#Taking Productive Breaks

[spirefan]

From "one more video" to playing Super Smash Bros. for five more minutes during study time, it's easy to cater to our child ego state when high-life priorities are in our current situation. And even if we can't see it now, let's talk on this warming Monday about how honing self-control skills with structured breaks will help us not only for the project due tomorrow but also for getting us ready to catch the many curveballs life can throw at us down the road:

[hinamie]

don't gotta worry abt same face syndrome if u only draw one guy ever

[thepeacefulgarden]

[mellozheist]

So I lied about taking a break (again)

back to silly animatic I go

(I'll go back to do my project SOON I just need to finish something so I can move on to the more significant project) <<struggling HARD

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Bird #69 (hehe) - the Pyrrhuloxia (LC) [for @astroaves]

[male depicted]

This desert bird with a funky name is found around southwestern US and northern Mexico. The name could work as a magic incantation; It comes from Greek pyrrhos (meaning flame-coloured, which is linked to Eurasian bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula) and loxos (meaning slanted/oblique, referring to their frowny beak).

[pachimation]

aftercare

[aq2003]

please do yourself a favor and listen to david tennant malvolio reading the fake love letter to him (act 2 scene 5 of twelfth night). im going to actually start sobbing. oh my GOD

[the---hermit]

03|05|2025

The original plan for today was to fix the notes I took during this week's lectures, but since the professor has not shared her ppts yet I didn't do that. I mostly need to read what she had in her presentations, because there were a lot of direct historical sources and I couldn't get all the useful infos down. I will be doing that on Monday morning before going to the lecture, if she has shared the material by that time. The next best thing would have been to start writing down notes for everything I read yesterday, but I was in the mood to read in the morning, so I decided to continue with that task. I don't think I'll struggle too hard to write notes down even if I have to go back. Additionally I really need to work with whatever kind of motivation I have in the moment. So even if it makes less sense compared to how I normally study I am trying to listen to myself a bit more, both when I need breaks, as well as when deciding what tasks I feel like I can work on.

today's tasks:

continued reading and underlining the book on Magellan

made little cards for each one of the ships that took part in the exploration, that way I can have a visual representation of who is doing what (it just makes more sense for my brain to have a visual, which is also why I am using a map to track the journey as i read about it. I plan on adding informations on the ship cards as I continue, updating who the captain is, and what individual explorations they do also I really like doodling ships idk why lmao)

listened to the first episode of re:dracula (oh, how I missed our dear friend jonathan harker) and also dracula's guest (I had read the short story year ago but I did not remember it at all, and I really liked this adaptation)

Irish on duo

[kikikoifish]

✨️Back At It Again✨️

My girlies they are slaying today ✨️✨️✨️

ESPECIALLY ROXY SHE IS EATINGGGGGGGG (@tuneless is infecting my mind (also big thanks to them for choosing the outfit I drew Roxy in, wHAT A LEGENDDD))

Here's some other stuff tho :)

We also got the references I used! :)

Profile Pictures as well!!!

Okay that's basically it byyyeeeeee

[a-bowl-of-beans]

the difference between strange aeons (tumblr user and fanfic reader who is not even slightly phased by trivial things such as horrendous spelling and god-awful sex scenes) reading my immortal vs red from overly sarcastic productions (woman who analyzes stories for a living feeling her soul wither away every time a character has a line of dialogue) reading my immortal will never not be funny to me

[thepeacefulgarden]

[sage-nebula]

There's a Pokémon Presents on July 22nd . . .

Maybe they'll tell us what happened to Friede then.

[glowettee]

hi just wondering what made you want to get ur life together? im still in the loop of consuming self help content and planning everything but i haven’t really started accomplishing anything to make myself improve and its making me feel bad, but i just cant seem to find the push to make me start. any advice?

✧ what made me want to get my life together ✧

hey lovely! ✨

first of all, thank you so much for this question - it's something i think about a lot, and honestly? i completely understand where you're at right now. that cycle of consuming content but not taking action is something i was stuck in for the longest time.

for me, the turning point wasn't one big dramatic moment. it was actually a random tuesday when i realized i'd spent three hours scrolling through "how to be productive" videos without doing anything productive at all. the irony hit me so hard i had to laugh at myself!

what really pushed me to change was this tiny realization: all the planning and researching in the world couldn't replace even 5 minutes of actual doing. i was using self-improvement content as a form of procrastination, and it was giving me the illusion of progress without any real change.

here's what helped me break the cycle:

start ridiculously small i mean truly tiny steps. not "organize my entire room" but "put away three items." the smaller the action, the harder it is to talk yourself out of it. these micro-wins create momentum.

recognize that motivation follows action this was life-changing for me! i always thought i needed to feel motivated to act, but it's actually the opposite. taking even the tiniest action creates the motivation for the next step.

create a "done list" instead of a to-do list at the end of each day, write down what you actually accomplished, no matter how small. this shifts your focus from what you haven't done to what you have done.

find an accountability buddy having someone to check in with made such a difference for me. we send each other a simple text when we complete our daily mini-goals.

notice your resistance without judgment when you don't want to do something, get curious about that feeling instead of beating yourself up. ask "what am i afraid might happen if i try this?"

the most important thing i've learned is that transformation isn't about massive overnight change. it's about those tiny daily choices that seem insignificant in the moment but compound over time.

and please remember - the fact that you're asking this question shows you care deeply about your growth. that awareness is already the first step, and it's a really important one.

what's one tiny action you could take in the next 5 minutes? start there, and i promise the next step will feel a little easier.

sending you so much love and support on your journey! 🤍

xoxo, mindy

[misscookiezdoodleposts]

Hello, everyone. 💞

I wanted to let you all know that I will be taking a long break from Tumblr and my other socials.

I have been doing alot lately and won't be able to post as often as I used to anymore. But it's all okay! I will always come back on here every now and then to see what others posted!

I will still be thinking of projects for the future, I just need to be well rested before doing so.

I thank you all so much for the amazing support!! It makes me so happy that I got to have amazing fun with you all so far!!

I'll be gone for a while, but for now, take this image of my CatNap plush chilling as a way of saying "Lots of Love!" ♡

Oh, DogDay and Huggy too! Lol!

Until my next post, bye, Cookies! 🍪

[violexides]

online arguments with zionists is pointless and is a waste of your valuable time. your words, if principled & used well, are a gift and do not have to be wasted on zionists. one of the most clarifying parts of talking to people online-- like on tumblr, for instance-- is that they typically can be assumed to possess the bare-bones level of information required to understand a situation of such global magnitude as the genocide in Palestine (something that, regardless of where you are in the world, has likely been publicized to such a degree through in-country protests or news coverage that you cannot be unaware of it). and if you have any understanding of what is going on at all, and any moral integrity, you would recognize that the US & israel are conducting a genocide in Palestine after decades of occupation. anyone who would come online to argue against the idea that a genocide is occurring, to argue that the US isn't involved, to argue that Palestine/Yemen/Iran has no justification to retaliate, to argue that zionism is justified-- is someone who has no moral integrity and can only possibly possess malice. at this point there is no nuance of not understanding the conflict if you are talking to someone online, to be online is to be exposed to this and there's zero way to avoid it anymore. so don't waste your time arguing with zionists, because you have walks to take. and friends to call. and food to cook, maybe, or order-- whatever you'd like to do. your rage is important to feel, but fuel it into something that destroys empire or builds up liberation. some asshole on tumblr who is still going "what genocide? i've never HEARD of this genocide!" is just someone you can block and move on from. channel your education into the people in your real-world community-- THAT is where you can educate and resist best.

[the---hermit]

One of my current reads and the one real saviour of my current life: noise-cancelling headphones (i am not joking when I say I have no idea how I survived before getting them)

24|06|2025

The stress and horrors persist but so do I. I have also been procrastinating texting my psychiatrist about my meds but I have no more energies to do that today, so I promise I will do that tomorrow. My last review for my exam at the end of the week is almost done. I am nervous but not yet dealing with crazy anxiety. I don't even feel like the exam is this week if I have to be honest. I am fairly sure tomorrow I'll be done with this second review so I'll spend the last day before the exam finishing the list of key words I usually make for last minute reviews. I have been surviving thanks to my headphones that are either blasting music or some audiobook. I did finish the audiobook of The Tigers Of Mompracen, and today I decided to listen to the audiobook of the latest Stephen King book Never Flinch. Have I read the other books in the series? Absolutely not. But that won't stop me. I will surely miss stuff about reoccurring characters, but I am fairly sure I can enjoy the plot anyways. Moreover at the moment I really need an exciting audiobook to keep me company so that will do.

📖: Never Flinch by Stephen King