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12.07.21

And I’m baaack!

I recently had so many unproductive days that I felt somewhat discouraged to post something here. But it’s ok to feel that way sometimes, I guess

And now this is me getting back on track! I have a goal to reach and I’m going for it!

I hope you have a great day today!

🎧 It’s over - Jesse McCartney

[scribeherself]

the art of making it matter

light a candle when you work. put on lipstick for the grocery store. play that song that makes you feel like you're in a coming-of-age montage. take the long way home. write love letters to no one. read poetry out loud to your plants. the secret isn't that life is inherently romantic—it's that you can MAKE it romantic by paying attention, by adding ceremony to the mundane, by refusing to let a single ordinary day pass unloved.

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16.06.26

| new collage in my journal just waiting for me to translate my thoughts into words + my balcony view today |

I had a somewhat easy day at work today and it was so strange. Guess I’m already used to being swamped with things to do.

These days I’m trying to do more things I like and be more mindful, so I can feel I’m more than my job. Hope I can keep this positive mindset even on difficult days

🎧 - DtMF (Bad Bunny)

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15.06.2026

My now reading (and also playing sudoku and logic problems)

Today was a good day, overall. Did some yoga at home, had a nice day at work. Let’s keep up the good job (:

🎧 - Into the unknown (Panic at the disco version)

[srnrxn]

04/21/26 | 11:22 pm

The Pain of Getting Up

I am proud of today.

I desperately wanted to curl into myself and avoid my classes -> all due to waking up a little later than I had desired; but instead I still pushed through, attended class, and learned several new things I would have never determined myself if I had stayed home.

I struggle with an "all or nothing" mindset; so when we don't get as much done (academic wise) before bed and/or wake up later than intended my mind impulsively tries to find forms of "comfort": reassurance that staying home will grant me time to complete what wasn't finished, followed by the assured comfortability of not having to be seen in public when I'm already feeling so down.

The issue is, this usually doesn't end in us actually getting more things done: I trap myself in a cycle of self-hating emotions for having 'messed up in the first place', I avoid my workspace out of fear of the ever-growing workload, then I keep myself stuck by reminding myself how much time has passed -> leaving us feeling frozen and unable to start at all.

I say all this to say: you are not running out of time. Get there early, on time, late; get there dressed up, casual, lazy; get there energized, neutral, tired -> it doesn't matter.

As long as you are trying you are growing .!

[gabbiecasso]

Parents

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21.04.26

Just getting through the day

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29.03.26

Sunday and salivary gland neoplasms (ft. my cute timer)

🎧 My way - Michael Bublé

[momentsbeforemass]

The perfect moment box

“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.”

It’s the Great Commandment. It’s the heart of today’s Gospel. And at first glance, it seems kind of impossible.

Especially if you don’t have the luxury of spending all your waking hours in prayer.

Or if you’ve been hurt by life – whether through no fault of your own, your own doing, or some of both.

Or if (however it happened) things have come between you and God.

In other words, if you’re human.

Since we’re all humans here, is there anything we can do about this? Or are we just stuck with an impossible demand from an implacable God?

Actually, there is something we can do about it. And it starts with dropping the subtext.

First, know that God does not do subtext. If God is upset with you, He will tell you in words of one syllable (see the Old Testament for details).

Subtext is a human thing. And, in my experience, the subtext we load onto God is almost always off the mark.

The subtext that most of us add to the Great Commandment is a pair of very not helpful ideas. That the “all your heart, all your soul” stuff means God is demanding perfect love, perfect devotion (something that few of us are capable of on our best days). And that this sort of thing can only be done under perfect circumstances, with nothing else going on and no distractions.

Which is why I love today’s saint, St. Frances of Rome.

St. Frances of Rome took the Great Commandment seriously. And bought into all the subtext. Which is why she wanted to be a cloistered nun. Thinking that was what she had to do, to have those perfect circumstances (fyi - every monk and nun knows better). So that she could “love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.”

Her family had other plans and pressured her into marriage.

Her first thought? Everything was ruined. As a wife and a mother, she told herself she would never have the perfect circumstances that she thought she needed to meet – not God’s expectations, but the impossible standard that she had burdened herself with.

In despair, she cried to her spiritual director about how things had gone so horribly wrong and how (as she saw it) she would never be able to fulfill God’s will for her life.

Her spiritual director’s response is something that I find myself coming back to time and again, “Are you crying because you want to do God’s will or because you want God to do your will?”

It brought her up short. She took it to heart. And started to unravel all of her expectations, all of the subtext that she loaded onto God.

Over the course of a marriage with six children (only one of whom survived to adulthood), Frances learned to take her relationship with God out of the perfect moment box. To bring God into every part of her life. Until she could confidently say, “It is most laudable in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife. And sometimes she must leave God at the altar to find Him in her housekeeping.”

Frances’ expression of the idea may be centered on the life she found herself living. But her wisdom and its truth transcend place and time, and apply to all of us. Because, as Frances shows us with her life, God is the not the God of the perfect moment box.

Sometimes we must leave God at the altar to find Him in what He has called us to do.

Sometimes we must leave God at the altar to find Him in the tasks of daily living.

Sometimes we must leave God at the altar to find Him in the people He has placed in our lives.

That is what it really means to “love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.”

Today’s Readings

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I needed this drag. Let’s change guys and not look back

[user87262893]

working out your brain is a must!!

• hydrate it by drinking lots of water

• eat dark chocolate and blueberries and walnuts and salmon and other foods high in antioxidants!!

• play little brain games on your phone; I like wordconenct! anything that makes you think!

• read books. It’s simple but necessary. Even better - join a book club, or read with a friend, so you can have discussions after. This will improve your reading comprehension.

• do puzzles - it doesnt have to be sudoku, I love playing Beat Saber on the Oculus Rift because it makes my brain have to match colorful patterns to physical movements very quickly!

• learn a new dance - even a tik tok trendy dance. Learning new dance moves are proven to strengthen synapses!!

• go bird watching, or foraging, or anything outdoors that requires you to explore pattern recognition and visual searching

• watch a movie with the intent of analysis - this is best done with a cinephile friend!! talk about tropes and symbolism and character growth

• cross stitch, or sew, or do anything that requires matching nimble hand movements to patterns

• play or learn an instrument!

• develop a consistent sleep schedule (or as close to consistent as you can get!)

• when eating, try to identify the ingredients and flavors you’re perceiving!

I hope this helps :)

[moonlightwaterhealing]

I like how this went from me feeling like “hm why is this attacking me 🤨” at first, but feeling grateful seeing an added guide on a genuine expansion on a “ how to” work out the brain. This genuinely helps a bunch. People find solace in doing activities that get them through life by doing said activities of phone/tv or if that’s all they’ve ever known in their life to get them through things + etc tho. However, this was very impt to point out. Slowly beginning incorporating things to work the brain in ones own time.

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08.02.25

Starting over (yet again)

I’ve never been much constant posting here, but these days got me thinking about coming back to this studyblr. Maybe this can help me regain my will to study.

So I leave you guys with my pretty cat and my now reading. I’ve already watched the Dune movies but what can I do, the book is always better.

[whilereadingandwalking]

A year of journals. Usually there wouldn’t be so many of them, but two big trips meant two big travel journals.

[lost-neurons]

20.1.25 • getting the work done in the morning, so the afternoon is for reading and ice skating.

[durchdenspiegel]

16.07.24

I wish I were the kind of student who can just write. Like sit down for a couple of hours and bang out a rough first draft. My first writing assignment is a five-page essay with mainly our personal opinions and I wanted to have something done today, but... no luck.

On the other hand, the assigned topic is also awful so it's not just me.

Started summarizing a paper

Brainstormed a stupid essay (😶)

Worked on my research project

-> To do: Sign up for classes for next semester

[corporaloreilly]

☁️ thu | 07.18.24 | day 009/100 a late start for me today, i went on a quick coffee run for the cheap caffeine needed to face the horrors of the day. got some nice cold emails to sift through and laugh at later but should otherwise be a productive day.

🧬 academic

finish 2.5 lecture

outline 2.6 culminating section

unit 2 practice test

🧺 personal

start new portfolio iteration

email catchup

spend time reading

🎧 from the start | good kid

📖 butter | asako yuzuki

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13.07.2024

So lately life has not been very kind to me and I kinda neglected my studies, I hit a study block and now it has been very difficult to get started. Hence, I'm starting a productivity challenge. Nothing too unrealistic (like the 100 days challenge, idk how y'all do it really) but enough time to get over this block. The only way out is through.

day 1/30 of productivity

Studies

Went to the library and organized my studies step by step, in order not to feel overwhelmed with how many things I still have to do.

Right now I'm focusing on animal nutrition and anatomy

Wrote maaany anatomy flashcards

Enjoy some random cute photos I took recently🍓

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15.07.24

I went this weekend to this cozy restaurant. They had an amazing pizza!

I spent the weekend between doing house chores and resting, and remembered how good is to unwind a little. Hope you all had a nice weekend too!

🎧 Blue - Billie Eilish