mtnerdy

[mtnerdy]

03.12.2018

A lot of things have been going on in the past few days.

Today, I finally managed to do something other than just go through the motions of wake up and complete basic life functions and then sleep. I did adult things like go to the bank, follow up on workplace activity and did paperwork. 

I hope everyone is also having a productivity day, whatever that may be.

[mtnerdy]

26.11.2018

I anticipated that I would get more done on my presentation for my day job but then the day turned out to be busy. Reverse psychology when you think it isn’t going to be busy, it turns out to be. Just do your best. I’ll have to finish it tomorrow.

Happy studying!

[mtnerdy]

25.11.2018

Hi everyone! I’m back. A lot of things have been going on personally but we have a solution and we’re working towards solving it. 

I’ve gone through a lot of habit tracking apps. I went back and forth with Habitica, Done and Todoist. They’re not terrible but I’ve found that there were features that I wanted or sometimes there were too many features that I wasn’t using. I even tried doing a bullet journal habit tracker but it was too much work for me to set it up every month or week depending on habits. I would also be obsessed with trying to make it pretty. So the only solution was to make my own electronic habit tracker using Excel. 

I’ve been using my habit tracker for a while now. There is a lot of work that goes into the setting it up but then it really is just click and go. The only time that it is time consuming is when I want to add in new features like a Streak Counter. I spent most of yesterday and this morning trying to get it to work. 

I’m really happy with it but I think the more important thing is trying to actually accomplish the habits...

Anyways, happy studying!

[mtnerdy]

15.11.2018

A few days ago, I found out some bad news. I didn’t feel shocked by this but saddened. My head has sunk into a sad little space for the past few days. However, it has also brought me some insight into what I have to do next. I’ve had my time to wallow, I can’t let my old bad habits creep back into my life.

This news has made me rethink about basically what are the important things that I want to accomplish in my life? Consequently, how can I accomplish these things now? What are my new goals?

I hope that everyone is having a good day. I hope you’re working towards something that is important to you today and forever.

[mtnerdy]

11.11.2018

Yesterday, I was like enough is enough. I set out to get back into my more productive routine and set about organising my week. I use SkedPal to schedule my week. I’ve found that it makes it a bit easier for me because it automatically schedules things according to what I’ve specified are potentially good times and around events from my Google Calendar. Essentially, I don’t have to sit around manually deciding where every single task goes. 

I made notes on Newton’s Law of Motions. The concepts are easy to understand from the textbook I’m using, which is the OpenStax College Physics. 

I also have to find time to fit in some Chem study for the GAMSAT as well... 

Happy studying!

[mtnerdy]

09.11.18

I am in the process of decluttering my room. Yesterday, I just sorted through the top of my wardrobe and there is a lot of junk up there. This includes bags that I’ve kept for 10+ years that no longer suit my style, pure cringe-worthy stuff. 

I’ve decided to throw out my old school books each year. One year of schooling will be thrown out each year. It’s been heaps long since I’ve been a year 8 and I don’t know why I’m holding on to my maths exercise books. When will I ever take out my maths exercise book and reminisce about that time I learnt about negative numbers or whatever? I’m just going to keep the work that I’m really proud of like awards, certificates and projects. 

In regards to what I’m studying, I’ve done one physics question. 

[mtnerdy]

07.11.2018

I did one physics question on velocity and time. I’ve been doing questions on velocity and time for a while. Moving slowly... but still moving. 

I cleaned my room and I’ve realised that I have so much stuff. Why do I have so much stuff? I’m slowly clearing the stuff out but I have to find somewhere else for it all to go.

Happy studying!

[mtnerdy]

06.11.2018

I did one physics question. I’m feeling so drained. 

I need to clean up my room. My physical space is cluttered and subconsciously I think it drains my mental energy. 

Finished watching Troy: Fall of A City on Netflix today and I didn’t like it. The ending wrapped up everything so I was left feeling okay with it. Watching the series though just made me frustrated and it could have ended all so much earlier but everyone just kept on doing stupid things. 

Happy studying!

[mtnerdy]

05.11.2018

Saturday and Sunday was really busy. I managed to complete one physics question today. I need to think about how to use my time better after work. I just come home really tired and it is seriously hard sometimes to find the energy and focus to do anything. 

[mtnerdy]

02.11.2018

I did another physic question. I’ve been finding it a struggle to do anything after work this week. I’ve been working 9-5 these past few days and find it a struggle after work to do anything at all. Also to make sure that I get 8 hours of sleep, I need to get into bed by 10pm at the latest. There doesn’t seem to be enough time between 5 and 10 to get anything done because you need to look after yourself too. 

I hope at least your studying is going well.

Happy studying!

[mtnerdy]

01.11.2018

I did another physics question today. I’ve been doing the questions in a rather lazy manner and haven’t been reviewing how or why I got the answers that I did. The problem is the textbook I’m using doesn’t provide all the answers in the solutions so I’ve finally decided to sign up to Chegg. I need to put out some time to review my answers. 

[mtnerdy]

Didn’t do any study yesterday as I got a really bad migraine, had to sleep it off.

Today, was a fun day at work as I made posters to remind people to do mandatory online training modules and I did some craft to brighten up the place. It’s the little things that count.

I came home and had to do some tax, which didn’t take long and then had to help my parents submit some reports for their work, that took a bit longer.

I managed to do only one physics question today.

[mtnerdy]

The thing that is stressing me out about studying for the GAMSAT is that I understand what the type of thinking they require from me. I understand that they don’t want me to rote learn formulas and numbers and regurgitate it. They want me to demonstrate the ability to think critically under pressure. The problem is I don’t know how to emulate that style of thinking. I don’t know where to start in order to develop that thinking. 

On top of that, I just feel overwhelmed with everything else that I have to do. I don’t know how to fit it all in. 24 hours doesn’t seem enough. 

On a more positive note, I managed to sneak in a quick run on the treadmill. I’ve been feeling sluggish not doing exercise. 

Happy studying!

[mtnerdy]

Fallen off the bandwagon a bit. I did one physics question, but it was a bit better than yesterday where I didn’t even write anything down and did it mentally. I wrote which I found consolidated my knowledge a bit more.

Today was a struggle mentally, I’ve just been feeling off and there were times when I said that I would be productive today. But just sitting at my desk with it’s mess of cables and cords, paper and bits and bobs strewn across my desk just made me so unmotivated. Then I thought I will have to clean this up some time and then I just sat there. I’ve realised that on both across my life that your environment also contributes to your productivity. That doesn’t mean that I want everything immaculate like a designer home but having a clean space helps create a physical and mental space for focus. 

I wish earlier that someone would have told me that there is a lot more to studying successfully than opening a book and writing some dot points and doing some questions. Athletes get shown how to prepare physically and mentally before they actually perform. But as students and life-long learners, we don’t get that preparation and doesn’t that kind of defeat the purpose of schools? Aren’t schools supposed to teach and foster a love for study and demonstrate ways to study effectively, instead of inducing stress and anxiety? 

And on that note, happy studying!

[mtnerdy]

Today, I did one physics question in my head mentally. Was it the most effective way to study? Probably not but I’m saying good on me for looking at physics every day. 

Saturdays are usually a very busy day for me because I tutor most of it and then I’m knackered by the end of the day. I need to find a way to plan physics study for the times when I am busy or when something unexpected happens so that my study is still effective.

Anyways... happy studying!

[mtnerdy]

Today I had to run a few errands today and then I got home just in time for lunch. My errands included purchasing flowers for a craft project. It’s hard to find nice fake flowers. Anyways, I didn’t have much time after that because I had to do a few odd jobs around the house before heading off to work. Luckily, I had my physics questions on hand and did some questions on my phone. Technology to the rescue.

Happy studying.

[mtnerdy]

Today was a really fun day at work. It’s been a while since I’ve laughed so hard that my belly hurt and my cheeks ached. The weather was great as well. Just one of those days where I just felt very positive. I also sent a text out to some friends to get them excited about our plans. At first, I deleted the text but then I decided whatever I’ll text them and it was so good to spread that positive energy. It was good to see them return those positive vibes.

I hope everyone had a good day today and if not make tomorrow a good day.

And of course I came home and did manage to do some physics. I need to review graphical analysis of kinematics. I started to make notes about Newton’s Laws of Motion and I learnt about the Law of Inertia.

So I guess if we tie it all together, now that I’m in constant motion with positivity I should just keep on going. Friction will be there to stop me but that just means I have to try and smooth out my path to positivity so I can keep on going.

Happy studying!