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no one fucking tells you this so here it is:

when signing out forms to apply for disability / filling out a form for diagnosis

you’re supposed to fill it out as you on your worst days

like, I filled out forms that said I could do most things usually

like, my doctor added in the conditions like “yeah, they can feed themselves when not stressed” “they can do this when not stressed”

but how I should have filled it out was more like

“some days I can’t feed myself” “some days I can’t leave the house”

My doctor didn’t even know this, but I talked to someone who had worked with people with both developmental and intellectual disabilities for a number of years, and she told me to write down how it is for your bad days

this should be a thing they tell you, but it isn’t

x x x / x x x / x x x

monday, 5th april

Hey, folks! Whenever I scroll through tumblr, I see students who want to become a morning person. As a former night owl turned morning person, I thought I might share some simple tips.

Step 1: Get out of bed. I know, easier said than done. I have two tips for waking up. First, set your alarm clock. Put it somewhere away from your bed, so you will have to stand up to turn it off. Second, have an urgent but mindless task to do every morning. For me, I water my plants. It wakes my brain up, but it does not require much thought.

Step 2: Make a delicious breakfast. We humans are very food driven. When possible, cook yourself a nice breakfast. Once you eat breakfast on the reg, you will wake up hungry. Hunger can get you out of bed fast. Moreover, a tasty breakfast can act as a reward for your brain.

Step 3: Make your bed. Making your bed takes some work, but it will quiet the siren song of going back to sleep. You will not want to mess up your tidy bed.

Step 4: Replace revenge bedtime procrastion with revenge awake time relaxation. Revenge bedtime procrastination describes the decision to sacrifice sleep for leisure time that is driven by a daily schedule lacking in free time. Rather than waking up for "productivity", consider the morning your leisure time as a replacement for RBP.

11.04.2021 ~ I summarized the first chapters of one of my classes today and also wrote down the outline to have a better overview!