#12dopmas

[o2studies]

17:41 || ༻`` 1 Jan 25 — Wednesday

Wow I can't belive it's the 1st again.... I spent midnight with K and J and I'm so happy to have spent it with such lovely friends. It was truly an amazing way to start the year 💕💕 We had so so much fun! —I survived my first game of Dread!! And I for some reason just feel like 2025 will be a good year, so no matter what happens, I'm gonna make sure that it is!

Anyway though, as with last year, I have made myself a vision board from Pinterest which I based around my New Year's Resolutions. And for accountability I'd like to at the end of this year (a scary thing to think about so soon lol) show photos of how I have achieved/am working towards those goals.

These resolutions are: 🦎

1. To study more often; enjoy the process of studying; become excited for my A Level exams; and get more work done early —avoiding procrastination will help me, not hinder me

2. Spend more time with friends through playing games, meeting up more often, having more casual conversation and keeping in contact after summer

3. Do more of the small things immediately —again, this will only help me— to keep my environemnt more tidy and automated

4. Practice more self care: plan out more outfits, continue painting my nails often, use those fancy creams and perfumes, sit in silence, take myself out more & do more things that I want to do, read more again,

5. Be more physically active and give my dogs the exercise they deserve a lot more often

6. Create more of what I love, finish more projects than I abandon, put more effort into my A Level Art, continue building my artistic skill —doing all that with a better posture as a bonus

I will also be redoing @juneability 's 12dopmas challenge. My areas of focus will be to study art in some way, general school studies and learning Russian (or practicing Polish some days)

Now, I was going to start the challenge today and write more about it but I took many breaks writing this so it's currently 21:47 and I've got a headache so I'll sleep early tonight and start the challenge tomorrow instead TvT👍

Day 106 clean

Day 0

Floor time ☑️ // 🍊

[juneability]

12 Days of Christmas: Studyblr Edition !

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Why? I had my last final this week and now I'm back into my antsy holiday mode, when I am more motivated than I ever manage to be during the semester. I also like making commitments I can't keep. ♡

Who? I'm curating this challenge for myself, but if it sparks inspiration for anyone else in the #studyblr, feel free to use some or all of my ideas here to make your own posts!

When? December 13 until December 24! We ain't studying on Christmas. [Feel free to use this challenge outside of the Christmas season, though!]

How? Participate by making posts and tagging me (@juneability) or using the tag #12dopmas.

What? See below:

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On the first day of the challenge, set up your daily goals (3-10 goals, as a general parameter). Be specific, and make sure they're accessible within your life circumstances.

(ex.) This year, every day, I will:

Wake up before 8am, go to bed before 11pm.

Read for at least 30min.

Read & take notes on one (entire) academic paper.

Practice an instrument for at least 30min.

Clean/organize a space (different each day).

In a post, report on your goal progress and share on some areas you'd like to improve. Then [optional], share something you're grateful for, and/or answer one of these 15 prompts:

Learning:

What is something you'd love to learn if you had the time?

What is something you'd love to learn if you had the resources?

What is something you'd love to learn if you had the motivation?

What is your favourite thing about a subject you're well-versed in?

Ideals:

What does your ideal lifestyle look like? What can you do today to match it a little more?

What is the ideal study space for you? What can you do today to match it a little more?

What are the pros of your note-taking method? What are the cons?

Recommendations:

What's a song, album, or playlist that's been keeping you going lately?

What show, book, or movie would you recommend to your younger self? (Something you wish you'd seen sooner!)

What is your favourite snack? What is your favourite meal?

Miscellaneous

What are three adjectives that are meaningful to you?

Do you collect anything (e.g., stickers, rocks, pretty pens, vinyls, movies, etc.)? Share what + why!

What is one of your greatest virtues as a person or student? Don't be shy; know thyself!

Who is somebody you look up to (e.g., a family member, friend, teacher, celebrity, artist, etc.)?

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Happy studying! (+ Merry Christmas)

[o2studies]

it was very late..

& I was extremely tired || ༻`` 27 Jan 25 — Monday

.. > 12dopmas challenge, Day 4

I studied math for 2hrs 32

I remembered the fact that humming exists so I was doing that alongside my work

I tidied a tiny bit of another clothing pile

I did 6 pistol squats on each leg

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22:17 || ༻`` 28 Jan 25 — Tuesday

.. > 12dopmas challenge, Day 5

I:

studied math for 1hr 36

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finished the linear and did some touchups on my DTIYS to prep for colouring (I did spend too long on this today tho...)

Every night before bed my parents and I say a prayer together. My dad is away tonight and I've been drawing for a while, listening to music. My mum sent me a text about saying the prayer (I did not realise the time) and I only saw it 10mins later.. I went to her room and she was already asleep and she looked too peaceful and tired to wake but I feel really bad about it... Especially as half way through the time I was drawing (9 smt) I thought about going to her for it myself.

Day 133 clean

Day 0

Floor time ☑️ // 🍊

[o2studies]

23:33 || ༻`` 14 Dec 24 — Saturday

12 10 Days of Christmas, a studyblr challenge by @juneability

Goals:

Study some anatomy or a reference for 20mins

Learn a new word or revise what I already know of Russian

Write and do some research for my art essay

Clean something different each day

Day 1 progress:

I did more of my art study for school and I'm ¾ done with it

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Instead did the art study ->

Cleaned the bathroom

Prepared a good amount of food today for some guests coming over tm, primed the other side of my clay study and I walked over to the shop 🦎 to get a fee things we needed. It's only a 5 min walk but I had music in and my big coat so it was really enjoyable, a great healthy break too! ^^

Day 87 clean

Day 0 although I did really well today, staying busy definitely helps!

Floor time ☑️

🎶 girl in blue - Animal Sun // 🍊

[o2studies]

22:29 || ༻`` 26 Jan 25 — Sunday

Doing this earlier than planned as I'm getting a big headache 😣

.. > 12dopmas challenge, Day 3

I studied math for 54 mins today

I had a bowl of frozen fruit during my studies ^^ I'll try having snacks during my study breaks tho 🦎 because whenever I properly get into the flow of work I just forget to eat whatever it is I bring

/ planned on it but.... headache

10 pushups today 💪

I finished a (very nice) sketch for a DTIYS I'll be joining on instagram!

Day 131 clean

Day 0 but we're getting better!! 🌱

Floor time ☑️

I was just about to forget about the questions againnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

..> What's a song, album, or playlist that's been keeping you going lately?

For a while recenty I've been drawn to my Polish love/depressing songs playlist although (I think it was yesterday) I rediscovered my generally slow & calm songs playlist so it's been mainly those 2 on repeat ^^ oh but also there's this playlist I based off of a song from 'White Bird' (amazing movie!) and I've been listening to it a ton too! // 🍊

[o2studies]

I'm (finally 🥲) redoing this! The #12dopmas challenge by @juneability !

And it's obviously been a while since Christmas, but I like the shorter 12-day timedrame and I think it'll be a good lead into redoing (and actually finishing) @birdbrainstudies 's #30nym challenge.

But anyway, here are my everyday goals for this challenge:

Study 🦎 for at least 30mins (including: Polish/Russian, excluding: art)

Do 1 thing to make studying more enjoyable (eg. dress up, have tea/snacks with it, try a different playlist/study-with-me video)

Clean or tidy something up for 10mins

Do a few pushups and pistol squats (alternating days)

Study anatomy/make at least 1 sketch (bonus for good posture ✨️)

23:21 || ༻`` 24 Jan 25 — Friday

.. > 12dopmas challenge, Day 1

I studied chemsitry for only 6 minutes but I still revised over the main points of 2 whole topics — it's a start

I had a few dried apricots (I forgot how good they wereeee!) while doing artist research for Art

I tidied up 1 of my clothing piles

Did 5 pushups

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I definitely could've put more effort into this today BUT seeing as I've been in a slump of doing no/the min. amount of work since like September and pretty much immediately abandoning every To Do list I've had, I managed to push myself to do work and ticked off like 80% of my To Do list for today! < I'm especially proud of that as some of the tasks have been waiting around for months to get done. It honestly doesn't sound like a lot of work but it was a lot of effort and a big improvement for me 🌱

Day 129

Day 0

Floor time ☑️ // 🍊

[o2studies]

23:48 || ༻`` 15 Dec 24 — Sunday

12 10 Days of Christmas

Day 2 progress:

Painted my pomegranate-heart sculpture so I was studying the shading, patterns and colours of both

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/ Nothing from my room anyway

Quite a busy day today with lots of guests but it was alright. 🦎

I'll add in the prompts tm!

Day 89 clean

Day 0

Floor time ☑️ //🍊

[o2studies]

(it may be 00:06...) || ༻`` 25 Jan 25 — Saturday

.. > 12dopmas challenge, Day 2

I made notes for one of my last year's math units (im repeating the exam) and I started making notes for this year's work

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Did 2 pistol squats on each leg (seems very little but they're actually very difficult! or are for me anyway)

I finished a digital drawing I started a while back. I think it's just alright, no strong feelings about it but im glad I got it done

I forgot about the questions again but I will catch up on them!

130 days clean

Day 0

Floor time ✅️ // 🍊

[juneability]

12dopmas: Day 3

241215: Sunday — made a huge to-do list and got most of it checked off! Christmas tree is now up, and I did a little painting of "Midnight" from Doctor Who in my sketchbook.

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Woke up before 8, went to bed before 11. 💤

Read for more than 30 mins. Currently reading Touch by Courtney Maum. I must say, I don't really like it all that much. Maybe it gets better in the second half? 📖

Read a paper by Michael Barnett on the post-cold war evolution of humanitarianism:

Barnett, M. (2005). Humanitarianism transformed. Perspectives on Politics, 3(4), 723-740. http://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592705050401

Practiced piano—mostly Animenz arrangements. I want to work on his Swordland arrangement since I always gave up on it before, but now I think I can figure it out. ⚔️

Cleaned parts of the bathroom. 🧽

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Something I'm grateful for: all the Christmas decorations my boyfriend's family brought to us so that we could get the house all festive!! 🎄

Prompt: What is something you’d love to learn if you had the resources?

I love coffee, and so naturally, I would love to learn how to make all the fancy coffees in the world. I don't think I'll ever be a barista since I have shaky hands and mediocre-at-best customer service skills, but I want to know how to use the equipment. Right now all I've got is a kettle, a french press, and an electric coffee grinder. ☕

[juneability]

12dopmas: Day 4

241216: Monday! Semi-productive morning (I baked! I never bake!) and work (piano lessons) in the evening.

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Woke up before 8, stayed up past 11pm finishing a book (I finished at 0:00 ON THE DOT. BTS would be proud). 🕛

(Obviously) read for far more than 30 mins. Touch by Courtney Maum... not for me. 2/5 stars. Characters were incredible, plot was aimless, and message was wishy-washy. 📕

Read a paper on space travel that was perhaps a bit too far outside of my specialty, but was interesting nonetheless:

Carbajales-Dale, M., & Murphy, T. W. (2023). The environmental and moral implications of human space travel. Science of The Total Environment, 856(2), 159222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159222

Practiced before bed, ironing out hard bits in some Animenz arrangements (this guy loves arpeggios). 🎹

Didn't tidy/clean any area in particular, though I did other chores. 🍞

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Something I'm grateful for: chocolate!!! We can just buy that stuff and eat it??? All the way up here? I can't bash globalization for this one. Thank u globalization 🙇

[juneability]

#12dopmas : Day 2

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241214: Saturday; a day to rest after a long, busy semester! I started replaying Citizen Sleeper today, this game is beautifully done. So excited for the sequel!

Woke up a bit past 8am.

Read for 30mins. Also hit the library and got 3 books out!

Read an interesting paper on biases in pain judgements:

Schäfer, G., Prkachin, K. M., Kaseweter, K. A., & Williams, A. C. (2016). Health care providers' judgments in chronic pain: the influence of gender and trustworthiness. Pain, 157(8), 1618–1625. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000536

Pulled out some old songs to play now that my gig is over! ≥30min.

Cleaned the rest of the floor in my room.

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Something I'm grateful for: a warm house and warm blankets and warm drinks! And a refrigerator. That's pretty cool too.

Prompt: What are three adjectives that are meaningful to you?

"Resolute" - I would like to be the type of person who knows what they want. I don't think I'm quite there yet, and that's okay—I need to see more of the world before I can make up my mind on things

"Mellifluous" - how I'm tryna be when I practice music. Just a great word, and one I associated with my boyfriend!

"Resilient" - being adaptable to change is one of the most important values a person can have, and I'm ... working on it! Not something that happens overnight, but I would like to be described in this way someday

[juneability]

#12dopmas : Day 1

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241312: Today was incredibly busy, I had about two hours to myself in the morning and then I was gone until late in the night. My family helped me move my piano, and then we went for lunch. After that I taught piano until the evening and then met friends for drinks to celebrate the end of the semester! 🥂

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Goal progress:

I woke up nice and early, but went to bed after 11 because I had to finish some laundry. 🧺

I read for a little less than 30 mins—there just wasn't time, but I fit some in on the bus rides throughout the day. I've started re-reading The Mysterious Benedict Society and The Perilous Jouney, a childhood favourite. 🚸

I read a paper I've been meaning to get to awhile, since it keeps coming up in more recent papers:

Prkachin, K. M., & Solomon, P. E. (2008). The structure, reliability and validity of pain expression: Evidence from patients with shoulder pain. Pain, 139(2), 267–274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2008.04.010

I played piano & sang for at least 30 mins. I haven't sung for awhile, I think I strained my voice a bit lol 🎤

I took care of the mess of bags and laundry in front of my bed! I still need to deal with another mess on my room's floor... I'll get to it eventually. 🛏️

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Something I'm grateful for: Friends and mojitos! Yum! (To the latter) 🍹

Prompt: What show, book, or movie would you recommend to your younger self? (Something you wish you'd seen sooner!)

I wish I read Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake YEARS earlier. It was genuinely life-changing. The only way you'll understand how a book about mycology could be life-changing is by reading it yourself. Hence, I should have picked it up in high school. 🍄

[juneability]

#12dopmas : Day 0

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Setting up goals for the next 12 days!

Wake up before 8am, go to bed before 11pm.

Read for at least 30min.

Read & take notes on one (entire) academic paper.

Practice an instrument for at least 30min.

Clean/organize a space (different each day).

Current progress:

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Last night I went to bed at *gulp* 7pm. And then I almost got up at 2am before I thought better of it! Technically this aligns with my goal, but I'd like to be a little less insane about it. 😴

I started reading "On Writing (and Writers)" today, which is a compilation of C.S. Lewis advice on writing. I'm excited to read more, but I realized that you can't exactly binge read advice without diminishment of its value. 👤

I haven't read an academic paper today. I will organize a list I want to read over the next 12 days, and maybe I'll reblog with a "reference" list. 📃

Haven't practiced an instrument yet. I won't be able to play my piano until Friday, because I have to transport it back from the event space I played at yesterday. But let's just say that performing for two hours pretty much covers my back in case I don't get around to guitar, lol 🎹

I plan to organize things from my school backpack, since I will be needing them in a different capacity for the next month. 🎒

Something I'm grateful for:

💿 The CD player my boyfriend gave me for our 1 year anniversary !!!!!! I'm listening to Pourchasser L'Aubre by Caroline Savoie with headphones right now... and ascending to the heavens. Finally I get to live out my physical media dreams. + I'm probably going to buy another CD today :)

[juneability]

12dopmas: Day 5

241217: Tuesday. Winter's getting to me.

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Woke up around 8 (slept in to make up for night before), and went to bed around 11.

Read for about 30 mins, starting To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang. Excited to see where this goes!

Read a nice and straightforward study on relative self-evaluation and self-enhancement bias:

Brown, J. D. (1986). Evaluation of self and others: Self-enhancement bias in social judgements. Social Cognition, 4(4), 353-376. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.1986.4.4.353

Practiced piano for almost 30 mins.

Did not clean/tidy a particular area.

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Something I'm grateful for: a working shower and soap! I love to feel clean and fresh!

[o2studies]

I will once more be quitting the 12dopmas challenge. I thought that it would help me get back on track to things but it's just not so I'll take a slower approach instead along with not pressuring myself to update on here every day. I have been making progress with my studies, habits and art though — slowly but surely!

On another note though,

For when you can't seem to get back up:

For when you feel that familial loneliness:

[o2studies]

I am gonna drop the 12dopmas challenge and pick it up again after Christmas. Yesterday I completely forgot about it until late and barely did anything for it and today I had about an hour free to complete my goals and didn't know I'd be occupied for the rest of the night. So I just know I'll keep being busy like this coming up to Christmas now and won't push myself to this challenge rn