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RESETTING FOR 2023

– set a main goal for each month.

setting goals give you a direction for each month, so you won't feel a sense of remorse if you felt like you "wasted" a month.

– go on a digital detox

taking time off from a screen gives you the time to reflect and give attention to the things around you more intentionally. slow down, stop rushing, breathe.

– clear out things you no longer need to make space for new opportunities!

removing things that no longer make sense for you gives you a new space, which in turn helps you mentally get prepared for new things coming your way! and as always, a clean space is a clean mindset.

– commit to certain things. be it the gym, or setting time for yourself daily.. just give yourself the chance to be busy (if you aren't already!)

committing helps you fill your schedule so you aren't "wasting time" – in apostrophes because i don't believe that time is ever wasted unless you believe so. however, committing to things gives you the intentional time to meet people and enrich your mind and life :)

– be open-minded. 2023 isn't going to be like 2022. take the chance to step out of your comfort zone! :)

i know that starting a new year can be daunting and intimidating (like, hello? another 365 days to get through? we just ended 2022..) but i believe that we can get through this year together! it'll be tough for sure, but i know that there are some really lovely people in our corner of our internet to help us get by.

question of the day: how has your january been?

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may 9, 2019 / decided to refresh my memory on the exact concepts of a few java basics. never hurts to study the foundations!

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I’m feeling relief. 🍃

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Read More, Read Better

Many of us are looking for more ways to enjoy our time at home in these stressful circumstances. Some of us have turned to books. But how can we make sure we get the most out of them?

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20 lessons for 2020

2019 has been a pretty challenging year for me. I started it being scared and anxious about everything, and I ended it single, with new career goals and surrounded by my best friends. Here are 20 lessons (100% tested and approved) that I learned along the way!

1. People only show their best sides to you but you would be amazed by how many people share the same feelings as you

2. If you feel like you can’t be yourself around a certain group of people, then you’re hanging out with the wrong group

3. Notice people who make you feel energized and happy VS people who drain all your energy. It’ll change your life.

4. You don’t need to justify yourself when you say « no » to something

5. However, you should say yes more often to spontaneous proposals and experiences

6. Honesty is a sign of respect

7. If you don’t give your 100% to something then you’ll be less likely to get that 100% back

8. Choose flaws over qualities. Your dream job also consists in not-so-dreamy parts, and this is what you should consider when choosing your career. The same applies with friends/lovers.

9. The person you sit in front of at the library can become one of your best friends (true story for me)

10. 99% of the scenarios you imagine in your head will never happen

11. Changing starts within YOUR thoughts and how you react to them.

12. Just because you’re offended it doesn’t mean that you’re right

13. Keep a critical eye to everything you hear/see.

14. Being vulnerable is a sign of strenght and not a sign of weakness

15. You can cope with a lot more than you think

16. Your life can totally change in a year and you can be a whole different person only if you’re willing too

17. Cherish what you already have in your life, happiness lies in gratitude

18. Wanting to be perfect for others will only make you seem a boring and hypocrite person

19. The habits you adopt now will define the person you’ll be in the future

20. Be curious. Read books, listen to podcasts, travel (even in your country), and talk to new people

Ig : @anatomyandcappuccini

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back into the roaring 20s

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I found a new café outside of Prague. A perfect place for reading.

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How to Fix your Sleep Schedule

We’ve all been there. You’ve been pushing back your bedtime for an entire week and now you feel exhausted and you don’t think you can function as well as you normally could. You just want to get enough sleep again, but how?

Make small changes

It’s a lot easier to push back your bedtime than to push it forward—but it’s not impossible. You just have to take it step by step. Go to sleep 15-30 minutes earlier every night until you reach your desired bedtime. You could try going to sleep much earlier than your regular time, but according that doesn’t usually work out. If you’re waking up later than you want to, you might also want to try waking up 15 minutes earlier each morning until you get up at the desired time.

I remember there was a week this semester when I went to sleep at 1am for several days in a row (I usually sleep at 11). I was sleep deprived and exhausted and I tried to sleep at 8 to catch up on lost sleep, but I couldn’t. I just laid in my bed for an hour until I gave up trying to sleep and decided to work on some homework until I felt sleepy again. What I should’ve done was go to bed 15 minutes earlier each night until I could go to sleep at 11 again.

Adjust exposure to sunlight

Exposure to adequate amounts of sunlight is key to helping our bodies maintain their circadian rhythm, which is the process that regulates our energy levels during the day and tells us when to be awake and when to go to sleep. Sunlight helps our body produce optimal levels of melatonin, a hormone that makes us feel sleepy at night. Studies have shown that people get better quality sleep in the summer because there is a greater exposure to light.

That being said, you should expose yourself to more light during the day to get better sleep at night. This might mean waking up earlier so you don’t miss hours of sunlight in the morning.

At night, you should reduce your exposure to any sort of light - both natural and artificial - so that your body knows it’s time to not be awake. I personally turn down the lights (and only have my fairy lights on) after 10:30 pm. When you’re trying to get back into your desired sleep schedule, you could aim to turn down the lights 30 minutes before your desired bedtime for that day.

Don’t eat too close to bedtime

You should wait 2 - 3 hours between dinner/your last meal and bedtime. I would talk about how studies show that eating too close to bedtime can possibly damage your health, e.g. causing reflux when you’re lying down, but that’s all been said before. The only thing I’d like to reiterate is that you sleep better when you wait after you eat. But as for my own logic on why you shouldn’t go to sleep when you’re full…

When you wait a few hours after you’ve had your last meal, before you go to bed, you won’t go to bed full, meaning that in the morning, you’re likely to be hungry. I don’t know about you, but I can’t go back to sleep when I’m, like, starving, so being hungry when I wake up causes me to resist sleeping in.

Don’t sleep in

You would think that sleeping in is, in fact, good for catching up on sleep. In reality, it doesn’t make you stop sleeping late, since you’d probably still spend the same amount of time awake. Instead, once you wake up, you should stay up, and don’t go back to sleep. You’re likely to get sleepy at an earlier time, and this will help you push forward your bedtime.

Resist napping

Resisting naps also has a similar logic to not sleeping in. If you take a nap, you’ll feel more energetic and night, and you might not be able to fall asleep as soon as you wanted to. If you resist taking a nap, however, you’ll be more tired at night, and you’ll fall asleep more easily.

Be strict with yourself

Finally, the key to having a good, consistent sleep schedule is to be strict with yourself. Don’t let yourself stay up for just 5 more minutes because you still have a ‘small’ task to take care of. When it’s time to end the day, end the day.

Maybe it’s hard for you to be strict with yourself since you can’t justify going to sleep over completing whatever task or responsibility you have left. Well, here’s my logic:

You could stay up 5 more minutes and risk extending that to a few hours or so in attempt to finish something. There’s no guarantee that you’ll finish it, and you might just lose all those precious hours of sleep for nothing, since you’ll wake up in the morning tired and unable to effectively do the task you wanted to do; or

You could stop everything you’re doing and sleep on it. You wake up in the morning feeling refreshed and clear-headed and ready to tackle on your tasks for the day. You find a new way to think about the task you were stuck on, and you finally solve it in less than half an hour.

I do realize that this only applies if the task isn’t super urgent. Let’s say you have a project due 11:59 PM and you’re rushing to finish that. In this case, the core problem is probably something else: an inability to manage your time, or procrastination. If that’s the case, you might want to check out my posts on how to beat procrastination and how to create an efficient (revision) schedule. The latter post is tailored for exam preparation, but the main ideas are the same for general scheduling (there’s a recap at the bottom if you just want to know the main ideas).

Additionally, you might wanna check out my post on my night routine.

And that’s all I have for you today! Hope this was helpful, and if you have any questions, feel free to drop me an ask or message me. Have an awesome day :)

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i think we all know this feeling of being stuck inside your routine. you’re not really sad but it just feels like something is missing. so i’m here to give you ideas on how to spice things up™️ (or just make life more enjoyable).

paint your nails in an exciting color. paint them in several colors idc. now every time you see your hands (which is very often) you see your super cool nails

listen to a new music genre. like something completely different. if you like rap you will listen to country music now. jam your heart out i know u want to (here & here are some playlists if u need any ideas)

on that note revisit songs you liked when you were younger. we gettin nostalgic

sometimes you just need to watch a good old vine compilation 

food!!! this can be such a huge factor. something as simple as switching your breakfast from toast to cereals, just smth new, can make a huge difference. try new things out, have fun (recipes here, here, here and here)

same thing with the things you drink! add lemon to your water, drink some tea, try iced coffee out, buy water from a diff company, …

a cute cup for your morning drink can really lighten up your mood too

get some magazines and cut things out you like. now get an a3 (a4 is okay too) paper and make a big collage

ikea trip? ikea trip!! don’t forget to eat smth there too yum

after showering put on some good smelling lotion and just enjoy the feeling

now put on your favorite underwear and an oversized shirt. maybe take some cute pics just for yourself. trust me you will feel better

rip a paper into little pieces

cuddle with your stuffed animal idc if you feel stupid, you will feel better

maybe spice things up with the way you look? try out a new hairstyle or invest in a new accessory you like (jewelry, hair ties / clips, belts, scarfs, etc.). it doesn’t have to be expensive, there’re lots of cute things in second-hand stores for example!

start a challenge in whatever you’re interested in. maybe for a hobby you always wanted to try out or pick up again. there’re tons of challenges on pinterest. i think i will try this one out though

write a love letter to yourself. you deserve one. fold it into a very small piece and put it into your pocket. this is now your lucky charm because trusting in yourself is all you need sometimes

buy groceries but this time with a friend or family member. catch up, have fun, buy some cookie dough and eat some cookies

picnics!!!!!!!! i love picnics!!!!! they’re so cute and actually super easy to organize. you can go alone or with someone else. just grab the food you have at home and a blanket and go to the nearest spot you find. even your garden or balcony. you can easily incorporate this into your day if you don’t have much time. instead of eating your dinner at your kitchen table you will go on a picnic now

if you have more time, you can bring a book with you or some art supplies and enjoy time outside

taking a walk listening to your fav album can help so much

change your bedding. you don’t even need to buy a new one, just wash it and get that feeling of freshness

open one of these sites (1, 2, 3): and read an article that seems interesting

buy flowers for yourself and put them in your room

change the color your laptop highlights things in

declutter your phone and laptop in general. set up some new backgrounds that make you happy

vary your commute. take the bus instead of the subway, get off a station earlier, or if you can, take the bike 

change the places you do things. try studying in the library or a café, scroll through your phone not in your bed but at the kitchen table, read on the floor, every small change adds into spicing things up

take a bath when you shower normally or the other way around

light candles in the evening

search for your old nintendo and play some games

stretch in the morning. even for 2 mins is good

download some new apps

try a no social media day

instead of a black / blue pen write in a different color (for example your groceries lists, on post-its, in your journal, …)

i hope some of these ideas can help you! most of the are easy to incorporate into your daily life and take no to little money.  have a nice day!! <3

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what a week it has been! i’m a little burned out already, but it’s good to be productive again☺️ how are you all doing? i had some delicious honey drizzled french toast for breakfast, worked on some content stuff and did my readings for uni😋📖🖊 (at Perth, Western Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0v0KfgnLTC/?igshid=627mzhiy7329

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types of study breaks for every situation

if you realize you’ve been studying for hours: grab a snack to refuel your body and watch a sitcom to refuel your brain. then back to the books.

if you’re feeling stressed out: take some deep breaths, text your friends, maybe stare at a wall for a few minutes. gather yourself.

if you can’t seem to focus: get moving and get outside. take out the garbage, check your mail box, maybe walk your dog. just get moving and get fresh air. it’ll help bring you back.

if there’s something else going on in your life and you can’t get it off your mind: write down what’s going through your head, sort of like a diary entry. it’ll help you work things out.

if you’re just mentally and physically exhausted: set a timer for 25-30 minutes and take a nap. any longer and you’ll hit REM and you’ll wake up feeling just as tired. once you wake up, get some caffeine in you.

if the material is boring as hell: find another way to study. see if there’s a crash course video online about it or draw out what you’re trying to learn in diagrams and pictures to make it fun.

if people around you won’t shut up: listen to some music. soundtrack and classical music is always good because they won’t absorb you as much as music with lyrics. white noise (like ocean waves, rain sounds, etc.) also works.

if you only half understand a concept: call/message a friend who’s not in the class and try to teach the material to them. this will help you mentally work through the material and will help you remember it as well.

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an afternoon at my favourite coffee shop.

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take care of yourself today and every day :)

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17.8.19

Happy Independent day to my country (Indonesia)🇮🇩

Spending time alone sip my coffee and journalling. What a nice day 🖤

Day 6 #100daysofproductivity

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I hope you wake up early enough in the morning to put on your favorite outfit and make your favorite breakfast. I hope you find your skin clear and hair healthy. I hope you’re content with the way your body looks. I hope you find happiness in small things today. I hope that, even with your ups and downs, you are content with yourself.

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Love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely.

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🌝11/20/18🌚

Finals are quickly approaching, along with my usual testing week. Took the time to cross out as much work as possible so that I can have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break this weekend. I’m exhausted but I’ve accomplished so much, Here’s to doing more. 🥂