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sunny • 19 • future doctor • c/o 20 • medblr • i track #looksunny

[icarus-study]

icarus-study has some BIG NEWS!!

Hello guys!! i’m sunny, owner of this little study space that has received so much love and warmth over the past 2 years. Recently, some events took place in my life that i will forever be grateful for.

1. Two days ago, i got my confirmation allotment letter from the med school i had applied for. YOU GUYS. I GOT INTO MED SCHOOL!!!!!! its official. i feel so so honoured and blessed and grateful for all that is that brought me here. The journey was painfully long and there was blood, sweat and tears that went in.

2. i recently reached 4K FOLLOWERS on here!!!! each one of you is so so precious to me :,,,,) i’m just speechless. i feel overwhelmed by all this extraordinary love and support that i have received here on this platform.

bonus: i have made a studygram account!!! follow me there @ thesun.studies

Before diving into the games, i’m going to give some of my good tumblr friends a little shoutout for being awesome, amazing people: @study-van @coffeeandpies @starsandaspirations @moonstarbujo @gloomstudy​ @problematicprocrastinator​ @jeonchemstudy​ @apricitystudies​ @sonderstudy​ @boldlystudy​ @phoebe-does​ @haritlane​ @adelinestudiess​ @loreleys-road-to-md​ @noodledesk​ @stu-dna​ @rylie-studies​ @academiceve​ 

(sorry if i forgot to mention you if you’re reading this rn :o)

And hence, to commemorate these big news and to cherish these happy moments, i have a blog celebration planned!!! 

read under the cut to know the rules and the games :D

AND NOW TO THE CELEBRATION!!!

here’s some basic rules:

1. you have to be following me (if you don’t already, what’re you waiting for??) :,)

2. reblog this post so that i can see you in the notes.

3. send me an ask with the emoji corresponding to the game you’d want to take part in. if you send an ask on anon, at least make sure you mention your studyblr blog in there inside a lil parentheses!

GAMES:

1. 🎨

send this cute pallete emoji for a moodboard !! i will make one based on your blog and its aesthetic. if you want to mention some specifics, feel free to mention it in the ask that you send.

2. 📝

send this for a lil doodle which you would like to see. make sure you send in what you want me to draw!! (ps: im not a professional so imma just let jesus take the wheel)

3. 🎧

send this to get a personalised playlist for your blog!! or you can send me an aesthetic and i’d make a playlist based on that!!!!

4. 🔮

send this with your ask and just let me know about your future plans, what you’re studying currently, and anything else you’d want to share with me :D

PS: don’t forget to hit a follow on my studygram : @ thesun.studies !!!

[mosfetransgender-deactivated202]

NEVER LET YOURSELF BE STOPPED BY WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IF YOU STARTED EARLIER!!!!! THE ONLY TIME WE HAVE IS NOW

[tordenvejr]

not knowing the path doesn't mean the path doesn't exist

[alwaysbeenjessica]

rainy november mornings spent reading and working on the thesis ☁️☕️

[bulldyke-rider-deactivated20251]

"Do I deserve this?" "Am I worthy of this?"

So irrelevant. Do you want it?

[newyorkcitywater]

why is the human body composed of such capricious tubes

[mosfetransgender-deactivated202]

NEVER LET YOURSELF BE STOPPED BY WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IF YOU STARTED EARLIER!!!!! THE ONLY TIME WE HAVE IS NOW

[strawberryswinger]

if being hard on yourself worked, it would have worked by now

[bakwaaas]

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost

The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.

The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.

The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.

The “get stuff done while you wait” method.

The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.

The “break the task into smaller steps” method.

The “treat yourself like a pet” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.

The “put on a persona” method.

The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.

The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.

The “wait for a trigger” method.

The “do it for your future self” method.

The “might as well” method.

The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.

The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.

The “make it easy” method.

The “junebugging” method.

The “just show up” method.

The “accept when you need help” method.

The “make it into a game” method.

The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.

The “trick yourself” method.

The “break it into even smaller steps” method.

The “let go of should” method.

The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.

The “fork theory” method.

The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.

[kurai-hono-blog]

This is the sacred texts, this is the holy grail.

[cricketcat9]

This a GOOD STUFF, people. Read and try, it may work for you 🤞

[coupdefoudrre]

[liones-s]

one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

[weepingwidar]

Linus Borgo (American, 1995) - Autotomy in the Liminal Realm: Splitting Time with a Scalpel (2021)

[joytri]

the fates will find a way

[milk-lover]

Sobbing uncontrollably reading through a dissertation about the college experience of students with ADHD. It is like reading a report about my life that just says over and over "My experiences are real. My hardships are real. I am not lazy, I am not dumb. My struggles were not my fault, and they were not a moral failing. The failure was with the system, not with me."

Here's a line that got me in particular:

"Hotez et al.(2022) compared the health, academic, and non-academic capacities of a nationally representative sample of U.S. first-year college students with ADHD and without ADHD. Students with ADHD self-reported lower academic aspirations and more feelings of depression and overwhelm, ranking themselves lower in their general emotional health. The fact that students with ADHD scored in the highest 10th percentile for many non-academic traits, such as artistic ability, computer skills, creativity, public speaking, social confidence, self-understanding and understanding of others, compassion, and risk-tasking, suggests that this population has strengths that are frequently underappreciated in academia."

(the paper is a thesis called "Understanding the Collegiate Experience for Students With ADHD" by Gia Long, 2022)

[ace-and-ranty]

I gotta say, one of the greatest achievements of my 20s was that I learned (mostly) to differentiate between:

"I truly do not want to go" and

"I'm just feeling the Demand Avoidance, and I will like it once I get there."

[ace-and-ranty]

Well, goodness, this one resonated much more than I was expecting. I mean, I get it. My mind was also blown wide open when I found out "demand avoidance" was a thing that existed, and that I'm not the only weirdo in the world who suddenly wishes it wasn't her birthday after anxiously waiting for her birthday for days.

Loads of people in the tags are asking how I do it? I feel this won't be groundbreaking advice, but here is what I have learned:

Previous experience. Really no way around it. Now that I hit thirty, I feel like I have done enough things to know, intellectually, from experience, what will feel nice if I overcome the avoidance, and what won't. For example, every time I go to the beach, I wake up early and would rather eat a tire than get off the bed. But I remember that every time I got up and went to the beach, I was glad I did it. So I just get up, feeling like shit, and get ready, feeling like shit, and I get to the beach and magic!! I feel great, I love the beach!! Sometimes you just gotta do it scared feeling kinda like shit.

Am I avoiding the thing or getting to the thing? I have a lot of demand avoidance around just, y'know, getting up, getting ready and going out the door. Universal human experience. If I notice that doing the actual thing (Swim in the pool!) sounds nice, but I'm avoiding having to rally myself to go do that (Fetch swimsuit! Sunscreen! Towel!), then I know it's demand avoidance and I should just fucking go.

Is the thing making me feel excited at all or just anxious? I have had previous occasions when I did the opposite; I convinced myself it was just demand avoidance when I really just. Hated the thing. And wanted to stop. If you feel a mix of excitement and dread, or excitement and anxiety, that might be demand avoidance. But if thinking of doing the thing just makes you feel actively anxious, then yeah. You don't want to do the thing.

Do the thing a little bit. Used often with dishes. I've seen this advice float around Tumblr a lot and it's correct. Commit to doing just a bit of the thing; a little bit of the thing; the smallest bit of the thing you can do. Getting started will make it clear right away if you don't want to do it (and in that case, you have permission to stop), or if you just having trouble getting started.

[lovesdaya]

@lovesdaya

[rainbowskytiee]

𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 💭