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Focusing on strength and discipline. Loving myself by taking care of my body 👍🏽

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school mindset

essays: make each essay you write better than the last


 small assignments: aim for 100s, expect 100s, get 100s


 homework: pretend they’re assignments


 homework that’s not graded: pretend! they’re! assignments!


 tests: study for 100s, expect less


 long term projects: act like it’s due in four days -even when it’s not- until you’re done with it


 group projects: do not get angry


 presentations: pretend you’re obama

disclaimer: this works for me, it may not work for everybody, do not push yourself too hard!!

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every once in a while my brain cells kiss and i experience critical thought

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I need to implement this into my daily habits

how to self teach a new language 

have contact with this language by hearing it on movies, tv shows and music. this will help you with your pronunciation skills and with your vocabulary

learn vocabulary and grammar at the same time

read kids books and translate what you don’t know. it might be hard at the beginning, but keep trying 

speak to yourself will help you like crazy. I like to pretend that I’m acting or that someone is interviewing me hahah see the magic happens 

READ AND WRITE. this is as important as speaking. It used to be so hard for me to write in English and I felt awful because I could actually speak very well. But my writing skills were just a lower level than my speaking level. Thankfully it’s getting better with practice. 

try to study a little everyday. if you don’t have time to do so, watch a movie or something, but have this contact with the new language at least once a day

be persistent because the processes of learning a new language can really piss you off. sometimes you will understand nothing and that will drag you down. the difference is to keep pushing until it doesn’t bother you anymore! 

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I’m still at 140lbs but I’m starting to love and accept my body more and more everyday. I’m getting stronger and seeing more definition in my arms and I love seeing this type of progress. It doesn’t just have to be about losing weight, it can be about increasing strength and discipline.

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I’m super happy and proud to say I’m 5lbs away from reaching my weight goal!! This goes to show that it takes patience to get the results you a for. There’s no actual shortcuts on this journey. This taught me patience, discipline, self love, and gave me ambition. I support you all who are working towards your health goals!

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things to do more:

take a journal and camera everywhere I go.

write down lovely words that people said to me, poems, ideas, and quotes that inspire me.

plan fun itineraries for weekends and bucket lists for seasons.

eat fresh fruits.

don’t let my insecurities stop me from enjoying things.

do everything I want to do that takes daily practice, patience and some discomfort.

collect recipes to make.

tell people i love them and compliment what I like about them.

watch classic movies.

hug people tightly.

let myself calm down and relax.

break tasks down so I don’t get overwhelmed.

drink tea or fruit infused water.

put on my favorite perfume, even if i’m not going out.

don’t wait for the perfect day to start a new thing.

make plans with friends and actually follow through.

give myself permission to not be perfect, and remember something is better than nothing.

make my bed in the morning.

tidy my desk and remove things and tabs i don’t use often.

go to inspiring places like gardens, art museums, old cafés, oceans or forests.

make playlists or write to cope with emotions.

take photos of everything i love.

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Urgh. Enjoy??? (I started making this six months ago so I’m obviously v productive) ✩✫✬✭✯✮✶✷

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Loving myself in this picture. Proud for working on my discipline and eating habits. 7 more lbs to go guys!

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underrated study tips

• empty your backpack every day – make a habit of emptying your bag every day after school. this helps a lot in reminding you of the classes you took that day & the work you need to do for the next. it also helps in making sure you have everything you need!

• do homeworks ASAP – start doing your homeworks as soon as you have time. it’s alright if you don’t finish at the same day or hour, just make sure you make progress right away

• take power naps – take naps, especially in the afternoon but make sure they’re only 30 mins to an hour long or else you’ll feel tired when you wake up

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Study tips for finals

So here is just a random collection of tips, in no particular order, on how to survive a full day of studying (surviving? not sure if i’m still alive…) remeber these tips work for me but everybody is different. so try some of these but don’t feel pressured to apply all of them onto your routine. you know what’s best for you. so here we go:

1. write yourself a to-do list. otherwise you will loose the overview and have no idea what you actually have to study.

2. start with the topics you are the worst at. do not start with the first slide of the power point lecture exept the fact that you literally have no idea what you are doing here (and that’s not ideal, of course).

3. remeber that you can always restart your day. we all have bad days (literally every second day is a bad day for me, *help*) but that doesn’t mean you can’t start new. when i plan my day i just plan the mornings (so the time before lunch) bc i never know, how i will feel. and after my big lunch break i write a list for the second part of the day. that way i make sure that at least one part of the day is productive (does this even make sense?)

4. eat enough! normally i’m the person who always eats and never says no to chocolate or food in general but sometimes even i am forgetting that i’m hungry. when you are too focused on your studies this easily could happen so just make sure you always have enough food at home. bc when you stop studying at 10 pm and are incredibly hungry you will need food. and not having food after a long day of studying sucks. believe me.

5. reward yourself. it’s sometimes rlly difficult to motivate yourself to study (especially if you have to memorize a huge bunch of unimportant stuff like me atm). without my chill-time at the end of the day i wouldn’t be able to study for weeks (ok, I just studied for one week but it felt so long!). 

6. change spots. i get crazy after a few hrs in my dorm room. so i either go outside and sit by the river or go to the library or get on the nerves of one of my friends.

7. friends. classmates. whatever. try out study groups. sometimes it can be rlly useful. like study for yourself a couple of hrs than change your study spot and meet some ppl (yes social interaction is important as well, even if you hate people). it can be really motivating to ask each other questions or simply sit next to each other. i’m actually doing this a lot with @andidjkasv atm. and it’s so useful bc whenever i’m feeling unmotivated or down she’s sitting next to me, giving me the dead-into-eye look and than i’m so scared i go back to my studies.

8. know when to stop and take a break. believe me or not but breaks are as important as studying (in the right balance of course, not like me atm, i’m writing this just to escape chemistry *help*). i can barely concentrate after 1.5 to 2 hrs so taking breaks can help you a lot. and remember to stop after you studied for like 8 hrs. for me that’s the maximum that’s possible. after that i am just too tired to do a single thing (exept breathing maybe).

9. do the best that’s possible and accept what’s impossible for you. maybe i’m stupid (yes ok, i am stupid, i know) but sometimes acceptance is the only thing that is left for you (why am i so melodramatic? finals suck). study as much as possible but it is ok to say enough is enough. go into the exams with the knowldege that you did everything that was possible for you. there will always be someone more intelligent than you or the day you wrote the exam simply was one of these shitty days when nothing works out. give your best and than forget it (so not the stuff you studied but all your insecurities). you can’t change it anymore and beating yourself up on it doesn’t help anyone.

10. try to enjoy it. just a little bit. i don’t know about you but i like the stuff i’m studying (in general). i made the decision to study chemistry and that was just bc i enjoyed it during highschool. so it is easier to motivate myself to actually do sth for chimstry because it was my own decision. and some of the things i’m learning are actually pretty cool. every once in a while remind yourself that studying can be wonderful and there is nothing more rewarding than finally grasping a complicated concept.

not sure but i think that was everything. ok, it was more of a rant but who cares. take care of you and good luck with your studies!!! <3 

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4 weeks apart! I ate like shit a couple times but I forced myself back on my routine. My favorite day at the gym is arm day because I usually feel like a badass gym bro afterwards 😂💪🏽

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Diets vs Changing Eating Habits

I’d rather say I’m changing my eating habits than to say I’m on a diet. Diets are usually considered temporary and give the sense you’re gonna give up or end it for some reason. Not to mention they don’t help you achieve your health goals. Changing your eating habits gives that sense of current progress and the positive change to come as well. 

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Almost 1.5 months apart! So far lost 5 lbs this summer and already such a big difference, yes I’ve had cheat days but I didn’t let those define my progress. It’s okay to have a cheat day every other week or so, but make sure it’s reasonable and not extreme though 👍🏽. So far my workout regimen has been 3-5 times a week. 20 minutes of cardio (make sure to get your heart racing and pumping that blood) and an hour to 2 hours of free weights and mat workouts.

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Whenever I feel like giving up I look at how far I’ve come. Slowly but surely getting there.

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Late night thoughts

I saw a video on fb a few days ago about Will Smith. He said that you’re responsible for your own happiness in a relationship. That in a relationship you have to show effort to present your best self.

I think that’s a good mindset to have in a relationship. You can lean on your significant other for support but you shouldn’t have to be dependent on them to make you feel better or to fix your problems for you. As an individual that’s a responsibility you should hold for yourself.

I plan on adopting this mindset because I’ve been in relationships where my SO’s would depend on me to fix them. And being a Virgo I wanted to help and I wanted to fix them. But by doing so I cheated myself. I want to make myself happy so not only will I not be a burden to my current SO and any future SO’s, but I’ll also recognize when they start being a burden to me and address it properly.

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I’m a third away from my overall goal!! 20 lbs more to go! For those of you who see this, just know to keep going even when you don’t see results right away. Don’t compare yourself to anyone else! This is your journey to accomplish a more elevated version of yourself 💪🏽