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inkandstudy · 1 year

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🌟 Progress Over Perfection 🌟

Do you ever feel like you're held back by your own perfectionism? Trust me, you're not alone! But here's the thing - small progress is still progress. And sometimes, all it takes is a little nudge to get started on pursuing your goals.

So, let this be your sign. Take a deep breath, open up your textbook or learning material, and dive right in. Start with the smallest tasks first, and let the feeling of accomplishment motivate you to keep going. With each small step, you'll gain confidence and momentum to tackle the bigger workloads ahead.

Another great tip is to use to-do lists to keep track of your tasks. There's something so satisfying about that little "bing!" sound that happens when you check off a completed task in apps like Microsoft To-Do. Plus, having a clear list of what you need to accomplish can help you stay focused and on track.

Remember, progress doesn't have to be perfect. Sometimes, the most important thing is just getting started. So go ahead and take that first step - you've got this!

#study tips #studyblr #study #motivation #study motivation #study advice #study blog #study space #progress over perfection #writing #learning #studygram #studystudystudy #university #to-do lists #organisation #tips #guide

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evolutioned · 8 months

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study tips!!

just some study tips for myself mainly but if you think they can help you, you can try them out!! these won't work for everyone though.

first & foremost, make a todo list. i swear it helps. dont put it off thinking that oh, the task is too big for a to-do list & it will only discourage me from actually doing it. to-do lists can help remind you how much work you have to do, and if anything, it will trigger deadline anxiety which in turn can motivate you to finish you shit faster.

regarding the to-do list, make it in the morning & continue adding + doing tasks throughout the day. it not only gives you a sense of accomplishment, but you also have a constantly updated list of things you need to do, to ensure that you dont forget anything. also, to make it more manageable, break every task that seems "too big" into smaller tasks and space them out.

music: if it distracts you, do not listen to it. and dont put a playlist of you favourite songs, or songs you know well. put a playlist of maybe music from an artist you want to get into, play it at like 3/4 volume with noise cancelling earphones/headphones and get in the zone baby!

for math notes, if those big templates seem too complicated, don't worry!! you dont have to use them. instead copy a few questions from your textbook, and write them down, whichever way you want. and then copy the method your teacher taught you to answer the questions (cause they sometimes cut marks if you use you own method) and apply it to every question. at the end of the topic, there is usually a review practice. get a piece of paper and do the practice, and check your answers. whatever you got wrong, go back and relearn it. try again. do it until youre confident in it. do it for all topics you need to learn. it's difficult, but it will work.

take frequent breaks!! don't take this lightly, this will actually help you with your work. if you feel like a question is too difficult, take a break! it can be as small as getting up and walking around the house, or getting your water bottle. but the main thing is, have a change of scenery. if you feel like your brain is slowing down. clean your area, and relax for a while. if need be, take a nap!! put a timer so you don't oversleep but remember to give yourself atleast 10-15 minutes. when you wake up wash your face, drink some water, eat a hersheys kiss. take out your study materials and look at it wit fresh eyes! hope this helps <3

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cassiopedias · 9 months

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to-do before college/moving

I officially have one week until I move for school! So, I have created this list of tasks that I will continue to update until then. I hope this may inspire you to do what you have been meaning to check off your lists, too! We can do it <3

adjust sleep schedule

return library books

select books to move with

clean out bedside table

decide which clothes to bring

stock up on toiletries

pack up clothes

get fabric to cover desk

clean out/wash car

have a spa day

#to-do lists #cassierambles #updated: 08/06/23 #cassiopedias

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deathspeaker · 2 years

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A more forgiving (and useful) way to use To-Do Lists

So I have both ADHD and autism. BAD. I struggle with time management as well as even perceiving time. So sometimes five minutes feels like an hour and an hour feels like five minutes and I can blink and suddenly the sun is fucking rising and I feel not even a hint of tiredness to indicate I stayed up all night.

The usual advice is ‘Keep a to-do list!’ but this created a different issue where I would make a to-do list and then not accomplish all of it then feel like a worthless sack of shit for only managing to do like... one thing on the list.

Then I started doing it a little differently. I made a list per day and would do as much as I could, then the next day make a new list but I would still keep track of the previous days so I could tackle each line without feeling guilty for missing something. I wouldn’t have to keep writing ‘Clean the fish tank’ every day until I got it done, I just had to consult the list and it oddly made it easier to do? I don’t know the psychology behind this but it felt less stressful. It became... forgiving.

I also try to divide up the ‘to-do’s’ in a way that they aren’t too big. I don’t just put ‘clean the kitchen’ because that could actually cover like 10 different tasks and many can’t be done out of order (I can’t load dirty dishes into the dish washer until the clean dishes are unloaded). So instead I start with what steps need to be done first, like the ‘unload clean dishes’. This step probably helps my autism a touch more than my ADHD. If you give me a single task that is actually made up of a dozen tasks it easily overwhelms me, makes it hard to manage and I tend not to accomplish half of it.

Due to my current issue (getting tested for an immune disorder, might have fibromyalgia but doctor wants to rule out Lupus first) I get exhausted quickly, lots of pain and muscle weakness. So I’ve added a timer to it. I set the timer, play video games/watch tv/read then when it goes off I pick something off the list, do that (and because they’re divided up into easy bites I don’t wear myself out) then go back to the ADHD rewarding thing my stupid brain craves while my body gets a chance to relax.

I’m using this timer trick not just for boring things that need to get done but to help me manage learning new skills, doing something fun but educational (Duolingo with Spanish!). Playing with my pets, doing some stretches, etc.

If this helps anyone I’ll be happy! I’m 40, getting more disabled it seems so I’ve picked up a few things. It also keeps me busy so I don’t fall into a worse depression spiral.

#time management #ADHD #autism #advice #managing expectations #making lists #to-do lists #I also made a cute note book that's just a to-do list that I can fill out #making it cute helps!#tips #lifehack #brain no work good

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wrenb77 · 1 year

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How I Organize My Work

Recently a couple of people in my life have asked me how I keep on top of my work as a SAHM/homemaker. Or saw my notebook and goggled at it. So I figured it might be useful for a few of you too.

First, some background. For the ten years between graduating college and having kids I worked in very small businesses with bosses who would waltz in, issue orders, and waltz back out again. I had to keep track of the daily grind and whatever extra stuff was needed. I transferred the tools of my teenage journaling habit into a combination journal & to-do list, and then it became just a to-do and to-remember journal. For most of those years my daily book was a black & white marbled composition notebook -- sturdy enough to hold up but cheap enough that I could write and write with no worries. Here's an example from when I worked in a used book store.

When I was first at home with my kids and freelancing during naptime, I had a binder with my chores all sorted by day. It was a good structure for that time in my life. But it had a lot of overhead -- forms to design, pages to print and stick in the binder. So when my second child was born I dropped that and moved on to my current method.

Today I'm a full-time mom and homemaker. I try to get as much done around the house as possible so that we can relax on the weekends. To keep on track, I use a simple A5 (8.5"x5.5") notebook.

Every morning I sit down and write in my notebook. I try to start with the appointments that are out of the ordinary that I need to remember. Then come the tasks. I start with the everyday basics; my day starts with scooping litter boxes and tidying up from breakfast. One of the kids eats oatmeal every day, so there's that pan to wash, plus my and @polyhedral42's travel mugs from the morning coffee run. I know I need to spend time on this stuff, so it gets a mention on the list, and an easy check-off to start my day!

I like to write down all the steps of a task that takes place over time. That way I get credit for throwing the rags in the washing machine even though they're not dry, folded, or put away yet. Similarly I know where I am in the bread making process right now.

On grocery day I use the facing page to record the menu for the week and my grocery list. On other days, the facing page is a good landing spot for all the random, "I should look that up" or "I should remember" things. Most days that page is pretty empty, but on hectic days it's a key tool for reducing the number of things I need to remember.

And that's it! I know it won't work for everyone, but this is what has worked for me for the last 10 years.

#my life #homemaking #organization #to-do lists #my daily notebooks #sahm #homemaker #housework

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thelasttime · 1 year

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making lists is actually something that can be so therapeutic

#.txt #packing lists #to-do lists #if you guys sent me a date from the beginning of august 2019 to now i could give you a to-do list that i made #maybe a few exceptions like summer breaks #but yeah #lol #send me dates!

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homoqueerjewhobbit · 4 months

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Wow, this "gender free" fashion brand sure doesn't have any AMAB models.

#If you can't put someone with a beard in one of your skirts you have failed as a queer brand #My punishment for dkbefafely clicking on an ad #OK I did find exactly one in the infographic about their big and tall coveralls #But they weren't in the actual product listings for the products.#Fashion #Queer fashion #Nonbinary #Women and femmes #Genderqueer #And I do mean AMAB. I didn't see any trans women either #post o' mine

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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses · 5 months

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the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies”#serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited...#i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest.#it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!'#'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members...#..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)'#anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language?#maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value”#and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs)#happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills)#and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on...#...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works?#beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

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alenasbdesign · 23 days

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Magnetic Dry Erase Sheet

Dimensions: 8.5" x 11" (Letter)

Printed on 5-millimeter DigiMag® XTRA glossy magnetic stock

Dry erase markers easily wipe clean

Easily sticks on any magnetic surface, including refrigerators and office cabinets.

#magnetic #magnetic dry erase sheet #notes #writing #tea #tea time #to do list #Dry Erase Sheet #to-do lists #shopping lists #chore charts

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saturnisfallingdown · 7 months

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dude what do you mean minecraft still costs like 20 bucks. it should come preinstalled on every computer like solitaire at this point

#i have a list of games that should just come with a new device the way a chess or solitaire program does #myst. doom. skyrim. minecraft. do you hear me #saturn is rambling down

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corgiteatime · 27 days

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Congratulations, game. You really did subvert my initial expectations with the really-not-all-that-horny vampire and the totally sensible weed Dad figure and Mr. Gale "I'm totally into the fact you haven't taken in a bath in 2 weeks and I read a book about about being turned on by deadly danger and let's have astral projection 4-way sex with only 2 people in outer space and you look good jogging around the city in strappy bondage gear" Dekarios.

Not complaining. I was just surprised, that's all. I love having my expectations subverted.

#baldur's gate 3 #do not take this seriously #astarion #halsin #gale of waterdeep #turns out astarion wasn't even close to the top of the lists #i will not be receiving arguments in the tags or comments thank you

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sewgeekmama · 3 months

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I Make Lists About Writing Lists

I am a list maker. It’s the only way I can remember to get anything done. If you tell me something and you don’t see me write it down or make a note in my phone, then it’s not happening. Sometimes on my To-Do List is a note about making a new list. Once one list gets all scribbled over, it’s time to rewrite and revise the list. I use four main things for my list writing: My phone notes, a big…

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#desk calendar #list making #lists #Mom Life #organization #staying organized #to-do lists

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inkskinned · 9 months

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you're in the habit of denying yourself things.

if someone asked you directly, you would say that you love a little treat. you like iced coffee and getting the cookie. you drink juice out of a fancy cup sometimes, and often do use your candles until they gutter out helplessly.

but you hesitate about buying the 20 dollar hand mixer because, like. you could just use your arms. you weren't raised rich. you don't get to just spend the 20 dollars (remember when that could cover lunch?), at least - you don't spend that without agonizing over it first, trying to figure out the cost-benefits like you are defending yourself in front of a jury. yes, this rice cooker could seriously help you. but you do know how to make stovetop rice and it really isn't that hard. how many pies or brownies would you actually make, in order to make that hand mixer worthwhile?

what's wild is that if the money was for a friend, it would already be spent. you'd fork over 40 without blinking an eye, just to make them happy. the difference is that it's for you, so you need to justify it.

and it sneaks in. you ration yourself without meaning to - you don't finish the pint of ice cream, even though you want to. the next time you go to the store, you say ah, i really shouldn't, and then you walk away. you save little bits of your precious things - just in case. sometimes you even go so far as putting that one thing in your shopping cart. and then just leaving it there, because maybe-one-day, but not right now, there's other stuff going on.

you do self-care, of course. but you don't do it more than like, 3 days in a row. after that it just feels a little bit over-the-edge. like. you can't live in decadence, the economy is so bad right now, kid.

so you don't buy the rice cooker. you can-and-will spend the time over the stove. you can withstand the little sorrows. denial and discipline are practically synonyms. and you're not spoiled.

it's just - it's not always a rice cooker. sometimes it is a person or a job or a hug. sometimes it is asking for help. sometimes it is the summer and your college degree. sometimes it is looking down at scabbed knees and feeling a strange kind of falling, like you can't even recognize the girl you used to be. sometimes it is your handprint looking unsteady.

sometimes it is tuesday, and you didn't get fired, and you want to celebrate. but what is it you like, even? you search around your little heart and come up empty. you're so used to denying that all your desires draw a blank.

oh fuck. see, this is the perfect opportunity. if you had a mixer, you'd make a cake.

#warm up #this isn't good #writeblr #this is complicated by the fact i can't stand up too long or i fuckken pass out and <3 hit my damn head <3 #but i did take a deep breath and buy myself the stupid rice cooker #and!!! a very cheap sushi kit!!! i have been wanting to try making sushi for literally YEARS #the kit was only like 15 dollars!!!! and i haven't purchased it bc?!!??!?!?!?!!?#..... i didn't get the mixer tho that felt. like a lot. like too much.#on my list is a kitchenaid. one day when i get a check and i have paid off my student debt #and medical debt #i will put that first little bit of cash #into a kitchenaid 5qt stand mixer (with attachments)#i really do just go into their refurbished section and stare lustily at each option #but yeah i feel guilty about the rice cooker even tho i know for a fact this damn thing is gonna be a lifesaver #oh shit also fuck i forgot to mention . poached eggs

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evilwizard · 2 months

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legend tells that Thoth, god of knowledge and magic, played cards with Khonsu, god of the moon, and won 5 extra days worth of moonlight. he gave them to the sky goddess Nut (who was forbidden from giving birth on any day of the then 360-day year), subsequently allowing her to produce Osiris, Isis, Horus, Set, and Nepthys—one on each of the five days

no one knows that Thoth was up to with the whole “leap year” thing. after all, there’s no way Nut could give birth to just 1/4th of a god. unless…..

no way!!!! this has become a CERTIFIED MEDJED POST!!!!!!!!!!

𓅓𓂝𓆓𓂧𓐦

TRUE MEDJ-HEADS REBLOG!!!!!!!!!!

#this is a take that is going to get a lot of ancient Egyptian scholars very mad at me <|:^)#EDIT: earlier version of this post accidentally listed Geb (husband of Nut) as one of her children instead of Set. my sincerest apologies #I’ll do more fact checking of my sources in the future

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s-aint-elmo · 3 months

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part 2 of my pining falin agenda aka I STAND WITH MARCILLE THAT DRESS WAS CUNT

part 1

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#dungeon meshi #falin touden #marcille donato #farcille #dungeon meshi spoilers #doodles #mine #in my to-do list that second image is described as 'visions of marcille tarted up dark magician style dancing in falin's mind'#making laios call the dungeon lord dress weird in part one is just compliance to canon characterization HE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR ME #i looove fashion and fashion as characterization so my headcanon is that marcille's epilogue style is a direct consequence of that dress #she realized that there was no escaping the resemblance to her mother bc it is now a proven fact that black brings out her cuntiferocity #also falin is wearing a chemise de la reine bc 1) plumage real estate 2) similar to her canon dresses and 3) booba

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arabella-s-arts · 2 months

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Scenes/Things in Supernatural that genuinely don't make sense to me if Dean was straight:

The confession booth scene.

Sam just rolling with the fact that Dean's siren is a guy while still thinking sirens infect people through sex.

Dean being flustered by several men: Gunner Lawless, Aaron, Doctor Sexy, etc.

All the parallels between Destiel and other couples. (A big one being "last night on Earth" bc how do you do that accidentally.)

Having all the gay jokes be on Dean instead of Sam.

Paralleling Sam meeting his childhood celebrity crush with Dean meeting Gunner Lawless.

The boner Dean got when Cas cleaned up.

Dean gulping after Cas does an impression from a Western movie.

Charlie, a lesbian, calling Castiel "dreamy."

The way Mary looks at Dean and Cas when they hug.

Dean wondering why everyone assumes he's gay, while Sam not caring.

The logic that Charlie can't flirt with guys because she's only attracted to women, but then having Dean flirt with the guy for her.

Dean seeming disappointed when learning that Aaron's flirting was fake.

The amount of time Dean and Cas spend staring at each other.

Dean canonically having an orgy with Crowley.

A woman saying that she knows when someone's pining for someone else to Dean, just for us to learn that Dean was never in love with Amara.

The set design and script choices that lead to a cross in the background while Dean said "I do." to Cas after he came back to life.

Edit: To the people who say I can't use the siren as an example because the siren is supposed to be his brother, and therefore his siren being a man doesn't work. If you reread that bullet point, then you will realize that I didn't put it down as just simply Dean's siren being a man. I recognize that the siren is supposed to be his brother. It's the fact that Sam still thinks the siren infects people through sex, not knowing that it's actually through saliva when he realizes who the siren is. So when he sees that Dean's siren is a guy, he had to assume they had sex, and he does not seem surprised by this at all.

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