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@goyghost
you don’t get good at doing something by not doing it
you get good at doing something by doing it badly and learning how to do it better
You don’t learn from success, you learn from failure how to achieve success.
you see, the thing is, i hate failure.
in order to find success, you must first submit yourself to the mortifying ordeal of being kinda crap at something
Polar Bear Plays in Flower Fields | © Dennis Fast
HEAR ME OUT
wow, i don’t mean this so aggressively jfgdjfh but as the time passes I become more and more sure about just one thing in life:
we can be anything we want to be, as long as we believe in ourselves and it’s something they talk about in almost every children’s movie and I don’t remember giving it much thought as a child, cause it always seemed so obvious. But believing in yourself and that you can do anything as long as you try and desire it isn’t something we can bear to do as we grow older. I mean, yes, of course I’ll try so much, but I often find myself preoccupied that I’m going to fail, because “the task is so difficult” or maybe cause there are so many things in my head at once, that I don’t take the time to actually try for the thing I feel like I desire the most. And I’m not talking about non-realistic scenarios, like courting someone for the longest time, when they don’t show any kind of interest back, I personally find this very unhealthy. I mean about all the things you say you want to be or do, you say you can’t draw, or cook well, or be a hairdresser, or a doctor or make music or maybe you want the confidence to dress in a particular way or meet new people let me just say you can do it we can do it hell, I’ll draw until I make something I like, I’ll write lyrics until I don’t rip the pages off my notebook anymore, I’ll practice guitar until I can play Wonderwall at least, and things like that We are impatient but it is so much easier if you visualize that you’re already there manifest what you want to be, what you want to accomplish don’t let your insecurities stand in the way, you don’t have to explain anything to anyone, you don’t have to prove yourself for dressing in a particular style, who cares if they won’t like your hair or your tattoo or your taste in music You believe that it’s cool and you enjoy it as part of your life and part of yourself. And it goes without saying that while you do what you want to do, you always have to be respectful and understanding. Don’t get in the way of someone else, it’s not just that it’s our duty to respect other human beings, we should always ask ourselves if we really need that negative energy we might bring to someone else okay, I’m off to go play guitar and not worry about not being able to play some songs at the moment, cause I know I will get there :))
REMEMBER THAT POST WITH CINDERELLA WHERE HER DRESS CHANGES TO THE COLOR OF YOUR BLOG?
THIS ONE DOES IT TOO!!
I found a bunch more!!
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This. is. so. COOL
If this doesn’t work I’m going to cry.
it’S back!
Just reblogging to see if the last one is true
Wait- what? 🤣
Edit: OH WAIT NO I DIDN’T THINK IT’D GENUINELY WORK OMG- (tap on the images to see it after reblogging 🤪)
i’m only here for the last one-
the last one is the only reason im reblogging
Runt: l-lets see
Hmm
For the funny one.
I guess I can do it, even if I'm scared, I can
周庄zhouzhuang, suzhou, jiangsu province by 落木千寻
“Memes might seem to amplify what you are saying, but that is always an illusion. You might launch an infectious meme about a political figure, and you might be making a great point, but in the larger picture, you are reinforcing the idea that virality is truth. Your point will be undone by whatever other point is more viral. That is by design.”
— Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation
what do you think dark academia could look like in Asia, both visually and academically? also, here's a bad pick up line: are you rice? cos you get me up in the morning
Firstly, bad pickup lines are literally my thing so thankyou.
so I can only really speak to south Asia but i hope there something in there for everyone.
sliced fruits and tea while you study
takings rikshaws to class
bleached white uniforms and polished shoes
studying on the roof on a sunny day listening to the street noises
street food with friends
fountain pens and perfect handwriting
late nights studying without coffee
studying through repetition and reading
teachers who point with their middle finger
full bookshelves of textbooks and class readings full annotated
hanging out with local stray cats
as a pretentious Bengali, please allow me to add
richly annotated books of the poems of Tagore
exchanging political ideas with friends over cigarettes
a big book that’s falling apart that you carry anyway
taking breaks from studying to watch old black and white movies by Satyajit Ray
protesting in university campuses
waking up late on a Sunday to the smell of food cooking after a long night of studying
spending afternoons buying second hand books
absorbed in reading on an old tram in Old Calcutta
words can change the world
Hey! Pretentious Pakistani here:
Listening to Noor Jahan on your grandad’s radio from the 70′s
Reading Faiz Ahmed Faiz while sitting on a charpai that’s on the roof
Drinking Chai in a white cotton shalwar kameez
Secretly smoking at the Quaid’s Mazar
Attending a political rally or sit-in
Digging through your great-aunt’s storage to find a copy of the Pakistan Declaration in perfect condition.
reading Keat’s while balancing yourself on your brother’s motorcycle while he weaves through Karachi’s traffic, trying to get you to university on time.
‘Borrowing’ your grandma’s pillazo pants and Granddad’s shirt from the 70′s and then ‘borrowing’ their Volkswagen beetle
As a super pretentious indian muslim, here is my input:
•going to the anti NRC-CAA rallies and sit ins regularly.
•wandering in the dusty book filled lanes of college street.
•sipping sweet tea, at dawn, while reading the Quran.
•"borrowing" Baba’s bottles of ittar.
•reading Tagore, Begum Ruqaiya, the communist manifesto, the Hindus:an alternative history among banned literature.
•sitting in your grand dad’s library, every time you visit his place, even if it has not changed one bit in the past 16 years you’ve been visiting him.
•sipping bhaad wali chai after your routine morning walks.
•taking the tram to school/university.
•wandering around the national library after sunset( it’s supposed to be haunted).
•carrying a copy of the Quran EVERYWHERE.
•discussing politics over cigarettes.
•dressing up in a lehenga at home, just because you felt like it.
@theparistimes
Love this!! As someone who has only experienced academia in the western world, these are so fun to read.
a somewhat pretentious and chaotic indian hindu here (i’m new to tumblr, sorry if there are any formatting errors :/)
pulling all-nighters for days and making yourself a cup of “adrak wali chai” at 2 am.
embracing your dark circles (because you can’t be bothered trying to hide them anyways)
no playlist is ever complete without kishore kumar, mohd rafi, rahat fateh ali khan and lata mangeshkar. “khoya khoya chaand” at 3 am? yes pls.
opting for stem majors because your parents wanted you to but secretly having a “love affair” with history, politics and literature.
wearing your mother’s saree and finding comfort and warmth within its drapes.
incarnate mehendi designs on your hands.
having read the geeta, mahabharata, ramayana, vedas and the upnishads and analyzing it so many times that now you know it better than your grandma.
philosophizing about the meaning of life, about karma, about religion, about everything.
tagore. everything about tagore.
getting into heated political debates with friends.
knowing at least 2-3 languages before you start primary school.
studying sanskrit. that in itself makes you feel connected to the world of academia. imagine learning a language that was spoken by our ancestors, thousands of years ago. the language of history. amazing.
wearing your dadi’s jewelry for the sake of nostalgia
oh and wearing your mother’s watch because “sentiment”
speaking of nostalgia and sentiment – going through old photo albums still saved in your mother’s almirah.
white kurtis and pashmina shawls in winter is a mood.
knowing a great deal about architecture, thanks to being surrounded by historical monuments all around.
I don’t if I would fall into the category of dark academia but here I would like to include (Indian girl adding some extra points):
Walking on the old streets (some second hand book market, whoever is from Delhi must be knowing Daryaganj) and looking for cheap and old second hand books. The yellow pages and the peculiar smell 😍 wondering how many people would have read it
Dressing up in kurta or cotton tunics with jeans
Hair in a bun or loose, whatever, you will look nerdy all the time. With jooti or my favourite sneakers .
Chai all the time
Going and visiting old monuments and learning about their history
You can probably hang out alone or with a few people who really enjoy your conversation
Reading mythology books and sankrit @caelesti-x Indeed yes!
Learning about as God and goddesses we have and why we celebrate the particular festival ( I am still not able to understand everything)
Opening the old cartons full of your highschool books and college books as well as extra novels ( I don’t have a separate cupboard for so many old books ofcourse so i keep them in carton on top storage shelf 😬
You cannot run away from tje political talks. If something is happening somewhere, discussio can start anytime, anywhere and with anyone.
In winters, you sit on the terrace in sun, with peanuts and salt, tea and a book! I even study like that during exams.
My bagpack is always heavy like I am carrying two lehninger everytime.
You read tagore, gulzar, kabir and so many other good written works out there.
And read about Indian scientists like CV Raman, Ms swaminathan, SN Bose, Hargobind khorana
Handwritten notes and the fright of spilling water over ink pen written notes.
I guess yes, That is all. But no idea if that is a bit off track answer. I am mixed academia. 🌼😊
Love this! As a Bengali who grew up in different parts of India, can I add
Learning to read and write English and Hindi before being taught Bengali by your mother
Carrying around Sukumar Ray’s Abol Tabol anyway, just to feel closer to the words you couldn’t yet read
Going back to hometown on holidays and realising you speak a weird mix of Bengali, Hindi and English.
Books being an integral part of your upbringing. Perks of having bookish parents and grandparents
Spending afternoons in a room full of people, everyone reading something different, occasionally reading a paragraph aloud for everyone to listen.
Cha. Just so much cha. With adda of course. It may or may not take a political turn. Just kidding, it always takes a political turn.
Studying history and feeling goosebumps when visiting old monuments in Delhi
Inheriting books and saris from your grandparents. Seeing annotations your grandfather made on a book he read when he was your age or draping your grandmother’s sari to your graduation to feel connected to her.
Explaining to your parents you want to study history and not science and getting emotional when they are fully supportive.
Explaining to your other family members that no you don’t want to sit for UPSC just because you studied Humanities
(Forced) music lessons and thus growing up with a love/hate relationship with Tagore until reading his books as an adult and grumpily admitting that yes, he’s actually brilliant.
Durga Pujo starts with a string of Pujobarshiki. Waiting a whole year to read what Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and Nobonita Deb Sen have cooked up for you this year.
Embracing both the tweed jacket and the kashmiri shawl in winters.
Boroline. The magic ointment that heals everything. For the things that boroline doesn’t heal, there’s Tagore.
this thread <3
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062621 < day two > — i got my library card renewed and checked out the perks of being a wallflower. i loved the movie and love the book so far, please recommend some books to read ^_^
Me meeting a genie: Okay, so my first wish is for 1000 dollars a day, deposited to my bank account without any way of tracing it to anything illegal. I want this money to come from the ten richest people in America (100 dollars each), withdrawn under the guise of nebulous, random purchases and surcharges. It would probably be best to split the money into a myriad of smaller fees, though, to reduce the likelihood of anyone noticing. Got all that?
Genie: um
Me, continuing on without a care: For my SECOND wish, I want you to give me the ability to learn any given phoneme, so that I can learn to pronounce new languages perfectly. If you're willing, it'd be nice if it were a little easier to memorize new languages too, but if that's not cool, I'm perfectly fine doing all the legwork myself I mostly just want to be capable of pronouncing things correctly.
Genie, now staring at me like I'm insane: ......okaaayyy?....
Me: For my third wish. I want to always have great ideas for gifts for people. Every birthday, every holiday, I want to be able to come up with something they'd really like, with enough time to actually get it for them.
Genie, just staring at me
Me: I can provide you with a written document if that would help.
people like op are the ones that get memorialized in folk tales for outwitting the devil
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this is a breakdown of how i go about doing research for my essays! do keep in mind i am an arts student, so i don’t know how well this method carries over into other disciplines. check out my other guides to writing essays here and here!
A Guide to Planning Systems
It’s important to have a system of getting things done, whether it’s tackling tasks as the day progresses or having a carefully planned schedule for every single hour of the week. How can you create an effective personal planning system that suits your needs and preferences?
Mentioned in this post:
Attention Management: How to Take Control and Live Intentionally
Energy Management: A Human-Based Organization Method
Flexible Time-Blocking: A More Breathable Way to Get Things Done
The ABCDE Method: Accomplish Tasks More Efficiently
My other posts
N.B. some categories include a few examples but they are no means limited to the ones listed here, e.g. there may be methods of organizing tasks other than the five listed here.
