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@jeveuxpasalleralecole
04.02.2022
I absolutely LOVE the mental reset that comes with the beginning of a month. I'm not sure if this is a universal experience or if it's just me... but I feel like each new month brings new opportunity for growth and goal planning. I love it!
Hope y'all are having a good weekend!♡
a list of simple things to do when you’re feeling down (thanks to you guys for providing these ideas 😌)
do a light work out
listen to music
watch inspirational youtubers
talk it out with your mom, or someone you trust
journal about how you’re feeling
clean or organize messy space
take a bubble bath, do a face mask
sleep
make a nice meal for yourself
dance party
play a video game
watch a show
plan a future project
drink some hot tea
light a candle
— august 30, 2021
HI GUYSSS am so sorry it’s been a while!! been so swamped with work, it’s crazy! i also have a defense presentation in one of my orgs since i’m running for marketing manager :0 rly hope i do well!!! i hope you guys have been doing great 🤍
Something I find incredibly cool is that they’ve found neandertal bone tools made from polished rib bones, and they couldn’t figure out what they were for for the life of them.
Until, of course, they showed it to a traditional leatherworker and she took one look at it and said “Oh yeah sure that’s a leather burnisher, you use it to close the pores of leather and work oil into the hide to make it waterproof. Mine looks just the same.”
“Wait you’re still using the exact same fucking thing 50,000 years later???”
“Well, yeah. We’ve tried other things. Metal scratches up and damages the hide. Wood splinters and wears out. Bone lasts forever and gives the best polish. There are new, cheaper plastic ones, but they crack and break after a couple years. A bone polisher is nearly indestructible, and only gets better with age. The more you use a bone polisher the better it works.”
It’s just.
50,000 years. 50,000. And over that huge arc of time, we’ve been quietly using the exact same thing, unchanged, because we simply haven’t found anything better to do the job.
i also like that this is a “ask craftspeople” thing, it reminds me of when art historians were all “the fuck” about someone’s ear “deformity” in a portrait and couldn’t work out what the symbolism was until someone who’d also worked as a piercer was like “uhm, he’s fucked up a piercing there”. interdisciplinary shit also needs to include non-academic approaches because crafts & trades people know shit ok
One of my professors often tells us about a time he, as and Egyptian Archaeologist, came down upon a ring of bricks one brick high. In the middle of a house. He and his fellow researchers could not fpr the life of them figure out what tf it could possibly have been for. Until he decided to as a laborer, who doesnt even speak English, what it was. The guy gestures for my prof to follow him, and shows him the same ring of bricks in a nearby modern house. Said ring is filled with baby chicks, while momma hen is out in the yard having a snack. The chicks can’t get over the single brick, but mom can step right over. Over 2000 years and their still corraling chicks with brick circles. If it aint broke, dont fix it and always ask the locals.
I read something a while back about how pre-columbian Americans had obsidian blades they stored in the rafters of their houses. The archaeologists who discovered them came to the conclusion that the primitive civilizations believed keeping them closer to the sun would keep the blades sharper.
Then a mother looked at their findings and said “yeah, they stored their knives in the rafters to keep them out of reach of the children.”
Omg the ancient child proofing add on tho lol
I remember years ago on a forum (email list, that’s how old) a woman talking about going to a museum, and seeing among the women’s household objects a number of fired clay items referred to as “prayer objects”. (Apparently this sort of labeling is not uncommon when you have something that every house has and appears to be important, but no-one knows what it is.) She found a docent and said, “Excuse me, but I think those are drop spindles.” “Why would you think that, ma’am?” “Because they look just like the ones my husband makes for me. See?” They got all excited, took tons of pictures and video of her spinning with her spindle. When she was back in the area a few years later, they were still on display, but labeled as drop spindles.
So ancient Roman statues have some really weird hairstyles. Archaeologists just couldn’t figure them out. They didn’t have hairspray or modern hair bands, or elastic at all, but some of these things defied gravity better than Marge Simpson’s beehive.
Eventually they decided, wigs. Must be wigs. Or maybe hats. Definitely not real hair.
A hairdresser comes a long, looks at a few and is like, “Yeah, they’re sewn.”
“Don’t be silly!” the archaeologists cry. “How foolish, sewn hair indeed! LOL!”
So she went away and recreated them on real people using a needle and thread and the mystery of Roman hairstyles was solved.
She now works as a hair archaeologist and I believe she has a YouTube channel now where she recreates forgotten hairstyles, using only what they had available at the time.
Always question anything labelled as for a ritual or religious purpose without explanation because it’s very often shorthand for ‘we don’t know’ as if humans have not been the same since forever and have either made things for specific purposes or simply because they like making them (aka ART. Some things are simply art yet heaps of old research refuses to recognize this possibility.)
This is changing, but change is slow!
"we need to stop the stigma towards drug users and addicts" and "we need to challenge the idea that being sober makes you boring" and "we need to stop acting like binge drinking to the extent you're doing medical damage is fun and normal for young people" are all ideas that can and should coexist.
just so we’re clear, the threshold for “binge drinking to the extent you’re doing medical damage” is waaaay lower than you think.
I work in an obstetrician and gynaecologist’s office. we have to tell patients on a regular basis that they are binge drinking weekly when they think they are simply consuming a normal amount of alcohol on the weekends.
having more than 3 drinks in a single sitting if you have an estrogen based endocrine system is a binge that is medically significant.
having more than 5 in a sitting is a medically significant binge for someone with a testosterone based endocrine system.
every time you do this, it significantly impacts your risk of getting breast cancer, and damages your liver. it takes time to recover from that liver damage. if you’re having a 3-5 or more drink binge on a weekly basis, you are an alcoholic, medically speaking, and your liver is not recovering.
again: the bar for what binge drinking is, medically, is so much lower than what you think it is.
alcohol is a really toxic substance and not something you should fuck around with.
again: if you have an estrogenized hormone system (common for most women), then 3 drinks is a binge. if you have a testosteronized hormone system (common for most men), then 5 drinks is a binge.
anything above that number, consumed as frequently as weekly or more, and you’re medically a binge drinking alcoholic.
also, if you’re drinking any quantity of alcohol 6 days a week or more, that’s another threshold at which, medically speaking, you meet the definition of alcoholism. your liver needs more days without alcohol in your system than just one a week to recover and be healthy.
I don’t say any of this to shame anyone—to me, alcoholism or substance use disorders aren’t a sign of weakness or moral failing. and most of us genuinely don’t know this stuff.
rather—I point this out because it’s important to reduce harm, and find ways to live healthier, happier lives. there is a life outside of constant binge drinking. it’s not always easy to find it. but it’s out there. you deserve a life where your emotional needs are met by something other than alcohol, and a life in which your liver is healthy, and the ways you cope and celebrate and find joy don’t put you at increased risk of cancer.
every single day i think about how horribly rumi’s poems have been translated from persian into english & how they’ve been turned from gorgeous poems abt islamic spirituality into these… pithy vapid little quotes that white people post as instagram captions. white scholars & translators straight-up falsified and misrepresented the essential themes of and islamic mysticism inherent to his work in favor of turning it into easy-to-consume love poetry & it never fails to make me angry
here’s a good thread to read through abt this exact topic as a start !!
because i know most of you can’t be bothered to look at the thread:
going into new situations (e.g. a new workplace or school) might become a less terrifying idea if you eliminate the generalizations for yourself and instead stay open to the possibilities of who you might find there. like a friend who’s into the same band as you are, and someone who always falls asleep on their desk because their snap stories tell you that they like to watch the stars during the night, and someone who makes stupid dad jokes to cheer others up and someone else who’s from the same neighborhood you’re from or works at your local drugstore. not everyone in this new environment will be as judgmental and ‘normal’ as you’re afraid of. people aren’t scary, they’re just multidimensional, and that’s a beautiful, vibrant thing to discover you’ll grow to be a part of.
Supercomputer script has been fixed or whatever happened, so back to the grind! Although I have no idea what I’m doing with these scripts haha
My summer class is over and guess who got an A in ochem lab! This girl :DD
Productivity challenge (10/100)
Read my entire project report on impact of covid on manufacturing sector. My viva is day after tomorrow and I'm genuinely stressing out. I'm happy it's early in the morning and the whole thing will get over before the day actually starts :)
Productivity challenge (8/100)
I prepared my presentation for my project viva and did some office work for my part time job. I saw a movie, did some reading, practiced meditation and listened to an audiobook. To top it off, I started an online course from Harvard. It's been a peaceful and eventful day <3
This is my Notion page and the pictures I edited to fit that specific aesthetic! Not many might like this color but I do enjoy using my own drawings and editing pictures to make them fit my taste :P cafe aesthetic by also with this color that brightens the photo in some way
07.28.21 - visited a cute german-inspired town called leavenworth this weekend with my family
A bullet journal spread from earlier in the week. It’s been a hectic few days, but I’m getting back on track with life now!
30/7/21 • found out a while ago that I’ll be graduating from my Psychology degree with an Upper Second Class Honors! ♡ I can’t put into words how grateful I am; this entire part of life was so lonely and difficult with the pandemic and online lessons. I’m so happy I’ve made it! 🤍🦋
balancing self care and studies
make sure to get enough sleep - all nighters are NOT good for maximum brainpower, trust me. try to make a routine of what time to sleep and wake, as it helps you to feel refreshed during the mornings.
water! at first i hated drinking so much water because it felt like a chore. so, instead i used one of those big two litre diet coke bottles. it means that i can fill it once and then use it all day, without having to keep getting up. remember, your body can only absorb so much at a time, so small sips!
if it gets to the point where your brain is shutting down and you simply cannot think anymore - then don't. pushing yourself overworks you and ultimately means you're not learning/studying as effectively. try taking a small break, fifteen minutes without your phone, just move your legs, give your brain a rest. if you return and still cannot work, take a longer break or even stop for the rest of the night. you need breaks!
allow yourself some pampering. it doesn't have to be much, but washing your face can make the world of difference. cold showers are refreshing, warm ones are more relaxing. to each their own.
make sure you're living life outside of your studies. sure, for now it may seem like it's everything, but neglecting your mental health is even worse. please take care of yourself.
do some exercise! yes, yes, i know. but even ten minutes of some stretches can do you the world of good. make sure you give your body some work, especially after longer study periods. try not to over do it though - sometimes people do longer workouts, which although aren't inherently bad, it can make exercising feel like a chore.
hobbies! find something fun that you like to do, watch a movie, read a book, do some artwork! (and if you do some - tag me please #snippetsofsherlock )
i would like my 7-day weekends back (aka summer break)
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