Atermisa Studies

You’ve probably heard this one. But have you actually done this? I doubt it. It’s been almost a year since I turned off my notifications and let me tell you: this shit is life-changing. No, you won’t miss anything. You’ll check your social media in the moment of your choice. Not when you’re in the middle of something.

I’m 6’2 and weigh 180lbs

like you get those ‘i hate to cook! 101: easy meals for the kitchen novice!’ and it still wants you to make a three-cheese spinach casserole

mine would be like

did you know you can put chocolate chips on a spoonful of peanut butter and obtain the perfect snack

did you know if you crack some eggs into your pasta sauce and stir there’s more protein in it so you can go longer without having to make another goddamn meal

did you know you can mix a cup of cooked rice to any condensed soup instead of water and now you have dinner and breakfast

also put cheese on it

put cheese on fucking everything

dump all your chinese delivery into a hot pan and crack two eggs into it, stir, now it is soft and good

if you add a kraft single to mac and cheese from the box it’s magically more delicious (and if you also add hot sauce then it’s spicy)

nachos: chips + shredded cheese + salsa + rummage in fridge in case there’s other things?  and then under the broiler for a minute or two.  if it’s hot it counts as a meal!  works good on stale chips.

an incomplete list of vegetables that won’t instantly rot on you: anything frozen, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes (they get wrinkly but u can still eat them), carrots, onions…i throw away a lot of veggies that have gone soft :(

2. Just before it’s ready, when there’s about a pinkie fingernail’s worth of water on the top, add in a tablespoon of peanut butter. 

3. Stir. Cook the rest of the way. 

4. It’s a meal! It has carbs and protein, it’s filling, it tastes good and it looks and feels like a legitimate dish, which is great for lifting the spirits a bit. 

Since no-one explained how to cook rice: (1) put bit of oil in pot, heat up on medium flame, (2) add 1-1.5 cup rice, mix up and add a bit of salt (you may need to reduce flame), (3) while you’re doing that, boil water in an electric pot, (4) add 2 cup water for each 1 cup rice; reduce flame a few seconds before you do that and mind the steam won’t hit you, (5) cover and set a 20min timer.

Pasta: (1) boil water, lots of water (covered pot goes fast; you can also use an electric pot for a shortcut and bring to a full boil on the stove - experiment), (2) up to 100 gr pasta per 1L water will work, but the more water per pasta the better, (3) reduce flame to medium (light bubbling), add pasta, set time to 10min, (4) check and add time as necessary - you may not need to.

Egg or bean noodled cook faster than pasta - like, half the time.

Easiest pasta sauce: 20-50gr of butter, melt; 1-2tbs lemon juice, homogenize; dump in pasta (and possibly peas, boiled from frozen). Taken 5min or under and will liven up pasta that’s been sitting in the fridge.

Easiest cream sauce: 1 standard (250ml) cream carton, 1 tsp shredded cheese (keeps well in freezer) or more, 1 tbs cottage cheese, spices to taste. Heat in a small pot on a small-to-medium flame while stirring constantly (if it’s too hot to stick a finger in, it’s too hot). Takes maybe 5-10min. Will keep in fridge up to 1 week.

Rice freezes well. Pasta doesn’t. Plain pasta (and most noodles) will last for up to a month in the fridge, though, and just dump it in the pan with some ketchup/tomato paste(+oil + water) and you’re good.

…nobody said that dry onion lasts? Dry onion lasts. Fried onion freezes well and keeps forever. So does diced garlic. If you like ‘em but worried about them going bad/don’t always have the time or spoons to deal with ‘em, there you go.

Fresh bread freezes well. Keep emergency bread in your freezer, sliced. It’ll thaw in the fridge/on the counter overnight, or you can stick a slice as-is in the toaster (just turn it up 1 notch relative to your usual preference).

Potatoes in their peel are the single most nutritious food. (You can, actually, survive on mashed potatoes.) A boiled potato will stay good in the fridge for a couple days. Boil partway (should still somewhat resist a fork), turn over/toaster oven on 150C (350F) or higher while you do the rest, slice potato(s), spread like deck of cards, brush oil over (with the sort of silicone brush one uses for eggs - costs next to nothing and you’ll be glad you got it), bit of salt, stick into oven and come back 20-40min later. Will re-heat well.

All of the following are good in eggs, just (1) dump them in the pan before the eggs, (2) the more you fluff up the eggs the betters: cubed semi-boiled potatoes, sliced/cubed tomatoes, tinned garbanzo beans (<-legume), tinned/frozen corn. Tinned and frozen stuff lasts forever. A pre-boiled potato and a couple eggs will save your ass on a cold, miserable morning.

3 shortbread cookies + 2 glasses of milk = 500kcal balanced dinner. Or breakfast.

1 cup cooked pasta + couple fluffed up eggs + shredded cheese (from frozen) to taste, in a stove-top pan or in the oven for ~20min = full meal.

Black lentils, cooked, will last nicely in the fridge - and unlike other legumes, they don’t need a pre-soak and only take 20min to cook. ½ bowl + 3 tbs oil + 2 tsp lemon juice + ¼ onion = dinner so nutritious you won’t believe it.

Cottage cheese and honey. No really. You only need a couple tsp honey for 250gr cottage tub.

1tbs peanut butter (flat as you can make it) + 3 tbs soy + 2 tbs maple/honey + 1 tsp vinegar = marinade for ~500gr of whatever. Takes ~5min to mix, 20min-2hr to soak, 5-10min to fry (non-stick pan and you don’t need oil). This + pot of rice (<-make while chicken/meat soaks) = lunch for a week. (Or dinner, if dinner’s your main meal.)

A tin of mayonnaise will last for months in the fridge. Hardboiled eggs last a nice while, too. 3 hardboiled eggs, chopped + 1tbs mayo + 1/3 onion chopped = 5min of work and egg salad for a few highly nutritious meals.

Also, ramen, drop an egg and a handful of some kind of frozen veggie(the previously mentioned ones or even some mixed carrots and peas) it adds a lot of nutritional value to your ramen, makes it so much more filling, and makes it have way better flavor than plain ramen. 

Buy a jar of Better than Bouillon. Amazon has them for as cheep as $2.99 a jar and one jar has enough in it to make a couple gallons of broth. Just one teaspoon of this stuff added to 1 cup of water will give you a deliciously broth for soup. Pick your flavor and drop whatever veggies or noodles you’ve got leftover in the fridge and you’ve got dinner. It’s also great to add to the water you’re cooking your rice in to give it some flavor as well. 

Don’t buy boxed Kraft mac and cheese. It may seem like an easy approach but there is a cheaper approach. A 3 lb bag of macaroni noodles is only a couple dollars and you can get a 1 lb bag of the powdered cheese just like in Kraft for $10 on Amazon. I bought a bag of cheese powder that size and it lasted me more than a year and I made mac and cheese once a week. You can also mix it with milk and broccoli and you’ve got a great dinner of broccoli cheese soup. 

Tada - comfort food, you can freeze it, it tastes good, complete meal.

Rice + sunny side up egg –> drop egg on top of warm rice, roughly chop at it with your fork until the yolk starts to run and it’s all in pieces –> mix thoroughly –> that’s arroz a la cubana baby and it’s filling and delicious, add hot sauce for flavour points

Frozen fruit –> eat frozen blueberries plain –> it’s a little harsh on sensitive teeth, but they warm up fast –> frozen fruit is just as good for you as fresh and it’s an incredibly refreshing snack/dessert

Get steel cut oat/plain quick oats/oatmeal of whatever kind you want –> cook a LOT of it to a reasonably thick texture –> serve out one portion and keep the rest in the fridge –> it will stay good a fairly long time and all it needs is a quick nuke session and some cinnamon, maybe apples

Frozen peas are the best –> they go with a surprising amount of things –> italian dishes, asian dishes, aforementioned arroz a la cubana –> they cheap as hell –> they are legumes that are more vegetable-y than your average beans so go get those greens

In terms of flavouring –> miso paste –> it can be expensive but a little goes a loooooong way and it will never go bad as long as you keep it in the fridge since it’s already fermented –> use it in marinades, soups, salad dressings

Make pieces of meals and piece them together as needed –> e.g. marinate some tofu, fry/bake it up and have it ready in the fridge –> maybe the next day you make some stir-fried kale or chard or whatever green is cheap as heck that week –> next day you have to run somewhere but you need lunch –> grab some of that tofu, grab some kale, a granola bar, water –> it’ll do

Baby carrots –> I don’t really buy the big carrots anymore because I’m lazy as heck about peeling –> if I want diced carrots in something I just chop these up –> and they’re also always ready for snacking –> alternatively you can get a big bunch of carrots and make them all snack-size all in one go and then do what I do e.g. cutting them up smaller for dishes when you need it –> this may be cheaper but I’m not actually sure

Compare prices per 100g or kg –> grocery stores should have this price listed in itty-bitty writing on every label below the advertised price –> generally, no surprise here, larger bulk items will cost less per 100g or Kg than the smaller ones and on the whole it saves you money if you plan to use it again in the future

- apply Vaseline to your eyes, lashes, brows, and lips before bed

- never brush curly hair while it’s dry

- on that note, applying products/oil to curly hair while dry is useless

- use a t shirt to dry hair to avoid frizz

- sleep without pants. trust me.

- avoid watery body lotions like Vaseline’s lotion. only dries you out

- avoid crystalline, jagged scrubs (sugar, coffee. St. Ives, etc.). Use round/gentle ones like oatmeal

- avoid coconut oil on face. if you apply it to your hair wash your face afterwards

- don’t put lemon on your face. it might seem like it’s helping but it weakens its protective layer in the long run. if you do use it, dilute it and avoid sun for a while.

- no toothpaste on pimples either it’s a myth

- why do u have a bra on at home. take that shit off and live a little.

- apply deodorant before getting dressed so it doesn’t rub off on your clothes defeating the purpose

- reapply sunscreen every 3-4 hours

- don’t text the fuckboy he don’t care about you

- wake up 30 minutes earlier to have a more relaxed morning and avoid rushing

- wash panties by themselves so you don’t get the gross dirt and germs from your other clothes mixed in. dry them in the sun to kill bacteria if possible.

- hand wash all hijabs they’ll last longer

- don’t use rose water with added fragrance. always check label

- eat at least one fruit or vegetable a day

- leave menial tasks for the end of the day. don’t drain yourself before getting to the important stuff

- before saying something mean or a nasty joke, take 5 seconds to think about it.

- apologizing first doesn’t make you weak

- being vulnerable doesn’t make you weak

- exfoliate after using foundation or powder

- clean phone screen with rubbing alcohol/sanitizer

Some of these will not apply to many people so pls take them with a grain of salt. Also I’ve been collecting these pretty much for the two years I’ve been in college so it’s not a guide, they’re just… random I guess.

Making friends 

Warning - specially tailored for super shy people aka me

There’s a thing called the ‘first week window of endless oportunities’. It’s when groups are still forming and everyone’s desperate to make friends. This is the time to put your best self forward (I’m not saying be fake, just a little extra friendly).

Leave. Your. Door. Open. Do it. Even if you have a roommate. Best way to make friends the first week.

Actually get out of your room. You’re not going to meet many people if you hole up in your room. If you have a tv room or people are watching a movie, I don’t care if you’re not interested in what they’re watching, go.

If you have the balls to go to the room nextdoor and introduce yourself then you probably can skip this section by all means do it!

But if you don’t, going from door to door asking for help with your laundry takes a lot less courage + you will learn how to do laundry. Asking to borrow something (pencil, hair tie, hair drier) also works.

If you’re staying at a residence hall, ask to sit with people at lunch! Nobody is going to say no, i promise.

Similarly if you see someone alone, ask them to have lunch with you! 

Also if you meet someone you get along with, as soon as you can, ask for their number ‘so you can go to the dinning hall together’. 

Remember people’s names - it makes people feel like you actually care about them. I know it’s hard but make an effort. ~Also it just gets annoying when someone asks about your name for the fourth time~. Use mnemonics if you have to.

Asking what someone’s major is and where they’re from is standard procedure when you meet them but it doesn’t make for an interesting conversation. Think of other questions!

Make sure to arrive about 10 min early to your classes. There’ll be very few people and so it’ll be easier to strike a conversation (actually people will probably talk to you without you having to say anything which is g r e a t)

Say yes - as a rule of thumb, your social life should prevail over your academic life the first two weeks. This is the time where you’re not really pressed for time. Say yes to watching movies, say yes to going to lunch, say yes to going to campus events (and even to parties). Obviously don’t do anything that makes you really unconfortable but do try to step out of your comfort zone

Make friends with an upper-classman from your same major. Or at least be on speaking terms. Talk to them on Facebook, ask them about your major, just use any random idc excuse to introduce yourself, it doesn’t really matter how you do it.

Don’t go home every weekend, even if you live close by. You’ll miss out on the best of campus life and some of the most fun memories with your new friends.

Keeping your old friends

If you know you’re going home for the weekend, try to finish most of your assignments/studying and make time to hang out with your friends. Spending time with them is the best way to keep those friendships alive. 

But! Don’t worry too much if you can’t come home or make time for your friends too often, you just have to make an effort to text them regularly. It will come naturally if it’s your best friend, but don’t forget to set a reminder to text other close friends at least once every two weeks.

You may think you don’t care now but you will once you come home for the summer.

If any of your friends are staying in your hometown for college, be ready for them to get another friend group. That doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten about you, but don’t be mad if they seem to have a lot more plans that don’t involve you. You can always ask to tag along some time and maybe even become friends with these people!

Some people you’ll just lose contact with. Don’t fret it.

Organization

Please print out or buy a calendar that has a whole page for each month. With boxes preferably *shameless plug*. You may think you have it all under control but there’s nothing like being able to see all your due dates, hang out plans and laundry days at a glance. (Also js but the pilot frixion are perfect to use on calendars because they’re erasable).

There’s so much space under your bed. UTILIZE IT.

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Hi loves! Besides thanking you for all the love you gave to my last book masterpost, I wanted to create another book masterpost in order to share some really good YA novels and/or books that I’ve seen on instagram through my bookstagram. This masterpost will once again include links from the book depository, where you can buy your own copy of the book recommended. (NB: I have not read all of these books, I am sorry if any of them are not to your liking!) Anyway, let’s get right to it then!

YA Books/Novels:

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 

The Fault in Our Stars and Looking for Alaska by John Green

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Eleanor & Park and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

The Sky Is Everywhere + I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Wonder by R.J. Palacio 

It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 

Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon 

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

Ask the Passengers by A.S. King

Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern 

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

The Outsiders by SE Hinton

I Was Here by Gayle Forman

Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Series:

A Court of Thorns and Roses (1, 2, 3) by Sarah J Maas

A Darker Shade of Magic (1, 2, 3) by V.E. Schwab

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

The Harry Potter series + Harry Potter and the Cursed Child + Fantastic Beasts by J.K. Rowling

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan 

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Divergent by Veronica Roth

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman 

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Maze Runner by James Dashner

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli 

Fallen by Lauren Kate

Anna and the French Kiss (1, 2, 3) by Stephanie Perkins

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before + PS I Still Love You + Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

Me Before You and After You by Jojo Moyes

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how not to be hard on yourself

staying healthy while studying

how to deal with mental illness

feel better masterpost

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6 ab moves 

hair oil benefits

what is your acne telling you?

headaches

masterpost for rough times

the sex ed your parents didn’t give you

head to toe self care

blow job tips

limits of the human body

when to change your toothbrush, workouts etc

useful hoe tips

shaving your vagina

foods that fix everything

22 less difficult ways to practise self care

self care wheel

bad habits and how to break them

stop biting nails

stop procrastinating 

stop skipping breakfast

stop cracking knuckles

stop falling asleep late

boost your confidence

list of stress relievers

remove a splinter

smoothie masterpost

morning yoga

hair masterpost

self care masterpost

period hacks | alleviate menstrual cramps

sounds to soothe anxiety | another tip

what to eat before you run

self care infographic 

study guide for health (basic first aid, healthy hobbies etc)

a+ self care advice | more lovely advice

coping skills

feeling sad?

7 ways to say ‘no’

what to do with food poisoning

self talk to end obsessions

self care ideas/tips

Apr. 3, 2017 | 5:09 PM PDT

New bujo spread for this month!  This is one of the few times I actually feel proud of my artwork, partly because I used my new mildliners (I am absolutely in love with them!).  I spent a lot more time than I care to admit on that floral wreath.  And after months of getting on and off the bujo bandwagon, hopefully, I can stick with it this time.