#studymo

For the last three months, I took a step back from posting to focus more on myself. Having started to work full-time recently, I neglected my personal well-being and needed kind of a reset.

Here is what I do now to feel much better about myself:

go to sleep earlier: I used to sleep about 6 hours per night. Then I read "Why we sleep" by Matthew Walker and it changed my life. Since then, I aim to sleep 8 hours per night and I feel so much more refreshed in the morning.

work out in the morning: After work, I usually feel very tired and am not at all in the mood to work out. Instead, I started working out directly after getting up in the morning and it makes me feel more energized and strong.

move my body more in general: I now go for a walk in the afternoon or in the morning on my rest days. I can think deeply on those walks, listen to inspiring podcasts, or call a friend or relative on the way.

drink more water: There were some days where I drank more coffee than water - to be honest, this just could not be healthy at all. I bought a water bottle that subtly reminds me to drink every 30 minutes and I feel so much better overall. Now I drink 2-3 litres per day!

eat more nutritional meals: I used to snack every so often and have heavy meals in the evening, leading to bloating and just not feeling very well in general. Now I have balanced meals for breakfast and lunch and simply have a nice salad in the evening. For reading, I totally recommend "The Diet Compass" by Bas Kast here!

re-evaluated my relationships: Some people make you feel good, some don't. I started spending less time with those who don't and more with those that are laughing with me, not about me.

have less screen time: Being in front of a desktop the whole workday, I simply set up a timer on my phone to spend less time on it and social media especially. This gives me more time to go out or read books!

[07.01.2020] Day 6/100: back at it again ☀️⁣    ↳ [07/01/2020, 17:00]⁣

Same room and then a change of scenario. I'm feeling a bit off today, not quite sure why, so I haven't been able to study as much as I would have liked. I did so some organising for the end of the week, when I will be flying back to the UK and my uni house, which means back to managing a household. I got started on meal planning for the week and now I'm sat brainstorming for my DnD campaign. I'll be DMing for the first time ever on Friday! Later I will try returning to my studies, such I started this morning, but if I am still feeling unwell I might just stick to making my life easier for the weekend with all this preplanning and trying to have an early night, so I can start fresh tomorrow morning.

Hi there!

I’m pretty sure nearly every studyblr/langblr knows the app forest by now, it’s a great way to stay focused and motivated after all. But I feel like I am not using it to its full potential yet so I’m searching for people who’d like to be friends in forest. Like this, it’s easier to find people to talk to, help each other out of a block, compare times and motivate each other.

Sounds good? Great!

If you’re interested you can either:

send me a message or join us on discord

06.01.17 [22/100]

Continuing on from the Ethos notes into Critical Analysis and Evaluation.

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I’ve seen a couple of posts around the internet about how to gain the motivation for people to actually start studying but I didn’t actually find a post which resonates with me? Since exams are over, and my results were pretty decent, I decided why not make a guide on how to find that motivation to revise/study. Please note that these tips helped me so I am posting them to help you. It may or may not help you since it was after all created by a student to aid her in her own studies. Proceed with caution.

1. GRADES WILL STAY WITH YOU

if you are in high school now, your grades will probably stay with you and affect your college application! if you are in uni now, your grades in uni will stay with you and likely affect the certificate you are getting (whether you are graduating 1st class honours or not). Whatever it is, the grades that you are creating now will stay with you. You don’t really like math? That’s fine! You don’t have to score well on it since you’re definitely not going to study that in university. But wouldn’t it pull down your total grades? So you shall see an AAD for your a level result- think of how it will affect your university application. (I’m talking in a level context here, I’m not sure if the same system works in the states?) Whatever it is, (i really don’t want to say this but it’s the cold hard truth) your results are going to affect you some way or another. Those hateful subjects will not stay with you forever, but the results will affect you one way or another. So study hard for those tests so that you can rock them!

2. DOING WELL WILL OPEN UP MORE DOORS

If you are thinking of why you should study especially when you have no clue as to where to go in life, this is actually a perfect reason for you to do so! If you happen to score well in tests, but you really don;t know what you are going to do in life, the fact that you score well means that you have a wider range of options. Compare a score of AAA for A-levels and AAD? Think for yourself which one would allow you to have more courses. 

3. DON’T STRESS OUT

Before you continue on, I know my previous tips were probably not a relief for those of you who were looking for tricks like putting gummy bears to motivate you but lol sorry my advice are really just the cold hard truth. This tip will hopefully be a bit more light-hearted than the other 2 and that is to NOT stress! Stress is not the way for motivation. The more you stress, the more you panic, the more time wasted on you thinking about ‘what if _ happens’. So no, stop stressing out. It’s a NO NO! You might ask me how this a motivation tip but trust me, a stressed man is a unmotivated man.

4. INNER MOTIVATION

The above 3 tips are actually what I can tell you to make you motivated but this tip actually lies in yourself - whether you want to do it or not. Everyone has a motive for doing well - whether it is to prove others that you are better than what they think of you, or to get into your dream university or your parents told you to do so. Whatever it is, you have to FIND it, and along with that, you will definitely HAVE THE MOTIVATION! This is a long-term motivation that no one can give you. Only you can give it to yourself because this is the most powerful tool. Go find it and you will definitely be so motivated you can’t be stopped. (I’m not kidding)

AND THAT CONCLUDES IT ALL!

[13.01.2020] Day 12/100: first day back    ↳ [13/01/2020, 21:32]⁣

First day of term was today and oh boi, this is going to be a busy term. But we’ve got this ^_^