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Med student⚕️| yogi 🧘🏻‍♀️🤸🏻| vegan 🥑 | minimalism♟| plant parent🪴| bibliophile🔖| Indian| I stay accountable here whilst sharing my unfiltered highlights.

[werelivingarts-deactivated20230]

attention management

Hi, it’s werelivingarts again. During online school, I find it extremely hard to concentrate on schoolwork since there are so many distractions on laptops, phones and even in your home. Sometimes, you have plan to work but your brain won’t collaborate, so here is some tips to help you with attention management. 😊

This post is based on James Clear’s Guide to Productivity and Real Simple’s Attention Management. I also made a video behind the scene of designing this post, you can see it here.

[darkbicademia-deactivated202206]

i hate that success is synonymous with suffering. i hate that we have to give up on all our hobbies because we're expected to focus on entrance exams. i hate that we can't get full 8-9 hours of sleep because the 'hustle', extra study time and not wanting to be seen as lazy are more important. i hate that our idols are supposed to be ghosts who studied 17 hours everyday and had no other life to obtain a rank that no one will remember in a few months and get into a college that barely teaches you anything of value. i hate that we're expected to do nothing but studying our ass of and for what? something that we would've gotten anyway even without you not controlling every breath, every second of our day? i hate that success is synonymous with suffering.

[ebbmedflo]

day 24- 29 of #100daysofproductivity 14.07 - 19.07 . Decluttering mind, brain dump is important especially to keep you going and focused. Hence, I use that worksheet often. hope it helps you too! https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjTTwfhBLy/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ebbmedflo]

day 15 - 23 of #100daysofproductivity 05.07 - 13.07 Someday I will say “I made it!”. . Rough patch for last 10 days but I kept up with my fives essential habits streak going on. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRToT5IBZdl/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ebbmedflo]

day 11-14 of #100daysofproductivity 01.07 - 04.07 Stacking up updates on prev days of my challenge cause I procrastinate to post. I believe I get into this high functioning anxiety zone or a sense of competition to regularly keep posting whenever I open the gram. I’m trying hard to just let it happen naturally and so it today, right now. I’d like to know if you relate with me (and/ or feel free to dm me if you want to remain anonymous) PS: shall not forget to add mcq slot on my forest. xo https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ83sR4BX8X/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ebbmedflo]

✨HAPPY DOCTOR’S DAY✨ to me and to my fellow colleagues! 30.06 - day 10 of #100daysofproductivity https://www.instagram.com/p/CQyYtjGhEmh/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ebbmedflo]

29//06//2021 day 9 of #100daysofproductivity I feel my subconscious mind has a life of its own. For eg, this setup was unintentional and yet making it evident that I’m a huge @thehungergames fan. Such situations do pop up often now and I plan on not missing out on any of em. PS- I planned to end my day and post updates on the following day so that gives me room to work even after updates and also, its less stressful ig? There’s no change in the dates as I shall provide proofs with dates in forest app. If you catch me not providing with date then feel free to question and that way I can stay accountable and transparent with my progress. Hope y’all are doing well xo https://www.instagram.com/p/CQv7aYXB9CH/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ebbmedflo]

27//06//21 day 7/100 of #100daysofproductivity https://www.instagram.com/p/CQqEoSgBWOh/?utm_medium=tumblr

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day 5/100 of #100daysofproductivity https://www.instagram.com/p/CQjFm91BDud/?utm_medium=tumblr

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day 4/100 of #100daysofproductivity Let it fade it out, get more blurry https://www.instagram.com/p/CQgkZEzBOjZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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day 3/100 of #100daysofproductivity https://www.instagram.com/p/CQeFmmdhrDq/?utm_medium=tumblr

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day 2/100 of #100daysofproductivity https://www.instagram.com/p/CQbY28ahn-g/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 1/100 of #100daysofproductivity https://www.instagram.com/p/CQY8t9lsbIt/?utm_medium=tumblr

[werelivingarts-deactivated20230]

reducing anxiety when studying

Hi, it’s werelivingarts, and it’s officially the AP mock season in my high school. Even though my high school just returned back from spring break, we started to face a huge amount of anxiety and stress due to assignments and tests. 

Here are just some ways that I use to cope with anxiety that save me from having a mental breakdown while studying UwU!

Some music  + meditation resources I’m obsessed with:  Relaxing Music with Rain Sounds Stress Relief Music with Rain Sounds chill bts lofi hiphop mix // study playlist Focus Music: Lo-Fi Times 10-Minute Meditation to Reframe Stress 5-Minute Meditation You Can Do Anywhere Best Sleep Ever: Put Your Mind to Bed with Midnight Launderette 10 Minute Sleepcast: Rainday Antiques from Sleep by Headspace

[ebbmedflo]

This gives me chills

[your-local-exhausted-student]

Hey, I have just discovered your Tumblr account and I love it! Do u have any suggestions for making an effective timetable and also on how to maintain a good journal?

Thankyou yes i most certainly do

I was soo excited to see an ask so i wanted to respond asap

Although its like 2 am ..

So i ll post an indepth answer tomorrow

[your-local-exhausted-student]

1.TIME TABLE

So my approach to time tables is different, I dont follow the general. I have a different system of organisation

Time distribution 🕰

For me this is how my days time is divided and I also have a 24 hour Day chart which has a log of what hours are free and which arent. Although now I remember it like the back of my hand

2. Monthly calendar 📅

These are the things that I usually put on my calendar

Classes/tutions

Which main subject will I be studying

Holidays / Birthdays

3. Monthly Goals ~ 📝

This has the amount of chapters that I wish to accomplish in this month. If you see I have not given myself more than 2 chapters in each subject because I know I just ended my finals and I will not be able to do a lot of work this month. And if I sufficate myself with a lot of work, then I will never even do 2 chapters.

Making timetables and following them is really differicult and different for everyone. I myself took a lot of time to figure out what works for me and someday I dont have a timetable and rather just try to do all the tasks that I have for me.

I believe everyone can make a timetable but following one is the real difficulty. Be real to yourself and put in free time. If you struggle wih sitting for long hours, put in a lot of sitting sessions with break.

Eg- instead of studying for 4 hrs study for 1 hr then do your work out then study for 2 hrs and tidy your room study for 1 more hour and take a long break for 2 hr and treat yourself to some netflix and food.

One day just sit down with yourself and try not to be youtube-studyblr productive but ask yourself can I study for 3 hours a day ? Thats a great start. If you havent sat for more than 2 hours dont try to pressure yourself and put 8 hours of studying

[your-local-exhausted-student]

JOURNAL :

Firstly - do not have a single journal for both your academic organisation and for gratitude and one line a day journal.

Have a planner and have a different journal for everything. A planner is where you are trying to be efficient. It’s supposed to be where you bring your thoughts together and organise your life and not a place where you write a lot and let your thoughts flow.

Log off youtube and tumblr and instagram. Make one yourself. The first journal i made was beautiful it had thousands of creative pages and habit trackers and what tracker and what not. But it was not effective at all. There were soo many pages to be filled I did not even pick it up after the fist month and it was a pain in the arse to sit and plan all the pages and draw them out.

My planner is a very minimalistic and effective planner I reach for it all the time.

Find what works for you. Some people can sit and make those beautiful pages. I can’t.

I like to keep my diary and planner completely separate.

Here are a pagefrom my planner -

This is a 2 week spread and as you can see it’s completely plain . Drawn with pencil ans rest the only colour i used was while writing my to do list.

Its all about finding what works for you. Maybe you might be a one page to do list kind of person or maybe an online planner. But please do not try to copy someone as that will not work and you will end up more frustrated, try thinking will the inspiration that you saw be practical for you ? Also dont worry if its ugly because as long as its effective its the best. A knife is simply suppoed to cut and not meant to be beautiful or appealing to the eye. Look in your kitched the knife is simple and plain. It does its job and similarly the journal is supposed to help u plan. Maybe start with weekly pages like these and then in a month you will realise what all spreads you need and what you dont .

Have a great rest of your day 😊

Thankyou for the ask.

Dont shy from messaging me if you have any more questions. I hope i helped you .

[greenstudies]

Let me remind you: 

take off your headphones sometimes

Music is amazing and there is nothing wrong with listening to it, but I’d like you to listen to the world from time to time.

Listen to the bird songs when you’re outside.

LIsten to the noises of the house.

Listen to the sounds of your work, whether it’s clanking of dishes, sizzling of food or scratching of your pen.

Sometimes it’s good for you to connect to the world around you instead of blocking out your own thoughts.