Jasmine

I’ve been lacking a little in the motivation department with the end of the school year drawing closer, so I made a little list of ways to help you stay focused until the end! 

Play your favorite song as you work through your PSET/essay/application/thing you don’t wanna do.

Make yourself a hot cup of tea (or coffee!) in a fun mug. 

Write your to-do list on a piece of pretty stationary with a pretty pen.

Set a timer and race yourself to finish things faster.

Use your imagination - your English paper doesn’t HAVE to be an English paper, it can be a Hogwart’s assignment. Sounds silly, but it works for me!

Find a new place to study. Cute coffee shop? Balcony with a nice view? New section of the library? Heck, just doing your HW on the floor instead of your desk can be more engaging. 

Dress up. You don’t even have to go anywhere, sometimes putting on proper clothing can switch your mindset. 

Conversely, you can find your comfiest PJs and fluffy socks and wear those. 

Put your hair up so it’s not in the way. When I’m focusing, my hair has to be in a ponytail so I’m not fiddling with it. 

Get a snack, preferably something healthy(ish). Drink some H2O.

Write motivational quotes on sticky notes and stick them around your study space. Or write them on your hand so you see it often. 

At the very least, put your books where you can see them. Out of sight, out of mind! 

Same goes for anything you need to get done (laundry, forms you’re supposed to fill out, anything goes!)

Go for a walk around the block and spend some time in fresh air. Jog, if you’re feeling up for it. 

Stretch out your muscles, roll out your shoulders, touch your toes. You’ll feel better if you’re not all tight and sore. 

Put on some lipstick. For some reason, red lipstick always makes me feel like a boss (even if I’m chilling in a hoodie and sweatpants). 

Write out the reasons you started in the first place. Put that list somewhere you can see it [see #12]. 

Take a power nap. I just get a fluffy blanket and sleep right on my desk. 

Talk to someone supportive. Parents? Best friend? Roommate? Your cat/dog/parakeet/goldfish? 

Stand in front of the mirror and power pose. Yes, you’ll feel ridiculous. But it works. 

Is this what you guys think it means when GMO comes up in conversation?

Do you know what else is a GMO?

Dogs. Literally ALL dogs have had their genetics modified to make them more docile, loyal, trusting, energetic, obedient ect.

Ears of corn used to be the size of your thumb. Through selective ‘breeding’ we chose the strains of corn that were the biggest, fastest growing, most resilient ect. Ect.

THAT is a GMO. I don’t know where the idea that genetic modification meant they’re injecting your food stuffs with chemicals to change its DNA. That’s not how it works.

However, they ARE spraying your veggies with pesticides and that is something you should be worried about.

This is Normal Borlaug. In 1942 he received his Ph. D in plant pathology and genetics. In Mexico, he developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease resistant varieties of wheat. A genetically modified food. He introduced these to Mexico, Pakistan and India, resulting in double the wheat yields in a 5 year span. In 1970, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for saving one billion lives from starvation, and contributing to world peace through increasing the world food supply.

Why? 

As a chemist, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret: 

me: laying in bed 

straight white boy: anything else? ;) 

me: no 

straight white boy: are you sure? ;)

me:

THIS WAS A CHILDRENS MOVIE

so if you ever see “washing feet” in the bible, it, uh. yeah.

I MEAN CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG BUT I SWEAR TO GOD I REMEMBER READING A STORY IN THE BIBLE WHERE JESUS CLEANED THE ‘FEET’ OF A LADY PROSTITUTE INFRONT OF HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES WHO GOT SERIOUSLY GROSSED OUT. THEM GETTING REALLY SUPER GROSSED OUT BY THAT NEVER MADE SENSE TO ME UNTIL NOW.

JESUS CHRIST JESUS.