hi, sorry if this is a random ask, but do you have any advice for wasting less time between studying sessions? i'm a big fan of pomodoro so I know I am getting 5 hours of work done, but it seems to take me eight or nine hours to do it
so sorry i got to this late, i didn't see it in my inbox !! oh gosh, this is such a good question because i always feel like i'm wasting time in between studying sessions. for me, i force myself to do a few things, which i feel like have helped me these past few years:
go to a slightly uncomfortable place with a few goals to achieve, usually a café or casual restaurant. this is why i'm always at cafés instead of the library or my room—if i study at a place that's too comfortable, i find myself wasting more time. if i'm at a café, i feel pressured to stay no more than 2 hours (a little more if i get another drink!) so i end up trying to finish my tasks as soon as possible because i don't want to spend more money than i have to. i usually go to the library at night when cafés are closed
dress up (makeup, cute outfit + heeled boots, the whole nine yards). i find myself more productive when i'm feeling pretty and good about myself. there's been scientific studies about it! if i'm too chill in pjs or sweats, i find that i'm too relaxed and spend more time scrolling on my phone during breaks. this sounds silly but i'm extremely dressed up when i take exams—someone asked me why i was wearing red lipstick for our financial accounting exam lolol. but i felt confident and it translates! i actually don't even own any sweats anymore haha
if you're not feeling productive at night, just call it a night and start again early in the morning. i'm admittedly a night owl but if it's like 2 a.m. and i just find myself scrolling on twitter and feeling shitty about not being productive, i just call it a night and start again the next morning :))
hope this helps !!
I find it beautiful that we, as persons, are made of pieces of other people.
I have my mother's eyes, but i make my father's concentration face. Even though our voices differ, my sister and I speak the same way. I cook singing the same songs my grandma used to sing around the house. I always wear the same earrings a friend gifted me years ago. I use the perfume someone told me that smells like me. I salute people on the street as my nana did. I make wishes at certain hours as my childhood friend taught me. I follow superstitions even though i don't understand them because i grew up with them.
I am made of pieces of the people I hold dear.
And this thought makes me love myself a little bit more.
11.21.2022
Totally disconnected from reality for a few days.
Haven't checked any sort of social media, just vibed by myself at home. Made my productivity skyrocket. Started reading "It" by Stephen King, caught up on my favourite classes and overall i just enjoyed myself.
What books are you currently reading?
The results are the sweetest when you've worked for it. Don't. Forget. That
June 26th
today’s work:
Irritable Bowel Disease
Celiac Disease
Colorectal Cancer
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Started with hep B which I’m finishing tomorrow
Had a little moment of realization on my way home today that right now I have everything I have ever prayed for and I just couldn’t be more grateful, really. Felt sorry for myself for letting myself down sometimes when I have everything I have ever prayed for right here right now. Time to work hard to get that degree and to finally start helping patients because this degree is for them too and for their lives and I feel more motivated than ever to make as many lives as I can into better and healthier lives and as many people into happier and more hopeful people 🤍I love this path with my whole soul I really do
Alex Dimitrov, from "Love“
reflections on my two weeks living in nyc again, feat. 192 books, a really cool bookstore i found in chelsea 💗 i'm still figuring out the trajectory of this blog but once i start work (tomorrow, eep!), this may just turn into a workblr or nyc "travel" tumblr??
Study study study
In two days it's my birthday and I'm stuck studying for exams :(
However, coloring the heck out of my books is helping with my morale (and the little doodles are also helping)
I will not lie, i tried to draw the opossum from memory. I discovered i dont know what an opossum looks like :)
Taking breaks is also being productive
Studying constantly only leads to burnout. Go take a walk. Feed some ducks. Admire a pretty building. Try to cook something new.
You might feel guilty at first, but nothing in excess is ever good, not even studying.
Dont forget to live life
I chose to waste time in a way I like, and everything aesthetic fills my soul
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