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13/07/20

summer studying challenge 1 — what are your plans for this summer?

this summer i want to read at least 8 books on my tbr list because it is becoming mountainous. and i really want to improve my russian and coding skills! i’m not focusing on school stuff until august bc my mh needs a break from it for a while.

21/07/20

summer studying challenge, 21st july: what is the best holiday you’ve been on?

definitely the first time i went on a holiday to a warm country, to menorca in 2017 with my family.

today was spent colouring in a gbbo colouring book, watching arrested development, and coding! i’m learning python2 using codecademy and i’m trying some of the python challenges. (i completed level 1 today and was SO excited by it.)

If you ever want to feel what it’s like to be hated by every Scottish person just get a job working for the sqa.

Where do you get all that energy from? Like you do so much a day?! Its really fascinating and i try to be as productive but i kinda just get about 2-3 things done a day. Keep it going! ^-^

this made me smile because i’ve only recently been motivated again after having a huge slump, academically and mentally, so i’ve really just been doing the things i enjoy! it’s much easier to get stuff done if you like doing it :)

(a lot of this recent motivation is because i’m going back to school next week and am having a sudden rush of trying to finish my summer goals lol)

Six Moons of Saturn (Titan, Mimas, Tethys, Enceladus, Dione & Rhea)

Image Credit: Rafael Defavari

How to Handle Having TOO MUCH To Do

So let’s say you’re in the same boat I am (this is a running theme, have you noticed?) and you’ve just got, like, SO MUCH STUFF that HAS to get done YESTERDAY or you will DIE (or fail/get fired/mope). Everything needs to be done yesterday, you’re sick, and for whatever reason you are focusing on the least important stuff first. What to do!

Take a deep breath, because this is a boot camp in prioritization.

Make a 3 by 4 grid. Make it pretty big. The line above your top row goes like this: Due YESTERDAY - due TOMORROW - due LATER. Along the side, write: Takes 5 min - Takes 30 min - Takes hours - Takes DAYS.

Divide ALL your tasks into one of these squares, based on how much work you still have to do. A thank you note for a present you received two weeks ago? That takes 5 minutes and was due YESTERDAY. Put it in that square. A five page paper that’s due tomorrow? That takes an hour/hours, place it appropriately. Tomorrow’s speech you just need to rehearse? Half an hour, due TOMORROW. Do the same for ALL of your tasks

Your priority goes like this:

5 minutes due YESTERDAY

5 minutes due TOMORROW

Half-hour due YESTERDAY

Half-hour due TOMORROW

Hours due YESTERDAY

Hours due TOMORROW

5 minutes due LATER

Half-hour due LATER

Hours due LATER

DAYS due YESTERDAY

DAYS due TOMORROW

DAYS due LATER

At this point you just go down the list in each section. If something feels especially urgent, for whatever reason - a certain professor is hounding you, you’re especially worried about that speech, whatever - you can bump that up to the top of the entire list. However, going through the list like this is what I find most efficient.

Some people do like to save the 5 minute tasks for kind of a break between longer-running tasks. If that’s what you want to try, go for it! You’re the one studying here.

So that’s how to prioritize. Now, how to actually do shit? That’s where the 20/10 method comes in. It’s simple: do stuff like a stuff-doing FIEND for 20 minutes, then take a ten minute break and do whatever you want. Repeat ad infinitum. It’s how I’ve gotten through my to do list, concussed and everything.

You’ve got this. Get a drink and start - we can do our stuff together!

26.08.2020 | 87/100 Days of Productivity | physics, coffee break, physics | the weather service said it wasn't going to rain anymore today, it'd even started to clear up, but it's pouring!

in love with these bedsheets

15/07/20

summer studying challenge day 3: do you have a specific goal for this summer?

i have a few little goals, like applying for a stem programme, getting my russian up a bit, picking violin back up and continuing learning coding in python!

some voltage divider worked examples because they confused the hell out of me