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GETTING BACK ON TRACK: No Burnout Challenge

Yes you heard that right, WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK

Last year I started a "no burnout challenge" for 20 days to get myself through exam season, and it helped immensely!!!! So this time, as my final exams of my final semester of final year is nearing, and with a lot of studying in the near future, I have made an executive decision to bring back this challenge!!

Goals I have for this challenge:

⭐ Never overexert myself. Pushing myself a little is okay, because sometimes it's good, but I should not continue studying if I am tired and my body needs rest.

⭐ Try to wake up early and go to bed early. A good sleep schedule helps with both my physical and mental health so I will definitely try following that. However, on days when I have a bad flare and i need to sleep in so that I can recover well, I am allowed to sleep as much as my body needs.

⭐ Take at least one long break a day. I should not continuously study for hours as that will tire me out and can sometimes trigger flares as well.

⭐ Try studying everyday. Emphasis on TRY. I will try my best to get some studying done everyday, but if it is a bad pain day, I'm not obligated to study.

The challenge will go on for 30 days, with the first post being tonight (in a couple of hours). At the end of 30 days I will be directly entering pre-exam week. The posts can be found under #no burnout challenge

Wish me luck!! And let's hope this no burnout challenge would help me stay sane and do well in my exams :)

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November 7, 2025 • Friday

🎓 Bachelors Final Year — Week 15 🎓

Been a while since I posted. I've been doing quite well in terms of mental health, and productivity because I have some exams this month.

Updates:

Bought a really really REALLY BLUE notebook and I'm so frickin happy about it like LOOK AT IT SO BLUE SO PRETTY

@studaxy sent me some money for chocolate :) ily bestie

Studying has been going good!! I finished learning the syllabus for 2/6 subjects! Yay me :))

Something happened this week which kind of threw me off a little bit but I was able to brush it off and get back on track because of my amazing friends who support me through my highs and lows I love you guys @winryrockbellwannabe @biochemiststry @studaxy @larstudy @nanthegirl @jakeedu and my brother @call-me-alec thankyou for being in my life (some of you shall be immortalized in the code written in the computer of my uni lab LOL)

Another thing I learned from this experience is that I've grown up a lot to trust myself and my instincts. And doing that has given me a lot of peace. When people point fingers at you, you gotta ask your conscience — is this right? Am I doing something wrong? What are the events that led up to this negativity? And when I reflect on myself, I get answers I've trained myself to detach from my own brain during these conflicts, I look at myself in a third person point of view. And it has helped me make many decisions — right decisions over the past few years. I'm very proud of myself for this :))

Now I should lock in and study lol coz there's so much shit to do help—

🎧 JoyRide — CORTIS

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Studyblr Prompt 1: Desk setup

What does your study space look like? You can share a picture, or describe what is your ideal studying environment | studyblr community.

I've already done a desk setup previously, but I've cleaned up, and I feel like it needs a repost (not much has changed tbh, only the drawer lol)

First up, my laptop nook! I have my laptop propped up on a stand, whiteboard from @studaxy, some blue posters and my cute blue mouse.

Here's the blue posters up close:

Some more posters in the wall to my left! Most of them are handmade, because I love putting up stuff that I created on my walls :) Random sticky notes with info, and also a quote from @guz013 that I really loved.

The stationery corner of my desk! Color pens, highlighters, sticky notes, paperclips, the whole deal. Storage box from @studaxy (you really know how to spoil me huh)

My drawer where all the extra things go :) It has my journal, the stickers that I put on my wall, some extra stationery, etc etc. Also an extra pair of compression gloves because you never know!

That's all :) I really like my desk setup because it has everything that I need on a daily basis in an accessible manner that works for me. And as you can see, most of the items are blue, which is my favourite color :D

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With my second year starting tomorrow, I think this calls for a little reflecting back :) My first year was so eventful, most of it was spent trying to power through my disability, but even with that I made some awesome memories.

I learned a lot of new things that I didn't know before, and my knowledge has definitely increased, even though only slightly. I worked out a routine for myself, and a system of studying, note-taking and productivity that works for me, after so much of trial and error. I'm proud of myself :)

I also found solace in solitude. I didn't really vibe with my classmates much, but I found comfort in visiting my uni library, eating at the cafeteria, taking walks in the very green campus, indulging in photography because there were just way too many plants unphotographed lol. I discovered a new side of me - a peaceful one, and I made my inner child understand that hey, you don't need to be surrounded by people all the time. Your best friend is yourself.

I met so many new people through the studyblr community, both in tumblr and in discord (shoutouts to @sadiewayne @winryrockbellwannabe @guz013 @iwillsurvivecollege @sapphicacademic

@inkblotfeathers @electrolumen @montecarloedexistence @larstudy @mossfueldgoblin and others who I forgot to mention) who have directly and/or indirectly helped and motivated me to study and do the things I want to do. Thankyou to the entire community so much, and also my followers for staying with me through this dumpster of a blog lol.

Going into second year, no amount of prep is ever enough apparently. I'm still nervous, still worried about my health, but also excited for the future. New concepts, more knowledge, more experiences, more memories and just, more life. Lots of life ahead. And I'm willing to live every second of it.

Here's to a new year! 🥂

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Little update. Health is being a bastard, so i haven't been posting for the productivitiy challenge, but it's still happening and I'm getting at least a little bit work done everyday. Hope I get better soon

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And just like that, a year has gone by.

Hello, I'm Iris, a disabled undergrad student navigating through life. This year has been CRAZY.

If I think about it, 2024 has been a year full of treatments that haven't worked, my disability getting worse, so much pain, so much failure. I completed my first year of undergrad, and figured out routines for myself, and decided how I want my day to be structured. And I think those can count as wins too.

But I think the biggest win of all was that I made it. I made it through this hell of a year.

Looking back, a lot of people have helped me, knowingly or unknowingly.

Thankyou @studaxy for never leaving my side.

Thankyou @sadiests, @winryrockbellwannabe, @inkblotfeathers for being the positive force and motivation I needed.

Thankyou @guz013 for being patient with me lol, I know that I can be a handful sometimes.

Thankyou @montecarloedexistence for just every conversation we've had lol, you're amazing.

Thankyou @sapphicacademic for starting the AMAZING studyblr server, we even had its 1 year anniversary in november! You have changed my life, even though it may not seem like it.

Thankyou @moose-mousse for keeping the codeblr server alive and also helping me whenever I needed help and explaining concepts to me patiently. Your git tutorial is amazing!

Thankyou to all my followers, moots, others who I might forgotten to mention, and anyone who decided to like or reblog or even read through my posts. It means a lot to me <3

I don't have many high expectations of 2025. Maybe I'd complete writing my first book. Maybe I'd lose some weight. Maybe I would get cured. Maybe not. Either way, I'm excited for what the future holds for me. I am excited to meet new people, share new ideas, have deep conversations about life and goofy talks about nothing in particular. I'm excited to give all the love in my heart to the people around me, to gain opportunities to help and make other people's lives better. I'm excited to continue this journey of life, even though it sucks sometimes.

Here's to 2k25!🥂

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October 23, 2024 • Wednesday

Hohohohohoho look who's back after disappearing into the void (jk I went to a pilgrimage lol, it was nice :D). Anyways, I came back to my native (still miss my desk back home), took some rest and started on some records because my cousins were all studying and I felt left out lollll. Anyways mini update, I've learned some harsh truths and have a general idea about "how the future is going to be" and it's not really a nice thought. I took a few days to mourn said future but! Now it's time to actually live it! So let's try to make it as enjoyable as possible :))

🎧 Dheema — Anirudh Ravichander

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New week!!! I created a new study schedule and spread it out over two months until the end of October, the goal is to finish one wave of studying the syllabus by then. Hopefully I am able to complete it :)