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100 Days of Sweat

Welcome to the official admission post for the 100 days of sweat challenge! *plays the conquer theme song and does a booty pop* This is a pretty long post, but has everything you need to start, so read on!

READING TIME: 6 minutes.

OoOh? What's that?

Thanks for coming out of the cave! In short, it's a consistency challenge to turn working out into a habit.

You've basically got to move your body for a 100 days straight. No slacking, no backing out!

Most take on this challenge personally, but I felt accountability would be great for those beginning with exercising & those who can't seem to keep their streak (cough, me).

Sounds fun! How do I join? Do I need to do a booty pop too?

Booty pops are appreciated. But here's how!

1. First things first, decide whether you'll be joining via IG, Discord or staying on Tumblr.

2. If using IG, reply to this post with your handle or (alternative) if you'd like, join Discord instead! For that, click here to join the server!

(NOTE: Those who joined via the first post I created regarding this needn't reply again! I've already added you to the list.)

3. Lastly, boost this! Reblog, get your followers to join! Drag your friend or sibling in! (already dragged my bestie into this in case no one joined in lmao)

Important PSA: yO, ANYONE can join! All my beginners and winners, young teens and old pals, drarry fans and johnlock shippers, team cold water AND hot water (sparing y'all because I stan working out more), EVERYONE!   

Here's what I'll do: 

I'm creating an IG group for those interested in staying fully committed. (Pros include making friends! Or enemies, for a hundred whole days! Some of you might even get married together, I have high hopes because wedding cake is everything)

Sayani from @studign-stars will be the admin for Discord! You can hit her up for queries, if any. 

In short, there'll be 3 separate groups. One for those joining via Discord, one for those on the IG group, and a third for those staying on Tumblr.

If you wish to use any other platforms like Snapchat and Twitter, feel free! Also plug your progress on Tumblr too so we can hype each other on! (tag stuff with #100dos)

+ That said, I highly suggest joining either one of the groups, for accountability does wonders. It's now up to you, fellow warrior.

How to prep for this challenge:

OhO! There's a whole lot prepping to be slayed. To finish this challenge as smoothly as possible, here's a few steps. Make this easier for yo’ lazy bum.

1+ Firstly, grab a marker and scrap paper (when you on a student budget, cuz same) and write down numbers from 1 to 100. I did 1 to 30 to prevent myself from being overwhelmed, but do right them numbers to gain momentum.

2+ Take couple before photos. From the front, and the side. If you don't want to, take them anyway and store it in a folder you never open. Also measure your weight, and if you have a measuring tape, take other basic measurements of the chest, waist, arm etc.

3+ Coming to the main part! Pick your 'base’ routine. This is the primary workout you wanna do 2-3 times a week. It's the main course!

For beginners, I suggest choosing a 15 min full body workout. Do try it out before you start 100 days— make sure it's challenging enough.

For those who already move their bodies, pick a workout that aligns with your long-term goals. If you want toned legs, pick a leg day routine. If you want abs, focus on abs.

My base routine is the Beginner's Bodyweight Workout (BBW) from the NerdFitness website. I do 3 sets of the entire routine (takes around 25-30 mins) thrice a week.

So, do some research and pick a workout! Doesn't have to be an hour long at all, just make sure it's time-effective and challenges you.

4+ Find your cheat day workout.

Yikes, the wording is kinda incorrect, but anything for the clickbait.

This is the workout you do 2 days a week, and is the second most important workout. (This means: 3 + 2 = 5, you’ve now got five days planned!)

I do Alexis Ren’s ab routine (I hate it) twice a week because abs are my target zone. For you, it could be arms, thighs, butt, anything!

5+ Leave your last two days for simple moving.

It's up to you to decide what's going to be cooking in the remaining two days. For suggestions, you can pick a fun activity, say yoga, handstands, cartwheels, splits, any form of dancing like hip-hop, Zumba etc.

I'm trying to do a handstand this year and get my middle splits already (I fell off track so I still have quite a way to go) so I'll be stretching and doing hand flexibility exercises in the last 2 days.

Or you can just go for a jog or a power walk. Just keep the momentum going!

A quick recap:

To summarize, you're doing a major workout 3 times a week, a toning workout (mine is abs) twice a week and a fun activity in the last two days.

Also, mix this up. Your muscles need time to heal, and I strongly emphasize leaving the next day free for lighter activities after doing a major workout. Here's my routine, as an eg:

Do remember that this is just a STARTING POINT, because we don't want you to wake up everyday and be like “wut I do today.” It's now your mission to plan your workout routine. Consider taking more workload or reduce it as per your level (this is definitely a lot, try reducing if you're just beginning).

Also important: DETERMINE your workout routine NOW. I spent 2 years (only stopped like 3 months ago) doing YouTube videos haphazardly. This works, because you are working out after all, but it's a pretty lousy method if you want consistent results. Also makes you depend on motivation to workout (which has probability results equal to me marrying Tom Felton), whereas if you had a routine, you'll have to workout because it's in your schedule and you'd be a loser to lie to your schedule.

Is this a lot? It's a lot. I know.

If this is overwhelming you, don't back away darling. Face your fears. Here are some reasons to not back out—

The entire challenge is flexible: You don't have to follow that routine ^ if you don't want to. Starting out, you can do a major workout 2 times a week and fill the other 5 days with fun stuff. You can always change the routine later, 100 days is a long ass time.

The challenge fucks with your mindset and strengthens it: 100 days of continuous movement is CRAZY. Can you imagine how strong (mentally too!) we'll all be at the end? You'll have grown so much!

Working out will become a habit: I've been working out for 2 years now, and it has positively affected every single sphere of my life. Exercising is the #1 habit I suggest everyone build. Since science says it takes 66 days to build a habit, we're ON it.

You'll be really proud of yourself: I know I'll be. I'm literally going to hug y'all at the end of it, and sing jingles about how far you've come. 2019 will have been slayed.

I could go on and on, but this is it. Now's the moment. This is about doing something you're afraid of. Taking risks. Learning, falling, getting back up.

Thence, ladies, gents and non-binary pals, THIS is the 100 days of sweat challenge. You're cordially invited to it.

(We're dramatic, yes.)

🌻 !!! MAJOR PSA & DEADLINES:

The challenge itself begins on 10th April, 2019.

You'll be added to the IG group latest by 7th April.

Because I'm your mom, I'll add everyone in, tell you the details and everything. If you’ve got any questions, jump into my inbox now and get them answered.

That said, please remember that I won't take anyone in midway (no, not even if you buy me free tacos for a year). So join in now & spread the message! The more, the merrier! Bring beer too!

Thanks for joining in! This will be promising and hugely interesting (accountability can do wonders, but we'll see). I'll be waiting for you on the other side with my stuffed animals, cIaO fReNdOs!

— Nandini (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡ 💌

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Infomagical Challenge Day Three: Magical Brain

Day three of the of the infomagical challenge. Today’s episode is about not being sucked into information that is not prevalent to me. The host uses the idea of avoiding a meme for today or avoiding what is trending now unless it is important to you. In other words, chose what I want to see, curate what I want to read, watch and listen.

               So, this is yet another challenge that I can see myself already doing. I must confess that getting caught up in information that I do not find important has happened to me in the past, but I try to prioritize and filter what I want or need to take in. One example of this would be looking for articles, videos or other media that I have a vested interest in learning about. I use keywords to filter out some things I don’t want to read or hear about and use other keywords that trigger my need/want to learn/process this information. Words like photography, history, Indigenous, and words that encompass what I need to learn in my classes. The need to know everything that surrounds us is not something I find necessary. I don’t have to know what happened last night on the tonight show, I don’t have to understand what scandal occurred in Hollywood because those things do not interest me. The best way I can describe it would be “water cooler” information. Information that people expect you to know, that everyone should know. I’ve made the decision to only take what I want/need to take in, to sort out things that are important to my studies and my personal interests. It might also help that I don’t use social media all that often. I can see why those outlets can become a trap for unwanted, non-curated information with the way it’s presented, an ongoing feed of non-stop post, news, events, pictures and videos keeping some people entranced in what might be next. The same can be said for other social media application such as Twitter and Snapchat who use a similar interface of “The Feed,” always having something one can click or tap on.

               I can understand why sensory overload can be an issue that people have trouble navigating. The more I look at my own situation I tend to think I have a handle on it most of the time. I tell myself that I must concentrate on things I enjoy. I think about what I watch and ask how is this beneficial to my intellect or my progress if I’m working on a project. I’m positive that I’m missing out on a percentage of pertinent ideas because I filter them out before engaging in the reading, watching or listening. Today’s challenge was not hard because I had to stop and think of what I need to read, but what I might be missing out on because I curate my information. How knows, I might discover something new? But for the situation I’m currently in, it is more important to gather precise and pertinent information that helps me in my goals. If I haven’t been clear on what those goals are, well here is a reminder: I wish to be academically stable, have good grades and hopefully transfer into the Journalism program at my University (I need an average of A-/A). I also want to get back into photography. I used to shoot 35mm black and white film while in CEGEP and develop the film myself. It is something that I have let slip through the years. Anyways, moving onto my daily updates of single-tasking! Today was an improvement on the last two days of single-tasking. The list making in most likely the most significant thing in managing my time and the information I consume. Today I think I will get the whole list of things that needed to be done by today! It is a great feeling to finish something and still have time left over to relax. I used to procrastinate and panic because I would do things last minute, and that is where I had the feeling of sensory overload, but by just doing the simple task of making a list and telling myself to do one thing at a time has helped. I feel refreshed, I can rest and catch up on something that had fallen behind. Overall, these exercises help me understand my relation to information and how to navigate its ever-present influence. Until next time, when I’ll ponder and comment about episode number four, a magical connection.

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Filter what you view to what you WANT to see and good vibes will follow :)

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Magical Brain

Today the podcast challenged me to go through the day without engaging in trending topics. Instead, I was encouraged to consume only the information that was of personal interest. The podcast mentioned that in order to avoid consuming too much trending media, you have to be self aware while using media. Taking a moment to be mindful of what you are about to do, before you do it, is just as important when consuming media as it is in any other aspect of your life.

This challenge was a pretty big test for me. Usually I fall victim to the viral or trending information of the day. I often find myself scrolling through meaningless information wasting time with absolutely no explanation. Today, my challenge was to avoid that type of information. The easiest way that I found to complete this challenge was obviously just to avoid my social media platforms that I usually find these trending topics on. Although that worked for about half of the day, I did catch myself a couple of times about to enter into the dark world of trending topics. When I did catch myself about to engage with this information I took a minute to stop and think about whether or not I really needed to read it, and every single time the answer was no.

All in all, the challenge went pretty well. I managed to go the entire day without cracking and looking into any viral or trending topics, although I was close to failing a couple of times. There is so much meaningless information on media platforms every day that sometimes it seems like it is hard not to engage with it. That is why I welcomed today’s challenge with open arms in order to have a day of something different.

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Infomagical Challenge 3: Magical Brain

Today’s challenge is to only focus on the things on my timeline that contribute to my infomagical goal, which is to spend less time on my phone and to be more in tune with my surroundings and with what’s going on in my life. In this challenge, I am to try and avoid memes or popular articles that many people are talking about online, so that I can try to avoid information overload. Throughout the day, I tried to avoid twitter when I could, as that is the place that I usually find articles or memes that are currently trending. I found this challenge particularly hard, as when I was on twitter, it was hard to try and avoid pictures and articles as you usually don’t realize what you’re reading until you are half way through reading the tweet. Throughout the day, because I was only reading things that were of importance to me, I found myself spending less time on social media apps, as I would run out of things to scroll through. Often times, I will go on my phone to look for something and then realize 5 minutes later that all I’m doing in scrolling through social media. I think this challenge helped me to ultimately reach my infomagical goal as it reminded me that I do not have to read what everyone is saying online, and only to focus on the things that are of importance to me, or from people that I know personally. Like I said in my media use diary, that I sometimes feel anxious when I do not have my phone in my hands. At the beginning of the day I did feel this anxiousness as if I was missing things that were happening online, but over the course of the day I began to relax and not care so much about what I was “missing” online, as it probably would have little relevance to me anyways. #infomagicalchallenge #Magicalbrain #noteverythingisimportant 

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magicalbrain replied to your post: 9:30pm and I'm seriously contemplating going to bed

I’ve done that these past two nights. Saving up energy for college??

Maybe. I've been getting like six hours of sleep all week, and I think it's finally catching up with me. Sleepy time for sure.

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The singular takeaway from this post: Do a creative binge. Much productive than a Netflix binge. Period.

Two months ago, I reached my peak when I coined the term ��bood day’ (a bad to good day, in my article How To Flip A Bad Day By 180°). Today, puppies and kittens, I present to you— a creative binge.

*crickets chirping, that one dude in the audience scratches his nose and turns away* 

…This one actually works but okay, we get it, y'all are bitches. But gonna do my job anyway– if you're a creator reading this, please do a creative binge at least once every two weeks.

I started doing these binges two months ago, and I've seen a VAST improvement in my creative energy. I feel my commercial voice coughing and saying hello to the mic, so before I start listing side-effects for a sponsored pill, let's dive into the basics. 

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100 Days of Sweat: This challenge starts TOMORROW (10th of April), so if you wanna hustle on your bod this year, join us! Accountability does crazy things.

Ever questioned your life, experienced writer's block, painter’s pain or blogger’s… block? (Narrator: aaaand she's back to advertising.) A creative binge helps deal with fixing exactly that.

“A creative binge is based off the equation of quality in = quality out.”

A lot of creators feel that they're supposed to magically create out of their head, and that's just ridiculous. It's ludicrous considering you don't know shit, read shit, do shit and watch shit.

Even to write fiction, my pal, you'll have to expose yourself to the world to know its ways, read great books and take tips (not to mention stock up on coffee, and prepare to cry a lot) before you start cranking out the pages. Everything you create is ultimately inspired by the Ways Of The World. (And that's a fantastic novel title)

So in short, you’ve got to consume content, to make content. And in a creative binge, you conscious choose content that'll help you create. Genius, I know!

Okay, but what if I'm not a creator?

Brilliant question! Wanna become more valuable and leave the people you interact with better? Take a creative binge.

Allow me an elaboration: Take a janitor and a neurosurgeon. The said janitor is paid much less than the neurosurgeon. Why is that? Is the neurosurgeon a better person? That's debatable. Is the janitor less efficient at his work? Again, debatable. The primal reason lies in the neurosurgeon acquiring more valuable skills than the janitor. Society rewards them by paying more since there are less folks who can do what the neurosurgeon does.

To recap: In order to be indispensable in the role you play (whatever it is, a student, calligrapher, CEO of the Janitor Club), you HAVE to become valuable. Grow your curiosity & know more than yo’ buddies (also bring more value than anybody else). And to become valuable, you consume value. Tada!

(And if you still ain't convinced, I'll pull out the Netflix card. You'd really rather watch shows? Or binge YouTube? Than learn a new skill, or develop existing ones? Question your priorities, my friend. Victims love entertainment, victors love learning.)

Cool, you're joining in then! Not that creative binge is NOT an entertainment binge. It's a value providing binge. What you ‘consume’ has to bring you something in return— whether that's creative inspiration, motivation or skills. *Swing arms* yup! We’re one gay, productive household. Someone remind Hallie to buy the groceries though, the Cheerios are going mouldy.

By my dictionary, a creative binge is a slot of time, 1½ to 3 hours I'd say, when you watch/read/listen to some good stuff.  Basically, binge content. 

THE 101 OF A CREATIVE BINGE 

🌿 Basics:

I conduct one every week (usually Wednesday mornings), lasting around 1½ to 2 hours.

I'll also keep a notepad and a pen nearby, to take notes and jot ideas as they come. Again, this is NOT an entertainment binge, even though it's a chill job.

Sometimes I'll get passive things done (like wiping my desk, eating breakfast and taking out textbooks) while watching. We maximize our time. 

🌿 What Do I Watch: 

The stuff I watch falls into 3 categories: creative/humor (for inspiration), business/skills (for skills) & motivation (for, um, motivation). Fair warning though, a lot of the stuff these folks make overlap, but that's alright. This is just a rough demarcation. 

Creative/Humor: some YesTheory, maybe some MacDoesIt, sprinkle in some Ryan Higa, perhaps an episode of a show with an amazing script, some stand-up comedy from my favorites. Or maybe trash that and just watch Sherlock. (Geez, Netflix, I hate you, I love you.)

Skills: Gary Vee, some artist channels, that random video on how to thrift shop even though I don't shop.

Motivation: Be Inspired, Tom Bilyeu, Mel Robbins and random videos which look nice.

🌿 What Do I Listen To: 

Oof, I love music tremendously! If you're a pal, you know it's time to RUN when I come around being like, “soo, I was wondering what's your favourite–”.

Yet, during a creative binge, I'll only listen to stuff that 1) inspires me, or 2) is creative in a way I can't explain. Some recommendations! 

Hype music:

The Score

NF

Imagine Dragons

Creative music:

Billie Eilish

Lana Del Rey

Sleeping At Last

Lorde

Conan Gray

Harry Styles 

🌿 What Do I Read: 

Usually the book that I'm reading at that point if I'm being lazy.

POETRY: It's my belief, but poetry is a writer's most powerful device. There's a novel to be said in a simple sonnet.

FICTION: I dig great fiction. PS, please read (and sob over) Away Childish Things, by @letteredlettered. It changed me as a person, changed my entire perspective about kids. I'm much kinder and softer now, and my pimples are gone. I'll literally never get over drarry too, so thanks lettered, love you.

ARTICLES: Bookmarked psychology, productivity & fitness articles on Medium. Maybe check out James Clear's & Gary Vee’s blog for new posts.

Because I wanna drive this home, here's what I did in my last creative binge as a concrete example —

Care to Note that:

All of the stuff I consume is pre-planned.

I add videos throughout the week to my Creative Binge playlist on YouTube, download albums from Amazon Music and articles for offline reading.

DON'T leave this to the last moment, you'll more likely pick entertainment vs learning then. 

Watched–

Why I'm done trying to be "man enough"

Redecorating my room 2017 (I wanna decorate my room this year so)

How to Squat Properly (I’m trying lmao)

Giving a 9-Year-Old Her Dream Job for 24hrs!! (I stan YesTheory so much)

How To NOT Be A Starving Artist (A mood. I love Sorelle)

Couple more, I could go on & on, but you get me.

Listened–

Every song on YouTube by Bruno Major

Born to die: paradise version (album) by Lana Del Rey 

Read–

Articles from James Clear's blog — (x) (x)

Articles from Gary Vee’s blog — (x) (x)

HIIT workouts for beginners

All of this birthed–

Ideas for future articles, titled: How To Be Great & Solomon Letters #2: Question Your Faith, Not Your Dreams, among others.

A small poem about faith– posted on my IG, check it out!

New content ideas, like value chains (upcoming!)

Bunch of other small rants for everyday posting

Some business and life advice that might be useful later.

Gotta say goodbye now! (literally too... but post about it coming on 12th so wait for it) Try this one out, and let me know how your binge goes (tag it with #team conquer). Mine usually end with a bucketful of philo notes, a recharged left (right? psychology? idk) brain, and a fresh perspective towards the rest of my week. 

This is the #1 strategy I've adopted to sustain creative energy when it's sapped all around by negativity and school & I promise it helps. No side effects, no sponsored pills needed. Thanks for reading!

Related: How To Get Back Into The Creative Process (if you're in a blogger's block or experiencing painter's pain)

Have something to say? I treasure all feedback! If this post inspired you to do something, or you wanna throw some love/constructive criticism at me— hop into my ask box, or reply to this post itself!

Thanks for dropping by! Major articles, like this one, come out every Thursday! Join my taglist by to read them when they do. I also post daily wins, journal entries, rants & photos of my plant babies throughout the week, so follow me if you’re into conquering life. I vow to be the loudest cheerleader. ✧

Sending you love and good energy, talk soon. 

Nandini 💌 (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡ 

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magicalbrain replied to your post: magicalbrain replied to your post: so they have...

BITCH.

excuse me?

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what’s one thing you’d tell your younger self?

(btw make it genuine, I don’t want any replies being like “drink more h2o bitch” even though that’d be true too lmao)

I wish I could tell my younger self how important a support system is. 

she thought she could do it all by herself. she told herself she got this, when bit by bit, she was breaking. 

she was really fucking tired. her mental health was fucked.

but she just wouldn’t accept the love, yknow? she wouldn’t do it, because she really did believe she had got it, that she would make it, that things were going to be just fine.

and guess what? she did make it. i just wish i could tell her that she had got this, definitely, but a little help would’ve made her so much happier. 

moral is, tell people. speak up. don’t hold pain in, it’ll hurt a lot. trust someone enough, and let them know you need love & empathy. there’s nothing wrong in asking for help, and love heals people. I wish younger me knew that.

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Share this Post if You Agree With Me!

Through social media it seems information overload is inevitable. The simple act of refreshing your newsfeed becomes a new shitstorm of memes and videos commented on, liked or shared by friends and it’s exhausting. Today during Magical Brain, we are trying to make information overload disappear by focusing on the things we find valuable on a deeper more personal level.

Basically, today I am avoiding all forms of mainstream social media (Facebook and Instagram) and partially avoiding the others (Snapchat and Tumblr). Facebook used to be a place where I could check up on close friends and family within seconds. Now it’s a place for people to share memes and videos with people I don’t even know. You know those pictures that say, “share this with your four closest friends to let them know how much you really love them”? They’re sweet, but I think it means a bit more when it comes from something other than a tag in a post. Instagram is a hit or miss for me so I’m just going to miss it altogether. I am using Tumblr for the sole purpose of this project, but I have avoided the “trending” side at all costs, not simply because it’s the rule today, but because it annoys me more than anything. Lastly, Snapchat is one I love most because I can filter what I can and can’t see (other than the adds that pop-up after watching a story), therefore I am always watching the ones I want and not the trending updates.

I don’t consider myself to be up-to-date with most trending issues because I’m just not on that level anymore. Twitter seems to be the place to find the current news updates and I deleted that a long time ago. Radio is no longer an everyday thing for me and I’m a broke university student who can’t afford TV so there’s the majority of my outlets gone! All I’ve got is my phone and we already learned that it has a limited amount of space to it.

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It's not information overload. It's filter failure.

Clay Shirkley

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Let’s see what’s trending today? 

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a test post / for my taglist

Hey fam, I was told that the tagging system isn’t working for some people. Please reply to this post if you were tagged in this by Tumblr, I just wanna make sure people do get tagged :)

taglist under the cut! // join here

@doctorearlgray, @mintschlar, @procrastilate, @scienceandsarcasticdroids, @sxudying, @hannistudies, @vocative, @studign-stars, @ash-trological, @sweet-bean-study-queen, @chaoticstormthings, @lunetudes, @beingstudent, @beautiful-magicalbrain, @akydemics, @literery, @redvelvetstu-dies, @vivinotes, @jynsdesk, @moonshinestudies, @studying-in-chaos, @thelazyunistudent, @einstetic, @ram-the-blonde-bitch, @a-students-lifebuoy, @studahliless, @inspostudying, @the-diary-of-a-failure, @would-iwasshookethspeared, @coffeeandpies, @artsytourism, @gloomstudy, @scrolls-of-jupiter, @studytrivia, @ristudy, @isatriestostudy, @historicalbeez, @luvjoys, @indiaisstudying, @studyingunderwater, @dianeemay, @kemi-k, @londonotes, @froststudies, @pennyfynotes, @studiently, @midnightstudying, @unicorndoesstudies, @studyingundersun, @wingedprunepsychiclawyer, @tonystarkstudies, @delphinaaugery, @morganastudy, @studiies-psych, @sumastudies, @emrys-studies, @parleonstudies, @acataemic, @studylustre, @adelinestudiess, @sorcierstudies, @coffeeinfusedstudying, @pizza-and-studying, @the-third-me, @scrunchiestudies, @jemsjournals, @jas-study, @jabuticabablr, @khelmatic, @avastvdies, @anatomyandphysics, @neversecondbest, @podcast-listener, @astudyinpharmacy, @mandiestudie, @brazilianstudyblr, @redheadredheart, @rahastudies, @introvered-violinist, @1803lesa, @studyblrlt, @juliusthemadscientist, @fifth–marauder, @epicstudyings, @cafe-studyy, @cj-studying, @elevenelevenstudies, @studyquiet, @flowersfromouterspace, @themultilingualblog, @merakietudier, @smotherquackles, @mariefox13, @ssdanniellegrey, @lifeofawafer, @etaernalwinter, @pretty-pink-studiez, @maianology, @hayleighstudies, @study–panda, @studybutch, @oolivialeighh, @1803lesa, @your-local-painting-girl, @namublatt, @planted-eggplant, @alex-49419, @theestrangeddreamer, @scholastc, @depressed-student, @rayslablr, @spring-studies, @studyblrlt + you, if you’re reading this!

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about my taglist

Hello! Just wanted to update you guys on how the taglist thing will work.

PSA— If you didn't hear about this before (no shade to my cavemen here but WHAT HAVE Y'ALL BEEN DOING), I've decided to start a taglist to tag readers at the end of every article so they get notified when I upload. All because Tumblr is on a suicide mission and decided to kill links.

Details, if you wanna be included, are at the end.

🌿 For Smaller Articles (less than 1500 words), rants & everything that's easy to read, the taglist will be inserted at the end of the article itself under a read more. Just like this post! (look at me giving live examples, lmao) 

🌿 For Larger Articles which come out every Thursday, I'll insert the list on a reblog, again under a read more, because the article itself will already be the length of river Nile. The taglist members can reblog the article with the list or put in the effort to reblog the original article, whatever suits you! 

Also! The taglist will be a huge chaos of links and I'm bound to mess up. So if y'all notice a broken one, for the love of jesus (nevermind, love of cakes works better), please message me or send an ask & I'll fix it.

Anyways! Thanks so much for your support, we're all now part of the We Hate That Staff Can't Run A Website Club, meetings held every Thursday. Sending jesus, cakes and love,

— Nandini ✨

PS: If you'd like to be included, REPLY to this post so that I can keep track of my babies. I'll follow you & include you in future posts. You can also reblog the post to boost it, but that's 100% optional!

🌱💌 TAGLIST: 

Thank you to these folks for supporting my content! Love you, hope y'all are doing well. ⬇

@doctorearlgray, @mintschlar, @procrastilate, @scienceandsarcasticdroids, @sxudying, @hannistudies, @vocative, @studign-stars, @ash-trological, @sweet-bean-study-queen, @chaoticstormthings, @lunetudes, @beingstudent, @beautiful-magicalbrain, @akydemics, @literery, @redvelvetstu-dies, @vivinotes, @jynsdesk, @moonshinestudies, @studying-in-chaos, @thelazyunistudent, @einstetic, @ram-the-blonde-bitch, @a-students-lifebuoy, @studahliless, @inspostudying, @the-diary-of-a-failure, @would-iwasshookethspeared, @coffeeandpies, @artsytourism, @gloomstudy, @scrolls-of-jupiter, @studytrivia, @ristudy, @isatriestostudy, @historicalbeez, @luvjoys, @indiaisstudying, @studyingunderwater, @dianeemay, @kemi-k, @londonotes, @froststudies, @pennyfynotes, @studiently, @midnightstudying, @unicorndoesstudies, @studyingundersun, @wingedprunepsychiclawyer, @tonystarkstudies, @delphinaaugery, @morganastudy.

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magicalbrain replied to your post: so they have next year's academic calendar up

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