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Procrastinating makes me feel really icky, but I can’t help myself. I always wait until the final moment to do something or study for something and then am always rushing, thus I’m always stressed out. This is the way I deal with procrastination. What works for me might or might not work for you, and that’s okay.
Make a list of every single thing you know you have to get done. This doesn’t have to be limited to a certain time, if you know your university applications are due in two months, put this down too! Also include the smaller tasks you may have ignored like changing your sheets or tidying up your room.
Put some sort of symbol next to tasks you want to accomplish first. These can be assignments due soon, or anything you want to get done quick. I usually use exclamation points and for ones with looming deadlines, I put multiple exclamation points.
Assign an estimated duration to each task, ranging from five minutes to two hours, see how much you can realistically get done today.
After making that list, you may have a rush of energy to start checking things off, so start with something that’s high priority and also has a longer time duration. Work on this for at least half an hour, or at most an hour and a half.
Try not to open Netflix or YouTube on this break. Use this time to get something to eat, you can also use this time to finish those small tasks you wrote out, or play with a pet! If you open any addictive apps, you’re probably going to have problems coming back to the tasks.
As soon as your alarm signifies the end of your break, come straight back and attempt a different task now. If you were to do the same task, you might get bored. Work on this task and follow the above mentioned techniques.
After feeling like you’ve accomplished a decent amount, you can reward yourself something. I usually reward myself an episode of Brooklyn Nine Nine or a face mask!
While doing the tasks, keep checking them off, it’s extremely satisfying and once every single task is complete, you’ll feel so good about yourself.
When at least three things have been checked off, you can take a bigger break. This can last anywhere between fifteen minutes to half an hour. During this break, you can use any of the apps previously banned.
Try to remind yourself why you’re studying. Is it because you want to get into a specific university? Is it because you want to make your parents proud? Is it because you want to prove yourself to haters? Whatever the reason is, channel the emotion attached to it and get back to studying.
Just know that no matter what happens, your grades do not define you. You are not just a number or letter on a sheet of paper, you’re a beautiful human being and you can do anything you want to do.
Hi all! I figured I should share this playlist I made while I was in my final weeks of classes (aka the hell that is finals)!
This is just a playlist of some slower, emotional, or soothing tracks for studying, relaxing, or whatever you want to do (I recommend baking!).
Note: This is super kpop heavy, but because I can’t really understand every single word, it helped my tune out the outside world and focus on my work. I wrote a whole lot of essays to this playlist.
For my fellow Shawols: Hi friends, we’ve been through a lot lately, huh? Jjongie’s music appears on this playlist and I wanted make sure to give you a heads up, just in case you aren’t super comfortable listening yet (and that’s okay).
Even if you aren’t studying, I hope this playlist can give you all some peace of mind and some comfort too.
Enjoy! ~Lisa <3 (ps. Got any recommendations for more songs? Let me know!)
Hello! I’m the Little Language Fox...
But you can call me Lisa. I’m in my final year at my University. I currently study literature + Spanish (my majors), as well as French + lingustics (my minors).
Also, I am currently self-studying Korean (I am a beginner!).
I thought about making this blog for a long time. I’ve had a Tumblr since 2010 (oh my god I’m old) but I recently deleted my previous account to start fresh!
I really want to track my progress and stay motivated to keep up my languages!
See you around!
chloé stafler's french cover of sweater weather slapped me across the face with a french textbook and i took the hit gladly
rediscovering my love of french and wanting to pick it up again, i used to hate it in school but now i realise how the structure of school and exams just ironically kills of the feeling of wanting to learn. please interact and tell me your fav methods of learning languages? or just your experiences with learning french in general?
Hey did you know I keep a google drive folder with linguistics and language books that I try to update regularly
UPDATE because apparently not everyone has seen this yet the new and improved version of this is a MEGA folder
I know there’s so many more urgent things but if you like this resource you may consider buying me a ko-fi
Day 59/100 days of productivity 🥥✨🌾
Today went well! I managed to get some reading done as I’d been neglecting my book lately 🥰 I also started up on learning hiragana again! During GCSEs I forgot about it but with all the free time I had I figured it would be good to begin again ☺️✨🌿
Nah nah nah it ain’t the genders that get you, it’s the cases. I used to chant them in my head but sometimes it wasn’t in my head and people looked at me like I was the girl with the knife.
*demonic chanting*
der die das die
den die das die
dem der dem den
DES DER DES DER
明天的恐惧 · tomorrow’s fears
今天的乐趣 · today’s pleasures
未来的承诺 · the future’s promises
昨天的背叛 · yesterday’s betrayal
CHICAGO · WORK TRIP · SUMMER ‘24
Clothing is an art. What do you like to wear?
American style. Travel is good for the heart, but hurts my wallet.
I made a little editorial for the guy I’m dating. I graduate from university in two semesters. I might teach English in China to get 我的水平 up to par. Can’t work at the neighborhood pizza place forever.
中文: he began having an interest in furniture during high school. Since then, his name is now well known. He enjoys using various styles.
français: “it’s an art, really” he assures me on the subject of making furniture. he recounts these things with such passion and pride, it’s hard for me not to blush.
here the chinese words for life and opportunity accompany a quote i heard on one of those detective shows like ncis la and i liked it.
photo is southern indiana.
merci xx
赵酷峰 k y l e
Indiana : American Countryside
Midwest, Great Lakes Region
Summertime
A Father’s Day Weekend
I sit with him on the lakeside
It’s peaceful
The weather is rather humid
We picnic
命运 destiny
错觉 mispercetion
for reasons unknown to me, powers greater than ourselves tore us apart. it wasn’t what i wanted. i’m still angry at the universe for tricking me.
中文艺术我做了
第一个是精神疾病。常常是我的生活负担。每个人的生活有问题。我是一样。
第二个是期限。大学，上班，都很忙。总是有期限。没有够的轻松，安全时间。紧张。
[au début d’éditer, j’ai presque utilisé l’anglais « win at any cost » mais à la fin j’ai pensé que le français a un air plus intéressant. ]
第三个是错觉。经常我觉得别的人错觉我。想想错的东西。哎呀
第四个是。。。我不知道。可能还没有完了哈哈
Hello everyone here is some artwork i made in chinese. enjoy responsibly
first one is ‘mental illness’
second is deadline - stress of being in school and working at the same time. win at any cost.
third is misperception • partly influenced by my late friend brad who had schizophrenia bipolar. but often i feel others misperceive me in a social context. like who i am, what kind of person i am.
fourth — just a fun lil edit
c’est tout pour maintenant. merci !
linguistics notes // decolonization · language revitalization
中文课照片 · chinese class in photos
这个星期我们学习新的诗歌
这个学期，我有“漂亮的汉子课”，汉子的历史和书法，那么东西。我喜欢历史，看怎么汉子改变不同的时代。有繁体字很漂亮，我想要没有改变了。但是，也有简单字我很高兴现在使用。书法，我不耐心。我也不在乎如果我的汉子是理想。但是，我赏识这个传统的艺术。
我几乎忘了，我开始了实习期。它是在一家亚洲文化中心。我有两个中国主任。我下还这个实习期。我很高兴。很好的机会。我现在更老，不是孩子或者年轻人。好吧，我饿死了。我现在要吃爆米花。再见 ！
Chinese class • 中文课
这个学期，我有漂亮的汉子课。我们学习书法。
我喜欢汉子的历史。很有意思。篆书是我的最喜欢的。我还不知道，毕业的时候，我做什么？我还有几个学期。现在我不需要答案。但是… 我不要抱怨
happy halloween hehe
totally missed halloween, idk why i didn’t post these
照片 · 笔记 · 朋友
新的句子/词汇
你看起来很情绪化 · You look emo
我是情绪化 · I am emo
咱们AA吧？- Let’s split the bill.
我没头绪 / I have no idea.
我没有选择 / I have no choice.
做错了也没关系 · it’s okay to make mistakes.
最好的尚未来临· the best is yet to come !!
我感激每一天 ·· I’m grateful for every day
我爱真实的自己- I love myself for who I am
· 一息若存，希望不灭 · while there is life, there is hope.
Next post I think I will make a mental health themed list. I don’t know how to add the pīnyīn in an aesthetically pleasing way, so I’ll just recommend using Pleco app or google translate :)
这是赵酷峰
下次再见！
(･･;) ❀ ❋
今晚 ·
当我真正抽出时间学习时。我希望我有更多机会练习中文，还是没有中国朋友或者会说中文的朋友。我常常看youtube的视频，比较有用和容易被动地听。今晚我从 Instagram 上的图片中复制句子。