turns out this was due to a botched firmware update and totally Sony's fault!)

This is the guide I used:

iFixit

Sony WF-1000XM4 Wireless Earbuds battery replacement

This repair guide will show you how to replace ...

We tried a course of new firmware but the patients continued to deteriorate (as the specialist predicted.) Surgical intervention was unavoidable. The patients are currently convalescing in the charging dock. The procedure was smooth and they will only have minor scars, but a full recovery cannot be guaranteed until they reach full power and take one last course of software updates.

Surgery was successful. The seams won’t be the same ever. But it’s only noticeable if I look for it.

In a world full of complex technology it's easy to feel small and helpless. And maybe I'm too much of an idealist, but I think that if everyone could experience the joy of fixing or modifying a gadget now and then we'd all be a little more open minded, a little more daring. A little harder to push around.

Silicon Cities (2017) by: Heiko Hellwig

Watching a documentary about world war and I heard them say "American" inventor Nikola Tesla and I can't help, but cringe so hard!!! Yes, he had an American nationality but, he was Serbian by blood and *robbed* by the West because they were envious of him...

"If you don't like trigonometry you'll suffer"