Emily

A tip for those who feel low or lack motivation or just want to actually write something down and allow themselves to feel. Seriously, give it a go.

Grab a piece of paper, any piece of paper. You can do this on your phone or computer but personally, I recommend actually writing it down on paper.

Make a list of things that make you happy. Fill the page, draw some doodles if you wish, make the bullets into stars, whatever you like. You don’t have to show anyone. The things can be as ‘stupid’ as you like. Aim to write at least 10 things.

Read through your list and don’t judge yourself, just let yourself smile at everything you see written in front of you.

Every so often, have a little look at that list and let a little bubble of happiness into your brain. I suggest making a new list every month or two and occasionally comparing your lists to your previous lists to remind you that you’ve changed. There are many things that make you happy. Looking at that list you made last time, there’s something that still makes you happy but you forgot to write this time.

Over this half term, along with many other homeworks from my other subjects as well as coursework to complete, I have been set work to write notes on functional programming ready for the week back at college. During the past couple of months, I’ve already been a few steps ahead of the teachers in completing and understanding content for my courses and I’m doing no different here. Taking it one step further and trying to actually learn about the topic so that I’m not as lost in the lesson.

For this topic, I’m combining powerpoints directly from my compsci teacher with the Hodder Education AQA approved textbook as well as watching some youtube videos to get the hang of what’s going on. I found this video by justALevel fairly useful when it came to actually understanding what functional programming is and does.

https://youtu.be/skmn1TGEDdU