work & structure

point of intersection

[rensmann-blog]

12/04/23 monday

feelings: overwhelmed, alarmed, annoyed - perfect procrastination conditions 🙃

what i can do about it: prioritize, check in with your Feelings regularly

today's ivylees:

🔸board meeting

🔸kiddos dental appointment

🔸write theory part

🔸yoga

🔸work on christmas presents

🔸order pictures

[miseducatedmelanicmuse]

[pansylair]

TRUST

[cottageaesthetic]

[rensmann-blog]

11/24/23 friday

feeling cherished, enthusiastic and animated. still fighting a cold.

today's #ivylee list with two tasks from yesterday:

🔸yoga: center (1/30)

🔸call all the therapists

🔸vaccuum apartment

🔸christmas presents

🔸plan bolzano holiday

🔸work on crochet baby blanket

[rensmann-blog]

11/23/23

yesterday was not was i expected when i wrote my self-therapy protocol. i felt warm and cozy, motivated. but instead i crawled back into myself and started to feel worried and on edge.

sooo..new day, new slate.

#ivylee list

🔸music garden with P. (1)

🔸christmas presents (2)

🔸yoga (4)

🔸vaccuum apartment (3)

🔸crochet it helps with anxiety (6)

🔸do two office poms (5)

[kayywaii]

how peaceful it must be to be here

[yesterdaysprint]

The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin, May 31, 1930

[scottguy]

What’s fascinating to me is that this absurdist style of humor in the article above from the 1939s matches many of the memes I see written (I assume) by generations X, Z and even more recent in memes online these days.

Let’s hear it for fearless silliness.

[wheresmybubble]

One day at a time.

I have 4 books out now! ❤️ You can get them wherever books are sold - https://debbietung.com/books

[akindplace]

Anna Laura

[sunsbleeding]

[rensmann-blog]

11/22/23

i'm a habitual procrastinator. i'm trying to get better. my focus is mental health and working in my resources.

motto: be kind to future you

today's #ivylee list

🔸three poms worth of studying (2)

🔸yoga (3)

🔸vaccuum the apartment (4)

🔸self-therapy protocol (1)

🔸dry cleaning (6)

🔸order the photo presents for christmas (5)

[oracle-fae]

x

[girlic-bread]

studyblr asks (feel free to add to the list)

What year are you?

What’s your major/what do you think you want to major in?

If applicable, what is your thesis about?

Do you think you picked the right major?

Ultimate educational goals?

Career goals?

Do you think your goals are realistic?

What classes are you taking right now?

Favorite class out of everything you’ve ever taken and why?

Least favorite class ever and why?

Current favorite class and why?

Current least favorite class and why?

Favorite STEM field?

Favorite humanities subject?

Class that you’ve always wanted to take but never had the chance?

Do you use caffeine and if so how much daily?

What’s your preferred method of taking in caffeine?

Have you ever tried study drugs?

Are you a homework-in-the-morning kind of person?

Do you listen to music while you study?

Crowded area or quiet place?

What’s your preferred writing implement?

Do you need to work out before you can study well?

Describe your perfect study environment.

Are you procrastinating right now?

What was the last thing you procrastinated?

Are you a perfectionist?

Do you like easy classes or do you feel bad if you’re not working hard?

Are you a good test taker?

What are you the proudest of out of all the assignments you’ve ever had?

Do you talk to your teachers/professors a lot?

Describe your favorite teacher/professor and why you like them.

Describe your least favorite teacher/professor and why you dislike them.

Have you ever thought about becoming a teacher/professor?

Most profound thing ever said to you by a teacher/professor?

Best feedback you’ve ever gotten on something academic?

Worst study habit and how are you working on it?

Are you an in-class fidgeter?

How’s your handwriting?

Write “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” and post a photo.

Neat or messy notes?

A lot of notes or the bare minimum?

Post a photo/scan of your notes from your favorite class.

Are you a doodler?

Post a photo of your doodles if you have any.

Do you have pre-test rituals and what are they?

Are you a tangent-question asker?

Do you make jokes in class?

How many hours do you spend on academics per day?

What’s something more important to you than school?

[pluto-studies]

i’m bored and sick, send me a number x

[faeinting]

Oooh yes be nosey

[yunistudies]

please please please

[rensmann-blog]

things to do before my birthday

Six weeks to go: - fly a kite - quit your job (depends on getting the new one) - save some money - stop looking up people on social media (enforced by a penalty I assess on myself) - go alone to the museum - read Austen's Pride and Prejudice - run 5km - sort out your wardrobe - buy one piece of jewelry - go swimming - make a family tree - give back all the books you borrowed - find out what's behind the hill at your favorite walking route - have your portrait taken - finish the unfinished business with your university group - go to some concerts - try six new recipes - take a picture of you every day - work on your handstand every day - clean up the tv stand - find out your blood type

[niqabisinparis]

Motivation is overrated. No amount of motivation would’ve gotten me through hours of my accounting textbook. No “vision” is enough to keep me awake til the crack of dawn on an essay that I don’t even know if the professor will check. Discipline is what determines how far you go. On those days when your cute little list of #goals and vision of yourself 5 years from now aren’t enough, discipline will pull you out of bed and get you to work. I wish I knew this in high school because I thought I couldn’t work without motivation. I wasted so much time trying to find purpose before I realized that working now, albeit blindly, will ensure that I could chase any purpose I discover in the future. Sure, motivation is crucial, but it’s not consistent. It’s not reliable. You can only rely on yourself and your grit. 

[ohk4te]

realities of essay planning: arrows, scribbles, lots (and lots) of question marks, messy handwriting. i’m so content. also working on my water intake today because it’s, uh, really hot. my canadian self was not made for this