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i have another entrance exam in a couple of days. i’m so fucking tired and unmotivated. i’m honestly just running on caffeine and tears atp 🤣

in a tough time like this, i usually keep a few things in mind that help me:

- i’m not defined by any of this

- all i can do is try

- the fact that im showing up is enough

- nothing is more important than my health

ps- i took the sky picture :,) it’s one of my favorite photos that i’ve ever taken

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iced coffee and journaling afternoons

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My aesthetic is like dark academia but the medieval Iranian / Islamic golden age version

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Tough times never last, but tough people do. 

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these pictures warm my heart,,,,, the lighting wow !!!!!!

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happy (late) september spread !

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big ass cup of coffee since it's gonna be a long day today. ig: @icedcomets

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I’m heading into this weekend desperately hoping for more of these cozy reading times! I’m no fan of winter storms like we’re having right now, but I’m really looking forward to staying in and curling up with a blanket, my current read, and Moth this weekend.

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I've been studying non stop this past few days because exam season is coming for me and I'm not ready (like at all).

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ready for the weekend (▰˘◡˘▰)

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starting up the posting on here again because i’m having such a good time here. columbia and barnard are my home now <3

i’ve already made such good friends, and new york city is magic !

currently listening to: run that body down by paul simon

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01.31.22 | Gotta say the good thing about trying to post consistently on here is that it forces me to be more active in general. Found a new coffee shop to do work in and I am embarrassingly pumped about it. On top of that the new bujo format I’m going with lately has been sssooo well-suited to my needs it’s refreshing. Pls lmk if anyone would be interested in me running thru my bullet journal bc i could lowkey go on and on about it if given the opportunity tbh

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wandering around the city, feeling a little lonely

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things i did as a neurodivergent person to get straight a’s for the third year in a row

hi hello hi how’s it going. welcome to the 3am-burst-of-motivation-tumblr-post-of-the-day, where i’m sharing all of my study tips that allowed my adhd/austism/ocd/bpd brain to somehow squeeze out straight a’s for the third year (sixth semester) in a row. 

1. study differently for different subjects. contrary to popular belief, flashcards and rewriting your notes does not work for every subject (unless it does for you, in which case ignore me and do what works for you). different subjects, at least for me, require different environments, techniques, and associations. 

2. association! sensory stuff works great for me because i tend to associate physical things with emotions and even personality types, so have something be constant every time you study. example: i have two tubes of chapstick, one peppermint and one pomegranate. i put on the peppermint one right before i go to bed and the pomegranate one after i eat breakfast - i associate the different scents with different activities (going to bed and starting my to-do list). 

3. to-do lists! mine are written on sticky notes and stuck to my mirror because i hate hate hate having the sticky glue stuff from sticky notes on my mirror and i’m not allowed to clean my mirror until all the sticky notes are off of it. when i can’t see my mirror, they’re on the outside of my backpack because they’re bright pink and the social anxiety makes me think people are staring at me if they are on my backpack. 

4. change your location often. specifically for my adhd peeps who have the attention span of an overexcited puppy, walk around. do things. go to a park or a coffee shop or a grocery store or a sidewalk or a bench somewhere or my personal favorite, the bank. when you’re understimulated go somewhere with lots of different noises and when you’re overstimulated so somewhere quiet or control noises (listen to music, noise-cancelling headphones, humming). 

5. keep a piece of paper next to you for the Random Thoughts That Come at Inconvenient Times and write down the stuff you want to look up/do/tell someone about and like… i don’t even know why that helps but it does. just having your thoughts out there i guess?

6. body doubling. find a person who will study with you. bonus points if it’s another neurodivergent person. they are depending on you to finish the studying and get the good grade. THEY ARE DEPENDING ON YOU. DON’T DISAPPOINT THEM. (side note anxiety people i would not recommend this for you)

7.  go to a place that will remind you to pee and eat and drink things. starbucks is great for this. so are most restaurants. 

8. get a new thing to study with every week. i like new things. if i have a new thing i am going to use it until it’s no longer exciting. i get a pencil, just a boring, manual pencil from the drugstore every monday afternoon for like sixty cents. it’s a fantastic method, at least for me. 

9. don’t drink something with caffeine in it while studying. you will either fall asleep or end up on a roof. it is not a good situation. caffeine for neurodivergents is like sleep pills, for me at least and most of the other ND’s i’ve met. if not for you, you’re lucky. 

10. spaced reps. in other words, find a big pair of dice and write vocab terms on each side, then hurl it at the ground and define each term. do this for like an hour. it’s fun and gets a lot of energy out. 

11. stim. vocal stims, physical stims, self-talk, fidget, yelp, squeal, tap your foot, walk around, shrug your shoulders, twitch your nose, jump up and down, ribbit like a frog. stim, stim, stim. it helps. 

anyways. it’s 3:17 am. happy studying!

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summer 2021 reorganizing all my books, a stray cat who seems to have taken up residence in my backyard, prepping for university and working weekdays

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Day 63/100..

One hour of JS and one hour Spanish today.. Let's do it! 😊

Una hora de JS y una hora de Español hoy.

Vamos!