Hiya! Wrapping Up Another Horrible Week But At This Point Im Pretty Used To It. Uni Is Beautiful/horrible.

By: Shanel | bookish_nel

8/4/2020 | Daily dose of vitamins

new desk and desk setup just in time to get started on summer research coding for the lab ☺️✨

still getting settled in my new place and will be painting soon so the walls won’t be this bare for too much longer!!

how to avoid education burnout

have 3 achievable goals a day: having a laundry list of things to do everyday is super unrealistic, and you just end up feeling bad about yourself because you didn’t accomplish your goals for the day.

leave your sundays open: i love sundays because they’re my day to chill out and catch up on school work that i wasn’t able to finish during the week.

recognize when you’re at your emotional limits: forcing yourself to get work done when you are unable to comprehend your study material does not benefit anyone.

learn how to say no: people will ask you for your time and it will stretch you to the limit, whether it be at your job, in your extracurriculars, or in your personal life. know when to step back and say no.

take care of yourself physically: take breaks, go for walks, shower regularly, get enough sleep, eat healthy, see your friends

celebrate your accomplishments: go out to eat with friends after a big exam, indulge in a night off after a busy week with some netflix and wine

make a study plan beforehand: it can be daunting to see how much work you need to put in to a class or task beforehand, but this allows you to spread your work evenly so you don’t become overwhelmed.

learn how to ask for help: it is very rare that people make it through school, whether it be high school or university or any graduate program, without needing the advice of others or just a kind soul to vent to. find that person.

never forget your hobbies: you will need things that keep you sane. if you love to play music, write, play volleyball, or cook, make you sure you don’t lose these things. they will become your escape when times get tough.

log off from time to time: it is exhausting to be constantly connected to social media and your email. just physically disconnecting from these for a night to take care of yourself can really help you clear your mind.

If you hadn't guessed already, I love light& shadows.

Rewriting the same psychology notes (emotions and motivations) - part 2 and hopefully the last cause I've been struggling with this for far too long now thanks to the lack of paper and then lack of ink in my pen. I am happy that I am finally done with at least first lecture though.

17.07.21// old photos for a rainy day. Getting back into my work today, organizing my thoughts and critiques ready for the final edits to my thesis ✨

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🚨 TOXIC PRODUCTIVITY 🚨

📝Have you ever felt you didn't 'deserve a break'? Or felt guilty when you did take any?

🧠Then I think you might have a bout of toxic productivity!

☀️What the heck is that you ask?

Well, it's essentially the unhealthy need to be productive all.the.time.

👉🏻I remember watching a reel where the creator said their toxic trait was not going to the 🚽 until they finished whatever work they had to. Tons of people in the comments agreed that they similarly had toxic traits too like not eating dinner until they 'deserved it'.

What the heck. No one should ever hold their pee or not eat dinner. You'll just get a UTI and starve yourself.

For what?!!?! No one should be rewarding themselves with basic human needs like food and going to the bathroom!!!! Those are literally things that keep us alive!!!

🥲Dear students and academics alike, please don't do this! 😩😩😩

Taking breaks is being productive

Self-care is being productive. Self-care is not just using face masks and taking bubble baths. Self-care is having boundaries, self-care is holding your ground and saying no when you need to. Self-care is putting yourself first.

Taking time out for yourself is being productive.

🏠 At the start of the pandemonium there was some post on Twitter from some butthead that went along the lines of "you better come out of this lockdown speaking another language and having an online business or you suck" to paraphrase.

💉Buddy, why are you patronizing strangers? We're all just trying not to die here. There was so much stuff online about being productive 24/7; yeah sure a lot of people's businesses thrived and tons of people put themselves out there. But shaming people for not doing the same was really a shitty message at a time when people were afraid of what was going on and were losing people they loved.

🧠You are not a machine, you have needs, and taking breaks and time to yourself is one of them. 🫀

Work work and more work.

Here you have my personal tips to learn English (could work with your target language too) in a more effective way. Some of them may be too obvious:

Watch series and movies in English with English subtitles until you're prepared enough to understand almost everything without them. You will acquire many grammar structures without consciously learning them.

Focus on fluency rather than on accuracy.

Follow English-speakers on your social media.

Read in English things that genuinely interest you so that the learning gets more meaningful.

Avoid memorising words without context.

Don't rely on translations too much, try to guess the meaning from the context. Think in English.

Read the lyrics while listening to an English song.

Quizlet is a great app to make flashcards and study vocabulary. However, instead of creating them with translations, do it with definitions and pictures.

Change your phone language to English.

When you're learning new vocabulary or structures, write down examples related to your life.

Write a diary in English.

And maybe the most important one: don't be afraid to talk, to communicate, to make mistakes. Don't worry about your accent. Forget about what other people may think about you. Keep trying and keep improving.