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02.19.2024
pictured: cozy studying ✨
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samanthropologist · 2 months
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Studying is hard work, but it's all worth it when you finally get the grades you deserve.
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samanthropologist · 2 months
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Current mood: wishing we got snow days in grad school ❄️
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Cambridge 🤎 Dark Academia
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samanthropologist · 2 months
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habits i should try to avoid burnout 🍵
to varying degrees, every semester i burn out. this one may become the worst i've had in recent years if i'm not careful bc of the way i'm trying to pack my schedule. anxiety has been unexpectedly high this week and it's only week 1! 😖
🐢 self-care:
get 8-10 hours of sleep daily
daily exercise - enough to get me physically tired enough to sleep
meditate AND journal daily
give myself at least one day a week to chill (probably will be a "reset" day bc i can't just vegetable and expect my brain to not self-destruct. for now, let's try saturdays.)
more quality time with the people i love throughout the week
fresh air + sunlight when the weather isn't too inhospitable
no phone mornings (i quickly fell out of the habit but it did wonders for my mental health 😭)
🐰 time management:
set reasonable goals. don't kid yourself into thinking you can complete everything on a to-do list you doubt you can finish even half of - if you doubt, you're probably right.
take plenty of breaks throughout the day
don't procrastinate bc procrastination's consequences will definitely lead to burnout. on the days you just don't feel it, give yourself a reason to study that speaks to you. what is demotivating you? give yourself the encouragement you need to not give up.
vary the order in which you do things so your days feel like they have more variety (e.g. vary the order in which you work on different subjects every day)
study based on energy level (i.e. try to study high-energy subjects when you have high energy and low-energy subjects when you have low energy. stop for the day when you're just not there anymore, don't try to push it.) this doesn't have to be contradictory to the point above cuz i still have lots of choices for what to do and my energy sometimes fluctuates like crazy throughout a single day.
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samanthropologist · 2 months
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samanthropologist · 2 months
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01.14.2024
pictured: coffee, the cold, and colors of the first snow
hello! it was quite chilly this morning. rather than staying next to my fireplace, i braved the cold to complete my readings for the week. i might just have to slumber here.
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samanthropologist · 2 months
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The last few days before the blizzard hit in Sweden
Tuesday, the 9th of January 2023
I woke up to the dog curled up at my side and the sun painting the world bright gold - what a splendid start to a day. Nevertheless, the feeling of meh (have you been introduced yet?) has taken over and I desperately want to stay home to study instead of going to university. Please send reinforcement (motivation)!
Things on my mind
Read Dubois's text
Read Turner's text
Sketch down an essay structure
Look for secondary lit
Russian seminar
Read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
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samanthropologist · 3 months
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01.13.2024
pictured: readings on readings + figaro, the ragdoll kitty
hello all ✨ my spring semester just started this week. it's my last semester of undergrad! i'm taking a gap year before i apply to master's programs. let's hope it rejuvenates me
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samanthropologist · 3 months
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today was a slow day that I enjoyed a lot, wrote in my fairy while my cat was sleeping on the bed 💫 reblog is okay, don’t repost
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samanthropologist · 4 months
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I tried time blocking tasks with pomodoro method seriously this time to accelerate my study (in Italian I'd say "to put pepper on my ass") and I must say I found it very helpful!
I managed to finish by the early afternoon the amount of work I normally do in an entire day, leaving me time to start the next history chapter. I'm also pretty happy with the quality of my study today!
While the previous times I only used the timer to focus on one long assignment, this time I did it to set a deadline or measure my tasks timewise, to correlate and visualise a bit more clearly how much I needed to do and how much it would realistically take me.
My focus time is already quite long and I have a good routine of alternating intense study hours and quick refreshing pauses, but what slows me is always considering my impending tasks only through time or extension, quite never correlating the two.
My problem has always been time management when the deadlines are still far, knowing that stresses me even more and considering the whole amount of work left scares me every time, so I end up spending more time to make strict unrealistic plans to co-opt my future self into being consistent rather than analysing and breaking through the tasks I have ahead of me to make them feel as simple and as comprehensible as I can.
Once I noticed the amount of pages I could study and write in 25 minutes, the paragraphs and chapters begin to feel way more manageable.
I'll try it again but so far I'm liking it ✨
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samanthropologist · 4 months
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12.14.2023
pictured: finals week at the local cafe
hello all ✨ it’s been a while!
earlier this autumn, my father passed away unexpectedly. he was my very best friend and i loved him more than anything. this semester has been so unthinkably hard, and the only thing getting me through is hearing his voice cheering me on when i would hit low points in school. he would tell me to chase my dreams like nothing was stopping me, and i listen to old voicemails he would leave me telling me not to let things overwhelm me. i am currently writing my last final paper about him - my professor let me write an essay about my father, to honor him, and he would let me finish with an A. amidst this pain, i am so grateful for humans like that.
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samanthropologist · 10 months
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when i let my mind unravel, when i step deeper into the abyss, in times of such terrors, I stand gutsy knowing you would be there to assist me.
nocturne, excerpt from my journal
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samanthropologist · 10 months
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Keep calm drink coffee and keep on Studying ☕📚💻.
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