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Hi everyone! It’s werelivingarts!

Depression is a very common mental disorder that can affect negatively on the way you feel, think and act. I think that giving some tips and strategies on dealing with depression while studying would be essential to some of you who might struggle out there to get started on assignments. 🙂 Hope that this can help you to fight against depression and embrace your positivity while studying! Remember that you are loved and you are enough ❤️💙💜

My favorite resources to practice kana are this one which is like a game where you have to match the correct kana and it's timed so you can see your improvements, and this one where you can select the specific kana you want to practice and what I like about this one is that you can select multiple font to practice from

For learning kanji what I found that helped was to learn them by stroke complexity which helps training the eyes from making the difference between similar kanji like those 右 石, 未 末, 失 矢, and also to focus on the meaning of the kanji before the reading since the brain works easiest by association once it has the meaning down it's a whole lot easier to learn the different ways to read it. I personally highly recommend mass immersion approach's anki deck of the 1000 most used kanji, of all the ways to learn new vocabulary I personally found that it's infinitely easier once you know the meaning of the kanji

Anyway, I know you didn't really ask for resources but this is what helped me so I hope it'll help you too

"One of the most prevalent obstacles in our ability to heal and self-actualise is when our productivity is tied to our worthiness."

I think the studyblr community especially needs to hear this. You don't have to be productive all the time, you need rest. Recovering from internalised capitalism means unpicking all the messages from family, friends, school and workplace that have reinforced the idea that you are a commodity, and that your worth is based on what you do. Your worth is inherent.

Hi all, this is werelivingarts, a new post about time management method: TIME BLOCKING! Time blocking allows you to divide your day into big blocks and helps you to complete similar tasks in one-go without any interruptions! 

You can do your time blocking on:

Google Calendar (simple and easy to use)

Plan (drag your to-do list and organize them in blocks)

TickTick Premium (offer pomodoro timer)

helpful links:

the one productivity system you need: time vs energy management

eisenhower matrix

similiar way to prioritize tasks

⊹ your disability ⊹ your mistakes ⊹ your family ⊹ your appearance ⊹ your financial situation ⊹ your past

things that do define who you are

Developing goals that are reasonable and achievable is the first step to success—whether it is in your career or any other aspect of your life. You must plant the seeds in your subconscious mind that will enable you to accept and implement these goals. Here are seven steps that will facilitate this process:

1. Goals should be clearly stated

Indicate in clear terms what you wish to accomplish. Be specific and firm in stating the goal. For example, saying, “My goal is to be the best salesperson in my company” sounds good, but it is better to be more specific: “My goal is to reach a sales volume of so many dollars for the next fiscal year; and 10 percent more each year for the next three years.” Now you know your target, and your subconscious mind will help concentrate your efforts on reaching those figures.

2. Goals should be inspiring.

If you set a goal that is too easily attained, it will not motivate you to do more than minimal work. Set goals that will inspire you to keep moving ahead and to work that much harder to achieve them. Achievers recognize that once a goal is reached, they should immediately set another goal that will make them stretch to continue to improve and grow.

3. Goals should be measurable.

It is not always possible to quantify your goals. Some goals can be measured in financial or other numerical terms. You can set sales figures that you wish to attain by the month, quarter, or year—in terms of units of product or dollar value. You can set production

■ goals by amount. Even intangible goals, which cannot be quantified, can be established in measurable terms. The major goal can be broken into segments and timetables set for the completion of each segment. In this way you can measure how close you are in reaching each of the segments and fine-tune your activities to assure that they will be accomplished in a timely manner.

4. Goals should be action based.

Unless the actions that will be taken to implement the goals are noted, the goals are no more than dreams. Action requires activity—mental, physical, and emotional. Mentally, you must be prepared to think about your goals every spare moment and what actions you must take to realize them. Your subconscious mind will help you convert your thoughts into actions.

5. Goals should be written down.

One way to assure that goals will not be forgotten or lost in your hectic day-to-day life is to write them down. Make a list of your long-term goals; break them into intermediate and short-term goals. Write them in large letters and post them where you can see them every day—over your desk, on the refrigerator, on your mirror. Read them, memorize them, reread them and ask each day: “What am I doing to accomplish these goals?”

6. Goals should be shared with another person.

Another way of assuring that you will not let your goals go the way of New Year’s resolutions is to tell somebody about it—somebody you respect; somebody whom you listen to. Bill Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, reported that one of the major acts that help participants in keeping sober is sharing their goals with others. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, reported similar experience.

7. Goals should be flexible.

There are times when circumstances change and the goal you set is no longer pertinent. Economic conditions may not be favorable for starting that new enterprise; technological innovations may have made your goal obsolete; you have made errors in your research and the goal is not feasible. This does not necessarily mean the goal must be abandoned. It may just require new thinking or more study. If you are faced with such a situation, review what has transpired and make necessary adjustments.

I know a few posts like this already exist, but I wanted to add my own experiences to the mix in case it would be helpful to someone else. Some of these will look familiar, some not so much.

Disclaimers: 1) What works for me may not work for you, take everything with a grain of salt and experiment, 2) These are what I’m using for a 4-year school but I imagine it would be applicable for any college? I wish I’d known to do some of these things when I was at CC, 3) I won’t pretend that I am an ADHD success story, not yet. I’m still finding my way, learning to cope, learning to thrive. It’s a process.

NOTE: This post is kinda long; if it’s too long I recommend just reading the bolded/italicized headings and only reading the ones that pique your interest :)

Sensory Issues:

Wear comfortable clothing: Screw the mentality that you always have to look your best in college. At the end of the day, feeling hot but ridiculously uncomfortable will trigger sensory issues (especially if you’re someone who is sensitive to certain materials/styles of clothing) and it will impact concentration and can cause a lot of distress. Are you comfortable in those sweatpants, pajama bottoms, baggy shirts? Cool, wear them. 

Stim toys: Love yourself, buy (or make!) stim toys and bring them to school. Can’t speak for CC because I didn’t use stim toys when I went, but at my 4-year school everyone is too busy drowning in deadlines to notice you squishing thinking putty or using a fidget cube under the table. 

Try different stim toys: I used to get caught up on trying to make the more popular stim toys work for me when they didn’t, so I had to experiment a bit to see what worked. It’s not always as simple as cubes, spinners, squishy toys, etc. If you have issues with texture you’ll want to really experiment, especially with things like putty, squishibles, etc. to see what is comfortable and what isn’t. But there’s a big ol’ market out there!

Headphones/Earplugs: The single most helpful sensory detail for me was always bringing my headphones to campus. I get easily overstimulated in uncontrolled situations with lots of different sounds. I make sure my volume is enough to block the noise out, but the songs I choose in these instances are usually familiar, so they don’t provide too much new stimulation when I can’t handle it. I also keep earplugs in my backpack for exams.

Studying/School Related:

If possible, leave your house: This has been one of the hardest changes I’ve had to make because I’m an introvert and genuinely prefer being home. But I’m starting to learn that my ass will not do work 9/10 times when I’m home. Too much to do, too many other things to get done, lots of fun distractions, and cats! So many cats! Unfortunately cats won’t take my exams. I’ve found that the library is okay, but for me small cafes worked much better. Armed with my headphones, some coffee, and an atmosphere that caters to silently getting work done, I’m able to focus longer, and to focus on what I really need to.

Note-taker: Admittedly I’m talking out of my ass on this one, because I haven’t yet done this. But that’s exactly why I want to stress getting a note-taker. My college life would be infinitely better if I’d done this when the semester started; instead, my notes have gaps where I couldn’t concentrate, or couldn’t process what was being discussed, etc. 

Other accommodations: Accommodations for ADHD differ depending on the college, but some of the common ones are: note-takers, silent exam spaces, assignment extensions, and use of tech such as recorders, speech-to-text software… If you’re like I was and are worried that you’re asking too much asking for accommodations, remember two important things: 1) Accommodations exist to level the playing field, not to give us an edge, and 2) YOU PAY FOR THIS SERVICES. That huge, overwhelming tuition bill with all those “extra fees”? You’re paying for these services already, might as well take advantage of them!

Talk to your professors: This part is truly terrifying for me, but I’ve started opening up this semester to my professors and it has made a difference. The professor for my hardest class actually has a son with adhd so she understood and was even able to provide me with some resources that would help. At the very least, it made my professors aware of my struggles and aware that I wasn’t just being lazy, which calmed my RSD a bit.

Organization: Staying organized is important for any college student, but especially for those with adhd. We lose things a lot, and if things aren’t in obvious, constant places it becomes so much easier to lose or forget where we put things. That being said, your ‘organized’ will probably not be other peoples ‘organized’. For example, I use my Ipsy bags for organization. One holds any writing utensils, flashcards, and post-its, another holds anything medical-related, etc. It seems a bit cluttered and disorganized to other people but it works for me. So try keeping things in the same spot if possible, but remember that finding what organizational structures work for you might take time and effort. If your school has success coaching, I highly recommend it for this purpose! Which brings me to the next point.

Success Coaching: Most colleges offer some kind of program like this, though names may differ. Success Coaching is designed for students of any academic level in order to help them get and stay on track. My college offers study skills, schedule planning, test prep, time management, help navigating campus resources, and a whole host of others. And the people doing the coaching are usually grad students who’ve been through the process. They’re typically trained in working with students with adhd, because that tends to be a significant portion of their students. They’re also just really nice to talk to. Almost like a therapist, but not quite.

Really forgetful? The best thing you can do is change your environment, not try to change yourself. You probably won’t be able to stop your brain from forgetting your notebook at home, but you can get a five subject and keep it in your backpack at all times. Same with folders. Keep losing pens/pencils? Just get a fuckton and shove them in a pouch in your backpack in the beginning of the semester. I’m not kidding when I say I have at least 20 pens and pencils in mine, not including the glitter pens and highlighters. 

Planners: Many people have said that it will take time to find just the right planner for you, and they’re correct. The planner I use right now is 8x11 with wide boxes. Some prefer smaller planners, others will use planner apps or just the calendar in their phone. You’ll have to mess around a bit to see what works for you, but you do have options!

Printables: Oh man I love printables so much, but a lot of the time I find that they’re more trouble maintaining than my adhd can handle. You can find a ton on tumblr, free to download and print, and some very beautiful packs for sale on etsy. Right now I use a monthly budget printable and one for studying terms/definitions. Sometimes the adhd mind needs something pretty and different to cling to, so I try to switch things up every so often.

Color-coding: This absolutely will not work for everyone (I’ve seen people say color-coding notes gets the hung up on the coding and not the notes, and I can definitely see that happening). For me, I use color-coding in my planner. Each class gets its own color. This keeps me from seeing a page covered in the same color of ink or pencil and mentally blocking it out. Gelly roll has the most amazing glitter pens!

Test prep: Will vary depending on the person and how they learn best, but for me I’ve found that no one method will work on its own. I have class notes, typed notes, hand-written flashcards, flashcards on quizlet. I won’t pretend that it’s easy; it’s fuck-all time consuming and sometimes I don’t have energy for it, but depending on the class I usually need a combination of at least two different methods to work. This is definitely something success coaching can work with you to figure out!

General Life Advice (that will impact college):

Get on a sleep schedule: I don’t even care what your particular schedule is (because it’ll vary person to person) but just get on one. Much easier said than done, because our brains never want to shut up at night, but lack of a consistent sleep schedule will mess with your concentration, focus, hypersensitivity, etc. 

I’ll just do this later…: is the adhd monster talking. What even is later? Does it exist? Sometimes I have to tell myself “nope, we’re doing this right now!” Doesn’t always work, but I try my hardest to do things in the moment if executive dysfunction isn’t at my door.

Develop a support system: This can be difficult because sometimes making and maintaining friendships with adhd can be hard, and sometimes family members aren’t very receptive or supportive. But a strong support system can make all the difference in the world! If your current friends don’t understand the extent of what you’re dealing with, send some resources their way and you might be surprised how fast they get in your corner. But sometimes people without adhd just don’t get it. If your college has a meet-up for students with adhd like mine does, this is a great place to meet like-minded students who understand what you’re going through and can provide support and advice! 

• calligraphy

• hands covered in ink that you used to paint or write with

• kabuki and traditional theatre

• the pavement and narrow streets of old cities

• temples

• in certain areas of the country, huge deciduous forests!!

• kimonos and yukatas

- Koi ponds. There’s something very ethereal about sitting next to a pond full of colorful koi fish and water lilies…

- Statues. All the marble and stone Buddhas and lions around the temples make for wonderful sketches and photography.

- Tea and porcelain tea sets. My personal favorite, used for everything from dim sun lunches to the lunar new years alter.

- Cafe sua da. Vietnamese coffee that’s highly, highly caffeinated and good for late night studying.

- Candles and incense. This goes for both cultures; the alters and thin trails of smoke circling the room is beautiful.

Hello, studyblr community! I’ve been with all of you guys ever since I was a 10th grade student and I can’t believe that I’m still here posting now that I’m an upcoming 2nd year college student majoring in Psychology! 

If you’ve been with me ever since, you guys would know that I’ve been a scholar all throughout my high school career, but unfortunately now that I’m in uni I wasn’t able to pass the scholarship applications.

My family is trying very hard to fund my tuition to which I’m very thankful for, but with the pandemic and all, it has become pretty difficult for them. The fact that my uni didn’t lower down the tuition for this semester that will be held online makes it even harder. With this, I decided to help them in other school expenses the best that I can and sell some of PowerPoint Templates! 

Easily PowerPoint Template - Free! or any amount you can offer :)

Grayscale PowerPoint Template & Flow of Nature PowerPoint Template - 3$ - 5$, depending if you want it as a bundle or not :)

I’ve enjoyed designing my own slides even before, and I figured that this could be a good way not just to help with my school expenses, but also for anyone who does presentations a lot! 

I’m selling these design bundles for 5$ (roughly 250 pesos)! For individual versions, you can get them for 3$ (150 pesos) each color :) The first template above you can get it for free or put whatever amount you can! Any help is appreciated, so thank you!

If you can’t help by buying, it’s completely okay! A reblog would be just fine 🥰

Here is the link to my shop: https://gumroad.com/acadstuds 

Here is also a link to my PayPal account if you would like to donate: https://paypal.me/acadstuds

Self-doubt is one of factors that prevents your from chasing your passion. When you overthink about setbacks of your idea, you immediate decrease your chance of success. Don’t let self-doubt takes over your goals and instead, love yourself. 

Why can people speaking the same language have such different accents? The short answer: new accents begin to develop when isolated groups of speakers start making nearly imperceptible changes to the way they pronounce words.

“Accent development is the first step in language change. Fifteen hundred years ago, languages like English, Dutch and Swedish were actually all dialects of the same language. But of course, then they diversified over time.”

University of Munich linguist Jonathan Harrington. He’s interested in how accents first get started. But because of global communication, most communities are no longer linguistically isolated, and audio recording equipment didn’t exist back when more of them were. So how to capture the early stages of accent formation today?

Harrington and his team turned to members of the British Antarctic Survey, who speak with a variety of English accents.

“When you are in Antarctica during the winter period, then there’s no way in, and there’s no way out. So they were isolated together, and they interacted with each other, and they have to cooperate with each other.”

Harrington’s team recorded the winterers reciting a list of words before they left for Antarctica. Then, while there, the winterers recorded themselves saying the same words four more times. The linguists then analyzed the recordings—in particular, resonances: the way airflow shapes sound.

[…]

And even during their short time in Antarctica, the way the winterers produced certain vowels began to converge, averaging out the resonances.

[…]

In addition, the winterers invented slightly new ways of pronouncing vowels, such as shifting the production of the second syllable in the word “window” very slightly forward in the vocal tract. The linguists think these small changes document the very beginnings a common accent. The study is in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. [Jonathan Harrington et al., Phonetic change in an Antarctic winter]

Starting a bullet journal - a tutorial

Tips for anyone who’d like to start a bullet journal but doesn’t know how/where to begin :)