Ryn’s Study & Workblr

Ryn 🥀They/Them 🥀 Learner 🥀Psychotherapist in Training 🥀 Personal Knowledge Management 🥀Research 🥀 PhD Applicant Prep 🥀 Sideblog of @ryns-ramblings

[ryn-is-learning]

𝐑𝐲𝐧, 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲/𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝟑𝟎+ 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠

Hello! I’m Ryn (they/them) and this will be an odd little blog—something between a workblr, studyblr, and posts of notes I make on topics like research for work, studying for my licensing exam, preparing to apply to doctoral programs, and trying to be productive while being chronically ill. I will be following via my main writeblr @ryns-ramblings (feel free to check it out)!

I am a 30+ queer and neurodivergent therapist in my day job, but for fun I also write fantasy stories (but am currently unpublished) and fanfics. I specialize in working with queer and trans neurodivergent clients in New York City so this will be a blog openly oriented towards social justice and topics in that vein. I am still in training, but I will be done soon and thus need to take my licensing exam. Once I am fully licensed I plan to get into a doctoral program in order to do asexuality and aromantic-affirming research as what we have currently is embarrassingly lacking.

Topics of Interest:

Mental Health & Psychology

Gender and Sexuality

Autism & ADHD

Productivity (especially within my confines of being disabled physically and neurologically)

Mental health as it relates to chronic pain and fatigue

Personal Knowledge Management (hit me up if you’re a fan of Obsidian!)

Prepping for taking the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Examination (NCMHCE)

Writing and publishing fiction (crossing over with my writeblr @ryns-ramblings

This is, however, not an exhaustive list.

Links and Tags In Progress

Credits:

Templates by @notoriousaesthetics and dividers by @cafekitsune

[hizerain]

2026.02.01

My laptop is being repaired. I'm working on a backup which is a small decade old, it's noticeable in every way imaginable. I'm just happy I've got it up and running to be honest. A little terrified for the upcoming semester, I already don't have time and that will only diminish. Nonetheless, we endure.

[kenzie0704]

♡ February 2024 Goals ♡

My Goals for February

♡ Consistent weekly uploads to YT (x5+ video projects currently in progress)

♡ Complete x3 ongoing art projects (I need to get them done so I can move on to all my ideas that are just stuck in Can’t Start Yet hell)

♡ Work on my night routine — sleep schedule and stretching are the two main areas I want to focus on.

I have several other goals too, but these are the big three. 😊 What are your goals for the month? I hope you accomplish them!

[ryns-ramblings]

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟓𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟑𝟔

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠:

𝐓𝐨-𝐃𝐨:

[ ] Work Notes [ ] Personal Admin Tasks [ ] Work on Wholesome Evil [ ] Work on Archmagess tumblr intro [ ] Read 30 minutes for work [ ] Read 30 minutes for writing

I don't have any clients today so it's technically my day off, but I want to get some things done. It's not going to be easy because I started a new beta blocker that has a side effect of making me super tired--it's normal and my body will adjust but waiting it out is not fun.

I have a lot of writing things above, but I think some of you who have been around for a long time have noticed there haven't been any updates regarding The Arcana Quest. There is a reason for that--TAQ has become a medium where I want to explore the rise of Christonationalism in the US and my own experiences around it as an evangelical cult survivor and queer person via Antigone and Edward's journey on the quest. However, due to the fact it's inspired by very real world events, I want to do my due diligence in research. The two books above are both for the research--Dorimus University is going to be much more religiously-oriented much like older universities were, so A History of the University in Europe Vol 1: The Middle Ages is for that while the fascism introduction is self-explanatory. But since it's in the research phase it's not really ready for another drafting attempt, so I'm working on Wholesome Evil and a new WIP Archmagess so that I'm still writing. TAQ has not been forgotten (far from it) but I did want to give that update.

Hoping to post the Archmagess writeblr intro this weekend, which will be fun!

I also will be doing some admin things (both personal and work) and some psychology-based books to help me grow as a therapist. Which book, though, I haven't decided yet. Probably something on mentalization-based therapy or OCD.

[megumi-fm]

[ ✨ megumi.fm wrapped ✨ // aug 11th to dec 30th ; weeks 33 - 52/52]

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hi! i hope you guys have been healthy and well and productive and that you haven't forgotten about me 🥹 it's been the most eventful year ever for me in terms of experiences and changes in my life and I'm just so glad to be able to share it with you guys <3 I hope to be more productive and focused and active on here from next year ^=^ see y'all around ily guyssss and i miss y'all so much!! 🫶

[smalleffortsrepeated]

06.01.24 || tough morning

My worst fear paralysis is in the morning when I need to get up. I'll spend two full hours just lying there absolutely terrified. And then all of sudden its 2 pm and I have only studied for 2 hours. But we will stay strong and continue, as the day is not lost! 😬🫡

All the Best

AJ

[kwekstra]

Ok I am once again liveblogging the Word of the Year vote

• For informal word of the year, multiple people have gone up to the mic announcing themself as “team rawdog”

• One respected professor threw his support behind “W”, saying (I’m paraphrasing) “double the u, double the pleasure”

• In lieu of an institution, one person announced themself as a “tumblr shitposter”. That person? Was me.

[kwekstra]

Unsurprisingly, “rawdogging” has won Informal Word of the Year 2024 by a truly MASSIVE landslide

[kwekstra]

“Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body” has just been last-minute nominated for political word of the year, challenging “Luigi”’s crowd-favorite status.

[kwekstra]

Someone just started playing smooth jazz on the speakers to pass the time as waited for the presenters to resolve their tech issues

[kwekstra]

“Luigi” wins political word of the year!!

[kwekstra]

• Somebody (me) just last-minute nominated “I’m bald” for Digital Word of the Year.

• A middle school teacher has gone up to the mic to INSIST that the correct order is “Skibidi Ohio Rizz”, not “Skibidi Rizz Ohio”

• The Digital Word of the Year commentariat appears to be almost entirely made up of middle school teachers

• A middle school teacher sitting next to me: “I’ve had to set a quota for how many ‘skibidi’s are allowed in my students’ creative writings”

[kwekstra]

“Brainrot” wins Digital Word of the Year!

[kwekstra]

• For the second day in a row, the presenter has insisted that “hurkle durkle” can be used as a synonym for “bedrotting”

• “Lock in” wins Most Useful Word of the Year

[kwekstra]

• WOTY mvp Nicole Holliday has brought up the concept of “Toilets with threatening auras”, arguing that “we live in a vibes-based economy”.

• Arguing in favor of “Unserious”, someone claimed that “there is nothing more cutting than being called unserious.” She then proceeded to call the rest of the contenders unserious, eliciting audible gasps from the audience.

• “Unserious” has defeated “NIL” in a runoff for Most Likely To Succeed Word of the Year

[kwekstra]

Ok we’ve moved on to “Most Fun While it Lasted”, a category that I accidentally caused to exist during nominations yesterday.

• Someone has gone up to defend “hawk tuah”, calling it the “most potent, most virile” word of all time. The havoc this comment has caused is indescribable.

• Ok seemingly everyone this round is speaking in support of “Hawk Tuah”

• “Brat” wins Most Fun While it Lasted!

[kwekstra]

• Someone has provided “We boutta rawdog an entire presidential administration” as an example sentence

• In a profoundly unsurprising development, basically half of the commenters this round spoke in favor of “rawdogging”

[kwekstra]

RAWDOGGING WINS WORD OF THE YEAR 2024!!

[official-linguistics-post]

OFFICIAL BREAKING LINGUISTICS NEWS

[erbiumspectrum]

I was tagged by @getbreaded . Thank you, I love doing these! 💙

summer or winter // coffee or tea // straight hair or curly hair //fiction or nonfiction // necklaces or bracelets // marshmallows or whipped cream // night in or night out // sunset or sunrise // pizza or and pasta // cold drink or hot drink // vampire or werewolf // crop top or oversized hoodie // be able to fly or run at super speed // speak many languages or able to speak to animals // be invisible or read minds// phone call or text// laundry or dishes // pool or beach //flats or heels //stay home or go out // coke or pepsi // cook dinner or do dishes // books or movies // dogs or cats // chocolate or vanilla // facebook or instagram// over-dressed or under-dressed // morning or late nights // always late or always early // dancer or singer // always eat only dessert or always eat only savoury // shopping or museum // art gallery or zoo //parties or picnics // white lights or multicolored lights

Tagging: @studentbyday @cyberstudious @mystudydiary-blog no pressure as always <3

[studentbyday]

thanks so much for the tag @chemblrish and @academicfever 💗

summer or winter // coffee or tea (as long as it's not that strong) // straight hair or curly hair // fiction or nonfiction // necklaces or bracelets // marshmallows or whipped cream // night in or night out // sunset or sunrise // pizza or and pasta // cold drink or hot drink // vampire or werewolf // crop top or oversized hoodie // be able to fly or run at super speed // speak many languages or able to speak to animals // be invisible or read minds // phone call or text // laundry or dishes // pool or beach // flats or heels // stay home or go out // coke or pepsi // cook dinner or do dishes // books or movies // dogs or cats // chocolate or vanilla // facebook or instagram // over-dressed or under-dressed (...if we're talking style, then under; if temperature, over bc i refuse to risk freezing to death in winter 😝) // morning or late nights (cannot decide...some days i'm a night owl and other days i'm more awake in the morning 🤷🏻‍♀️) // always late or always early (i wish i was early but i'm usually late) // dancer or singer // always eat only dessert or and always eat only savoury // shopping or museum // art gallery or zoo // parties or picnics // white lights or multicolored lights

@ohyespotatous @zzzzzestforlife @nelyastudies @lazar-codes @study-with-aura if you wanna :)

[thesecrethistori-an]

New setup for a new academic challenge! (I'm starting a PhD)

[kitkatstu-dies]

chem notes + my cat under the tree!

[asyastudieskorean]

11.29.2024 — 해피 금요일 여러분! Discussion is done, now ten pages of textbook 숙제, then a listening quiz. Let’s get to it! 화이팅~!

[sasha-on-the-side]

Been talking about this with friends so I present to you, the cursed spectrum of media literacy

[studyblrspace]

| 2 december 2024 |

finished my quantum homework (#7), it took from 4p-11p which is not my ideal schedule but it's done,,, quantum hw #8 is also due this week but that is tomorrow's problem 🫡

🎧 angel of my dreams – jade

[geniuss-loci-deactivated2021052]

[yourlocaladhder]

I really like this visual.

[chu-diaries]

140 days of productivity: day 110/140

📸: more photos of yesterday’s trip because I don’t have any pictures of today and because I’m trying to manifest the peace I felt there

Stressful day. I had to deal with two contract terminations in the morning and there is nothing worse than a client who doesn't want to pay the fine due… I did my best to work on it before lunch and thus have the afternoon free for more pleasant matters, but that didn't happen. I didn't even get to enjoy the storm! It had been so long since it had rained like this, but I was so stressed that I couldn't enjoy the rain. The highlights of my day were practicing yoga, doing crossword puzzles and calling my godfather, who turned 71 today and is a very funny person.

Today I also organized which Christmas gifts i'll give for my family and I just don't know what to give my mother-in-law. Do you have any ideas? Every year I give her soaps or body creams or chocolates. One time I gave her a necklace and earrings set, but I don't think she liked it because I've never seen her wear them lol.

🥀: day 23/27

💧: 1,5 L

🧠: meditation (10 min)

🧘🏻‍♀️: yoga practice (1 h)

🏃🏻‍♀️: 🚫

🕯️: talked to customers + answered emails + felt stressed (6 h)

📿: took notes on my recent studies (1 h)

🇰🇷: 🚫

📺: arcane ep. 8 + one piece

📚: 🚫

🎮: 🚫

🎧: soft piano songs

🛑: 1 day pick free

💊: 🚫

[midwinterarchives]

Monday, the 25th of November 2024

On Sunday, after a hearty meal I rearranged my bookshelves then sat down to read. No longer I felt rushed or overwhelmed, there were only the pages in front of me that transported me to other worlds entirely. The short stories were selected well, and I had to sit in quiet and think about each and every one. In the evening before departing for the city, I cleaned up the house and packed a bag. My thoughts turn toward a little library on a corner of a rough street that offers a myriad of books in different languages, I might visit it this week to sign up, even though I should not put all my strength into reading for pleasure.

Read up on emotion and language

Read preparatory text for lecture on early modern radicals

Slavic literature lecture

Russian tutoring

Emails