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Sirius: i’m gay

James: that’s cool mate

James: everyone has gay thoughts though

Remus:

Peter:

Sirius:

Remus: boy do i have news for you

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17 free and helpful things, that everyone can take advantage of

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library They send an age appropriate book once a month if you have a child younger than 5.

Project Gutenberg Lots of free classic books.

Library Genesis A great place to look for and download college/university textbooks for free, as well as other books.

Scihub Endless Free college books. (and peer-reviewed scientific publications that are otherwise hidden behind a paywall)

Khan Academy Free knowledge that you can use to clep out of university courses, or to simply invest your time in a worthwhile topic.

Openlearn UK’s Open University - free courses for all levels of study, samples of university materials, study skills and tie-ins to BBC documentaries. Everything under Creative Commons licence so you can use it as you see fit.

Duolingo The Green Owl of Languages. There are a few hundred that it teaches and the mobile app makes it easy to do anywhere while waiting (!warning! only good for Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Esperanto, and English. with anything else it gets very low-quality and short.).

Codecademy An awesome site to learn how to use some programming languages. Doesn't get into the really advanced stuff, but it's good for a start.

Photopea Completely free Photoshop clone that has all the basic features of Photoshop, using basically the same interface.

Gimp Another free version of Photoshop.

Unsplash Stock of free photos of just about anything, provided by the photographers themselves, to do with what you like.

Futureme You can write letters to yourself (or other people) in the future! You can also make notifications and reminders of a +doctors appointments or anything else important.

Heavens Above You can look up all the satellites flying over your house tonight, including the ISS, Hubble Space Telescope, those pesky Starlink satellites, and whatever else your heart desires, complete with star maps and precise timing. And there is an Android app, but unfortunately no iOS one last I checked. (For iOS you can use “Sputnik!” which is free and tells, when ISS and Hubble passes overhead.)

Night Sky Other astronomy app for iOS. If you hold your phone to the sky the app tells you what you're looking at (or point it at the ground for a view from the other side of the planet). Zoom in with two fingers and tons of deep space stuff is revealed.

Freecycle its literally people giving away stuff they don't need/want any more that they can't/don't care enough to sell.

Nexus Mods Has thousands of video game mods (for 1,509 PC games), made by independent content creators, available to download at no cost.

Archive The Archive aka Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and so much more... For example a lot of DOS games (classics like Prince of Persia, Oregon Trail, DOOM, Monkey island, Rayman, Turtles), directly playable through the browser.

My earlier list

More things to do

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this is going to be difficult -> i am capable of doing difficult things -> i have done everything prior to this moment -> this difficulty will soon be proof of capability

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I am going BACK to UNIVERSITY I am going to STUDY to speak NORWEGIAN and TRANSLATE SHIT and get a DEGREE so I can get a DECENT job and I will live in a CITY where I can access ART SUPPLY STORES and VEGAN FOOD and I will meet NEW PEOPLE and make NEW FRIENDS and also work in a queer group that actually has any RESOURCES and the people are THERE and they have TIME and they DO STUFF

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"No one ever tries to flee capitalism."

Well, that was a lie.

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"No one ever tries to flee capitalism."

Well, that was a lie.

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you’re getting distracted again. you have dreams to chase, not time to waste.

#study motivation

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My reset ♡

i took 2 weeks off from work to do a reset on life and heal. i'm going back next week.

here was my schedule that improved my life:

wake up at 5am to pray and exercise

i am researching/studying 6+ hours

i have better posture

i am getting 10k steps everyday

i finished 2 books. i started a reading journal with notes of what i learned

i am spending more time with my dog

i have cooked so much, learning new yummy recipes

i am starting ballet for the first time ever in the fall!

i was going through a hard time but by being there for myself 100%, setting goals and sticking to it has built me a better relationship with life and myself. it's important to be there for yourself and i was. this will change once i work my long hours at work but i made a schedule to fit almost everything i am striving for and i won't stop. ever. because i will always try to be the best version of myself than i was yesterday.

i am interested in coding, i don't go to college (even though i wish i could), i am working a full time minimum wage job. if i can do it, so can you.

i am hard on myself, thinking i'm not good enough, sometimes i think i'm too old and too dumb just because i'm not good at math... but guess what? i am still working towards my goals! nothing is out of your reach. i am ambitious and nothing can beat that.

you can't progress if you never even start.

#productivity #always a student

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Veni, vidi, queri (I came, I saw, I complained)

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advice for first year uni students from a uni senior

the roommate(s) will always be more important than the room

+ for roommates, SET. CLEANING. EXPECTATIONS. EARLY. don't wait until you're uncomfortable with how much mess is in the kitchen for you to start thinking if you should bring it up or not. set standards and make them clear.

put your key on a lanyard and hang it from your doorknob when you’re at home so you don’t forget it on the way out

if your dorm has a shared laundry room, set your timer for when your laundry finishes ~5 mins early to give you time to walk from your room to the laundry - especially during weekends/evenings/finals people wont have the patience to wait for you - even if your load just finished

If you have noodle arms like me, buy yourself one of those collapsible grocery carts you drag behind you like a luggage - best purchase i've ever made

Or if you're lazy, order online - but order on a free day because even if you schedule a time they're always gonna come stupid early and you dont want any frozen items to get spoiled or have your groceries stolen

DONT BUY ANY TEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK/CLASSES ARE OVER. sometimes you’ll have early access to the booklist or syllabus and go ahead and start buying textbooks, but increasingly often you’ll buy the materials and show up to class just to find your prof has uploaded scanned copies of everything. *save your money*, wait!

BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS - look at your class schedule and walk around campus to find each classroom. you will probably get lost on day 1 and so will many other students so this will save you a lot of walking around bumping into other lost first years

trust me after a few weeks you won’t be waking up for that 8am class. i know you did it 5 days a week in high school, but there’s a reason uni students are allergic to morning classes. know your natural energy/attention levels and take advantage of the freedom to build your schedule around your energy fluctuations

compress/stack your class schedule as much as possible. if you absolutely do need breaks, make them at least 1.5-2 hours long or you probably wont get anything productive done and minimize these long breaks as much as you can so you can just get your day over with sooner

work smarter, not harder - when school starts note each course’s assessment type by quizzes/finals/essays. if i ever have a course thats just essays, i only do lecture notes + write my own annotations about readings rather than taking notes on them which saves time i can dedicate to textbook notetaking for courses with frequent quizzes + finals

if your school has benefits/discounts/insurance - know what it is and USE IT.

most clubs wont be like high school where there are regular meetings you attend. unless youre in the exec team the membership fee you pay/when you sign up for membership it’s just for access to their events when they happen. if you want to be involved in a club in a way thats as involved as high school, look at their social media pages for hiring.

+ as someone who has had to hire before - if you’re nervous, literally just do it. i was in an exec position for our student union services and once only had like 3 applicants to pick from

if you want to be noticed by a professor, sit in the front row. and always answer/ask questions - it doesn’t matter if you said anything of substance or not, they will remember that you contributed

that and also always make the point to say hello and goodbye! eventually (in my experience) if you come early enough and are just waiting for class to start, a conversation will happen - make these regular enough and you could have an important connection!

disclaimer: of course, not all of this might be something that resonates with you/possible for your course or school, so in the words of my cousin - take what resonates

+ anyone else is free to add on!!

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August 7, 2023 - Monday ✧ Productively Challenged 7/50

Cannot believe we’re 1 week into August! Applying to jobs is very mentally taxing so I’m avoided it by filling up my time translating and cleaning 🤧 My little brother, after moving, has proved to be quite the capable and responsible guy and I'm kind of mad that he's so (much) cool(er than me now 😭)

✔️translated… way too much… I’m kinda obsessed 😔 ✔️cleaned the microwave + some other kitchen stuff ✔️hung up some pictures on the walls ✔️hand washed some clothes ✔️ate some mishti doi 💯

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When a student copies an essay online instead of writing it and then painstakingly changes every word to a synonym until the text no longer makes any sense...

call that the Ship of Thesaurus

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i'm trying so hard to finish reading the ortho chapter but it's so long i want to give up

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in about a month, i return to college for my senior year. as excited as i am to share all of my new knowledge and other things i find interesting, i’m just taking the next month to engage in shenanigans and tomfoolery, as well as whatever i see fit.

as easy as it is for me to anticipate and wish for the next thing to come sooner, i want to practice enjoying the current moment.

time will pass and things will come, but until then there will always be dishes to wash, people to love, windows to open, days to work.

all that to say sorry for the lack of original content lately, and there will be some coming in the future, but for now i am allowing myself to distance from the anticipation of a new semester and enjoy the last few weeks of summer break.

i hope this makes sense and i’ll see you all when i have more things to share :)

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🌛 - aahh an angel of a professor has allowed me to take the oral exam in cultural studies even though i forgot to register for it! super grateful rn but that means that i have about two days to study for it so it's going to be a couple of late night study sessions :')

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June 28, 2023 - Wednesday / Eid-ul-Adha

This eid was pretty chill I think I spent most of it cleaning the whole house. I visited my friends but had to cut it short because of my cousins (and nieces and nephews) visiting but it was still a great time alhamdulillah 💓 Also! I received eid money??? at my ripe old age where I should be giving kids eidi myself 💀 Alhamdulillah lol I felt very special lol and used it to buy the color pencil set that was in my cart for the last few months 🥺 Best day ever.

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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.