studyblr

[espressolait]

The Netherlands is facing one of its worst housing crisis and instead of trying to help those in need, the government decided to arrest people who are trying to resist. I am done. This fucking country is fascist af.

During 2020, students were living in tents and motels. Meanwhile, houses are being sold to the private sector and rich people have 2 to 3 houses. As if this wasn’t enough, there are houses and buildings that have been empty for years, and when people, in desperate needs, decide to occupy these, they are treated like terrorists. Although I am very proud of the strength of the squatting movement in the Netherlands, my heart breaks for all the arrested people I know.

[espressolait]

there’s a nostalgia unique to the beginning of september that not other month has. people leaving their hometowns to start uni. saying goodbye to old friends. leaving vacation islands and beaches. and all fading away as the days get shorter and the leaves turn yellow. the month feels like a everlasting sunset. beautiful, yet nostalgic.

[on-the-heath]

grad school aka reading about the Novum Organum on wiki bc i understand nothing about Baconian empiricism

[sisyphusshrugged]

“Jessica has a forehead scar from the deep end of a pool. I ask Jessica what drowning feels like and she says not everything feels like something else.”

— Angie Sijun Lou, “Jessica gives me a chill pill,” published in Muzzle

[eriscomplex]

[6thlovelanguage-deactivated2020]

dark green is a nice color. underrated

[spinningrims]

i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls

[groovian-whovian]

Never don’t reblog this. There are so many people who have such bad anxiety about phone calls. This can save so many lives

[qvotext]

[junipertree-deactivated20210111]

i can’t stand the implication that women just “have it easier” than men when it comes to mental health. i understand that men have their own specific issues when it comes to seeking help and opening up, and they deserve spaces to discuss that, but that shouldn’t mean outright ignoring the misogyny faced by mentally ill women.

women with mental health issues are constantly made out to be overdramatic, attention-seeking, hysterical. teenage girls who vent on social media or turn to art and music to cope are accused of being liars who co-opt mental illness for an aesthetic. symptoms most common in women (such as self harm) are ridiculed. countless times i’ve seen the fact that female suicide attempts are generally less successful treated as evidence that women’s problems are somehow not serious, that our suicide attempts are just “a cry for help” (as if that isn’t in itself concerning; as if that cry doesn’t deserve to be answered).

yes, people love to see women as victims, as fragile, helpless creatures who need to be saved. but this doesn’t necessarily mean (as is often implied in conversations about men’s mental health) that our issues are met with trust and support. women’s mental health problems are constantly belittled, mocked, and denied. it would be dishonest to suggest otherwise.

[espressolait]

study hack: get into the flow. submerge into your studies. dive deep into your essay. let that math problem consume you. let that history book take you to other ages. do not worry about the outcomes. do not worry about the grades. just focus on the present and on your current activity. this is how you beat procrastination.

[emswift]

ho ho holy shit it’s december first (1st)

[espressolait]

To not have a conversation because it makes you uncomfortable is the definition of privilege. Your comfort is not at the center of this discussion.

-Brene Brown

[phoebe-does]

I’mma be real for a second. All the studyspo posts and studyblr reblogs won’t help you unless YOU make the change. Looking to stop procrastinating? Get better grades? Eat healthier? Get fitter?

All that’s stopping you from doing this is you. All you need is discipline. This took me ages of learning the hard way that that’s literally all it is. Discipline. It’s finding the root core of WHY you want to study WHY you want to eat healthier and it needs to be something strong that you can hold on to. Such as being top of your class, going to med school, practicing a good routine for after high school, wanting to feel better by eating better, want a longer life etc. etc.

After you find your motivation, hold on to it. And from there on out you have to fight for it. And practice. With practice it will become easier, I promise. Starting is always the hardest part but don’t give up. Discipline yourself to be who you want and achieve your goals. Don’t let anything stop you.

[tswift1989]

[nienque]

not so much study tips, more thoughts on university/studying in general

although these posts are abundant, i like to have my own collection of study tips/uni thoughts

- i’ve been viewing my studies as an office job, mostly because of the 9 to 5 mentality. i am not one for night studying, i have tried and tried and felt guilty when i heard others talk about their late night study sessions, but it is just not for me. which is fine, because with this 9 to 5 idea i have created working days for myself and i can use my evenings for extracurriculars, books, friends, netflix 

- the train has (weirdly) become one of my favourite study spots. of course this really depends on the public transport you use. i am on a train for two hours a day, no transfer, and i either go to a silent area (have not yet seen this elsewhere, but dutch trains have carriages in which there is complete silence) or i put in my earpods. i love this because when i come home, i have already done so much work, e.g. organized my lecture notes of that day, inserted my professor’s comments into my paper etcetera

- although i’ve also learned to recognize when i am just done. sometimes i have had enough and it is way better to accept that and then i either listen to some music and stare at the passing landscape, or i watch an episode of the crown. when feeling exhausted, there’s no point in pushing and forcing yourself

- this goes for many many aspects: comparison will kill you. it is often still my tendency to compare myself to others on all levels - grades, kindness, clothing, weight, work ethic - but i make the effort to not ‘indulge’ in it. what my therapist told me has really helped: just notice that the urge to compare is there but then leave it be. like it’s a tiny spider crawling on your leg; you don’t have to do something with it

- on the topic of work ethic: don’t listen to your fellow students. don’t listen to what some wonderful academic says (online). don’t even listen to what your professors say regarding study hours. it has often made me feel very uncertain, but i think it is way better to figure it out yourself. to build up a feeling of trust towards yourself, so you can really start to notice, to feel, when you have done enough. that is something only you should be able to judge and not some external source

- sometimes i get overwhelmed with this sensation that i have not done enough, that i am lazy and have accomplished nothing. however, every (every!) time i have noticed this to be untrue. so perhaps i have not studied every chapter, but i have studied other chapters. i found the cliché of looking at what you have done to really be true. it helps me put things into perspective, i think we can really underestimate ourselves in how much work we have done. what you consider to be 20% may actually be 60%

- motivating internal monologues are completely normal and actually very good! give yourself that motivating speech, it’s like a snow track that becomes deeper and clearer everytime you repeat it 

it helps me to look back on these at times, has been in my concepts for a while now (like some kind of motivating internal monologue) but i want this to have a place on my actual blog, because i believe tips like these (less focused on studying and more on coping with the whole world of studying/academia) are important as well 

[wheeloffortunefortunes]

If you are reading this, something good will happen to you tomorrow at 3:33 PM.

[official-lucifers-child]

thank you

[teaboot]

Three bears went through my trash

[espressolait]

Can we all just stop the glorification of being productive, and focus on being mindful instead??? For a while, I had this obsession with being productive each moment of my day. It drove me nuts. Now, I just strive to be mindful. I don’t scroll through social media or procrastinate anymore. Not because I try to be productive, but because I am mindful of the things that don’t serve me and I see my purpose on every action.Change your focus. Life isn’t about productivity, is about mindfulness.

[theartofangirling]

some memes I made to express my current frustrations with academia feel free to add your own