Maybe It's Better To Learn A Language Slowly. Maybe We're Too Obsessed With Things Happening As Quickly

Hey, so I’m super excited that Dracula Daily is a thing, but I feel like I should warn people that one of the main characters in the novel is a guy that runs a lunatic asylum, and his scenes might be kinda hard to read for anyone who’s been through psychiatric abuse.

I would appreciate it if people reblogged this post and didn’t tag it with spoilers or put trigger warnings on it, since it’s important that this warning is seen by the people who need to see it. Thanks!

Edit: A lot of people are saying this guy shows up in August. This is not true. His first entry is on May 25th, and he’s a pretty big part of the book from then on. His name is Dr. Seward.

Here are some pink stars since you did so well today

Finding old music you used to love is like getting back in touch with an old friend.

good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

i’m actually tired bro, like from the bottom of my heart. i am tired

some people need to study too often to remember their lessons and write exams. while some others can easily study their syllabus at the last moment and give their exams. some don't take notes, some do. some cannot read their material easily and need help. some can read and analyse a text on their own. there are still infinite number of possibilities when it comes to academia. it's how you choose what's the best for yourself. only you can find out what works for you. not the student next to you or the studyblr you follow.

my brothers share special interests and my favorite thing to do is walk in a room and be like "hey guys can you tell me about the mariana trench" and then sit there for an hour while they both infodump to me about the ocean it's extremely entertaining

One thing that has been making me feel truly miserable is my lack of will to study/work. Working I kind of understand due to my discontent with my career paths, but when it comes to studying I don’t really have that many excuses. I hate my university, but I love my major. So, it makes me downhearted to see how unmotivated I am nowadays to read about economy and related contents. I decided to change this. Everyday for the next weeks, I’m going to be studying for 30 minutes, at least or at most. And the strategy is: no fun pomodoro. I used to think that “Animedoro” was the best study technique out there, but recently I noticed how it’s a tricky trail for me. Since I have been lacking motivation, what I do is work for 20/30 minutes then grab my phone and do infinite scrolling or get lost in a Sex and the City episode. And I cannot make me stop. Today I stumbled into a video that talked exactly about this problem. Instead of doing something fun when you end a focus cycle, do something boring, that makes studying or working seems fun next to it. Or, and here’s my perception, something that doesn’t stimulate your brain in the wrong way. Here are the things that I believe requires thinking, so I don’t lose my focus flow (they are not necessarily boring to me, but some of them tires me quickly which makes me give up on them even quicker):

Reading the news.

Watch someone that motivates me to study/work.

Watch/listen to a podcast about something useful.

Sudoku video.

Math problems videos.

Solve a sudoku problem.

Read a few pages of one of the dense books I’m probably reading at the moment (I'm a slow reader so I know it won't fully distract me heheh)

If working, read an econ paper or something related to.

Or just do nothing. Go for a walk. Make some pancakes. Grab water and contemplate it.

<3 and if doesn't work, that's okay. I'll try something new <3

Here's the video in question:

i always be so hard on myself for no reason like chill tf out bitch we on the same damn team

i'm currently reading dune (frank herbert), blindness (josé saramago) and little women (louisa may alcott) :D

i like to read two to three books simultaneously because it keeps me way more entertained. besides, each book have a different category in my daily routine lol. my edition of dune is too heavy so it's my read-in-bed-to-relax-and-disconnect-book. blindness is my take-everywhere-with-me-specially-in-public-transportation-so-people-think-i'm-smart-book and little women is my current reading-in-my-target-language-book.

dune is the one i'm most enjoying! i thought it would be too dense, and it is because of the complex world building, but i'm having a really good time! the chapters are short which makes the reading fluid for me.

blindness is incredible. josé saramago is truly clever. he choses the words to build he sentences so magnificently

little women is... interesting. i have a hard time with this type of literature, like jane austen, i don't know why. i love the characters and the movie, so it makes me motivated enough to keep going.

let me know if you have read any of these! <3

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading